Gotham Stakes

The Gotham Stakes, inaugurated in 1953 and held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York, is a Grade III race for three-year-olds covering a distance of one mile on dirt. Serving as a pivotal prep race for the Wood Memorial and part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby, it offers qualifying points to the top finishers. Notable past winners include Secretariat and Easy Goer, who both used victories in the Gotham as stepping stones to success in subsequent Triple Crown races.

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Location: Aqueduct Racetrack, Jamaica, NY

Inaugural Race: 1953

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Current Distance: 1 Mile

Track Type: Left-Handed, Dirt

Age Qualification: 3YO

Purse: $300,000

Race Date: Sunday, March 2nd

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2025 Gotham Stakes Morning Line Odds & Entries

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2024 Gotham Stakes Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / PLACE / SHOW
3
Deterministic
Joel Rosario / Christophe Clement
$9.80 / $4.80 / $3.90
10
Just a Touch
Florent Geroux / Brad H. Cox
$3.50 / $3.00
7
El Grande O
Kendrick Carmouche / Linda Rice
$4.40
2
Maximus Meridius
Mychel J. Sanchez / Robert E. Reid, Jr.
13
Capital Idea
Trevor McCarthy / Christophe Clement
5
Deposition
Dexter Haddock / Uriah St. Lewis
11
Lightline
Ramon A. Vazquez / Brad H. Cox
8
Bergen
Manuel Franco / Brad H. Cox
9
Eliminate
Dylan Davis / Todd A. Pletcher
4
Facenda
Jose Antonio Gomez / Doug F. O'Neill

Exotic Payoffs:

  • $1 Exacta (3-10) Paid: $17.80
    $0.50 Trifecta (3-10-7) Paid: $47.37
  • $0.10 Superfecta (3-10-7-2) Paid: $91.90

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The History of the Gotham Stakes

Initially inaugurated at the Jamaica Racetrack located in Queens in 1953, the Gotham Stakes was eventually moved to Aqueduct Racetrack in 1960. It has remained there to this day and has become one of it's marquee races.

The original distance of the Gotham Stakes is 1 1/16th miles. However, when the race moved to Aqueduct in 1960, organizers reset the distance to 1 mile. The distance of the Gotham Stakes has been run at 1 mile during five different eras; from 1960-1976, in 1978, 1980-2002, 2004-2005 and finally from 2018 to today. It has also been run at 1 mile 70 yards in 1984 and 2003. Outside of those years the contest has covered a distance of 1 1/16th miles.

I Want Revenge established the speed record at 1 1/16th miles in 2009 when he was clocked at 1:42.65. The legendary Easy Goer set both the stakes and track record at 1 mile with a time of 1:32.40 in 1989.

Easy Goer would move on to finish second in the Kentucky Derby, after success in the Gotham Stakes. Similarly, horses to have won both include Dr. Fager (1967) and Secretariat (1973). Hall of Famer Native Dancer won the initial Gotham Stakes in 1953 and would go on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes later that year.

The Gotham Stakes was run in two divisions in 1953, 1974, 1975 and 1983 so the race has two winners from each of those years. The 1992 renewal also produced dual winners, but this was due to a dead heat between Lure and Devil His Due.

A total of six jockeys currently share the record for most wins in the Gotham Stakes with three apiece. This includes Mike Smith, Richard Migliore, Jacinto Vasquez, Angel Cordero Jr., Jorge Velasquez and Jose Lezcano. Trainers Claud McGuaghey III (1989, 1992 and 2005) and Kiaran McLaughlin (2006, 2018, 2019) are tied with the most wins in this race with three victories each.

The Gotham Stakes is worth a purse of $300,000 and is currently holds a rating of Grade-III.

All-Time Results of Gotham Stakes

Year
Winner
Jockey / Trainer
Time / Length
2024
Deterministic
Joel Rosario / Christophe Clement
1:36.37 / 1 mile
2023
Raise Cain
Jose Lezcano / Ben Colebrook
1:38.09 / 1 mile
2022
Morello
Jose Lezcano / Steven M. Asmussen
1:39.28 / 1 mile
2021
Weyburn
Trevor McCarthy / Jimmy Jerkens
1:38.70 / 1 mile
2020
Mischevious Alex
Kendrick Carmouche / John Servis
1:38.80 / 1 mile
2019
Haikal
Rajiv Maragh / Kiaran McLaughlin
1:35.63 / 1 mile
2018
Enticed
Junior Alvarado / Kiaran McLaughlin
1:38.24 / 1 mile
2017
J Boys Echo
Robby Albarado / Dale L. Romans
1:46.34 / 1 1⁄16 miles
2016
Shagaf
Irad Ortiz Jr. / Chad C. Brown
1:45.90 / 1 1⁄16 miles
2015
El Kabeir
Charles C. Lopez / John P. Terranova II
1:45.56 / 1 1⁄16 miles

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