Belmont Oaks

Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes
Grade I race
LocationBelmont Park
Elmont, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1979 (as Rare Perfume Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com
Race information
Distance1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-old fillies
WeightNorthern hemisphere:125 lbs
Southern hemisphere:121 lbs
PurseUS$500,000 (2023)

The Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early July at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade I event open to three-year-old fillies, it is raced on turf over a distance of a mile and a quarter (10 furlongs). The current purse is $500,000.[1] The race is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" event for the Filly and Mare Turf.[2]

The Belmont Oaks became a Grade I race in 1999. It was previously known as the Garden City Stakes from 2007 to 2013 when it was run in September at 1+1⁄8 miles. From 1996–2006, it was called the Garden City Breeders' Cup, and the Rare Perfume before that. The latter name was in honor of George Widener's racing mare, Rare Perfume. The Garden City name referred to Garden City, New York, a village in the Town of Hempstead in central Nassau County located near the racetrack.[3]

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄4 miles)

  • 1:58.71 – Athena (2018)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance
(Miles)
 Time
 Win $
2024 Cinderella's Dream (GB) William Buick Charles Appleby
2023 Aspen Grove (IRE) Oisin Murphy James Stack Glen Hill Farm and Mrs. John Magnier 1-1/4 2:04.09 $275,000
2022 McKulick (GB) Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad Brown Klaravich Stables 1-1/4 1:55.38 $375,000
2021 Santa Barbara (IRE) Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, & Westerberg 1-1/4 2:03.76 $375,000
2020 Magic Attitude Javier Castellano Arnaud Delacour Lael Stable 1-1/4 2:01.14 $137,500
2019 Concrete Rose Julien Leparoux George R Arnold II Ashbrook Farm 1-1/4 1:59.97 $400,000
2018 Athena Ryan Moore Aidan O'Brien Tabor, Magnier & Smith 1-1/4 1:58.71 $600,000
2017 New Money Honey Javier Castellano Chad C. Brown E Five Racing 1-1/4 1:59.89 $600,000
2016 Catch A Glimpse Florent Geroux Mark E. Casse Barber, Ambler and Windways Farm 1-1/4 1:59.87 $600,000
2015 Lady Eli Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Sheep Pond Partners 1-1/4 1:59.27 $600,000
2014 Minorette Joel Rosario Chad C. Brown Tabor, Magnier and Smith 1-1/4 2:01.64 $600,000
2013 Alterite (FR) John R. Velazquez Chad C. Brown Martin S. Schwartz 1-1/8 1:50.55 $300,000
2012 Samitar Ramon Domínguez Chad C. Brown Martin S. Schwartz 1-1/8 1:48.74 $180,000
2011 Winter Memories Javier Castellano James J. Toner Phillips Racing Partnership 1-1/8 1:51.06 $150,000
2010 Check the Label Ramon Domínguez H. Graham Motion Lael Stables 1-1/8 1:51.41 $150,000
2009 Miss World Cornelio Velásquez Christophe Clement Waratah Thoroughbreds 1-1/8 1:53.55 $180,000
2008 Backseat Rhythm Javier Castellano Patrick L. Reynolds Paul P. Pompa Jr. 1-1/8 1:51.82 $150,000
2007 Alexander Tango Shaun Bridgmohan Tommy Stack Noel O' Callaghan 1-1/8 1:48.97 $120,000
2006 Magnificent Song Garrett Gomez Todd A. Pletcher Parrish, Malcolm, Edward 1-1/8 1:48.48 $150,000
2005 Luas Line John Velazquez David Wachman Evelyn M. Stockwell 1-1/8 1:45.62 $180,000
2004 Lucifer's Stone José A. Santos Linda L. Rice Team Solaris Stable 1-1/8 1:48.88 $180,000
2003 Indy Five Hundred Pat Day Robert Barbara Georgica Stable 1-1/8 1:48.44 $150,000
2002 Wonder Again Edgar Prado James J. Toner Joan G. & John W. Phillips 1-1/8 1:47.33 $150,000
2001 Voodoo Dancer Corey Nakatani Christophe Clement Green Hills Farms 1-1/8 1:47.69 $150,000
2000 Gaviola Jerry D. Bailey William H. Turner Jr. Twilite Farms 1-1/8 1:48.89 $150,000
1999 Perfect Sting Pat Day Joseph Orseno Stronach Stable 1-1/8 1:49.41 $129,900
1998 Pharatta-IR Corey Nakatani Carlos Laffon-Parias Hinojosa Dario 1-1/8 1:47.10 $129,720
1997 Auntie Mame Jerry D. Bailey Angel Penna Jr. Lazy F Ranch 1-1/8 1:48.49 $128,040
1996 True Flare Gary Stevens Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1-1/16 1:42.58 $128,460
1995 Perfect Arc John Velazquez Angel Penna Jr. Brazil Stables 1-1/16 1:42.35 $101,070
1994 Jade Flush Robbie Davis Nicholas P. Zito Condren, et al. 1-1/16 1:46.79 $67,140
1993 Sky Beauty Mike E. Smith H. Allen Jerkens Georgia E. Hofmann 1 1:35.76 $68,400
1992 November Snow Chris Antley H. Allen Jerkens Earle I. Mack 1 1:35.91 $66,480
1991 Dazzle Me Jolie José A. Santos Willard J. Thompson Jolie Stanzione 1 1:35.61 $72,000
1990 Aishah José A. Santos Flint S. Schulhofer Helen K. Groves 1 1:35.40 $57,690
1989 Highest Glory José A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas H. Joseph Allen 1 1:37.20 $70,440
1988 Topicount Ángel Cordero Jr. H. Allen Jerkens Centennial Farms 1 1:38.00 $82,260
1987 Personal Ensign Randy Romero Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1 1:36.60 $82,140
1986 Life At The Top Chris McCarron D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French 1 1:34.40 $51,210
1985 Kamikaze Rick Ángel Cordero Jr. John Parisella Theodore M. Sabarese 1 1:36.00 $50,490
1984 Given Matthew Vigliotti Alfino Pepino Ronald S. Green 1-1/16 1:43.40 $42,960
1983 Pretty Sensible Alfredo Smith Jr. George Travers John Zervas 1 1:37.80 $33,600
1982 Nafees Jorge Velásquez Richard T. DeStasio Albert Fried Jr. 1 1:38.40 $33,120
1981 Banner Gala Ángel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Sr. Ogden Phipps 1 1:35.60 $33,900
1980 Mitey Lively Jorge Velásquez Douglas R. Peterson Tayhill Stable 1 1:36.40 $33,480
1979 Danielle B. Ruben Hernandez John O. Hertler Our Precious Stable 1-1/16 1:45.40 $33,000

References

  1. ^ "Statistics – Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes". Equibase. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. ^ "2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge Features 59 Grade/Group 1 Races in 12 Countries". breederscup.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  3. ^ The Garden City Stakes history at the NYRA Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine