Jockey Club Gold Cup

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The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It is typically the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers Stakes is of the summer meeting at Saratoga.

It has often been the event in which horses who have done well in a year's United States Triple Crown races first face older opponents on a weight-for-age basis.

Despite its $1 million purse and Grade 1 status, the stature of the race has suffered somewhat in recent years thanks to the emergence of the Breeders' Cup held not long afterward, as well as the race's shortening to the more common distance of 1¼ miles in 1990, making it a less unique test.

The race was once run (1976 through 1989) at 1½ miles, but from 1921 through 1975 it was two miles long, second in distance only to the far less prestigious, 2¼-mile Display Handicap (among American stakes races during this period). From 1958 through 1974, except for 1962 and 1968, the race was held at Aqueduct Racetrack instead of Belmont.

The past winners of the Gold Cup is a veritable who's who of award winning Hall of Fame horses. Seven horses have won the race twice (including Triple Tiara winner, Shuvee). Only one horse in history has won the Cup five times, and that was the great gelding Kelso.

Perhaps the most memorable renewal was that of 1978, when Exceller defeated the previous year's Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew, by a nose, with the 1978 Triple Crown winner, Affirmed, finishing fifth.

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner
2006 Bernardini Javier Castellano Thomas Albertrani Darley Stable
2005 Borrego Garrett Gomez C. Beau Greely Kelly, Scott, Ralls, Foster
2004 Funny Cide Jose Santos Barclay Tagg Sackatoga Stable
2003 Mineshaft Robby Albarado Neil Howard Farish, Elkins, Webber
2002 Evening Attire Shaun Bridgmohan Patrick J. Kelly Grant, Grant, Kelly
2001 Aptitude Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farm
2000 Albert the Great Jorge Chavez Nick Zito Tracy Farmer
1999 River Keen-IR Chris Antley Bob Baffert Hugo Reynolds
1998 Wagon Limit Robbie Davis H. Allen Jerkens Joseph V. Shields, Jr.
1997 Skip Away Jerry Bailey Hubert Hine Carolyn Hine
1996 Skip Away Shane Sellers Hubert Hine Carolyn Hine
1995 Cigar Jerry Bailey William Mott Allen Paulson
1994 Colonial Affair Jose Santos Flint S. Schulhofer Centennial Farms
1993 Miner's Mark Chris McCarron Shug McGaughey Ogden Phipps
1992 Pleasant Tap Gary Stevens Christopher Speckert Buckland Farm
1991 Festin Eddie Delahoussaye Ron McAnally Kinerk Burton
1990 Flying Continental Corey Black Jay Robbins Jack Kent Cooke
1989 Easy Goer Pat Day Shug McGaughey Ogden Phipps
1988 Waquoit Jose Santos Guido Federico Joseph Federico
1987 Creme Fraiche Laffit Pincay, Jr. Woody Stephens Brushwood Stable
1986 Creme Fraiche Randy Romero Woody Stephens Brushwood Stable
1985 Vanlandingham Pat Day Shug McGaughey Loblolly Stable
1984 Slew o'Gold Angel Cordero, Jr. John Hertler Equusequitey Stable
1983 Slew o'Gold Angel Cordero, Jr. Sid Watters, Jr. Equusequitey Stable
1982 Lemhi Gold Chris McCarron Laz Barrera Aaron U. Jones
1981 John Henry Bill Shoemaker Lefty Nickerson Dotsam Stable
1980 Temperence Hill Eddie Maple Joseph B. Cantey Loblolly Stable
1979 Affirmed Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm
1978 Exceller Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Nelson Bunker Hunt
1977 On The Sly Gregg McCarron Milton W. Gross Balmak Stable
1976 Great Contractor Pat Day Roger Laurin Howard P. Wilson
1975 Group Plan Jorge Velasquez H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm
1974 Forego Heliodoro Gustines Sherrill W. Ward Lazy F Ranch
1973 Prove Out Jorge Velasquez H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm
1972 Autobiography Angel Cordero, Jr. Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer
1971 Shuvee Jorge Velasquez Willard C. Freeman Mrs. Whitney Stone
1970 Shuvee Ron Turcotte Willard C. Freeman Mrs. Whitney Stone
1969 Arts and Letters Braulio Baeza Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables
1968 Quicken Tree William Hartack William T. Canney Louis Rowan
1967 Damascus Bill Shoemaker Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. Edith W. Bancroft
1966 Buckpasser Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps
1965 Roman Brother Braulio Baeza Burley Parke Harbor View Farm
1964 Kelso Ismael Valenzuela Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable
1963 Kelso Ismael Valenzuela Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable
1962 Kelso Ismael Valenzuela Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable
1961 Kelso Eddie Arcaro Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable
1960 Kelso Eddie Arcaro Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable
1959 Sword Dancer Eddie Arcaro Elliott Burch Brookmeade Stable
1958 Inside Tract Conn McCreary John J. Weipert, Jr. D & M Stable
1957 Gallant Man Bill Shoemaker John A. Nerud Ralph Lowe
1956 Nashua Eddie Arcaro Jim Fitzsimmons Leslie Combs II
1955 Nashua Eddie Arcaro Jim Fitzsimmons Belair Stud
1954 High Gun Eddie Arcaro Max Hirsch King Ranch
1953 Level Sea Bill Boland Not found John Shaffer Phipps
1952 One Count Dave Gorman Oscar White Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords
1951 Counterpoint Dave Gorman Sylvester Veitch C. V. Whitney
1950 Hill Prince Dave Gorman Casey Hayes Christopher Chenery
1949 Ponder Eddie Arcaro Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm
1948 Citation Eddie Arcaro Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm
1947 Phalanx Roberto Donoso Sylveter Veitch C. V. Whitney
1946 Pavot Eddie Arcaro Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.
1945 Pot o'Luck Douglas Dodson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm
1944 Bolingbroke Robert Permane Jim Fitzsimmons Townsend B. Martin
1943 Princequillo Conn McCreary Horatio Luro Boone Hall Stable
1942 Whirlaway George Woolf Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm
1941 Market Wise Basil James George W. Carroll Louis Tufano
1940 Fenelon James Stout Richard E. Handlen Belair Stud
1939 Cravat Basil James Walter Burrows Townsend B. Martin
1938 War Admiral Wayne D. Wright George Conway Glen Riddle Farm
1937 Firethorn Harry Richards Preston M. Burch Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.
1936 Count Arthur James Stout Bert S. Michell Fanny Hertz
1935 Firethorn Eddie Arcaro Preston M. Burch Walter M. Jeffords, Sr.
1934 Dark Secret Charles Kurtsinger Jim Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable
1933 Dark Secret Hank Mills Jim Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable
1932 Gusto Buddy Hanford Max Hirsch Morton L. Schwartz
1931 Twenty Grand Charles Kurtsinger James G. Rowe, Jr. Greentree Stable
1930 Gallant Fox Earl Sande Jim Fitzsimmons Belair Stud
1929 Diavolo John Maiben Jim Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable
1928 Reigh Count Chick Lang Henry McDaniel Mrs. John D. Hertz
1927 Chance Play Earl Sande Louis Feustel Arden Farms
1926 Crusader Albert Johnson George Conway Glen Riddle Farm
1925 Altawood John Maiben G. Keene Glen Riddle Farm
1924 My Play Andy Schuttinger Roy Waldron Lexington Stable
1923 Homestretch Chick Lang Not found H. Alterman
1922 Mad Hatter Earl Sande Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable
1921 Mad Hatter Earl Sande Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable
1920 Man O' War Clarence Kummer Louis Feustel Glen Riddle Farm
1919 Purchase Clarence Kummer Sam Hildreth Glen Riddle Farm

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