Wood Memorial
100 Running on Saturday, April 05, 2025
The Wood Memorial is one of the major prep races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. It is run over a distance of 9 furlongs on dirt. The race was named to honor Eugene D. Wood, a New York State politician and horse racing enthusiast who had been a founder and past president of the old Jamaica Racetrack where the race was run until 1960.
On five occasions, the Wood has been run in two divisions, resulting in two winners in 1944, 1945, 1947, 1974, and 1983.
VIDEO $750,000.00 1 1/8 (Dirt) Grade:II
Year
Horse
Age
Weight
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jockey
Value
2024
Resilience
3
123
1:50.28
Bushnell, Emily and Waldman, Ric
William I. Mott
John R. Velazquez
$412,500
2023
Lord Miles
3
123
1:51.17
Vegso Racing Stable
Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.
Paco Lopez
$412,500
2022
Mo Donegal
3
123
1:47.96
Donegal Racing
Todd A. Pletcher
Joel Rosario
$412,500
2021
Bourbonic
3
123
1:54.49
Calumet Farm
Todd A. Pletcher
Kendrick Carmouche
$412,500
2019
Tacitus
3
123
1:51.23
Juddmonte Farms Inc.
William I. Mott
Jose L. Ortiz
$400,000
2018
Vino Rosso
3/C
123
1:49.79
Repole Stable & St. Elias Stable
Todd A. Pletcher
John R. Velazquez
$535,000
2017
Irish War Cry
-
123
1:50.91
Isabelle de Tomaso
H. Graham Motion
Rajiv Maragh
$400,000
2016
Outwork
-
123
1:52:92
Repole Stable
Todd Pletcher
John R. Velazquez
$590,000
2015
Frosted
-
123
1:50:31
Godolphin Racing LLC
Kiaran P. McLaughlin
Joel Rosario
$590,000
2014
Wicked Strong
3
123
1:49.31
Centennial Farms
James A. Jerkens
Rajiv Maragh
$590,000
2013
Verrazano
3
123
1:50.27
Let's Go Stable, Tabor, Michael B., Magnier, Mrs. John and Smith, Derrick
Todd A. Pletcher
John R. Velazquez
$600,000
2012
Gemologist
-
123
1:50.96
WinStar Farm LLC
Todd A. Pletcher
Javier Castellano
$600,000
2011
Toby's Corner
-
123
1:49.93
Dianne D. Cotter
H. Graham Motion
Eddie Castro
$600,000
2010
Eskendereya
-
123
1:49.97
Zayat Stables, LLC
Todd Pletcher
John Velazquez
$450,000
2009
I Want Revenge
-
123
1:49.49
IEAH Stables, David J. Lanzman
Jeff Mullins
Joe Talamo
$450,000
2008
Tale of Ekati
-
123
1:52.53
Charles E. Fipke
Barclay Tagg
Edgar Prado
$450,000
2007
Nobiz Like Shobiz
-
123
1:49.46
Elizabeth J. Valando
Barclay Tagg
Cornelio Velasquez
$450,000
2006
Bob and John
-
123
1:51.54
Stonerside Stable
Bob Baffert
Garrett Gomez
$450,000
2005
Bellamy Road
-
123
1:47
Kinsman Stable
Nicholas Zito
Javier Castellano
$450,000
2004
Tapit
-
123
1:49 3/5
Ronald Winchell
Michael Dickinson
Ramon Dominguez
$450,000
2003
Empire Maker
-
123
1:48 3/5
Juddmonte Farms
Robert Frankel
Jerry Bailey
$450,000
2002
Buddha
-
123
1:48 3/5
Gary and Mary West
H. James Bond
Pat Day
$450,000
2001
Congaree
-
123
1:47 4/5
Stonerside Stable
Bob Baffert
Victor Espinoza
$450,000
2000
Fusaichi Pegasus
-
123
1:47 4/5
Fusao Sekiguchi
Neil Drysdale
Kent Desormeaux
$450,000
1999
Adonis
-
123
1:47 3/5
Paraneck Stable
Nicholas P. Zito
Jorge Chavez
$360,000
1998
Coronado's Quest
-
123
1:47 2/5
Stuart Janney III
Claude McGaughey III
Robbie Davis
$300,000
1997
Captain Bodgit
-
123
1:48 1/5
Team Valor
Gary Capuano
Alex Solis
$300,000
1996
Unbridled's Song
-
123
1:49 4/5
Paraneck Stable
James T. Ryerson
Mike Smith
$300,000
1995
Talkin Man
-
123
1:49 1/5
Kinghaven Farm
Roger Attfield
Shane Sellers
$300,000
1994
Irgun
-
123
1:49
Brandon & Marianne Chase
Steven W. Young
Gary Stevens
$300,000
1993
Storm Tower
-
126
1:48 2/5
Char-Mari Stable
Ben W. Perkins Jr.
Rick Wilson
$300,000
1992
Devil His Due
-
126
1:49 1/5
Lion Crest Stable
H. Allen Jerkens
Mike Smith
$300,000
1991
Cahill Road
-
126
1:48 2/5
Frances A. Genter
Flint S. Schulhofer
Craig Perret
$300,000
1990
Thirty Six Red
-
126
1:50 2/5
B. Giles Brophy
Nicholas P. Zito
Mike Smith
$362,400
1989
Easy Goer
-
126
1:50 3/5
Ogden Phipps
Claude R. McGaughey III
Pat Day
$340,800
1988
Private Terms
-
126
1:47 1/5
Locust Hill Farm
Charles Hadry
Chris Antley
$359,400
1987
Gulch
-
126
1:49
Peter M. Brant
Leroy Jolley
Jose Santos
$354,300
1986
Broad Brush
-
126
1:50 3/5
Robert E. Meyerhoff
Richard W. Small
Vince Bracciale
$178,500
1985
Eternal Prince
-
126
1:48 4/5
Brian J. Hurst
John J. Lenzini Jr.
Richard Migliore
$177,900
1984
Leroy S.
-
126
1:51 2/5
John A. Nerud
Jan Nerud
Jean Cruguet
$180,000
1983-2
Bounding Basque
-
-
1:51
Jacques Wimpfheimer
Woody Sedlacek
Gregg McCarron
-
1983
Slew o' Gold
-
126
1:51
Equusequity Stable
Sidney Watters Jr.
Eddie Maple
$101,700
1982
Air Forbes Won
-
126
1:51
Edward Anchel
Frank LaBoccetta
Angel Cordero Jr.
$105,120
1981
Pleasant Colony
-
126
1:49 3/5
Buckland Farm
John P. Campo
Jeffrey Fell
$98,280
1980
Plugged Nickle
-
126
1:50 4/5
John M. Schiff
Thomas J. Kelly
Buck Thornburg
$87,300
1979
Instrument Landing
-
126
1:49 1/5
Pen-Y-Bryn Farm
David Whiteley
Angel Cordero Jr.
$85,650
1978
Believe It
-
126
1:49 4/5
Hickory Tree Stable
Woody C. Stephens
Eddie Maple
$65,490
1977
Seattle Slew
-
126
1:49 3/5
Karen L. Taylor
William H. Turner Jr.
Jean Cruguet
$66,180
1976
Bold Forbes
-
126
1:47 2/5
E. Rodriguez Tizol
Lazaro S. Barrera
Angel Cordero Jr.
$67,560
1975
Foolish Pleasure
-
126
1:48 4/5
John L. Greer
Leroy Jolley
Jacinto Vasquez
$72,840
1974-2
Rube the Great
-
126
1:49 3/5
Sigmund Sommer
Frank Martin
M.A. Rivera
69660
1974
Rube The Great
-
126
1:49 3/5
Sigmund Sommer
Frank Martin
Miguel A. Rivera
$69,660
1973
Angle Light
-
126
1:49 4/5
Edwin Whittaker
Lucien Laurin
Jacinto Vasquez
$68,940
1972
Upper Case
-
126
1:49
Meadow Stable
Lucien Laurin
Ron Turcotte
$71,040
1971
Good Behaving
-
126
1:49 4/5
Neil Hellman
John P. Campo
Chuck Baltazar
$67,320
1970
Personality
-
126
1:49 2/5
Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs
John W. Jacobs
Eddie Belmonte
$76,570
1969
Dike
-
126
1:49 3/5
Claiborne Farm
Lucien Laurin
Jorge Velasquez
$72,085
1968
Dancer's Image
-
126
1:49
Peter Fuller
Lou Cavalaris Jr.
Robert Ussery
$73,775
1967
Damascus
-
126
1:49 3/5
Mrs. Edith W. Bancroft
Frank Y. Whiteley Jr.
William Shoemaker
$73,060
1966
Amberoid
-
126
1:49 3/5
Reginald N. Webster
Lucien Laurin
William Boland
$74,425
1965
Flag Raiser
-
126
1:50 1/5
Isidor Bieber
Hirsch Jacobs
Robert Ussery
$60,222
1964
Quadrangle
-
126
1:50 1/5
Rokeby Stable
Elliot Burch
W. Hartack
$58,013
1963
No Robbery
-
126
1:49 1/5
Greentree Stable
John Gaver
J. L. Rotz
$59,020
1962
Admiral's Voyage
-
126
1:49 1/5
Fred W. Hooper
Chuck Parke
B. Baeza
$59,703
1961
Globemaster
-
126
1:50 1/5
Leonard P. Sasso
Tommy Kelly
J.L. Rotz
$56,062
1960
Francis S.
-
126
1:50 1/5
Harbor View Farm
Burley Parke
W. Shoemaker
$60,465
1959
Manassa Mauler
-
126
1:49 3/5
Emil Dolce
Frank Martin
R. Broussard
$55,915
1958
Jewel's Reward
-
126
1:50 1/5
Maine Chance Farm
Ivan H. Parke
E. Arcaro
$37,575
1957
Bold Ruler
-
126
1:48 4/5
Wheatley Stable
Jim Fitzsimmons
E. Arcaro
$40,800
1956
Head Man
-
126
1:50 1/5
C. V. Whitney
Sylvester Veitch
E. Arcaro
$42,400
1955
Nashua
-
126
1:50 3/5
Belair Stud
Jim Fitzsimmons
T. Atkinson
$75,100
1954
Correlation
-
126
1:50
R. S. Lytle
Noble Threewit
W. Shoemaker
$86,000
1953
Native Dancer
-
126
1:50 3/5
Alfred G.Vanderbilt
William C. Winfrey
E. Guerin
$87,000
1952
Master Fiddle
-
126
1:52 2/5
Myhelen Stable
Sol Rutchick
D. Gorman
$45,200
1951
Repetoire
-
126
1:44 2/5
Mrs. N. A. Mikell
Albert Jensen
P. McLean
$35,250
1950
Hill Prince
-
126
1:43 3/5
C. T. Chenery
Casey Hayes
E. Arcaro
$34,500
1949
Olympia
-
126
1:45
F. W. Hooper
Ivan H. Parke
E. Arcaro
$31,850
1948
My Request
-
126
1:46 1/5
B. F. Whitaker
James P. Conway
D. Dodson
$34,600
1947-2
Phalanx
-
126
1:43 3/5
C.V. Whitney
Sylvester Veitch
E. Arcaro
31325
1947
I Will
-
126
1:45
Jaclyn Stable
Sidney Jacobs
E. Arcaro
$31,625
1946
Assault
-
126
1:46 3/5
King Ranch
Max Hirsch
W. Mehrtens
$22,600
1945-2
Jeep
-
126
1:45 4/5
C.V. Whitney
Lydel T. Ruff
A. Kirkland
18945
1945
Hoop Jr.
-
126
1:45
F. W. Hooper
Ivan H. Parke
E. Arcaro
$18,945
1944-2
Lucky Draw
-
126
1:46 1/5
George D. Widener
W.F. Mulholland
J. Longden
20115
1944
Stir Up
-
126
1:44 1/5
Greentree Stable
John M. Gaver Sr.
E. Arcaro
$19,625
1943
Count Fleet
-
126
1:43
Mrs. J. D. Hertz
G. Donald Cameron
J. Longden
$20,150
1942
Requested
-
120
1:45 1/5
B. F. Whitaker
J.H. McCoole
W. D. Wright
$22,900
1941
Market Wise
-
120
1:45 3/5
Louis Tufano
George W. Carroll
D. Meade
$16,650
1940
Dit
-
120
1:45 4/5
W. Arnold Hanger
Max Hirsch
L. Haas
$19,225
1939
Johnstown
-
120
1:42
Belair Stud
Jim Fitzsimmons
J. Stout
$17,675
1938
Fighting Fox
-
120
1:43
Belair Stud
Jim Fitzsimmons
J. Stout
$17,450
1937
Melodist
-
120
1:42 4/5
Wheatley Stable
Jim Fitzsimmons
J. Longden
$19,150
1936
Teufel
-
112
1:43 1/5
Wheatley Stable
Jim Fitzsimmons
E. Litzenberger
$10,775
1935
Today
-
112
1:42 4/5
C. V. Whitney
Thomas J. Healey
R. Workman
$11,350
1934
High Quest
-
120
1:43 4/5
Brookmeade Stable
Robert A. Smith
D. Bellizzi
$3,990
1933
Mr. Khayyam
-
122
1:42 3/5
Catawba Farm
Matthew Peter Brady
P. Walls
$3,760
1932
Universe
-
120
1:43
T. M. Cassidy
-
L. McAtee
$10,400
1931
Twenty Grand
-
120
1:42 3/5
Greentree Stable
James G. Rowe Jr.
C. Kurtsinger
$10,200
1930
Gallant Fox
-
120
1:43 3/5
Belair Stud
Jim Fitzsimmons
E. Sande
$10,150
1929
Essare
-
110
1:44
Jacques Stable
Joe Johnson
M. Garner
$11,000
1928
Distraction
-
120
1:46
Wheatley Stable
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
D. McAuliffe
$11,300
1927
Saxon
-
117
1:43 3/5
Greentree Stable
James G. Rowe Jr.
G. Ellis
$9,005
1926
Pompey
-
120
1:42
W. R. Coe
William Karrick
B. Breuning
$8,700
1925
Backbone
-
110
1:43 2/5
H. P. Whitney
James G. Rowe Sr.
I. Parke
$7,600
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