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Woody Stephens Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1985

Qualification
  
Three-year-olds

Purse
  
500,000 USD (2014–)

Surface
  
Dirt

Distance
  
1,408 m

Track
  
left-handed

Location
  
Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html

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The Woody Stephens Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade II event raced on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it is open to three-year-old horses.

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Inaugurated in 1985 as the Riva Ridge Stakes, it was named in honor of the Hall of Fame inductee and Kentucky Derby winner, Riva Ridge. In 2006, it was renamed in memory of Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens, who won eight U.S. Triple Crown races including a record five consecutive editions of the Belmont Stakes.

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Records

Speed record:

  • 1:20.33 - You And I (1994)
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Jerry Bailey (1991, 1999, 2000)
  • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - D. Wayne Lukas (1987, 1989, 1995, 1999)
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2- Zayat Stables (2008, 2011)
  • References

    Woody Stephens Stakes Wikipedia