Woody Stephens Stakes

Woody Stephens Stakes

Grade II race
Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1985
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html
Race information
Distance	7 Furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$500,000 (2014)

The Woody Stephens Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade II event raced on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it is open to three-year-old horses.

Inaugurated in 1985 as the Riva Ridge Stakes, it was named in honor of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee and Belmont Stakes winner, Riva Ridge. In 2006, it was renamed in memory of Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens who won eight U.S. Triple Crown races including a record five consecutive editions of the Belmont Stakes.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:20.33 - You And I (1994)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Jerry Bailey (1991, 1999, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - D. Wayne Lukas (1987, 1989, 1995, 1999)

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has one this race more than once.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	March	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Chad C. Brown	Robert V. LaPenta	1:21.37
2014	Bayern	Gary L. Stevens	Bob Baffert	Kaleem Shah	1:20.75
2013	Forty Tales	Joel Rosario	Todd Pletcher	Perretti Racing Stable	1:22.47
2012	Trinniberg	Willie Martinez	Bisnath Parboo	Shivananda Racing	1:22.26
2011	Justin Phillip	Ramon Dominguez	Steve Asmussen	Zayat Stables	1:23.56
2010	D' Funnybone	Edgar Prado	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	Paul Pompa Jr.	1:22.64
2009	Munnings	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Tabor/Magnier/Smith	1:20.63
2008	J Be K	Garrett Gomez	Steve Asmussen	Zayat Stables	1:21.85
2007	Teuflesberg	Robby Albarado	Jamie Sanders	Jeff Singer, et al.	1:21.49
2006	Songster	Edgar Prado	Thomas Albertrani	Darley Stable	1:21.45
2005	Lost in the Fog	Edgar Prado	Greg Gilchrist	Harry J. Aleo	1:21.54
2004	Fire Slam	Pat Day	David Carroll	Stan Fulton	1:20.94
2003	Posse	Corey Lanerie	Steve Asmussen	Heiligbrodt Racing Stable	1:22.03
2002	Gygistar	Pat Day	Mark A. Hennig	Edward P. Evans	1:22.61
2001	Put It Back	Noel Wynter	H. Allen Jerkens	Hobeau Farm	1:21.76
2000	Trippi	Jerry Bailey	Todd Pletcher	Dogwood Stable	1:23.68
1999	Yes It's True	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Padua Stable	1:22.35
1998	Coronado's Quest	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Stuart S. Janney III	1:22.50
1997	Smoke Glacken	Craig Perret	Henry L. Carroll	Karkenny/Levy /Roberts	1:20.98
1996	Gold Fever	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Cynthia Phipps	1:23.30
1995	Western Larla	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Fares Farm Inc.	1:24.24
1994	You And I	Chris McCarron	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:20.33
1993	Montbrook	Clarence Ladner	Dean Gaudet	Israel Cohen	1:23.34
1992	Superstrike	Jose Santos	Bruce L. Jackson	David R. Kruse	1:22.41
1991	Fly So Free	Jerry Bailey	Flint S. Schulhofer	Thomas F. Valando	1:23.13
1990	Adjudicating	Jacinto Vasquez	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:23.90
1989	Is It True	Chris Antley	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:22.29
1988	Evening Kris	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Phillip Gleaves	Robert E. Brennan	1:22.80
1987	Jazzing Around	Jose Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	D. Wayne Lukas	1:22.40
1986	Ogygian	Walter Guerra	Jan H. Nerud	Tartan Farms	1:23.40
1985	Ziggy's Boy	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Walter Kelley	John B. Singer	1:22.20

References

• The 2008 Woody Stephens Stakes at Thoroughbred Times