Remsen Stakes
Note: Date, Track and Qualifying Points are based on the Road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby schedule
When: December 5, 2020
Where: Aqueduct Racetrack (South Ozone Park, NY)
Purse: $250,000
Race Distance: 1 1/8 mile
History: First run in 1904 at the now defunct Jamaica Race Course, the Remsen is an old and important Derby prep named for Colonel Joremus Remsen, a Revolutionary War veteran and prominent Long Island land owner. The Remsen was shifted to nearby Aqueduct Racetrack upon the closure of Jamaica Race Course in 1959, and it has remained there ever since. Due to its position on the calendar (it is typically the last major juvenile stake run at a NYRA track) and the configuration and distance at which it’s run (1 â…› miles around two turns), the Remsen has become one of the most influential 2-year-old preps outside of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Its notable winners include Derby victors Johnstown, Carry Back, Northern Dancer, Pleasant Colony, Go for Gin and Thunder Gulch, as well as Racing Hall of Famers Grey Lag and Damascus.
Qualifying points: 10-4-2-1
Past winners:
2019 - Shotski
2018 - Maximus Mischief
2017 - Catholic Boy
2016 - Mo Town
2015 - Mohaymen
2014 - Leave the Light On
2013 - Honor Code
2012 - Overanalyze
2011 - O'Prado Again
2010 - To Honor and Serve
2009 - Buddy's Saint
2008 - Old Fashioned
2007 - Court Vision
2006 - Nobiz Like Shobiz
2005 - Bluegrass Cat
2004 - Rockport Harbor
2003 - Read the Footnotes
2002 - Toccet
2001 - Saarland
2000 - Windsor Castle
1999 - Greenwood Lake
1998 - Comeonmom
1997 - Coronado's Quest
1996 - The Silver Move
1995 - Tropicool
1994 - Thunder Gulch
1993 - Go for Gin
1992 - Silver of Silver
1991 - Pine Bluff
1990 - Scan
1989 - Yonder
1988 - Fast Play
1987 - Batty
1986 - Java Gold
1985 - Pillaster
1984 - Stone White
1983 - Dr. Carter
1982 - Pax In Bello
1981 - Laser Light
1980 - Pleasant Colony
1979 - Plugged Nickle
1978 - Instrument Landing
1977 - Believe It
1976 - Royal Ski
1975 - Hang Ten
1974 - El Pitirre
1973 - Heavy Mayonnaise
1972 - Kinsman Hope
1971 - Key To The Mint
1970 - Jim French
1969 - Protanto
1968 - Palauli
1967 - Salerno
1966 - Damascus
1965 - Gary G.
1964 - Sum Up
1963 - Northern Dancer
1962 - Rocky Link
1961 - Figaro Bob
1960 - Carry Back
1959 - Victoria Park
1958 - Atoll
1957 - Misty Flight
1956 - Ambehaving
1955 - Nail
1954 - Roman Patrol
1953 - Galdar
1952 - Social Outcast
1950 - Repetoire
1949 - Lights Up
1948 - Eternal World
1947 - Big If
1946 - Phalanx
1945 - Lord Boswell
1944 - War Jeep
1943 - Black Badge
1942 - Blue Swords
1940 - Mettlesome
1939 - Camp Verde
1938 - Johnstown
1937 - Bourbon King
1936 - Clodion
1935 - The Fighter
1934 - Esposa
1933 - Sgt. Byrne
1932 - Quel Jeu
1931 - Cambal
1930 - Vander Pool
1929 - Flying Heels
1928 - Chatford
1927 - Excalibur
1926 - Sweepster
1925 - Timmara
1924 - Master Charlie
1923 - Ladkin
1922 - Tall Timber
1921 - Missionary
1920 - Grey Lag
1919 - Pilgrim
1918 - War Pennant
1909 - The Turk
1907 - King Cobalt
1906 - Frank Gill
1905 - Jacobite
1904 - Dandelion
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