Brooklyn Invitational Stakes
| Grade II race | |
 "The Picket" winning the 1904 Brooklyn Handicap | |
| Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1887 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/stakes-schedule/brooklyn-invitational/ |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Weight-For-Age |
| Purse | $400,000-added (2015) |
The Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (formerly known as the Brooklyn Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island. It currently is a Grade II event open to four-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-half miles on dirt. It was a Grade 1 race prior to 1993.[1]
The race was once the second leg of what is sometimes referred to as the New York Handicap Triple series of races. It was preceded by the Metropolitan Handicap and followed by the Suburban Handicap. Four horses won the Handicap Triple:
Whisk Broom II (1913)
Tom Fool (1953)
Kelso (1961)
Fit to Fight (1984)
The race is currently run on the same day as the Metropolitan Handicap, so it is no longer possible to win the Handicap Triple.
First run in 1887 at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York, the Brooklyn Handicap quickly became one of the top attractions on the New York racing circuit, drawing some of the best Thoroughbreds.
Since inception the race has been held at:
- Gravesend Race Track : 1887-1910
- Not run 1911-1912 due to New York State ban on parimutuel betting
Old Aqueduct Racetrack : 1914-1944, 1946-1955
Jamaica Race Course : 1956, 1958-1959
Aqueduct Racetrack : 1960-1974, 1976
Belmont Park : 1957, 1975, 1977 to present
The Brooklyn Handicap has been contested at a variety of distances:
- 1 mile, 1 furlong : 1915-1939, 1994-2007
- 1 3⁄16 miles : 1956-1959, 1972-1974
- 1 1⁄4 miles : 1887-1914, 1940-1955, 1960-1971, 1975-1976
- 1 3⁄8 miles : 1991-1993
- 1 1⁄2 miles : 1977-1990, 2008 to present
Records
Stakes record:
- 2:26.00 - Nasty and Bold (1978)
- 2:26.00 - Hechizado (1981)
Most wins:
- 3 - Discovery (1934, 1935, 1936)
- 3 - Forego (1974, 1975, 1976)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Eddie Arcaro (1944, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 7 - Sam Hildreth (1909, 1910, 1916, 1921, 1923, 1925)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - James R. Keene (1895, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1908)
- 5 - Greentree Stable (1943, 1944, 1953, 1958, 1963)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hoppertunity | 7 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Karl Watson, M. E. Pegram, Paul Weitman | 2:28.61 |
| 2017 | War Story | 5 | Javier Castellano | Jorge Navarro | Loooch Racing Stables, Glenn K. Ellis, Imaginary Stables | 2:31.02 |
| 2016 | Shaman Ghost | 4 | Joel Rosario | James Jerkens | Stronach Stables | 2:28.40 |
| 2015 | Coach Inge | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 2:27.17 |
| 2014 | Norumbega | 4 | Joel Rosario | Claude R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 2:27.13 |
| 2013 | Calidoscopio (ARG) | 10 | Aaron Gryder | Mike Puype | Dona Pancha | 2:31.64 |
| 2012 | Redeemed | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Jay Em Ess Stable | 2:28.89 |
| 2011 | Birdrun | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | Bill Mott | Preston Stables | 2:28.24 |
| 2010 | Alcomo | 7 | Cornelio Velásquez | Eduardo Caramori | Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi | 2:30.07 |
| 2009 | Eldaafer | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Diane Alvarado | Alghuwayriyah Stable | 2:31.58 |
| 2008 | Delosvientos | 5 | Eibar Coa | Giuseppe Iadisernia | Giuseppe Iadisernia | 2:30.96 |
| 2007 | Any Given Saturday | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Todd Pletcher | WinStar Farm/Padua | 1:48.31 |
| 2006 | Wanderin Boy | 4 | Javier Castellano | Nick Zito | Arthur Hancock III | 1:47.94 |
| 2005 | Limehouse | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1:46.69 |
| 2004 | Seattle Fitz (ARG) | 5 | Richard Migliore | Kiaran McLaughlin | West Point Stable | 1:46.20 |
| 2003 | Iron Deputy | 4 | Richard Migliore | James Jerkens | Susan & John Moore | 1:47.80 |
| 2002 | Seeking Daylight | 4 | Edgar Prado | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1:46.20 |
| 2001 | Albert the Great | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Nicholas Zito | Tracy Farmer | 1:47.40 |
| 2000 | Lemon Drop Kid | 4 | Edgar Prado | Scotty Schulhofer | Jeanne G. Vance | 1:49.80 |
| 1999 | Running Stag | 5 | Shane Sellers | Philip Mitchell | Richard J. Cohen | 1:46.20 |
| 1998 | Subordination | 4 | Eibar Coa | Gary Sciacca | Klaravich Stables | 1:46.60 |
| 1997 | Formal Gold | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | William Perry | John D. Murphy | 1:46.20 |
| 1996 | Wekiva Springs | 5 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | D. Dizney & J. English | 1:46.60 |
| 1995 | You And I | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:49.00 |
| 1994 | Devil His Due | 5 | Mike E. Smith | H. Allen Jerkens | Lion Crest Stable | 1:46.60 |
| 1993 | Living Vicariously | 3 | Robbie Davis | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Mills Phipps | 2:17.80 |
| 1992 | Chief Honcho | 5 | Randy Romero | William I. Mott | Matthew K. Firestone | 2:16.80 |
| 1991 | Timely Warning | 6 | Mike Luzzi | Virgil W. Raines | Anderson Fowler | 2:14.00 |
| 1990 | Montubio (ARG) | 5 | Jacinto Vasquez | Angel Penna Jr. | Dogwood Stable | 2:28.60 |
| 1989 | Forever Silver | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | Stanley R. Shapoff | Chevalier Stable | 2:28.60 |
| 1988 | Waquoit | 6 | Jose Santos | Guido Federico | Joseph Federico | 2:28.80 |
| 1987 | Waquoit | 5 | Chris McCarron | Guido Federico | Joseph Federico | 2:28.40 |
| 1986 | Little Missouri | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | George R. Arnold II | Loblolly Stable | 2:26.40 |
| 1985 | Bounding Basque | 5 | Antonio Graell | Woody Sedlacek | Jacques Wimpfheimer | 2:28.40 |
| 1984 | Fit to Fight | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 2:27.40 |
| 1983 | Highland Blade | 5 | Jacinto Vasquez | David A. Whiteley | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 2:31.00 |
| 1982 | Silver Supreme | 5 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Richard DeStasio | Michael Berry | 2:29.40 |
| 1981 | Hechizado (ARG) | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | H. Allen Jerkens | Charles Schmidt, Jr. | 2:26.00 |
| 1980 | Winter's Tale | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 2:28.60 |
| 1979 | The Liberal Member | 4 | Ramon Encinas | Angel Penna, Sr. | Ogden Phipps | 2:28.80 |
| 1978 | Nasty And Bold | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Meadow Hill Lane Farm | 2:26.00 |
| 1977 | Great Contractor | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Roger Laurin | Howard Wilson | 2:26.20 |
| 1976 | Forego | 6 | Heliodoro Gustines | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Lazy F Ranch | 2:01.20 |
| 1975 | Forego | 5 | Heliodoro Gustines | Sherrill W. Ward | Lazy F Ranch | 1:59.80 |
| 1974 | Forego | 4 | Heliodoro Gustines | Sherrill W. Ward | Lazy F Ranch | 1:54.80 |
| 1973 | Riva Ridge | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1:52.40 |
| 1972 | Key To The Mint | 3 | Braulio Baeza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables | 1:54.80 |
| 1971 | Never Bow | 5 | Bobby Ussery | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 2:03.60 |
| 1970 | Dewan | 5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 2:02.80 |
| 1969 | Nodouble | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | J. Bert Sonnier | Verna Lea Farm | 2:00.40 |
| 1968 | Damascus | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft | 1:59.20 |
| 1967 | Handsome Boy | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 2:00.20 |
| 1966 | Buckpasser | 3 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 2:01.80 |
| 1965 | Pia Star | 4 | John Sellers | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 2:00.60 |
| 1964 | Gun Bow | 4 | Walter Blum | Edward A. Neloy | Gedney Farms | 1:59.60 |
| 1963 | Cyrano | 4 | Bobby Ussery | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:01.60 |
| 1962 | Beau Purple | 5 | William Boland | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 2:00.00 |
| 1961 | Kelso | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable | 2:01.60 |
| 1960 | On-and-On | 4 | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:03.00 |
| 1959 | Babu | 5 | Conn McCreary | Jack Weipert | William C. Partee | 1:56.40 |
| 1958 | Cohoes | 4 | John Ruane | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:55.60 |
| 1957 | Portersville | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Anthony J. Pupino | Clearwater Stable | 1:55.20 |
| 1956 | Dedicate | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | G. Carey Winfrey | Mrs. Jan Burke | 1:55.80 |
| 1955 | High Gun | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:03.00 |
| 1954 | Invigorator | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Edward A. Neloy | Saxon Stables | 2:04.40 |
| 1953 | Tom Fool | 4 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:04.40 |
| 1952 | Crafty Admiral | 4 | Eric Guerin | Robert B. Odom | Charfran Stable | 2:01.80 |
| 1951 | Palestinian | 5 | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | Hirsch Jacobs | Isador Bieber | 2:03.80 |
| 1950 | My Request | 5 | Ted Atkinson | James P. Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 2:03.00 |
| 1949 | Assault | 6 | Dave Gorman | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:02.80 |
| 1948 | Conniver | 4 | Ted Atkinson | William Post | Harry La Montague | 2:05.80 |
| 1947 | Assault | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:03.60 |
| 1946 | Gallorette | 4 | Job Dean Jessop | Edward A. Christmas | William L. Brann | 2:05.00 |
| 1945 | Stymie | 4 | Robert Permane | Max Hirsch | Ethel D. Jacobs | 2:02.20 |
| 1944 | Four Freedoms | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:02.80 |
| 1943 | Devil Diver | 4 | Steve Brooks | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:03.40 |
| 1942 | Whirlaway | 4 | George Woolf | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:02.40 |
| 1941 | Fenelon | 4 | James Stout | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:03.60 |
| 1940 | Isolater | 7 | James Stout | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:03.00 |
| 1939 | Cravat | 4 | Basil James | Walter Burrows | Townsend B. Martin | 1:48.20 |
| 1938 | The Chief | 3 | Johnny Longden | Earl Sande | Maxwell Howard | 1:48.40 |
| 1937 | Seabiscuit | 4 | Red Pollard | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1:50.20 |
| 1936 | Discovery | 5 | Leo Fallon | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:50.00 |
| 1935 | Discovery | 4 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:48.20 |
| 1934 | Discovery | 3 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:49.80 |
| 1933 | Dark Secret | 4 | Hank Mills | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:51.20 |
| 1932 | Blenheim III | 4 | Hank Mills | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:51.20 |
| 1931 | Questionnaire | 4 | Raymond Workman | Andy Schuttinger | James Butler | 1:49.00 |
| 1930 | Sortie | 5 | Pete Walls | Max Hirsch | A. Charles Schwartz | 1:49.80 |
| 1929 | Light Carbine | 6 | Georgie Rose | Michael Joseph Dunleavy | Ira B. Humphreys | 1:50.60 |
| 1928 | Black Panther | 4 | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1:51.20 |
| 1927 | Peanuts | 5 | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Aknusti Stable | 1:48.80 |
| 1926 | Single Foot | 4 | Clarence Turner | Harry Rites | J. E. Griffith | 1:50.40 |
| 1925 | Mad Play | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:50.00 |
| 1924 | Hephaistos | 5 | John Maiben | Frank E. Brown | Frank E. Brown | 1:50.80 |
| 1923 | Little Chief | 4 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:50.00 |
| 1922 | Exterminator | 7 | Albert Johnson | Henry McDaniel | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1:50.00 |
| 1921 | Grey Lag | 3 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:49.80 |
| 1920 | Cirrus | 4 | Lavelle Ensor | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1:50.00 |
| 1919 | Eternal | 3 | Andy Schuttinger | Kimball Patterson | J. W. McClelland | 1:49.80 |
| 1918 | Cudgel | 4 | Lawrence Lyke | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1:50.20 |
| 1917 | Borrow | 9 | Willie Knapp | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 1:49.40 |
| 1916 | Friar Rock | 3 | Everett Haynes | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:50.00 |
| 1915 | Tartar | 5 | John McTaggart | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1:50.60 |
| 1914 | Buckhorn | 5 | Joe McCahey | Jack D. Adkins | Roderick J. Mackenzie | 2:08.00 |
| 1913 | Whisk Broom II | 6 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 2:03.40 |
| 1912 | no race | |||||
| 1911 | no race | |||||
| 1910 | Fitz Herbert | 4 | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 2:05.60 |
| 1909 | King James | 4 | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 2:04.00 |
| 1908 | Celt | 3 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene | 2:04.20 |
| 1907 | Superman | 3 | Walter Miller | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene | 2:05.60 |
| 1906 | Tokalon | 5 | W. Bedell | J. W. Fuller | J. W. Fuller | 2:05.60 |
| 1905 | Delhi | 4 | Tommy Burns | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene | 2:06.40 |
| 1904 | The Picket | 4 | Oscar Helgesen | Carroll B. Reid | Waldeck Stable | 2:06.60 |
| 1903 | Irish Lad | 3 | Frank O'Neill | John W. Rogers | Westbury Stable | 2:05.40 |
| 1902 | Reina | 4 | Winfield O'Connor | Julius Bauer | Albert Featherstone | 2:07.00 |
| 1901 | Conroy | 3 | Winfield O'Connor | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James & Foxhall Keene | 2:09.00 |
| 1900 | Kinley Mack | 4 | Patrick McCue | Peter Wimmer | Eastin & Larabie | 2:10.00 |
| 1899 | Banastar | 4 | Danny Maher | Matthew M. Allen | William H. Clark | 2:06.25 |
| 1898 | Ornament | 4 | Tod Sloan | Charles E. Patterson | Headley & W. P. Norton | 2:10.00 |
| 1897 | Howard Mann | 4 | Skeets Martin | William C. Smith | George E. Smith | 2:09.75 |
| 1896 | Sir Walter | 6 | Fred Taral | Walter C. Rollins | Oneck Stable | 2:08.50 |
| 1895 | Hornpipe | 4 | Anthony Hamilton | William Lakeland | James & Foxhall Keene | 2:11.25 |
| 1894 | Dr. Rice | 4 | Fred Taral | Fred Foster | Fred Foster | 2:07.25 |
| 1893 | Diablo | 7 | Fred Taral | John Campbell | Walcott & Campbell | 2:09.00 |
| 1892 | Judge Morrow | 5 | Alexander Covington | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 2:08.75 |
| 1891 | Tenny | 5 | Shelby Barnes | P. S. Donovan | David T. Pulsifer | 2:10.00 |
| 1890 | Castaway II | 4 | W. Bunn | John Campbell | Beverwyck Stable | 2:10.00 |
| 1889 | Exile | 7 | Anthony Hamilton | William Lakeland | William Lakeland | 2:07.50 |
| 1888 | The Bard | 5 | William Hayward | John Huggins | Alexander Cassatt | 2:13.00 |
| 1887 | Dry Monopole | 4 | Andy McCarthy | Not found | Emery & Co. | 2:07.00 |
References
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The 2008 Brooklyn Handicap at the NTRA[permanent dead link]
