| Class: | Grade II |
| Horse Race: | Brooklyn Stakes |
| Location: | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, USA |
| Inaugurated: | 1887 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Distance: | miles (12 furlongs) |
| Surface: | Dirt |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Four-year-olds & up |
| Weight: | 124 lbs. with allowances |
| Purse: | $250,000-added (2023) |
The Brooklyn Stakes (formerly known as the Brooklyn Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island. It currently is a Grade II event open to four-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-half miles on dirt. It was a Grade 1 race prior to 1993.[1]
First run on May 14, 1887, at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York, it was won by Emery & Cotton's Dry Monopole in track record time for the mile and one-quarter distance.[2] [3] A versatile horse, a year earlier on June 15, 1886, Dry Monopole had won America's first ever Thoroughbred flat race on turf.[4] The Brooklyn Handicap quickly became one of the top attractions on the New York racing circuit, drawing some of the best Thoroughbreds.[5]
Not run 1911–1912 due to the New York's Hart–Agnew Law which banned parimutuel betting[6] [7]
The race was once the second leg of what is sometimes referred to as the New York Handicap Triple series of races. It was preceded by the Metropolitan Handicap and followed by the Suburban Handicap. Four horses won the Handicap Triple:
The race is currently run on the same day as the Metropolitan Handicap, so it is no longer possible to win the Handicap Triple.
Since inception the race has been held at:
The Brooklyn Handicap has been contested at a variety of distances:
Stakes record: (at current distance of miles)
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Win$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Next | 6 | Luan Machado | William Cowans | Michael A. Foster | 1 M | 2:13.68 | $200,000 |
| 2023 | Next | 5 | Luan Machado | William Cowans | Michael A. Foster | 1 M | 2:31.01 | $250,000 |
| 2022 | Fearless | 6 | Luis Saez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1 M | 2:30.45 | $220,000 |
| 2021 | Lone Rock | 6 | Ramon Vazquez | Robertino Diodoro | Flying P Stable | 1 M | 2:28.97 | $220,000 |
| 2019 | Marconi | 4 | Jose Lezcano | Todd Pletcher | Bridlewood Farm, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor | 1 M | 2:28.97 | $220,000 |
| 2018 | Hoppertunity | 7 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Karl Watson, M. E. Pegram, Paul Weitman | 1 M | 2:28.61 | $220,000 |
| 2017 | War Story | 5 | Javier Castellano | Jorge Navarro | Loooch Racing Stables, Glenn K. Ellis, Imaginary Stables | 1 M | 2:31.02 | $220,000 |
| 2016 | Shaman Ghost | 4 | Joel Rosario | James Jerkens | Stronach Stables | 1 M | 2:28.40 | $220,000 |
| 2015 | Coach Inge | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1 M | 2:27.17 | $220,000 |
| 2014 | Norumbega | 4 | Joel Rosario | Claude R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 1 M | 2:27.13 | $220,000 |
| 2013 | Calidoscopio | 10 | Aaron Gryder | Mike Puype | Dona Pancha | 1 M | 2:31.64 | $275,000 |
| 2012 | Redeemed | 4 | Ramon Domínguez | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Jay Em Ess Stable | 1 M | 2:28.89 | $120,000 |
| 2011 | Birdrun | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | Bill Mott | Preston Stables (Jack, Art, & J. R. Preston) | 1 M | 2:28.24 | $90,000 |
| 2010 | Alcomo | 7 | Cornelio Velásquez | Eduardo Caramori | Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi | 1 M | 2:30.07 | $90,000 |
| 2009 | Eldaafer | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Diane Alvarado | Alghuwayriyah Stable | 1 M | 2:31.58 | $120,000 |
| 2008 | Delosvientos | 5 | Eibar Coa | Giuseppe Iadisernia | Giuseppe Iadisernia | 1 M | 2:30.96 | $120,000 |
| 2007 | Any Given Saturday | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Todd Pletcher | WinStar Farm & Padua Stables | 1 M | 1:48.31 | $94,320 |
| 2006 | Wanderin Boy | 4 | Javier Castellano | Nick Zito | Arthur Hancock III | 1 M | 1:47.94 | $95,700 |
| 2005 | Limehouse | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1 M | 1:46.69 | $150,000 |
| 2004 | Seattle Fitz | 5 | Richard Migliore | Kiaran McLaughlin | West Point Stable (Terry Finley syndicate) | 1 M | 1:46.20 | $150,000 |
| 2003 | Iron Deputy | 4 | Richard Migliore | James Jerkens | Susan & John Moore | 1 M | 1:47.80 | $150,000 |
| 2002 | Seeking Daylight | 4 | Edgar Prado | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1 M | 1:46.20 | $150,000 |
| 2001 | Albert the Great | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Nicholas Zito | Tracy Farmer | 1 M | 1:47.40 | $150,000 |
| 2000 | Lemon Drop Kid | 4 | Edgar Prado | Scotty Schulhofer | Jeanne G. Vance | 1 M | 1:49.80 | $150,000 |
| 1999 | Running Stag | 5 | Shane Sellers | Philip Mitchell | Richard J. Cohen | 1 M | 1:46.20 | $210,000 |
| 1998 | Subordination | 4 | Eibar Coa | Gary Sciacca | Klaravich Stables (Seth Klarman & Jeff Ravich) | 1 M | 1:46.60 | $180,000 |
| 1997 | Formal Gold | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | William Perry | John D. Murphy | 1 M | 1:46.20 | $180,000 |
| 1996 | Wekiva Springs | 5 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Donald R. Dizney & James English | 1 M | 1:46.60 | $180,000 |
| 1995 | You And I | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1 M | 1:49.00 | $150,000 |
| 1994 | Devil His Due | 5 | Mike E. Smith | H. Allen Jerkens | Lion Crest Stable (Edith Libutti) | 1 M | 1:46.60 | $150,000 |
| 1993 | Living Vicariously | 3 | Robbie Davis | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1 M | 2:17.80 | $150,000 |
| 1992 | Chief Honcho | 5 | Randy Romero | William I. Mott | Matthew K. Firestone | 1 M | 2:16.80 | $210,000 |
| 1991 | Timely Warning | 6 | Mike Luzzi | Virgil W. Raines | Anderson Fowler | 1 M | 2:14.00 | $210,000 |
| 1990 | Montubio | 5 | Jacinto Vásquez | Angel Penna Jr. | Dogwood Stable | 1 M | 2:28.60 | $241,920 |
| 1989 | Forever Silver | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | Stanley R. Shapoff | Chevalier Stable (Stanley R. Shapoff) | 1 M | 2:28.60 | $238,560 |
| 1988 | Waquoit | 6 | José A. Santos | Guido Federico | Joseph Federico | 1 M | 2:28.80 | $229,740 |
| 1987 | Waquoit | 5 | Chris McCarron | Guido Federico | Joseph Federico | 1 M | 2:28.40 | $249,480 |
| 1986 | Little Missouri | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | George R. Arnold II | Loblolly Stable | 1 M | 2:26.40 | $168,900 |
| 1985 | Bounding Basque | 5 | Antonio Graell | Woody Sedlacek | Jacques Wimpfheimer | 1 M | 2:28.40 | $207,300 |
| 1984 | Fit to Fight | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 1 M | 2:27.40 | $174,000 |
| 1983 | Highland Blade | 5 | Jacinto Vásquez | David A. Whiteley | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 1 M | 2:31.00 | $172,800 |
| 1982 | Silver Supreme | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Richard DeStasio | Michael Berry | 1 M | 2:29.40 | $131,700 |
| 1981 | Hechizado | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | H. Allen Jerkens | Charles Schmidt Jr. | 1 M | 2:26.00 | $138,300 |
| 1980 | Winter's Tale | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 1 M | 2:28.60 | $130,200 |
| 1979 | The Liberal Member | 4 | Ramon Encinas | Angel Penna Sr. | Ogden Phipps | 1 M | 2:28.80 | $99,000 |
| 1978 | Nasty And Bold | 3 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Philip G. Johnson | Meadow Hill Lane Farm | 1 M | 2:26.00 | $63,900 |
| 1977 | Great Contractor | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Roger Laurin | Howard Wilson | 1 M | 2:26.20 | $66,600 |
| 1976 | Forego | 6 | Heliodoro Gustines | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | Lazy F Ranch | 1 M | 2:01.20 | $67,860 |
| 1975 | Forego | 5 | Heliodoro Gustines | Sherrill W. Ward | Lazy F Ranch | 1 M | 1:59.80 | $66,780 |
| 1974 | Forego | 4 | Heliodoro Gustines | Sherrill W. Ward | Lazy F Ranch | 1 M | 1:54.80 | $66,600 |
| 1973 | Riva Ridge | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1 M | 1:52.40 | $67,200 |
| 1972 | Key To The Mint | 3 | Braulio Baeza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stables | 1 M | 1:54.80 | $70,860 |
| 1971 | Never Bow | 5 | Bobby Ussery | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1 M | 2:03.60 | $69,060 |
| 1970 | Dewan | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 1 M | 2:02.80 | $69,810 |
| 1969 | Nodouble | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | J. Bert Sonnier | Verna Lea Farm | 1 M | 2:00.40 | $70,850 |
| 1968 | Damascus | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft | 1 M | 1:59.20 | $71,110 |
| 1967 | Handsome Boy | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1 M | 2:00.20 | $69,355 |
| 1966 | Buckpasser | 3 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 1 M | 2:01.80 | $69,615 |
| 1965 | Pia Star | 4 | John Sellers | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1 M | 2:00.60 | $69,680 |
| 1964 | Gun Bow | 4 | Walter Blum | Edward A. Neloy | Gedney Farms (Harry Albert & Mrs. John Stanley) | 1 M | 1:59.60 | $71,500 |
| 1963 | Cyrano | 4 | Bobby Ussery | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1 M | 2:01.60 | $72,800 |
| 1962 | Beau Purple | 5 | William Boland | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1 M | 2:00.00 | $71,240 |
| 1961 | Kelso | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable | 1 M | 2:01.60 | $73,320 |
| 1960 | On-and-On | 4 | Ismael Valenzuela | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 M | 2:03.00 | $70,010 |
| 1959 | Babu | 5 | Conn McCreary | Jack Weipert | W. Cal Partee | 1 M | 1:56.40 | $72,545 |
| 1958 | Cohoes | 4 | John Ruane | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1 M | 1:55.60 | $36,450 |
| 1957 | Portersville | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Anthony J. Pupino | Clearwater Stable (F.L. Leatherbury & E.A. Roberts) | 1 M | 1:55.20 | $37,700 |
| 1956 | Dedicate | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | G. Carey Winfrey | Mrs. Jan Burke | 1 M | 1:55.80 | $37,600 |
| 1955 | High Gun | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1 M | 2:03.00 | $37,900 |
| 1954 | Invigorator | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Edward A. Neloy | Saxon Stables | 1 M | 2:04.40 | $40,500 |
| 1953 | Tom Fool | 4 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1 M | 2:04.40 | $37,900 |
| 1952 | Crafty Admiral | 4 | Eric Guerin | Robert B. Odom | Charfran Stable (Charles & Frances Cohen) | 1 M | 2:01.80 | $41,700 |
| 1951 | Palestinian | 5 | Sam Boulmetis Sr. | Hirsch Jacobs | Isidor Bieber | 1 M | 2:03.80 | $39,000 |
| 1950 | My Request | 5 | Ted Atkinson | James P. Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 1 M | 2:03.00 | $41,000 |
| 1949 | Assault | 6 | Dave Gorman | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1 M | 2:02.80 | $40,600 |
| 1948 | Conniver | 4 | Ted Atkinson | William Post | Harry La Montague | 1 M | 2:05.80 | $39,300 |
| 1947 | Assault | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1 M | 2:03.60 | $38,100 |
| 1946 | Gallorette | 4 | Job Dean Jessop | Edward A. Christmas | William L. Brann | 1 M | 2:05.00 | $41,100 |
| 1945 | Stymie | 4 | Robert Permane | Max Hirsch | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1 M | 2:02.20 | $39,120 |
| 1944 | Four Freedoms | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1 M | 2:02.80 | $39,720 |
| 1943 | Devil Diver | 4 | Steve Brooks | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1 M | 2:03.40 | $23,200 |
| 1942 | Whirlaway | 4 | George Woolf | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1 M | 2:02.40 | $23,650 |
| 1941 | Fenelon | 4 | James Stout | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1 M | 2:03.60 | $19,250 |
| 1940 | Isolater | 7 | James Stout | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1 M | 2:03.00 | $16,900 |
| 1939 | Cravat | 4 | Basil James | Walter Burrows | Townsend B. Martin | 1 M | 1:48.20 | $18,250 |
| 1938 | The Chief | 3 | Johnny Longden | Earl Sande | Maxwell Howard | 1 M | 1:48.40 | $18,450 |
| 1937 | Seabiscuit | 4 | Red Pollard | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1 M | 1:50.20 | $18,025 |
| 1936 | Discovery | 5 | Leo Fallon | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. | 1 M | 1:50.00 | $10,575 |
| 1935 | Discovery | 4 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. | 1 M | 1:48.20 | $10,200 |
| 1934 | Discovery | 3 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. | 1 M | 1:49.80 | $2,925 |
| 1933 | Dark Secret | 4 | Hank Mills | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1 M | 1:51.20 | $3,380 |
| 1932 | Blenheim III | 4 | Hank Mills | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1 M | 1:51.20 | $9,800 |
| 1931 | Questionnaire | 4 | Raymond Workman | Andy Schuttinger | James Butler | 1 M | 1:49.00 | $13,900 |
| 1930 | Sortie | 5 | Pete Walls | Max Hirsch | A. Charles Schwartz | 1 M | 1:49.80 | $10,800 |
| 1929 | Light Carbine | 6 | Georgie Rose | Michael J. Dunleavy | Ira B. Humphreys | 1 M | 1:50.60 | $14,300 |
| 1928 | Black Panther | 4 | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon Sr. | 1 M | 1:51.20 | $13,750 |
| 1927 | Peanuts | 5 | Harold Thurber | George P. Odom | Aknusti Stable | 1 M | 1:48.80 | $13,150 |
| 1926 | Single Foot | 4 | Clarence Turner | Harry Rites | J. Edwin Griffith | 1 M | 1:50.40 | $11,950 |
| 1925 | Mad Play | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1 M | 1:50.00 | $7,600 |
| 1924 | Hephaistos | 5 | John Maiben | Frank E. Brown | Frank E. Brown | 1 M | 1:50.80 | $7,600 |
| 1923 | Little Chief | 4 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1 M | 1:50.00 | $7,600 |
| 1922 | Exterminator | 7 | Albert Johnson | Henry McDaniel | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1 M | 1:50.00 | $7,600 |
| 1921 | Grey Lag | 3 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1 M | 1:49.80 | $7,600 |
| 1920 | Cirrus | 4 | Lavelle Ensor | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1 M | 1:50.00 | $5,850 |
| 1919 | Eternal | 3 | Andy Schuttinger | Kimball Patterson | James W. McClelland | 1 M | 1:49.80 | $4,850 |
| 1918 | Cudgel | 4 | Lawrence Lyke | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1 M | 1:50.20 | $4,850 |
| 1917 | Borrow | 9 | Willie Knapp | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 1 M | 1:49.40 | $4,850 |
| 1916 | Friar Rock | 3 | Everett Haynes | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont Jr. | 1 M | 1:50.00 | $3,850 |
| 1915 | Tartar | 5 | John McTaggart | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 1 M | 1:50.60 | $3,850 |
| 1914 | Buckhorn | 5 | Joe McCahey | Jack D. Adkins | Roderick J. Mackenzie | 1 M | 2:08.00 | $3,350 |
| 1913 | Whisk Broom II | 6 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry P. Whitney | 1 M | 2:03.40 | $3,125 |
| 1912 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | |||||||
| 1911 | ||||||||
| 1910 | Fitz Herbert | 4 | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1 M | 2:05.60 | $4,800 |
| 1909 | King James | 4 | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1 M | 2:04.00 | $3,850 |
| 1908 | Celt | 3 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 1 M | 2:04.20 | $19,750 |
| 1907 | Superman | 3 | Walter Miller | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 1 M | 2:05.60 | $15,800 |
| 1906 | Tokalon | 5 | Richard Bedell | J. W. Fuller | J. W. Fuller | 1 M | 2:05.60 | $15,800 |
| 1905 | Delhi | 4 | Tommy Burns | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 1 M | 2:06.40 | $15,800 |
| 1904 | The Picket | 4 | Oscar Helgesen | Carroll B. Reid | Waldeck Stable (John Middleton & Carl Jungbluth) | 1 M | 2:06.60 | $15,800 |
| 1903 | Irish Lad | 3 | Frank O'Neill | John W. Rogers | Westbury Stable | 1 M | 2:05.40 | $14,950 |
| 1902 | Reina | 4 | Winfield O'Connor | Julius Bauer | Arthur Featherstone | 1 M | 2:07.00 | $7,800 |
| 1901 | Conroy | 3 | Winfield O'Connor | James G. Rowe Sr. | James & Foxhall Keene | 1 M | 2:09.00 | 7,800 |
| 1900 | Kinley Mack | 4 | Patrick McCue | Peter Wimmer | Augustus Eastin & Samuel E. Larabie | 1 M | 2:10.00 | $7,800 |
| 1899 | Banastar | 4 | Danny Maher | Matthew M. Allen | William H. Clark | 1 M | 2:06.25 | $7,800 |
| 1898 | 4 | Tod Sloan | Charles T. Patterson | Hal Price Headley & W. P. Norton | 1 M | 2:10.00 | $7,800 | |
| 1897 | Howard Mann | 4 | Skeets Martin | William C. Smith | George E. Smith | 1 M | 2:09.75 | $7,750 |
| 1896 | Sir Walter | 6 | Fred Taral | Walter C. Rollins | Oneck Stable | 1 M | 2:08.50 | $7,750 |
| 1895 | Hornpipe | 4 | Anthony Hamilton | William Lakeland | James & Foxhall Keene | 1 M | 2:11.25 | $7,750 |
| 1894 | Dr. Rice | 4 | Fred Taral | Fred Foster | Fred Foster | 1 M | 2:07.25 | $17,750 |
| 1893 | Diablo | 7 | Fred Taral | John S. Campbell | Alfred F. Walcott & John S. Campbell | 1 M | 2:09.00 | $17,750 |
| 1892 | Judge Morrow | 5 | Alexander Covington | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 1 M | 2:08.75 | $17,750 |
| 1891 | Tenny | 5 | Shelby Barnes | P. S. Donovan | David T. Pulsifer | 1 M | 2:10.00 | $14,800 |
| 1890 | Castaway II | 4 | W. Bunn | John Campbell | Beverwyck Stable | 1 M | 2:10.00 | $6,900 |
| 1889 | Exile | 7 | Anthony Hamilton | William Lakeland | William Lakeland | 1 M | 2:07.50 | $6,900 |
| 1888 | The Bard | 5 | William Hayward | John Huggins | Alexander Cassatt | 1 M | 2:13.00 | $6,925 |
| 1887 | Dry Monopole | 4 | Andy McCarthy | Not found | Emery & Co. | 1 M | 2:07.00 | $5,850 |