Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes

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Inaugurated 1885 Track left-handed Distance Furlong		Surface Dirt Distance 1,207 m Purse 100,000 USD
Location Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html

The Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race. Held each February since 1885 at Aqueduct Racetrack, this race was originally called the Swift Stakes (where it was originally held at Sheepshead Bay Race Track), until its name was changed in 1993 in honor of racing announcer Fred Capossela. The six-furlong dirt race is open to three-year-olds. An ungraded stakes, it offers a purse of $100,000.

Records

Speed record:

1:09.40 - Solo Landing (1967)

1:09.40 - Shimatoree (1982)

Most wins by an owner:

3 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1934, 1937, 1940)

3 - Brookmeade Stable (1932, 1946, 1952)

Most wins by a jockey:

4 - Eddie Arcaro (1950, 1957, 1959, 1960)

4 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1971, 1975, 1984, 1987)

References

Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes Wikipedia

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