Jerome Stakes
Note: Date, Track and Qualifying Points are based on the Road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby schedule
When: January 1, 2021
Where: Aqueduct Racetrack (South Ozone Park, NY)
Purse: $150,000
Race Distance: 1 mile
History: First run in 1866 at the now defunct Jerome Park Racetrack, the Jerome is one of the oldest stakes races in the country, though its importance has diminished in recent years as it is now ungraded. The race is named for Leonard Jerome, the founder of Jerome Park in the Bronx and grandfather to Winston Churchill. It has produced a litany of notable winners, including the immortal Kelso, who won the race in 1960, the inaugural winner of the Kentucky Derby, Aristides, in 1875, as well as Hill Prince (1950), Tom Fool (1952), Bold Ruler (1957) and Carry Back (1961). For much of its history the race was run in the latter half of the year for 3-year-olds, so it hasn’t been a Derby prep for very long, however its placement on the calendar makes it a significant early stop on the New York portion of the Derby Trail.
Qualifying points: 10-4-2-1
Past winners:
2020 - Independence Hall
2019 - Mind Control
2018 - Firenze Fire
2017 - El Areeb
2016 - Flexibility
2015 - El Kabeir
2014 - Noble Moon
2013 - Vyjack
2012 - The Lumber Guy
2011 - Adios Charlie
2009 - Girolamo
2008 - Tale of Ekati
2007 - Daaher
2006 - Discreet Cat
2005 - Silver Train
2004 - Teton Forest
2003 - During
2002 - Boston Common
2000 - Fusaichi Pegasus
1999 - Doneraile Court
1998 - Limit Out
1997 - Richter Scale
1996 - Why Change
1995 - French Deputy
1994 - Prenup
1993 - Schossberg
1992 - Furiously
1991 - Scan
1990 - Housebuster
1989 - De Roche
1988 - Evening Kris
1987 - Afleet
1986 - Ogygian
1985 - Creme Fraiche
1984 - Is Your Pleasure
1983 - A Phenomemon
1982 - Fit To Fight
1981 - Noble Nashua
1980 - Jaklin Klugman
1979 - Czaravich
1978 - Sensitive Farms
1977 - Broadway Forli
1976 - Dance Spell
1975 - Guards Up
1974 - Stonewalk
1973 - Step Nicely
1972 - True Knight
1971 - Tinajero
1970 - Great Mystery
1969 - Mr. Leader
1968 - Iron Ruler
1967 - High Tribute
1966 - Bold and Brave
1965 - Bold Bidder
1964 - Irvkup
1963 - Chateaugay
1962 - Black Beard
1961 - Carry Back
1960 - Kelso
1959 - Intentionally
1958 - Warhead
1957 - Bold Ruler
1956 - Reneged
1955 - Traffic Judge
1954 - Martyr
1953 - Navy Page
1952 - Tom Fool
1951 - Alerted
1950 - Hill Prince
1949 - Capot
1948 - Coaltown
1947 - Donor
1946 - Mahout
1945 - Buzfuz
1944 - Occupy
1943 - Slide Rule
1942 - King's Abbey
1941 - Stimady
1940 - Roman
1939 - Easy Mon
1938 - Cravat
1937 - Pasha
1936 - Goldeneye
1935 - Good Harvest
1934 - Kievex
1933 - Golden Way
1932 - Larranga
1931 - Iron Clad
1930 - Mr. Sponge
1929 - Soul of Honor
1928 - Sun Edwin
1927 - Osmand
1926 - Croyden
1925 - Primrose
1924 - Priscilla Ruley
1923 - Cherry Pie
1922 - Kai-Sang
1921 - Tryster
1920 - Busy Signal
1919 - Thunderclap
1918 - Sunny Slope
1917 - Bally
1916 - Spur
1915 - Trial By Jury
1914 - Stromboli
1909 - Fitz Herbert
1908 - Fair Play
1907 - Perseverance
1906 - Ironsides
1905 - Bedouin
1904 - Ostrich
1903 - Eugenia Burch
1902 - Hermis
1901 - Blues
1900 - Alcedo
1899 - King Barleycorn
1898 - Handball
1897 - Rensselaer
1896 - Souffle
1895 - Counter Tenor
1894 - Rubicon
1893 - Young Arion
1892 - Tammany
1891 - Picknicker
1890 - Tournament
1889 - Longstreet
1888 - Prince Royal
1887 - Firenze
1886 - The Bard
1885 - Longview
1884 - Water Lily
1883 - George Kinney
1882 - Charley B.
1881 - Barrett
1880 - Grenada
1879 - Monitor
1878 - Duke of Magenta
1877 - Basil
1876 - Charley Howard
1875 - Aristides
1874 - Acrobat
1873 - Tom Bowling
1872 - Joe Daniels
1871 - Harry Bassett
1870 - Kingfisher
1869 - Glenelg
1868 - Bayonet
1867 - Metairie
1866 - Watson