WOOD MEMORIAL STAKES

The 'Wood Memorial Stakes' at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. It was named to honor Eugene D. Wood, a New York State politician and horse racing enthusiast who had been a founder and past president of the old Jamaica Racetrack where the race was run until 1960.
The Wood Memorial race is a Grade 1 stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbreds. From 1925 to 1939 it was run over a distance of one mile and seventy yards then at 1 1/16 miles from 1940 to 1951 after which it was changed to its present 1 1/8 miles. All entrants currently carry a weight of 123 lb.
Run in April of each year, the Wood Memorial is a major prep race with eleven winners having gone on to capture victory in the Kentucky Derby, four of whom captured the Triple Crown. The most famous non-winner in the Wood Memorial was the immortal Secretariat who finished third in 1973.
The race was run in two divisions in 1944, 1945, 1947, 1974, and 1983.

Contents

Records

Winners of the Wood Memorial Stakes

References

Records

In 2005, Bellamy Road set a new stakes record of 1:47.16 at the 1⅛ mile distance in winning by 17½ lengths for its famous owner, George Steinbrenner.
'Most wins by a jockey:'

★ 9 - Eddie Arcaro

★ 4 - Angel Cordero, Jr.

★ 3 - Johnny Longden, Bill Shoemaker, Mike E. Smith
'Most wins by a trainer:'

★ 7 - Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons

★ 4 - Lucien Laurin

★ 3 - Nick Zito, Ivan H. Parke (Parke also won once as a jockey)
'Most wins by an owner:'

★ 4 - Belair Stable, Wheatley Stable, Greentree Stable, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Winners of the Wood Memorial Stakes

'Year'	'Winner'	'Jockey'	'Trainer'	'Owner'	'Time'
1925	Backbone	Ivan H. Parke	James G. Rowe, Sr.	H. P. Whitney	1:43.40
1926	Pompey	Bennie Breuning	William H. Karrick	William R. Coe	1:42.00
1927	Saxon	George Ellis	James G. Rowe, Jr.	Greentree Stable	1:43.60
1928	Distraction	Danny McAuliffe	George Tappen	Wheatley Stable	1:46.00
1929	Essare	Mack Garner	Joe Johnson	Jacques Stable	1:44.00
1930	Gallant Fox	Earl Sande	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1:43.60
1931	Twenty Grand	Charley Kurtsinger	James G. Rowe, Jr.	Greentree Stable	1:42.60
1932	Universe	Linus McAtee	Not found	T. M. Cassidy	1:43.00
1933	Mr. Khayyam	Pete Walls	Matthew Peter Brady	Catawba Farm	1:42.60
1934	High Quest	Dominick Bellizzi	Robert A. Smith	Brookmeade Stable	1:43.80
1935	Today	Raymond Workman	Thomas J. Healey	C. V. Whitney	1:42.80
1936	Teufel	Herbert Litzenberger	Jim Fitzsimmons	Wheatley Stable	1:43.20
1937	Melodist	Johnny Longden	Jim Fitzsimmons	Wheatley Stable	1:42.80
1938	Fighting Fox	James Stout	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1:43.00
1939	Johnstown	James Stout	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1:42.00
1940	Dit	Leon Haas	Max Hirsch	W. Arnold Hanger	1:45.80
1941	Market Wise	Don Meade	George W. Carroll	Louis Tufano	1:45.60
1942	Requested	Wayne D. Wright	J. H. McCoole	B. F. Whitaker	1:45.20
1943	Count Fleet	Johnny Longden	G. Donald Cameron	Fannie Hertz	1:43.00
1944	Lucky Draw	Johnny Longden	Bert Mulholland	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:46.20
1944	Stir Up	Eddie Arcaro	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	1:44.20
1945	Jeep	Arnold Kirkland	L. T. Ruff	C. V. Whitney	1:45.80
1945	Hoop, Jr.	Eddie Arcaro	Ivan H. Parke	Fred W. Hooper	1:45.00
1946	Assault	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	1:46.60
1947	Phalanx	Eddie Arcaro	Sylvester Veitch	C. V. Whitney	1:43.80
1947	I Will	Eddie Arcaro	Sidney Jacobs	Jaclyn Stable	1:45.00
1948	My Request	Douglas Dodson	James P. Conway	B. F. Whitaker	1:46.20
1949	Olympia	Eddie Arcaro	Ivan H. Parke	Fred W. Hooper	1:45.00
1950	Hill Prince	Eddie Arcaro	Casey Hayes	Christopher Chenery	1:43.60
1951	Repetoire	Pete McLean	Albert Jensen	Mrs. N. A. Mikell	1:44.40
1952	Master Fiddle	David Gorman	Sol Rutchick	Myhelen Stable	1:52.40
1953	Native Dancer	Eric Guerin	William C. Winfrey	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1:50.60
1954	Correlation	Bill Shoemaker	Noble Threewitt	Robert S. Lytle	1:50.00
1955	Nashua	Ted Atkinson	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1:50.60
1956	Head Man	Eddie Arcaro	Sylvester Veitch	C. V. Whitney	1:50.20
1957	Bold Ruler	Eddie Arcaro	Jim Fitzsimmons	Wheatley Stable	1:48.80
1958	Jewel's Reward	Eddie Arcaro	Ivan H. Parke	Maine Chance Farm	1:50.20
1959	Manassa Mauler	Ray Broussard	Pancho Martin	Emil Dolce	1:49.60
1960	Francis S.	Bill Shoemaker	Burley Parke	Harbor View Farm	1:50.20
1961	Globemaster	John L. Rotz	Thomas Joseph Kelly	Leonard P. Sasso	1:50.20
1962	Admiral's Voyage	Braulio Baeza	Charles R. Parke	Fred W. Hooper	1:49.20
1963	No Robbery	John Rotz	John M. Gaver, Jr.	Greentree Stable	1:49.20
1964	Quadrangle	Bill Hartack	Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stable	1:50.20
1965	Flag Raiser	Bobby Ussery	Hirsch Jacobs	Isidor Bieber	1:50.20
1966	Amberoid	William Boland	Lucien Laurin	Reginald N. Webster	1:49.60
1967	Damascus	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Edith W. Bancroft	1:49.60
1968	Dancer's Image	Bobby Ussery	Lou Cavalaris, Jr.	Peter Fuller	1:49.00
1969	Dike	Jorge Velasquez	Lucien Laurin	Claiborne Farm	1:49.60
1970	Personality	Eddie Belmonte	John W. Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs	1:49.40
1971	Good Behaving	Chuck Baltazar	John P. Campo	Neil Hellman	1:49.80
1972	Upper Case	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable	1:49.00
1973	Angle Light	Jacinto Vasquez	Lucien Laurin	Edwin Whittaker	1:49.80
1974	Flip Sal	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Stephen L. DiMauro	Salvatore Tufano	1:51.40
1974	Rube The Great	Miguel A. Rivera	Pancho Martin	Sigmund Sommer	1:49.60
1975	Foolish Pleasure	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	John L. Greer	1:48.80
1976	Bold Forbes	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Laz Barrera	E. Rodriguez Tizol	1:47.40
1977	Seattle Slew	Jean Cruguet	William H. Turner, Jr.	Karen L. Taylor	1:49.60
1978	Believe It	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Hickory Tree Stable	1:49.80
1979	Instrument Landing	Angel Cordero, Jr.	David A. Whiteley	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	1:49.20
1980	Plugged Nickle	Buck Thornburg	Thomas J. Kelly	John M. Schiff	1:50.80
1981	Pleasant Colony	Jeff Fell	John P. Campo	Buckland Farm	1:49.60
1982	Air Forbes Won	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Frank LaBoccetta	Edward Anchel	1:51.00
1983	Bounding Basque	Gregg McCarron	Woody Sedlacek	Equusequity Stable	1:51.00
1983	Slew o'Gold	Eddie Maple	Sidney Watters, Jr.	Jacques Wimpfheimer	1:51.40
1984	Leroy S.	Jean Cruguet	Jan Nerud	John A. Nerud	1:51.40
1985	Eternal Prince	Richard Migliore	John J. Lenzini, Jr.	Brian J. Hurst	1:48.80
1986	Broad Brush	Vincent Bracciale, Jr.	Richard W. Small	Robert E. Meyerhoff	1:50.60
1987	Gulch	Jose Santos	LeRoy Jolley	Peter M. Brant	1:49.00
1988	Private Terms	Chris Antley	Charles Hadry	Locust Hill Farm	1:47.20
1989	Easy Goer	Pat Day	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:50.60
1990	Thirty Six Red	Mike E. Smith	Nick Zito	B. Giles Brophy	1:50.40
1991	Cahill Road	Craig Perret	Scotty Schulhofer	Frances A. Genter	1:48.40
1992	Devil His Due	Mike E. Smith	H. Allen Jerkens	Lion Crest Stable	1:49.20
1993	Storm Tower	Rick Wilson	Ben W. Perkins, Jr.	Char-Mari Stable	1:48.40
1994	Irgun	Gary Stevens	Steven W. Young	B.& M. Chase	1:49.00
1995	Talkin Man	Shane Sellers	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farm	1:49.20
1996	Unbridled's Song	Mike E. Smith	James T. Ryerson	Paraneck Stable	1:49.80
1997	Captain Bodgit	Alex Solis	Gary Capuano	Team Valor	1:48.20
1998	Coronado's Quest	Robbie Davis	C. R. McGaughey III	Stuart S. Janney III	1:47.40
1999	Adonis	Jorge Chavez	Nick Zito	Paraneck Stable	1:47.60
2000	Fusaichi Pegasus	Kent Desormeaux	Neil Drysdale	Fusao Sekiguchi	1:47.80
2001	Congaree	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Stonerside Stable	1:47.80
2002	Buddha	Pat Day	H. James Bond	Gary and Mary West	1:48.60
2003	Empire Maker	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:48.60
2004	Tapit	Ramon A. Dominguez	Michael W. Dickinson	Ronald Winchell	1:49.60
2005	Bellamy Road	Javier Castellano	Nick Zito	Kinsman Stable	1:47.16
2006	Bob and John	Garrett Gomez	Bob Baffert	Stonerside Stable	1:51.54
2007	Nobiz Like Shobiz	Cornelio Velasquez	Barclay Tagg	Elizabeth J. Valando	1:49.46

'Notes: '
# In 1956, Golf Ace won but was disqualified and placed 2nd.
#In 1962, Admiral's Voyage and Sunrise County finished in a dead heat. However, Sunrise County, was disqualified and 2nd.
# Coronado's Quest (1998), Irgun (1994) and Buddha (2002) are the only three horses that won the Wood Memorial Stakes, but never ran in the Kentucky Derby.^[1]

References

1. TVG Trackside Live, April 6th, 2006 edition.