Brooklyn Invitational | Belmont Stakes

Brooklyn Invitational

136 Running on Saturday, June 10, 2023

The BROOKLYN Handicap is named for one of the five boroughs that comprise New York City. Brooklyn and Manhattan were rival commercial centers before the two merged to form the modern-day New York City in 1898. Brooklyn was first settled by the Dutch in 1636 and named “Breucklen” (Dutch for “marshland”) after a town in Holland. Among the principal attractions in Brooklyn are the New York Aquarium, Coney Island, Fort Hamilton and Prospect Park. At one time, Brooklyn had its own Major League Baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, winners of the 1955 World Series. In 2012, the Nets of the National Basketball Association relocated to Brooklyn. It is also said that one in every four Americans has some form of connection with Brooklyn. The first winner of the BROOKLYN Handicap, in 1887, was Dry Monopole, familiar today as the name of champagne. Following Dry Monopole`s victory, a wine salesman took advantage of the attendant publicity by furnishing free champagne to the fans in attendance. The "Handicap Triple" The Metropolitan, Brooklyn, and Suburban handicaps began in 1891. Only four horses since have won these races in one racing year. The year, horse and respective weight carried in each race: 1913 Whisk Broom II (126, 139, 130); 1953 Tom Fool (130, 128, 136); 1961 Kelso (130, 133, 136); 1984 Fit To Fight (124, 126, 129). The BROOKLYN Handicap was run at Gravesend 1887-1910; at Old Aqueduct 1914-44 and 1946-55; at Jamaica in 1956, 1958, and 1959; at Aqueduct 1960-74 and in 1976. Not run in 1911 and 1912. Run at 1 1/8 miles 1915-39; 1 3/16 miles 1956-59 and 1972-74; at 1 ¼ miles 1887-1914, 1940-55, 1960-71 and 1975-76; at 1 ½ miles in 1977 and 1978; at a mile and three eighths 1991-93. Returned to 1 1/8 miles 1994-2006. Run at one mile in 2007 and back at 1 ½ miles 2008-present. It was made an Invitational run under allowance conditions for the 2014 edition.

$400,000 1 1/2 (Dirt) Grade:II

Year Horse Age Weight Time Owner Trainer Jockey Value
2023 Next 5 122 2:31.01 Michael A. Foster William D. Cowans Luan Machado $137,500
2022 Fearless 6 122 2:30.45 Repole Stable Todd A. Pletcher Luis Saez $220,000
2021 Lone Rock 118 2:25.36 Flying P Stable Robertino Diodoro Ramon A. Vazquez $220,000
2019 Marconi 4/C 117 2:28.97 Bridlewood Farm, Magnier, Mrs. John, Smith, Derrick and Tabor, Michael B. Todd A. Pletcher Jose Lezcano $220,000
2018 Hoppertunity 7/H 121 2:28.61 Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul Bob Baffert Flavien Prat $220,000
2017 War Story 5/G 115 2:31.02 Loooch Racing Stables, Inc., Ellis, Glenn K. and Imaginary Stables Jorge Navarro Javier Castellano $400,000
2016 Shaman Ghost 119 2:28:40 Stronach Stables James A. Jerkins Joel Rosario $400,000
2015 Coach Inge 117 2:27:17 Repole Stable Todd Pletcher John R. Velazquez $400,000
2014 Norumbega 4 115 2:27.13 Stuart S. Janney, III Claude R. McGaughey III Joel Rosario 275,000
2013 Calidoscopio (ARG) 10 122 2:31.64 Dona Pancha Mike Puype Aaron T. Gryder $120,000
2012 Redeemed 4 121 2:28.89 Jay Em Ess Stable Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. Ramon A. Dominguez $120,000
2011 Birdrun 5 118 2:28.24 Preston Stables LLC William I. Mott Rajiv Maragh $90,000
2010 Alcomo (BRZ) 7 116 2:30.07 Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi Eduardo Caramori Cornelio Velasquez $90,000
2009 Eldaafer 4 114 2:31.58 Alghuwayriyah Stable Diane Alvarado Jorge Chavez $120,000
2008 Delosvientos 5 116 2:30.96 Giussepe Iadisernia Giussepe Iadisernia Eibar Coa $120,000
2007 Any Given Saturday 3 118 1:35.30 Winstar Farm LLC and Padua Stables Todd Pletcher Garrett Gomez $94,320
2006 Wanderin Boy 4 117 1:47 4/5 Arthur Hancock III Nick Zito Javier Castellano $95,700
2005 Limehouse 4 115 1:46 3/5 Dogwood Stable Todd Pletcher John Velazquez $150,000
2004 Seattle Fitz (ARG) 5 116 1:46 1/5 West Point Stable Kiaran McLaughlin Richard Migliore $150,000
2003 Iron Deputy 4 114 1:47 4/5 Susan and John Moore James Jerkens Richard Migliore $150,000
2002 Seeking Daylight 4 113 1:46 1/5 Edward P. Evans Mark Hennig Edgar Prado $150,000
2001 Albert the Great 4 122 1:47 2/5 Tracy Farmer Nicholas Zito Jorge Chavez $150,000
2000 Lemon Drop Kid 4 120 1:49 4/5 Jeanne G. Vance Scotty Schulhofer Edgar Prado $150,000
1999 Running Stag 5 117 1:46 1/5 Richard J. Cohen Philip Mitchell Shane Sellers $210,000
1998 Subordination 4 114 1:46 3/5 Klaravich Stables Gary Sciacca Eibar Coa $180,000
1997 Formal Gold 4 119 1:46 1/5 John D. Murphy William Perry Jerry Bailey $180,000
1996 Wekiva Springs 5 120 1:46 3/5 D.Dizney & J. English William I. Mott Mike Smith $180,000
1995 You And I 4 115 1:49 Edmund A. Gann Robert Frankel Jorge Chavez $150,000
1994 Devil His Due 5 120 1:46 3/5 Lion Crest Stable H. Allen Jerkens Mike Smith $150,000
1993 Living Vicariously 3 111 2:17 4/5 Ogden Mills Phipps Shug McGaughey Robbie Davis $150,000
1992 Chief Honcho 5 117 2:16 4/5 Matthew K. Firestone William I. Mott Randy Romero $210,000
1991 Timely Warning 6 112 2:14 Anderson Fowler Virgil W. Raines Mike Luzzi $210,000
1990 Montubio 5 113 2:28 3/5 Dogwood Stable Angel Penna Jacinto Vasquez $241,920
1989 Forever Silver 4 116 2:28 3/5 Chevalier Stable Stanley R. Shapoff Jacinto Vasquez $238,560
1988 Waquoit 6 121 2:28 4/5 Joseph Federico Guido Federico Jose Santos $229,740
1987 Waquoit 5 123 2:28 2/5 Joseph Federico Guido Federico Chris McCarron $249,480
1986 Little Missouri 4 109 2:26 2/5 Loblolly Stable George R. Arnold II Jean-Luc Samyn $168,900
1985 Bounding Basque 5 111 2:28 2/5 Jacques Wimpfheimer Woodrow Sedlacek Antonio Graell $207,300
1984 Fit To Fight 5 129 2:27 2/5 Rokeby Stable MacK. Miller Jerry Bailey $174,000
1983 Highland Blade 5 117 2:31 Pen-Y-Bryn Farm David A. Whiteley Jacinto Vasquez $172,800
1982 Silver Supreme 4 111 2:29 2/5 Michael Berry Richard DeStasio Angel Cordero Jr. $131,700
1981 Hechizado 5 116 2:26 Charles Schmidt Jr. H. Allen Jerkens Ruben Hernandez $138,300
1980 Winter's Tale 4 120 2:28 3/5 Rokeby Stable MacK. Miller Jeffrey Fell $130,200
1979 The Liberal Member 4 114 2:28 4/5 Ogden Phipps Angel Penna Ramon Encinas $99,000
1978 Nasty And Bold 3 112 2:26 Meadowhill Philip G. Johnson Jean-Luc Samyn $63,900
1977 Great Contractor 4 112 2:26 1/5 Howard Wilson Roger Laurin Angel Cordero Jr. $66,600
1976 Forego 6 134 2:01 1/5 Lazy F Ranch Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. Heliodoro Gustines $67,860
1975 Forego 5 132 1:59 4/5 Lazy F Ranch Sherrill W. Ward Heliodoro Gustines $66,780
1974 Forego 4 129 1:54 4/5 Lazy F Ranch Sherrill W. Ward Heliodoro Gustines $66,600
1973 Riva Ridge 4 127 1:52 2/5 Meadow Stable Lucien Laurin Ron Turcotte $67,200
1972 Key To The Mint 3 112 1:54 4/5 Rokeby Stable Elliott Burch Braulio Baeza $70,860
1971 Never Bow 5 126 2:03 3/5 Sigmund Sommer Frank Martin Robert Ussery $69,060
1970 Dewan 5 118 2:02 4/5 William Haggin Perry James W. Maloney Laffit Pincay Jr. $69,810
1969 Nodouble 4 127 2:00 2/5 Verna Lea Farm J. Bert Sonnier Eddie Belmonte $70,850
1968 Damascus 4 130 1:59 1/5 Mrs. Edith W. Bancroft Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. Manuel Ycaza $71,110
1967 Handsome Boy 4 116 2:00 1/5 Hobeau Farm H. Allen Jerkens Eddie Belmonte $69,355
1966 Buckpasser 3 120 2:01 4/5 Ogden Phipps Edward A. Neloy Braulio Baeza $69,615
1965 Pia Star 4 121 2:00 3/5 Mrs. Ada L. Rice Clyde Trout John Sellers $69,680
1964 Gun Bow 4 122 1:59 3/5 Gedney Farms W. Blum $71,500
1963 Cyrano 4 113 2:01 3/5 Greentree Stable R. Ussery $72,800
1962 Beau Purple 5 116 2:00 Hobeau Farm W. Boland $71,240
1961 Kelso 4 136 2:01 3/5 Bohemia Stable E. Arcaro $73,320
1960 On-and-On 4 118 2:03 Calumet Farm I. Valenzuela $70,010
1959 Babu 5 112 1:56 2/5 William C. Partee C. McCreary $72,545
1958 Cohoes 4 110 1:55 3/5 Greentree Stable J. Ruane $36,450
1957 Portersville 4 116 1:55 1/5 Clearwater Stable E. Nelson $37,700
1956 Dedicate 4 114 1:55 4/5 Mrs. Jan Burke E. Arcaro $37,600
1955 High Gun 4 132 2:03 King Ranch E. Arcaro $37,900
1954 Invigorator 4 114 2:04 2/5 Saxon Stables E. Arcaro $40,500
1953 Tom Fool 4 136 2:04 2/5 Greentree Stable T. Atkinson $37,900
1952 Crafty Admiral 4 116 2:01 4/5 Charfran Stable E. Guerin $41,700
1951 Palestinian 5 121 2:03 4/5 Isador Bieber S. Boulmetis $39,000
1950 My Request 5 119 2:03 B. F. Whitaker T. Atkinson $41,000
1949 Assault 6 122 2:02 4/5 King Ranch D. Gorman $40,600
1948 Conniver 4 114 2:05 4/5 Harry La Montague T. Atkinson $39,300
1947 Assault 4 133 2:03 3/5 King Ranch E. Arcaro $38,100
1946 Gallorette 4 118 2:05 W. L. Brann J. Jessop $41,100
1945 Stymie 4 116 2:02 1/5 Mr. Ethel D. Jacobs R. Permane $39,120
1944 Four Freedoms 4 116 2:02 4/5 Greentree Stable E. Arcaro $39,720
1943 Devil Diver 4 122 2:03 2/5 Greentree Stable S. Brooks $23,200
1942 Whirlaway 4 128 2:02 2/5 Calumet Farm G. Woolf $23,650
1941 Fenelon 4 119 2:03 3/5 Belair Stud J. Stout $19,250
1940 Isolater 7 119 2:03 Belair Stud J. Stout $16,900
1939 Cravat 4 126 1:48 1/5 Townsend B. Martin B. James $18,250
1938 The Chief 3 105 1:48 2/5 Maxwell Howard J. Longden $18,450
1937 Seabiscuit 4 122 1:50 1/5 C. S. Howard J. Pollard $18,025
1936 Discovery 5 136 1:50 Alfred G. Vanderbilt L. Fallon $10,575
1935 Discovery 4 123 1:48 1/5 Alfred G. Vanderbilt J. Bejshak $10,200
1934 Discovery 3 113 1:49 4/5 Alfred G. Vanderbilt J. Bejshak $2,925
1933 Dark Secret 4 115 1:51 1/5 Wheatley Stable H. Mills $3,380
1932 Blenheim 4 109 1:51 1/5 Wheatley Stable H. Mills $9,800
1931 Questionnaire 4 127 1:49 James Butler R. Workman $13,900
1930 Sortie 5 111 1:49 4/5 A. C. Schwartz P. Walls $10,800
1929 Light Carbine 6 97 1:50 3/5 I. B. Humphrey G. Rose $14,300
1928 Black Panther 4 105 1:51 1/5 Walter J. Salmon J. Maiben $13,750
1927 Peanuts 5 112 1:48 4/5 Aknusti Stable H. Thurber $13,150
1926 Single Foot 4 110 1:50 2/5 J. E. Griffith C. Turner $11,950
1925 Mad Play 4 123 1:50 Rancocas Stable L. Fator $7,600
1924 Hephaistos 5 106 1:50 4/5 F. E. Brown J. Maiben $7,600
1923 Little Chief 4 114 1:50 Rancocas Stable E. Sande $7,600
1922 Exterminator 7 135 1:50 W. S. Kilmer A. Johnson $7,600
1921 Grey Lag 3 110 1:49 4/5 Rancocas Stable L. Fator $7,600
1920 Cirrus 4 108 1:50 S. C. Hildreth L. Ensor $5,850
1919 Eternal 3 105 1:49 4/5 J. W. McClelland A. Schuttinger $4,850
1918 Cudgel 4 129 1:50 1/5 J.K.L. Ross L. Lyke $4,850
1917 Borrow 9 117 1:49 2/5 H. P. Whitney W. Knapp $4,850
1916 Friar Rock 3 108 1:50 August Belmont E. Haynes $3,850
1915 Tartar 5 103 1:50 3/5 R. T. Wilson Jr. J. McTaggert $3,850
1914 Buckhorn 5 113 2:08 R. J. Mackenzie J. McCahey $3,350
1913 Whisk Broom II 6 130 2:03 2/5 H. P. Whitney J. Notter $3,125
1910 Fitz Herbert 4 130 2:05 3/5 S. C. Hildreth E. Dugan $4,800
1909 King James 4 126 2:04 S. C. Hildreth E. Dugan $3,850
1908 Celt 3 106 2:04 1/5 James R. Keene J. Notter $19,750
1907 Superman 3 99 2:05 3/5 James R. Keene W. Miller $15,800
1906 Tokalon 5 108 2:05 3/5 J. W. Fuller W. Bedell $15,800
1905 Delhi 4 124 2:06 2/5 James R. Keene T. Burns $15,800
1904 The Picket 4 119 2:06 3/5 Waldeck Stable E. Helgesen $15,800
1903 Irish Lad 3 103 2:05 2/5 Westbury Stable F. O`Neil $14,950
1902 Reina 4 104 2:07 A. Featherstone W. O`Connor $7,800
1901 Conroy 3 102 1/2 2:09 J.R.&F.P. Keene W. O`Connor $7,800
1900 Kinley Mack 4 122 2:10 Eastin & Larabie P. McCue $7,800
1899 Banastar 4 110 2:06 1/4 W. H. Clark D. Naher $7,800
1898 Ornament 4 127 2:10 Headley & Norton T. Sloan $7,800
1897 Howard Mann 4 106 2:09 3/4 G. E. Smith H. Martin $7,750
1896 Sir Walter 6 113 2:08 1/2 Oneck Stable F. Taral $7,750
1895 Hornpipe 4 105 2:11 1/4 J.R. & F.P. Keene A. Hamilton $7,750
1894 Dr. Rice 4 112 2:07 1/4 F. Foster F. Taral $17,750
1893 Diablo 7 112 2:09 Walcott & Campbell F. Taral $17,750
1892 Judge Morrow 5 116 2:08 3/4 G. B. Morris A. Covington $17,750
1891 Tenny 5 128 2:10 D. T. Pulsifer S. Barnes $14,800
1890 Castaway II 4 100 2:10 Beverwyck Stable W. Bunn $6,900
1889 Exile 7 116 2:07 1/2 W. Lakeland A. Hamilton $6,900
1888 The Bard 5 125 2:13 A. J. Cassatt W. Hayward $6,925
1887 Dry Monopole 4 106 2:07 Emery & Co. A. McCarthy $5,850