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Pegasus Stakes

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Pegasus Stakes
Listed race
LocationMonmouth Park Racetrack
Oceanport, New Jersey, United States
Inaugurated1980
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.monmouthpark.com
Race information
DistanceOne and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$150,000 (2021)

The Pegasus Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in June at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. An event for three-year-olds of either gender, it is contested at a mile and a sixteenth (eight and a half furlongs) on the dirt, and currently offers a purse of $150,000.

Inaugurated as a minor event on November 11, 1980 at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the following year it became the Pegasus Handicap and would be run as such thru 2002. There was no race in 2003 and it returned in 2004 as the Pegasus Stakes. The race was hosted by Meadowlands 1980–2006 and 2008–2009. Its 1996 edition was raced on the turf course.[1]

A former Grade 1 race, the 1997 Pegasus offered a purse of $1,000,000.[1]

Historical race notes

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Ridden by Jorge Chavez, in 1999 Forty One Carats won the Pegasus Handicap by a nose over Unbridled Jet. The winner's time of 1:45 2/5 broke the Meadowlands track record for a mile and one-eighth on dirt.[2]

Sally Bailie became the first woman trainer in the history of American Thoroughbred racing to win a $200,000 race when she captured the 1982 edition of the Pegasus Handicap with Fast Gold.[3]

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:45.40 @ 1+18 miles: Forty One Carats (1999) (NTR)
  • 1:40.80 @ 1+116 miles Flying Chevron (1995)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 – Joe Bravo (1998, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time Purse $ Gr.
2023 Salute the Stars 3 Joel Rosario Brad H. Cox Gary and Mary West 1+116 mi 1:43.87 $150,000 L/R
2022 Home Brew 4 Paco Lopez Brad H. Cox Gary and Mary West 1+116 mi 1:43.20 $150,000 L/R
2021 Mandaloun 3 Florent Geroux Brad H. Cox Juddmonte Farms 1+116 mi 1:44.63 $150,000 L/R
2020 Pneumatic 3 Joe Bravo Steve Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC 1+116 mi 1:44.76 $155,000 L/R
2019 King For A Day 3 Joe Bravo Todd Pletcher Red Oak Stable (John J. Brunetti Sr.) 1+116 mi 1:42.59 $150,000 L/R
2018 Supreme Aura 3 Joe Bravo Michael Stidham Stallionaire Enterprises LLC (Rick Kanter) 1+116 mi 1:46.84 $102,000 L/R
2017 Timeline 3 Javier Castellano Chad Brown Woodford Racing LLC (William S. Farish IV, mn.ptr.) 1+116 mi 1:41.32 $100,000 G3
2016 Donegal Moon 3 Joe Bravo Todd Pletcher Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford, mn.ptr.) 1+116 mi 1:44.15 $150,000 G3
2015 Mr. Jordan 3 Paco Lopez Edward Plesa Jr. David Melin, Leon Ellman, Laurie Plesa 1+116 mi 1:42.71 $150,000 G3
2014 Albano 3 Kerwin D. Clark J. Larry Jones Brereton C. Jones 1+116 mi 1:44.17 $150,000 G3
2013 Verrazano 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Let's Go Stable (Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith) 1+116 mi 1:41.72 $150,000 G3
2012 Le Bernardin 3 Mike Luzzi Kiaran McLaughlin Darley Stable 1+116 mi 1:44.51 $100,000 G3
2011 Pants On Fire 3 Rosie Napravnik Kelly Breen George & Lori Hall 1+116 mi 1:42.89 $200,000 G3
2010 Afleet Express 3 Javier Castellano Jimmy Jerkens Gainesway Farm, Martin L. Cherry 1+116 mi 1:45.44 $200,000 G3
2009 Bad Action 3 David Cohen Gary Contessa Winning Move Stable (Steve Sigler, mn.ptr.), Sanford H. Robbins LLC, P. & D. Kaplan Racing LLC 1+18 mi 1:49.16 $150,000 G3
2008 Atoned 3 Chris DeCarlo Todd Pletcher Dogwood Stable 1+18 mi 1:49.40 $200,000 G3
2007 Actin Good 3 Cornelio Velásquez Robert Dibona Leo-Sag Stables, Gus Goldsmith, Greg and Jerrich Stable 1+18 mi 1:51.54 $250,000 G3
2006 Diamond Stripes 3 Edgar Prado Rick Dutrow Four Roses Thoroughbreds (Kassem Masri) 1+18 mi 1:47.30 $250,000 G3
2005 Magna Graduate 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Elizabeth H. Alexander 1+18 mi 1:47.40 $250,000 G3
2004 Pies Prospect 3 Edgar Prado Nick Zito Robert V. LaPenta 1+18 mi 1:48.40 $300,000 G3
2003 Race not held
2002 Regal Sanction 3 José A. Santos James A. Jerkens Susan & John Moore 1+18 mi 1:49.80 $350,000 G2
2001 Volponi 3 Shaun Bridgmohan Philip G. Johnson Amherst Stable (Kathy Johnson), Spruce Pond Stable (Edward Baier) 1+18 mi 1:46.80 $250,000 G2
2000 Kiss A Native 3 Mickey Walls David R. Bell John A. Franks 1+18 mi 1:48.20 $250,000 G2
1999 Forty One Carats 3 Jorge Chavez David Fawkes Jack T. Hammer & Walter L. New 1+18 mi 1:45.40 $400,000 G2
1998 Tomorrows Cat 3 Joe Bravo Mark A. Hennig Donald S. & Roberta Mary Zuckerman & Camelia J. Casby 1+18 mi 1:46.80 $500,000 G2
1997 Behrens 3 Jerry Bailey H. James Bond William Clifton Jr. 1+18 mi 1:46.60 $1,000,000 G2
1996 Allied Forces 3 Richard Migliore Kiaran McLaughlin Ahmed Al Tayer 1+116 mi 1:47.00 $200,000 G2
1995 Flying Chevron 3 Robbie Davis James J. Toner Kimran Stable (Ronald Nicholson) 1+116 mi 1:40.80 $200,000 G2
1994 Brass Scale 3 Edgar Prado Charles Peoples Bayard Sharp 1+18 mi 1:49.20 $200,000 G2
1993 Diazo 3 Laffit Pincay Jr. Bill Shoemaker Allen E. Paulson 1+18 mi 1:47.00 $250,000 G1
1992 Scuffleburg 3 Julie Krone Scotty Schulhofer William H. Perry 1+18 mi 1:49.00 $500,000 G1
1991 Scan 3 José A. Santos Scotty Schulhofer William H. Perry 1+18 mi 1:46.40 $300,000 G1
1990 Silver Ending 3 Ed Delahoussaye Ron McAnally Angelo Costanza & Ron McAnally 1+18 mi 1:47.20 $300,000 G1
1989 Norquestor 3 Julie Krone Hubert Hine Scott C. Savin 1+18 mi 1:49.60 $300,000 G1
1988 Brian's Time 3 Ángel Cordero Jr. John M. Veitch Joan W. Phillips 1+18 mi 1:47.00 $300,000 G1
1987 Cryptoclearance 3 José A. Santos Scotty Schulhofer Philip Teinowitz 1+18 mi 1:48.60 $300,000 G1
1986 Danzig Connection 3 Pat Day Woody Stephens Henryk de Kwiatkowski 1+18 mi 1:49.00 $300,000 G2
1985 Skip Trial 3 Jean-Luc Samyn Hubert Hine Zelda Cohen 1+18 mi 1:51.00 $300,000 G2
1984 Hail Bold King 3 Jorge Velásquez William E. Burch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 1+18 mi 1:49.20 $200,000 G2
1983 World Appeal 3 Antonio Graell Scotty Schulhofer Elton D. Kohr Sr. 1+18 mi 1:46.60 $200,000 G2
1982 Fast Gold 3 Jean-Luc Samyn Sally A. Bailie Aisco Stable 1+18 mi 1:49.00 $200,000
1981 Summing 3 George Martens Luis S. Barrera Charles T. Wilson Jr. 1+18 mi 1:51.00 $200,000
1980 Dr. Blum 3 Ruben Hernandez Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 6 f 1:11.00 $25,000

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pegasus Stakes". Equibase Co. LLC. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. ^ "Forty One Carats Captures Pegasus". New York Post. 1999-10-30. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  3. ^ "Fast Gold, 35-1 Shot, Captures Pegasus". The New York Times. 1982-10-01. Retrieved 2019-06-24.