The Mount Vernon Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually near the end of May at Belmont Park

Belmont Park

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 in Elmont, New York

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. Contested on turf

Grass

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 at a distance of a mile and a sixteenth (8.5 furlong

Furlong

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s), it is restricted to Fillies

Filly

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 and mare

Mare

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s age three and older who were bred

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 in the State of New York

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The Mount Vernon Stakes is named for the city of Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon, New York

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 in Westchester County, New York

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. Since inception in 1979, the race has been contested at various distances:

• 1¹/16 miles : 1979-1982, 1989–1996, 2008–present
• 1⅛ miles : 1997-2007
• 1¼ miles : 1983-1988

Due to course conditions, the race was switched to dirt in 1988, 1990 and 2003.

The Mount Vernon was run in two divisions in 1989, 1992, 2002, 2004, and 2005.

Historical notes

Angel Cordero, Jr. won this race as a jockey three times (1980, 1982, 1989) and as a trainer in 1996.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:40.00 - Her Favorite (1992) (at current distance of 1¹/16 miles)

Most wins:

• No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - William C. MacMillen, Jr. (1979, 1986)
• 2 - James F. Edwards (1992, 2003)
• 2 - Flying Zee Stable (2005, 2009)

Most wins by a jockey

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• 4 - Jose A. Santos (1987, 1991, 2000, 2005)

Most wins by a trainer

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• 3 - Leo O'Brien (1988, 1994, 1995)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	Chestoria	6	David Cohen	William Badgett, Jr.	E El R Stable	1:42.89
2009	I Lost My Choo	4	Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He rides in New York in the spring, summer and fall and spends the winter in Florida. His big break came in 2008 when he won a Breeders' Cup race....	Phil Serpe	Flying Zee Stable	1:42.52
2008	Them There Eyes	4	Jose Espinoza Jose L. Espinoza Jose L. Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.-Year-end charts:Jose L. Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Kathleen Feron	Akindale Farm	1:44.06
2007	Factual Contender	6	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...	Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and...	Thomas Farone Jr.	1:48.66
2006	Sabellina	5	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	Joseph Aquilino	Jay A. Lieberman	1:48.00
2005	Lady Bi Bi	6	Jose A. Santos	John O. Hertler	Tri County Stables	1:49.12
2005	Kevin's Decision	5	Edgar Prado	Carlos F. Martin	Flying Zee Stable	1:49.06
2004	Big Tease	4	Richard Migliore	Gary C. Contessa Gary C. Contessa Gary C. Contessa is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. He became a professional trainer in 1984....	Maggi Moss	1:48.67
2004	Brandala	6	Jose Espinoza Jose L. Espinoza Jose L. Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.-Year-end charts:Jose L. Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Thomas M. Walsh	Sorin Stables	1:49.56
2003	Princess Dixie	4	Edgar Prado	H. James Bond	James F. Edwards	1:49.41
2002	Shopping for Love	5	Jerry Bailey	Kenneth Nesky	George D'Archangelo	1:46.80
2002	Eventail	5	Edgar Prado	Richard Schosberg	Gallagher's Stud	1:46.55
2001	Truebreadpudding	6	John Velazquez	Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sciacca earned his first win as a professional trainer on October 21, 1981 at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack...	Coffee Pot Stables	1:48.05
2000	Office Miss	6	Jose A. Santos	Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sciacca earned his first win as a professional trainer on October 21, 1981 at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack...	Sam F. Morrell	1:48.20
1999	Highland Strike	6	Jose Espinoza Jose L. Espinoza Jose L. Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.-Year-end charts:Jose L. Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Richard DeStasio	Wayne R. Ewald	1:47.20
1998	Dancewiththebride	3	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...	Gary P. Gullo	Aaron Beecher	1:48.60
1997	Darlin Danika	5	Joe Bravo Joe Bravo (jockey) Joe Bravo is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son and grandson of jockeys, he began his professional career in Thoroughbred flat racing at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida during the latter end of 1988.According to his NTRA profile, Joe Bravo has dominated the New...	Thomas M. Walsh	Dan-Dev Stable	1:48.60
1996	Rogues Walk	4	Jerry Bailey	Angel Cordero, Jr.	M.Dinmore et al.	1:42.40
1995	Tiffany's Taylor	6	John Velazquez	Leo O'Brien	Theresa Maher	1:40.40
1994	Irish Actress	7	Mike E. Smith	Leo O'Brien	Austin Delaney	1:40.80
1993	McKaymackenna	4	Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States...	Rene Araya	R Kay Stable	1:40.60
1992	Her Favorite	4	Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17...	Donna J. Freyer	Tanrackin Farm	1:40.00
1992	Talc's Coventry	4	Robbie Davis Robbie Davis Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....	Sarah A. Lundy Sarah A. Lundy Sarah A. Lundy is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. In 1984 she became the first female trainer to ever saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes, third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series....	James F. Edwards	1:41.00
1991	Serene Nobility	5	Jose A. Santos	Henry S. White, Jr.	Nauset Stable	1:41.20
1990	Banded	4	Jerry Bailey	Ramon M. Hernandez	Lucille Riccelli	1:43.40
1989	Capades Capades Capades is a retired American Thoroughbred filly racehorse whom the July 24, 1989 edition of the New York Times called "one of the country's most accomplished 3-year-old grass fillies."...	3	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Richard O'Connell Richard O'Connell (racehorse trainer) Richard O'Connell was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who was voted Trainer of the Year three times by New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc...	Poma Stable	1:42.70
1989	Stage View	4	Richard Migliore	Roger Laurin Roger Laurin Roger Laurin is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States and Canada. He has trained Champions Numbered Account, the 1971 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, and Chief's Crown, the 1984 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner.-A family business:Roger...	Richard A. DeStasio	1:43.72
1988	Comorin Cape	3	Brian Peck	Leo O'Brien	Philip Dileo	2:06.20
1987	Lake Cecebe	4	Jose A. Santos	Kenneth Nesky	Bonnie Mike Stable	2:07.40
1986	Wendy Walker	4	Robert Thibeau, Jr.	Sidney Watters, Jr.	William C. MacMillen, Jr.	2:01.80
1985	Wimborne Sky	5	Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17...	Richard J. Lundy	Virginia Kraft Payson	2:04.20
1984	Miss Audimar	3	Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.The son of a pastry chef, Jean-Luc Samyn was one of three children. At age thirteen, he went to work for the stable of trainer John Cunnington at Chantilly, a racecourse about north of Paris city center...	Philip G. Johnson	Hellson Stable	2:02.40
1983	Beech Island	5	Robbie Davis Robbie Davis Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....	Willard C. Freeman	Buckingham Farm	2:03.00
1982	Mademoiselle Ivor	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Larry Barrera	Lowell T. Hughes	1:43.00
1981	Move It Now	4	Ruben Hernandez	James W. Maloney James W. Maloney James W. "Jim" Maloney was an American Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. The son of a trainer, his own professional career lasted fifty years from 1935 until his death in 1984....	Snowberry Farm	1:46.40
1980	Adlibber	3	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Jan H. Nerud	Morton Fink	1:41.40
1979	Sweet Woodruff	4	Michael Venezia	Sidney Watters, Jr.	William C. MacMillen, Jr.	1:42.20