A turf race for 3-year-olds and up since 1961, the Bernard Baruch originally was contested on the main track and restricted to 3-year-olds in its first two editions in 1959 and 1960. Carded at varying distances through the years, it was shorted from 1 1/8 miles to 1 1/16 miles in 2012. A financier, philanthropist and statesman, Bernard Baruch (1870-1965) was an advisor to presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt as well as a racing fan and thoroughbred owner who campaigned horses under the name Kershaw Stable. In 1927, his horse Happy Argo won the Carter. Three times on the cover of Time Magazine, Baruch continued to advise on international affairs until his death at age 94.
$250,000 1 1/16 (Turf) Grade:II
Year
Horse
Age
Weight
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jockey
Value
2017
Heart to Heart
6
120
-
Terry Hamilton
Brian Lynch
Irad Ortiz Jr
250,000
2016
Ring Weekend
-
118
1:38.29
St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds
H. Graham Motion
John R. Velazquez
$150,000
2015
Ironicus
For Three Year Olds and Upward
118
1:38.54
Stuart S. Janney, III
Shug McGaughey
Javier Castellano
$250,000
2014
Wise Dan
For Three Year Olds and Upward
127
1:39.08
Morton Fink
Charles LoPresti
John Velazquez
$250,000
2013
Silver Max
4
120
1:42.31
Bacon, Mark and Wells, Dana
Dale L. Romans
Robby Albarado
$150,000
2012
Dominus
4
114
1:40.32
Bolton, George, Stonestreet Stables and Spendthrift Farm
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