True North
42 Running on Saturday, June 27, 2020
The TRUE NORTH Handicap was named for the 1945 winner of the Fall Highweight Handicap. True North carried 140 pounds, most of it jockey Ted Atkinson, while covering the six furlongs in 1:08 4/5. It has been run at Belmont Park at the distance of six furlongs since its inception in 1979.
The race was changed from being run under handicap conditions to allowance conditions for the 2014 edition.
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$150,000 6 1/2 Furlongs (Dirt) Grade:II
Year
Horse
Age
Weight
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jockey
Value
2019
Catalina Cruiser
5/H
124
1:14.85
Hronis Racing LLC
John W. Sadler
Joel Rosario
$137,500
2018
Imperial Hint
5
124
1:15.02
Raymond Mamone
Luis Carvajal, Jr.
Javier Castellano
$137,500
2017
Roy H
5/G
120
1:08.59
Sagamore Farm
Peter Miller
Paco Lopez
$137,500
2016
Joking
-
122
1:08:04
Charlton Baker
Charlton Baker
Manuel Franco
$137,500
2015
Rock Fall
-
120
1:08:37
Stonestreet Stables LLC
Todd Pletcher
Javier Castellano
$137,500
2014
Palace
-
124
1:08:29
Antonino Miuccio
Linda Rice
Jose L. Ortiz
$137,500
2013
Fast Bullet
5
117
1:08.27
Zayat Stables, LLC
Bob Baffert
Joel Rosario
$137,500
2012
Caixa Eletronica
7
117
1:09.52
Repole Stable
Todd A. Pletcher
Javier Castellano
$240,000
2011
Trappe Shot
4
116
1:08.86
Mill House
Kiaran P. McLaughlin
John R. Velazquez
$150,000
2010
Bribon
7
118
1:09.63
Derrick Smith
Todd Pletcher
Garrett Gomez
$150,000
2009
Fabulous Strike
6
122
1:07.85
Walter Downey
Todd Beattie
Ramon Dominguez
$150,000
2008
Benny the Bull
5
123
1:09.06
IEAH Stables,Cohen,Pegasus,Robbins
Richard Dutrow Jr.
Edgar Prado
$150,000
2007
Will He Shine
5
116
1:08.70
Wexler, Pugliese
Dale Romans
Edgar Prado
$120,000
2006
Anew
5
113
1:08.10
Chrome Cowboy Racing Stable and Raymond Vitolo
Steven M. Asmussen
Alan Garcia
$120,000
2005
Woke Up Dreamin
5
116
1:08 1/5
Michael E. Pegram
Bob Baffert
Mike Smith
$128,220
2004
Speightstown
6
119
1:08
Eugene and Laura Melnyk
Todd Pletcher
John Velazquez
$126,840
2003
Shake You Down
5
118
1:09 2/5
Robert L. Cole Jr.
Scott Lake
Michael Luzzi
$90,000
2002
Explicit
5
119
1:09 4/5
Marvin Malmuth
Ian Jory
Lonnie Meche
$150,000
2001
Say Florida Sandy
7
116
1:08 3/5
John Rotella
Juan Serey
Aaron Gryder
$90,000
2000
Intidab
7
117
1:10
Shadwell Stable
Kiaran McLaughlin
Robbie Davis
$90,000
1999
Kashatreya
5
110
1:09 3/5
Seymour Cohn
John O. Hertler
Jean-Luc Samyn
$90,000
1998
Richter Scale
4
119
1:08 4/5
Nancy & Richard Kaster
William I. Mott
Jerry Bailey
$83,160
1997
Punch Line
7
122
1:08 4/5
Althea Richards
William Turner
Robbie Davis
$66,180
1996
Not Surprising
6
121
1:09
Robert Van Worp
Judson Van Worp
Robbie Davis
$66,720
1995
Waldoboro
4
112
1:09 3/5
Emory A. Hamilton
Claude R. McGaughey III
Eddie Maple
$66,300
1994
Friendly Lover
6
114
1:09 3/5
Pastime Stable
Joseph H. Pierce Jr.
Rick Wilson
$67,380
1993
Lion Cavern
4
116
1:10 1/5
Mohammed Al Maktoum
William I. Mott
Julie Krone
$69,120
1992
Shining Bid
4
112
1:08 1/5
Deborah A. Matz
James E. Morgan
Eddie Maple
$71,880
1991
Diablo
4
112
1:08 1/5
Bertram R. Firestone
William I. Mott
Julie Krone
$69,730
1990
Mr. Nickerson
4
119
1:10 2/5
Robert H. A. Nixon
Mark J. Reid
Chris Antley
$51,360
1989
Dancing Spree
4
113
1:09 2/5
Ogden Phipps
Claude R. McGaughey III
Angel Cordero Jr.
$68,160
1988
High Bright
4
120
1:10
Joseph Allen
D. Wayne Lukas
Angel Cordero Jr.
$81,300
1987
Groovy
4
123
1:07 4/5
Lone Star Stable
Jose Martin
Angel Cordero Jr.
$78,780
1986
Phone Trick
4
127
1:09
Howell Wynne
Richard Mandella
Jorge Velasquez
$66,480
1985
Cannon Shell
6
114
1:10 4/5
Seymour Cohn
Chester Ross
Declan Murphy
$52,200
1984
Believe The Queen
4
114
1:09 4/5
Bohemia Stable
H. Allen Jerkens
Jorge Velasquez
$52,110
1983
Gold Beauty
4
121
1:10 2/5
Mrs. Philip Hofmann
William Curtis Jr.
Don Brumfield
$50,760
1982
Shimatoree
3
117
1:08 3/5
Rif'at Hussain
Richard Dutrow
Mario Pino
$49,590
1981
Joanie's Chief
4
109
1:09
Peter Barberino
Eugene Jacobs
Jean-Luc Samyn
$33,480
1980
Syncopate
5
120
1:09 1/5
Elmendorf
Ronald McAnally
Laffit Pincay Jr.
$33,000
1979
Moleolus
4
110
1:10 2/6
Live Oak Plantation
Patrick J. Kelly
Jean-Luc Samyn
$25,335
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