Bay Shore Stakes

Bay Shore Stakes

Grade III race
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1960
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance	7 furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$300,000

The Bay Shore Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The Grade III event is for three-year-olds of either gender, and is set at a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track.

In its 56th running in 2016, the Bay Shore, named for the resort town of Bay Shore, New York, currently offers a purse of $300,000. It was also the name of a seven-furlong race for three-year-olds and up, last run in 1955.

Since inception in 1960 as the Bay Shore Handicap, the race has been contested at a variety of distances:

• 8 furlongs : 1960-1963
• 6 furlongs : 1977-1978, 1984, 1994
• 7 furlongs : 1964-1976, 1979-1983, 1985-1992, 1995-present

The race was run in two divisions in 1962, 1968, 1975, and 1986

Due to bad weather it was not run in 1993.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)

• 1:20.54 - Limit Out (1998)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - John Velazquez (1994, 1996, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 - Stanley R. Shapoff (1974, 1988, 1991)
• 3 - D. Wayne Lukas (1985, 1989, 1990)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Robert B. Cohen (1974, 1988, 1991)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	March	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Chad C. Brown	Robert V. LaPenta	1:24.72
2014	Coup de Grace	Javier Castellano	Chad C. Brown	Fox Hill Farms	1:23.19
2013	Declan's Warrior	Jose Lezcano	Nicholas P. Zito	Lucky Shamrock Stable	1:22.09
2012	Trinniberg	Willie Martinez	Bisnath Parboo	Shivananda Racing	1:23.46
2011	J J's Lucky Train	Jose C. Ferrer	William D. Anderson	Fresh Start Stable	1:22.54
2010	Eightfiveinafifty	Ramon A. Dominguez	Gary C. Contessa	Team Stallion Racing et al.	1:21.89
2009	Capt. Candyman Can	Javier Castellano	Ian R. Wilkes	Joseph Rauch/David Zell	1:22.99
2008	J Be K	Garrett Gomez	Steve Asmussen	Zayat Stables	1:23.67
2007	Bill Place	Cornelio Velasquez	Anthony Dutrow	Dubb, Goldfarb	1:22.99
2006	Too Much Bling	Garrett Gomez	Bob Baffert	Stonerside Stable	1:22.40
2005	Lost in the Fog	Russell Baze	Greg Gilchrist	Harry J. Aleo	1:21.33
2004	Forest Danger	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Aaron & Marie Jones	1:20.67
2003	Halo Homewrecker	John Velazquez	Mark A. Hennig	Edward P. Evans	1:23.19
2002	Roman Dancer	Kent Desormeaux	Christopher Paasch	Lorraine & Rod Rodriguez	1:22.21
2001	Skip To The Stone	Victor Espinoza	Mike R. Mitchell	Greystone Stable	1:22.46
2000	Precise End	Jorge F. Chavez	Mark E. Casse	Harry T. Mangurian, Jr.	1:22.27
1999	Perfect Score	Edgar Prado	Grover G. Delp	Harry & Tom Meyerhoff	1:22.98
1998	Limit Out	Jean-Luc Samyn	H. Allen Jerkens	Joseph V. Shields Jr.	1:20.54
1997	Hawks Landing	Richard Migliore	Roy Sedlacek	Blue Stork Stable	1:22.13
1996	Jamies First Punch	John Velazquez	Robert Barbara	Zimpom Stable	1:22.13
1995	Blissful State	Mike Luzzi	John C. Kimmel	Lucille Conover	1:23.92
1994	Prank Call	John Velazquez	Robert Barbara	Sabine Stable	1:09.84
1993	no race
1992	Three Peat	Chris Antley	John W. Sadler	Gary Biszantz	1:21.68
1991	Stately Wager	Jorge F. Chavez	Stanley R. Shapoff	Robert B. Cohen	1:23.80
1990	Richard R.	Jose A. Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	Sugar Maple Farm	1:22.80
1989	Houston	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Lloyd R. French, Jr.	1:22.40
1988	Perfect Spy	Robbie Davis	Stanley R. Shapoff	Robert B. Cohen	1:22.60
1987	Gulch	Jose A. Santos	Leroy Jolley	Peter M. Brant	1:23.20
1986	Zabaleta	Darrel McHargue	John Gosden	Michael D. Riordan	1:22.00
1986	Buck Aly	Nick Santagata	Bruce Johnstone	Our Life Stable	1:23.80
1985	Pancho Villa	Frank Lovato, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Lloyd R. French Jr.	1:22.20
1984	Secret Prince	Craig Perret	William V. Terrill	Elaine M. Brodsky	1:11.20
1983	Strike Gold	Eddie Maple	William H. Turner, Jr.	Welcome Farm	1:22.60
1982	Shimatoree	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Richard Dutrow, Sr.	Rif at Hussain	1:23.20
1981	Proud Appeal	Jeffrey Fell	Stanley M. Hough	Malcolm H. Winfield	1:22.20
1980	Colonel Moran	Jorge Velasquez	Thomas J. Kelly	Townsend B. Martin	1:23.80
1979	Belle's Gold	George Martens	Walter A. Kelley	John R. Murrell	1:21.80
1978	Piece Of Heaven	Ruben Hernandez	Pancho Martin	Sigmund Sommer	1:11.00
1977	Cormorant	Danny Wright	James P. Simpson	Charles Berry, Jr.	1:10.80
1976	Bold Forbes	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Laz Barrera	E. Rodriguez Tizol	1:20.80
1975	Laramie Trail	Mike Venezia	Jose A. Martin	Joseph M. Roebling	1:23.60
1975	Lefty	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable	1:23.80
1974	Hudson County	Michael Miceli	Stanley R. Shapoff	Robert B. Cohen	1:22.60
1973	Secretariat	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable	1:23.20
1972	Explodent	Mike Venezia	Eugene Jacobs	Herbert Allen	1:23.40
1971	Hoist The Flag	Jean Cruguet	Sidney Watters, Jr.	Stephen C. Clark, Jr.	1:21.00
1970	Sunny Tim	Chuck Baltazar	Frank A. Bonsal	Calumet Farm	1:24.20
1969	Reviewer	Bobby Ussery	Edward A. Neloy	Ogden Phipps	1:22.80
1968	Verbatim	John L. Rotz	Victor J. Nickerson	Elmendorf Farm	1:24.20
1968	Clever Foot	Joe Culmone	Bernard P. Bond	Mrs. Bernard P. Bond	1:26.00
1967	Damascus	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Edith W. Bancroft	1:25.80
1966	Quinta	Walter Blum	Bernard P. Bond	Richard D. Bokum II	1:22.80
1965	Flag Raiser	Ismael Valenzuela	Hirsch Jacobs	Isidor Bieber	1:23.60
1964	Determined Man	John Ruane	Eugene Jacobs	Herbert Allen	1:23.20
1963	Jet Traffic	Bobby Ussery	Del W. Carroll	Russell A. Firestone, Jr.	1:34.20
1962	Duc d'Or	Ismael Valenzuela	Monty Parke	James W. Rodgers	1:36.80
1962	Western Warrior	Larry Adams	John A. Nerud	Tartan Stable	1:36.40
1961	Merry Ruler	Roy L. Gilbert	Eddie Yowel	Harry Freylinghuysen	1:36.40
1960	Francis S.	Henry Moreno	Burley Parke	Harbor View Farm	1:36.00

References

• The 2008 Bay Shore Stakes at the NTRA
• The Bay Shore Stakes history at the NYRA