Nassau County Stakes

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Nassau County Stakes
Race information
Grade III race
Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1996
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html
Distance	7 furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000+

The Nassau County Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, Nassau County, New York. A Grade III event, it is open to three-year-old fillies willing to run the distance of seven furlongs on dirt. The race offers a purse $200,000 added.^[1]

Inaugurated in 1996, it is named after the county on Long Island in which Belmont Park is located.

On November 28, 2007, this Grade II stakes race was downgraded to a Grade III by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

Previously, Belmont Park hosted the Nassau County Handicap, a race on dirt for horses of either sex, age three and older. This race was last run in 1993.

Records

Speed record:

1:22.04 - Dream Rush (2007)

Most wins by a jockey:

2 - Jorge Chavez (1996, 2008)
2 - José A. Santos (1997, 2003)
2 - Mike E. Smith (1998, 1999)
2 - Javier Castellano (2002, 2009)

Most wins by a trainer:

No trainer has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

No owner has won this race more than once.

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	No Race
2009	Flashing	Javier Castellano	Thomas Albertrani	Darley Stable	1:23.59
2008	Zaftig	Jorge Chavez	James A. Jerkens	Susan Moore/M and M Thoroughbred Partners	1:22.74
2007	Dream Rush	Eibar Coa	Richard Violette, Jr.	West Point Stable	1:22.04
2006	Hello Liberty	Norberto Arroyo, Jr.	J. Larry Jones	J. Ferris, M. Riley, D. Gamble, J. L. Jones	1:22.65
2005	Seeking the Ante	Mike Luzzi	John C. Kimmel	Mary & Chester Broman	1:22.86
2004	Bending Strings	Jerry Bailey	Kiaran McLaughlin	John D. Gunther	1:22.70
2003	House Party	José A. Santos	H. Allen Jerkens	Joseph V. Shields, Jr.	1:23.28
2002	Nonsuch Bay	Javier Castellano	Frank A. Alexander	Joseph P. Platt, Jr.	1:23.90
2001	Cat Chat	John Velazquez	Alan E. Goldberg	Jayeff B Stables	1:23.02
2000	C'est L'Amour	Edgar Prado	Philip G. Johnson	Lael Stables	1:23.46
1999	Oh What a Windfall	Mike E. Smith	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:23.59
1998	Jersey Girl	Mike E. Smith	Todd A. Pletcher	Ackerley Bros. Farm	1:22.63
1997	Alyssum	José A. Santos	Flint S. Schulhofer	Alexander & Groves	1:22.90
1996	Star de Lady Ann	Jorge Chavez	William W. Perry	John D. Murphy	1:22.19

Nassau County Handicap

Open to horses of either sex, age three and older, it was raced on dirt over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs).

In 1992, the four-year-old Strike the Gold, set a new track record of 1:46 3/5 in winning the Nassau County Handicap.

Winners

1993 - West By West
1992 - Strike the Gold
1991 - Festin
1990 - Tricky Creek
1989 - Forever Silver
1988 - Personal Flag
1987 - Lac Ouimet
1986 - Roo Art
1985 - Secret Prince
1984 - Moro
1983 - Winter's Tale
1982 - Princelet
1981 - Fool's Prayer
1980 - Winter's Tale
1979 - Alydar
1978 - Upper Nile
1977 - Forego
1976 - Forego
1975 - Queen City Lad
1974 - Timeless Moment
1973 - Icecapade
1972 - Towzie Tyke
1971 - Proliferation
1970 - Reviewer
1969 - Rixdal
1968 - Primo Richard
1967 - Handsome Boy
1966 - Pluck
1965 - Malicious
1964 - Garwol
1963 - Kelso
1962 - Beau Prince
1961 - Black Thumper
1960 - Polylad
1959 - Endine
1958 - Eddie Schmidt
1957 - Gallant Man
1956 - Admiral Vee

References

^ County Stakes history at the NYRA^{[permanent dead link]}

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