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The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. It was named to honor Eugene D. Wood, a New York State politician and horse racing enthusiast who had been a founder and past president of the old Jamaica Racetrack.
The Wood Memorial race is a Grade 1 stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbreds. From 1925 to 1939 it was run over a distance of one mile and seventy yards then at 1 1/16 miles from 1940 to 1951 after which it was changed to its present 1 1/8 miles. All entrants carry a weight of 123 lb.
Run in April of each year, the Wood Memorial is a major prep race with eleven winners having gone on to capture victory in the Kentucky Derby, four of whom captured the Triple Crown.
In 2005, Bellamy Road set a new stakes record while winning by 17½ lengths for its famous owner, George Steinbrenner. The most famous non-winner in the Wood Memorial was the immortal Secretariat who finished third in 1973.
Winningest jockeys:
- Eddie Arcaro - 9
- Angel Cordero, Jr. - 4
- Johnny Longden - 3
- Willie Shoemaker - 3
- Mike E. Smith - 3
Winningest trainers:
- Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons - 7
- Lucien Laurin - 4
- Nick Zito, Ivan H. Parke - 3 (Parke also won once as a jockey)
The race was run in two divisions in 1944, 1945, 1947, 1974, and 1983.
[edit] Winners of the Wood Memorial Stakes
| Year
| Winner
| Jockey
| Trainer
|
| 1925
| Backbone
| Ivan H. Parke
| James Rowe, Sr.
|
| 1926
| Pompey
| Bennie Breuning
| William H. Karrick
|
| 1927
| Saxon
| G. Ellis
| James Rowe, Jr.
|
| 1928
| Distraction
| Danny McAuliffe
| George Tappen
|
| 1929
| Essare
| Mack Garner
| Joe Johnson
|
| 1930
| Gallant Fox
| Earl Sande
| Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
|
| 1931
| Twenty Grand
| Charley Kurtsinger
| James Rowe, Jr.
|
| 1932
| Universe
| Linus McAtee
| Not known
|
| 1933
| Mr. Khayyam
| Pete Walls
| Matthew Peter Brady
|
| 1934
| High Quest
| Dominick Bellizzi
| Robert A. Smith
|
| 1935
| Today
| Raymond Workman
| Thomas J. Healey
|
| 1936
| Teufel
| Herbert Litzenberger
| Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
|
| 1937
| Melodist
| Johnny Longden
| Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
|
| 1938
| Fighting Fox
| James Stout
| Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
|
| 1939
| Johnstown
| James Stout
| Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
|
| 1940
| Dit
| Leon Haas
| Max Hirsch
|
| 1941
| Market Wise
| Don Meade
| George W. Carroll
|
| 1942
| Requested
| Wayne D. Wright
| J. H. McCoole
|
| 1943
| Count Fleet
| Johnny Longden
| G. Donald Cameron
|
| 1944
| Lucky Draw
| Johnny Longden
| W. F. Mulholland
|
| 1944
| Stir Up
| Eddie Arcaro
| John M. Gaver, Sr.
|
| 1945
| Jeep
| Arnold Kirkland
| L. T. Ruff
|
| 1945
| Hoop, Jr.
| Eddie Arcaro
| Ivan H. Parke
|
| 1946
| Assault
| Warren Mehrtens
| Max Hirsch
|
| 1947
| Phalanx
| Eddie Arcaro
| Sylvester Veitch
|
| 1947
| I Will
| Eddie Arcaro
| Sidney Jacobs
|
| 1948
| My Request
| Douglas Dodson
| James P. Conway
|
| 1949
| Olympia
| Eddie Arcaro
| Ivan H. Parke
|
| 1950
| Hill Prince
| Eddie Arcaro
| Casey Hayes
|
| 1951
| Repetoire
| Pete McLean
| Albert Jensen
|
| 1952
| Master Fiddle
| David Gorman
| Sol Rutchick
|
| 1953
| Native Dancer
| Eric Guerin
| William C. Winfrey
|
| 1954
| Correlation
| Willie Shoemaker
| Noble Threewitt
|
| 1955
| Nashua
| Ted Atkinson
| Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
|
| 1956
| Head Man
| Eddie Arcaro
| Sylvester Veitch
|
| 1957
| Bold Ruler
| Eddie Arcaro
| Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
|
| 1958
| Jewel's Reward
| Eddie Arcaro
| Ivan H. Parke
|
| 1959
| Manassa Mauler
| Ray Broussard
| Pancho Martin
|
| 1960
| Francis S.
| Willie Shoemaker
| Burley Parke
|
| 1961
| Globemaster
| John Rotz
| Thomas Joseph Kelly
|
| 1962
| Admiral's Voyage
| Braulion Baeza
| Charles R. Parke
|
| 1963
| No Robbery
| John Rotz
| John M. Gaver, Jr.
|
| 1964
| Quadrangle
| Bill Hartack
| Elliott Burch
|
| 1965
| Flag Raiser
| Bobby Ussery
| Hirsch Jacobs
|
| 1966
| Amberoid
| William Boland
| Lucien Laurin
|
| 1967
| Damascus
| Willie Shoemaker
| Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.
|
| 1968
| Dancer's Image
| Bobby Ussery
| Lou Cavalaris, Jr.
|
| 1969
| Dike
| Jorge Velasquez
| Lucien Laurin
|
| 1970
| Personality
| Eddie Belmonte
| John W. Jacobs
|
| 1971
| Good Behaving
| Chuck Baltazar
| John P. Campo
|
| 1972
| Upper Case
| Ron Turcotte
| Lucien Laurin
|
| 1973
| Angle Light
| Jacinto Vasquez
| Lucien Laurin
|
| 1974
| Flip Sal
| Angel Cordero, Jr.
| Stephen DiMauro
|
| 1974
| Rube The Great
| Miguel A. Rivera
| Pancho Martin
|
| 1975
| Foolish Pleasure
| Jacinto Vasquez
| LeRoy Jolley
|
| 1976
| Bold Forbes
| Angel Cordero, Jr.
| Laz Barrera
|
| 1977
| Seattle Slew
| Jean Cruguet
| William H. Turner, Jr.
|
| 1978
| Believe It
| Eddie Maple
| Woody Stephens
|
| 1979
| Instrument Landing
| Angel Cordero, Jr.
| David Whiteley
|
| 1980
| Plugged Nickle
| Buck Thornburg
| Thomas J. Kelly
|
| 1981
| Pleasant Colony
| Jeff Fell
| John P. Campo
|
| 1982
| Air Forbes Won
| Angel Cordero, Jr.
| Frank LaBoccetta
|
| 1983
| Bounding Basque
| Gregg McCarron
| Woody Sedlacek
|
| 1983
| Slew o'Gold
| Eddie Maple
| Sidney Watters, Jr.
|
| 1984
| Leroy S.
| Jean Cruguet
| Jan Nerud
|
| 1985
| Eternal Prince
| Richard Migliore
| John J. Lenzini, Jr.
|
| 1986
| Broad Brush
| Vince Bracciale
| Richard W. Small
|
| 1987
| Gulch
| José Santos
| LeRoy Jolley
|
| 1988
| Private Terms
| Chris Antley
| Charles Hadry
|
| 1989
| Easy Goer
| Pat Day
| Shug McGaughey
|
| 1990
| Thirty Six Red
| Mike E. Smith
| Nick Zito
|
| 1991
| Cahill Road
| Craig Perret
| Scotty Schulhofer
|
| 1992
| Devil His Due
| Mike E. Smith
| H. Allen Jerkens
|
| 1993
| Storm Tower
| Rick Wilson
| Ben W. Perkins, Jr.
|
| 1994
| Irgun
| Gary Stevens
| Steven W. Young
|
| 1995
| Talkin Man
| Shane Sellers
| Roger Attfield
|
| 1996
| Unbridled's Song
| Mike E. Smith
| James T. Ryerson
|
| 1997
| Captain Bodgit
| Alex Solis
| Gary Capuano
|
| 1998
| Coronado's Quest
| Robbie Davis
| Shug McGaughey
|
| 1999
| Adonis
| Jorge Chavez
| Nick Zito
|
| 2000
| Fusaichi Pegasus
| Kent Desormeaux
| Neil Drysdale
|
| 2001
| Congaree
| Victor Espinoza
| Bob Baffert
|
| 2002
| Buddha
| Pat Day
| H. James Bond
|
| 2003
| Empire Maker
| Jerry Bailey
| Bobby Frankel
|
| 2004
| Tapit
| Ramon Dominguez
| Michael W. Dickinson
|
| 2005
| Bellamy Road
| Javier Castellano
| Nick Zito
|
| 2006
| Bob and John
| Garrett Gomez
| Bob Baffert
|
Notes:
- In 1956, Golf Ace won but was disqualified and placed 2nd.
- In 1962, Admiral's Voyage and Sunrise County finished in a dead heat. However, Sunrise County, was disqualified and 2nd.
- Coronado's Quest (1998), Irgun (1994) and Buddha (2002) are the only three horses that won the Wood Memorial Stakes, but never ran in the Kentucky Derby.<ref>TVG Trackside Live, April 6th, 2006 edition.</ref>
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