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Trained by Dr. John Lee and racing for Ms. du Pont's nom de course Bohemia Stable, Kelso, ridden by John Block, made his two-year-old debut on September 4, 1959, at Atlantic City Race Course (at that time one of the country's premier tracks). The race was an ordinary maiden event (which he won).
Kelso [44] Carl Hanford: Bohemia Stable: 7 G 1963 Kelso [45] [46] Carl Hanford: Bohemia Stable: 6 G 1962 Kelso [47] Carl Hanford: Bohemia Stable: 5 G 1961 Kelso [48] Carl Hanford: Bohemia Stable: 4 G 1960 Kelso [49] Carl Hanford: Bohemia Stable: 3 G 1959 Sword Dancer [50] J. Elliott Burch: Brookmeade Stable: 3 C 1958 Round Table [51] William ...
Four-year-olds and Up. Weight. 124 lbs with allowances. Purse. US$1,000,000[1] The Whitney Stakes(run as the Whitney Handicapthrough 2013 and still sometimes referred to as such) is an American Grade 1stakes race for Thoroughbredracehorsesfour years of age and older run at a distance of 1+1⁄8miles. The current purse is $1,000,000.
Jockey Club Gold Cup. The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It has traditionally been the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers Stakes is of the summer meeting at Saratoga.
Three-year-olds and up. Weight. Allowance. Purse. $500,000 (2020) [1] The Woodward Stakes is an American Grade Il stakes race and is one of the premier races for older thoroughbred horses in the United States. It is named for prominent racehorse owner William Woodward. The race was first run in 1954 at Aqueduct Racetrack and then at Belmont ...
Richard Chichester du Pont (January 2, 1911 – September 11, 1943) was an American businessman and an aviation and glider pioneer who was a member of the prominent Du Pont family. He was the founder of the major US legacy carrier US Airways, after serving as a special assistant to General Henry H. Arnold, the chief of the United States Air Forces.
The great Kelso won the Stymie Handicap in 1962 then in 1965 won it again in what would be the final win of his brilliant career, capped off with his fifth American Horse of the Year title. [ 2 ] The 1972 edition of the Stymie Handicap was won by the Venezuelan longshot Canonero II who had won the 1971 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes .
Weight. Handicap. Purse. $1,000,000 (2024) The Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile", is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). Starting in 2014, it is now run on the same day as ...