The Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational
90th Running on Saturday, September 27, 2008
3-year-olds & Up $750,000 1 1/4 Grade: I 		Stakes Nominations
Past Performances
Year Horse Wt. Time Owner Trainer Jockey Value
2007 Curlin (3) 122 2:01.20 Bolton,Stonestreet,Padua,Midnight Cry Steven Asmussen Robby Albarado 450,000
2006 Bernardini 122 1:35.02 Darley Stable Thomas Albertrani Javier Castellano 450,000
2005 Borrego (4) 126 2:02 4/5 Kelly, Scott, Ralls, Foster C. Beau Greely Garrett Gomez 600,000
2004 Funny Cide (4) 126 2:02 2/5 Sackatoga Stable Barclay Tagg Jose Santos 600,000
2003 Mineshaft (4) 126 2:00 1/5 Farish, Elkins, Webber Neil Howard Robby Albarado 600,000
2002 Evening Attire (4) 126 1:59 2/5 Grant, Grant, Kelly Patrick J. Kelly Shaun Bridgmohan 600,000
2001 Aptitude (4) 126 2:01 2/5 Juddmonte Farm Robert Frankel Jerry Bailey 600,000
2000 Albert the Great (3) 122 1:59 1/5 Tracy Farmer Nick Zito Jorge Chavez 600000
1999 River Keen-IR (7) 126 2:01 2/5 Hugo Reynolds Bob Baffert Chris Antley 600,000
1998 Wagon Limit (4) 126 2:00 3/5 Joseph V. Shields Jr. H. Allen Jerkens Robbie Davis 600,000
1997 Skip Away (4) 126 1:58 4/5 Carolyn Hine Hubert Hine Jerry Bailey 600,000
1996 Skip Away (3) 121 2:00 3/5 Carolyn Hine Hubert Hine Shane Sellers 600,000
1995 Cigar (5) 126 2:01 1/5 Allen Paulson William Mott Jerry Bailey 450,000
1994 Colonial Affair (4) 126 2:02 Centennial Farms Flint S. Schulhofer Jose Santos 450,000
1993 Miner's Mark (3) 121 2:02 3/5 Ogden Phipps Claude R. McGaughey III Chris McCarron 510,000
1992 Pleasant Tap (6) 126 1:58 4/5 Buckland Farm Christopher Speckert Gary Stevens 510,000
1991 Festin (5) 126 2:00 3/5 Kinerk Burton Ronald McAnally Eddie Delahoussaye 510,000
1990 Flying Continental (4) 126 2:00 3/5 Jack Cooke Jay Robbins Corey Black 503,100
1989 Easy Goer (3) 121 2:29 1/5 Ogden Phipps Claude R. McGaughey III Pat Day 659,400
1988 Waquoit (5) 126 2:27 3/5 Joseph Federico Guido Federico Jose Santos 637,800
1987 Creme Fraiche (5) 126 2:30 4/5 Brushwood Stable Woody Stephens Laffit Pincay Jr. 650,400
1986 Creme Fraiche (4 126 2:28 Brushwood Stable Woody Stephens Randy Romero 510,300
1985 Vanlandingham (4) 126 2:27 Loblolly Stable Claude R. McGaughey III Pat Day 516,600
1984 Slew o' Gold (4) 126 2:28 4/5 Equusequitey Stable John O. Hertler Angel Cordero Jr. 350,400
1983 Slew o' Gold (3) 121 2:26 1/5 Equusequitey Stable Sid Watters Jr. Angel Cordero Jr. 342,000
1982 Lemhi Gold (4) 126 2:31 1/5 Aaron U. Jones Lazaro S. Barrera Chris McCarron 337,800
1981 John Henry (6) 126 2:28 2/5 Dotsam Stable Lefty Nickerson William Shoemaker 340,800
1980 Temperence Hill (3) 121 2:30 1/5 Loblolly Stable Joseph B. Cantey Eddie Maple 329,400
1979 Affirmed (4) 126 2:27 2/5 Harbor View Farm Lazaro S. Barrera Laffit Pincay Jr. 225,000
1978 Exceller (5) 126 2:27 1/5 Nelson B. Hunt Charles Whittingham William Shoemaker 193,080
1977 On The Sly (4) 126 2:28 1/5 Balmak Stable Milton W. Gross Gregg McCarron 208,080
1976 Great Contractor (3) 121 2:28 4/5 Howard P. Wilson Roger Laurin Patrick Day 201,360
1975 Group Plan (5) 124 3:23 1/5 Hobeau Farm H. Allen Jerkens Jorge Velasquez 95,850
1974 Forego (4) 124 3:21 1/5 Lazy F Ranch Sherrill W. Ward Heliodoro Gustines 67,140
1973 Prove Out (4) 124 3:20 Hobeau Farm H. Allen Jerkens Jorge Velasquez 66,060
1972 Autobiography (4) 124 3:21 2/5 Sigmund Sommer Frank Martin Angel Cordero Jr. 68,220
1971 Shuvee (5) 121 3:20 2/5 Mrs. Whitney Stone Willard C. Freeman Jorge Velasquez 66,900
1970 Shuvee (4) 121 3:21 3/5 Mrs. Whitney Stone Willard C. Freeman Ron Turcotte 70,785
1969 Arts And Letters (3) 119 3:22 2/5 Rokeby Stable Elliott Burch Braulio Baeza 69,030
1968 Quicken Tree (5) 124 3:22 4/5 Louis Rowan William T. Canney William Hartack 71,370
1967 Damascus (3) 119 3:20 1/5 Mrs. Edith W. Bancroft Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. William Shoemaker 69,290
1966 Buckpasser (3) 119 3:26 1/5 Ogden Phipps Edward A. Neloy Braulio Baeza 71,825
1965 Roman Brother (4) 124 3:22 3/5 Harbor View Farm Burley Parke Braulio Baeza 71,500
1964 Kelso (7) 124 3:19 1/5 Bohemia Stable Carl Hanford I. Valenzuela 70,590
1963 Kelso (6) 124 3:22 Bohemia Stable Carl Hanford I. Valenzuela 70,785
1962 Kelso (5) 124 3:19 4/5 Bohemia Stable Carl Hanford I. Valenzuela 70,785
1961 Kelso (4) 124 3:25 4/5 Bohemia Stable Carl Hanford E. Arcaro 68,770
1960 Kelso (3) 124 3:19 2/5 Bohemia Stable Carl Hanford E. Arcaro 70,205
1959 Sword Dancer (3) 119 3:22 1/5 Brookemeade Stable - E. Arcaro 70,790
1958 Inside Tract (4) 124 3:23 2/5 D & M Stable - C. McCreary 52,417
1957 Gallant Man (3) 119 3:23 Ralph Lowe - W. Shoemaker 53,850
1956 Nashua (4) 124 3:20 2/5 Leslie Combs II - E. Arcaro 36,600
1955 Nashua (3) 119 3:24 4/5 Belair Stud - E. Arcaro 52,850
1954 High Gun (3) 119 3:25 4/5 King Ranch - E. Arcaro 55,150
1953 Level Sea (3) 117 3:27 John S. Phipps - W. Boland 55,100
1952 One Count (3) 117 3:24 1/5 Mrs. W. M. Jeffords - D. Gorman 55,100
1951 Counterpoint (3) 117 3:21 3/5 C. V. Whitney - D. Gorman 52,100
1950 Hill Prince (3) 117 3:22 2/5 C. T. Chenery - D. Gorman 35,600
1949 Ponder (3) 117 3:22 4/5 Calumet Farm - E. Arcaro 36,000
1948 Citation (3) 117 3:21 3/5 Calumet Farm - E. Arcaro 36,300
1947 Phalanx (3) 117 3:21 3/5 C. V. Whitney - R. Donosco 72,700
1946 Pavot (4) 124 3:22 3/5 Walter M. Jeffords - E. Arcaro 18,250
1945 Pot o'Luck (3) 114 3:27 2/5 Calumet Farm - D. Dodson 18,335
1944 Bolingbroke (7) 125 3:27 1/5 Townsend B. Martin - R. Permane 17,645
1943 Princequillo (3) 117 3:23 4/5 Boone Hall Stable - C. McCreary 18,500
1942 Whirlaway (4) 124 3:21 3/5 Calumet Farm - G. Woolf 18,350
1941 Market Wise (3) 114 3:20 4/5 Louis Tufano - B. James 7,325
1940 Fenelon (3) 114 3:24 2/5 Belair Stud - J. Stout 6,700
1939 Cravat (4) 124 3:23 Townsend B. Martin - B. James 5,550
1938 War Admiral (4) 124 3:24 4/5 Glen Riddle Farm - W. D. Wright 5,500
1937 Firethorn (5) 124 3:26 Walter M. Jeffords - H. Richards 6,050
1936 Count Arthur (4) 124 3:24 2/5 Mrs. John D. Hertz - J. Stout 6,750
1935 Firethorn (3) 117 3:24 1/5 Walter M. Jeffords - E. Arcaro 6,550
1934 Dark Secret (5) 125 3:24 3/5 Wheatley Stable - C. Kurtsinger 6,200
1933 Dark Secret (4) 125 3:25 1/5 Wheatley Stable - H. Mills 6,400
1932 Gusto (3) 114 3:25 1/5 Morton L. Schwartz - R. Hanford 9,950
1931 Twenty Grand (3) 114 3:23 2/5 Greentree Stable - C. Kurtsinger 10,400
1930 Gallant Fox (3) 118 3:24 2/5 Belair Stud - E. Sande 10,300
1929 Diavolo (4) 125 3:24 Wheatley Stable - J. Maiben 10,900
1928 Reigh Count (3) 114 3:23 Mrs. John D. Hertz - C. Lang 10,850
1927 Chance Play (4) 125 3:23 Arden Farms - E. Sande 12,000
1925 Altawood (4) 114 3:26 Glen Riddle Farm - J. Maiben 13,300
1924 My Play (5) 125 3:25 3/5 Lexington Stable - A. Schuttinger 14,150
1923 Homestretch (3) 114 3:24 1/5 H. Alterman - C. Lang 11,300
1922 Mad Hatter (6) 125 3:22 3/5 Rancocas Stable - E. Sande 12,700
1921 Mad Hatter (5) 125 3:22 2/5 Rancocas Stable - E. Sande 12,100
1919 Purchase (3) 118 2:28 4/5 Glen Riddle Farm - C. Kummer 5,850

This weight-for-age event, which is the centerpiece of the Belmont Park Fall Championship Meeting, is designed to bring together the best horses in the country and is often very important in determining Horse of the Year honors. Geldings have often fared well in the Gold Cup. Kelso won five Gold Cups en route to Horse of the Year honors from 1960 to 1964, and Creme Fraiche, the only gelding to ever win the Belmont, won two runnings (1986 and 1987). Four Triple Crown winners have captured the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Gallant Fox and Citation both tallied as three-year-olds, while Whirlaway and Affirmed won the Gold Cup during their four-year-old seasons. Eight horses have won multiple editions of the Jockey Club Gold Cup: Mad Hatter, Dark Secret, Firethorn, Nashua, Kelso, Shuvee, Slew o' Gold, Crème Fraiche, and Skip Away. Kelso is the only horse to win the Gold Cup more than twice, winning five consecutive years, 1960 through 1964. Shuvee is the only member of the distaff set to win the Gold Cup, winnin g consecutive runnings in 1970 and 1971. The JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP was run at Aqueduct from 1958 to 1961, 1963 to 1967, and 1969 to 1974. Run at one and a half miles in 1919, 1920, and from 1976 to 1989. Run at two miles from 1921 to 1975. In 1927, Brown Bud finished first but was disqualified. Only two horses started in 1920.