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81 Running on Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Formerly known as the New York Turf Writers Cup, the steeplechase event was renamed in 2021 to honor the career and contributions of Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard. Sheppard, who retired from American racing in 2021, was the leading National Steeplechase Association trainer 26 times, campaigning 15 Eclipse award winners over hurdles and flat ground. Sheppard made an indelible mark on New York racing, winning at least one race at Saratoga for 47 consecutive years from 1969-2015. He was also the leading Saratoga trainer in 1984 and 1985. The race over national fences was first run in 1938 and has been held at varying distances at Belmont Park and Aqueduct Racetrack as well as Saratoga.
$150,000.00 2 3/8 (Turf) Grade:I
| Year | Horse | Age | Weight | Time | Owner | Trainer | Jockey | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Awakened | 6 | 146 | 4:32.51 | Riverdee Stable and Ten Strike Racing | Jack O. Fisher | Thomas Garner | $82,500 |
| 2022 | Snap Decision | 8 | 164 | 4:32.88 | Bruton Street-US | Jack O. Fisher | Graham Watters | $82,500 |
| 2021 | The Mean Queen | 5 | 147 | 4:40.14 | Buttonwood Farm | Keri Brion | Thomas Garner | $82,500 |
| 2020 | Rashaan (IRE) | 8 | 144 | 4:34.20 | Bruton Street-US | Leslie F. Young | Thomas Garner | $55,000 |
| 2019 | Winston C (IRE) | 5 | 154 | 4:38.16 | Hudson River Farms | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Thomas Garner | $105,000 |
| 2018 | Optimus Prime (FR) | 6 | 150 | 4:31.83 | Rosbrian Farm | Richard J. Hendriks | Ross Geraghty | $105,000 |
| 2017 | Diplomat | 8/G | 138 | 4:29.90 | Flying Elvis Stable | Kate Dalton | Bernard Dalton | $90,000 |
| 2016 | Portrade (IRE) | - | 142 | 4:28.93 | The Fields Stable | Elizabeth Voss | Gustav Dahl | $90,000 |
| 2015 | Bob Le Beau | Four Year Old and Upward | 140 | 4:35.09 | The Fields Stable | Elizabeth Voss | Jack Doyle | $150,000 |
| 2014 | Demonstrative | For Four Year Olds and Upward | 154 | 4:34.78 | Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. | Richard L. Valentine | Robert Walsh | $150,000 |
| 2013 | Italian Wedding | 8 | 146 | 4:30.61 | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Bernard Dalton | $90,000 |
| 2012 | Demonstrative | 5 | 146 | 4:33.89 | Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. | Richard L. Valentine | Robert Walsh | $90,000 |
| 2011 | Mabou | 8 | 138 | 4:40.72 | Drawing Away Stable and Jacobson, David | David Jacobson | Robert Walsh | $60,000 |
| 2010 | Sermon of Love | 7 | 148 | 4:36.83 | William L. Pape | Jonathan Sheppard | Brian Crowley | $60,000 |
| 2009 | Spy in the Sky | 5 | 138 | 4:34.16 | Randleston Farm | James Day | Liam McVicar | $64,260 |
| 2008 | Dark Equation | 7 | 152 | 4:31.28 | Beverly Randolph Steinman | Paul Fout | Matthew McCarron | $91,080 |
| 2007 | Footlights | 7 | 133 | 4:33.01 | Arcadia Stable | Roger Horgan | Xavier Aizpuru | $96,480 |
| 2006 | Mixed Up | 7 | 148 | 4:27.23 | William Pape | Jonathan Sheppard | Danielle Hodsdon | $95,400 |
| 2005 | Hirapour (IRE) | 9 | 158 | 4:24.9 | Eldon Farm | Doug Fout | Matt McCarron | $95,520 |
| 2004 | Tres Touche | 7 | 152 | 4:19 2/5 | Barracuda Stables | Richard Hendriks | David Bentley | $63,030 |
| 2003 | Praise the Prince (NZ) | 8 | 150 | 4:13 3/5 | Augustin Stable | Sanna Hendriks | Gus Brown | $68,280 |
| 2002 | Zabenz (NZ) | 5 | 146 | 4:28 | Michael Watt | Robert Smerdon | Craig Thornton | $65,760 |
| 2001 | It's A Giggle | 7 | 142 | 4:12 | William Pape | Jonathan Sheppard | Blythe Miller | $64,620 |
| 2000 | Ninepins (GB) | 13 | 150 | 4:21 | Hudson River Farms | Jonathan Sheppard | Arch Kingsley Jr. | $65,520 |
| 1999 | Campanile | 5 | 148 | 4:22 | Gregory Hawkins | Janet E. Elliot | Bruce Miller | $67,260 |
| 1998 | Hokan | 5 | 142 | 4:12 | Mrs. Henry Gerry | Janet E. Elliot | Sean Clancy | $65,100 |
| 1997 | Bisbalense (CHI) | 8 | 142 | 4:31 | Timber Bay Farm | Jonathan Sheppard | Arch Kingsley Jr. | $64,620 |
| 1996 | Petroski | 6 | 150 | 4:14 | Fox Ridge Farm | Thomas Voss | Keith O'Brien | $66,300 |
| 1995 | Lonesome Glory | 7 | 166 | 4:12 4/5 | Mrs. Walter Jefford | Bruce Miller | Blythe Miller | $64,680 |
| 1994 | Mistico | 8 | 168 | 4:30 | R. Dee Hubbard | Jonathan E Sheppard | Craig Thornton | $65,460 |
| 1993 | Warm Spell | 5 | 161 | 4:15 2/5 | John K. Griggs | John K. Griggs | James Lawrence | $70,800 |
| 1992 | Yaw | 10 | 146 | 4:16 4/5 | Timber Bay Farm | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Jonathan Smart | $69,840 |
| 1991 | Yaw | 9 | 145 | 4:26 4/5 | Timber Bay Farm | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Jonathan Smart | $70,920 |
| 1990 | Double Bill | 7 | 146 | 4:19 4/5 | Frank Loving | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Ben Guessford | $52,380 |
| 1989 | Double Bill | 6 | 142 | 4:18 1/5 | Frank Loving | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Ben Guessford | $69,240 |
| 1988 | Rio Clara | 5 | 152 | 4:15 2/5 | Patrick G. Portier | Andy Elder | Gregg Morris | $32,100 |
| 1987 | Chief Of The Clan | 4 | 148 | 4:20 2/5 | Mrs. Joseph Walker | W. Burling Cocks | J. Lawrence II | $33,180 |
| 1986 | Le Sauteur | 7 | 157 | 4:16 2/5 | Foxcreek Stable | Ronald B. Houghton | B. Houghton | $32,460 |
| 1985 | Bobby Burns | 3 | 112 | 3:21 4/5 | Rokeby Stable | MacK. Miller | Walter Guerra | $33,900 |
| 1984 | Flatterer | 5 | 164 | 4:22 | William Pape | Jonathan E. Sheppard | J. Fishback | $25,950 |
| 1983 | Double Reefed | 7 | 161 | 4:27 4/5 | Augustin Stables | Jonathan E. Sheppard | J. Cushman | $25,995 |
| 1982 | Zaccio | 6 | 161 | 4:19 | Mrs. L. C. Murdock | W. Burling Cocks | R. Hendriks | $26,145 |
| 1981 | Running Com | 7 | 143 | 4:16 | Mrs. J. Hopewell | Barbara Kraeling | R. McWade | $26,715 |
| 1980 | Zaccio | 4 | 157 | 4:14 1/5 | Mrs. L. C. Murdock | W. Burling Cocks | R. McWade | $26,190 |
| 1979 | Leaping Frog | 6 | 159 | 4:17 4/5 | Chadds Ford Stable | Jonathan E. Sheppard | B. Christison | $12,855 |
| 1978 | Happy Intellectual | 12 | 152 | 4:19 | Mrs. Ogden Phipps | D. M. Smithwick | W. Martin | $13,020 |
| 1977 | Happy Intellectual | 11 | 152 | 4:18 4/5 | Mrs. Ogden Phipps | D. M. Smithwick | J. Aitcheson | $12,960 |
| 1976 | Happy Intellectual | 10 | 152 | 4:19 2/5 | Mrs. Ogden Phipps | D. M. Smithwick | C. Elser | $13,290 |
| 1975 | Life's Illusion | 4 | 145 | 4:20 1/5 | Ms. Virginia Guest | P. R. Fout | A. Quanbeck | $13,680 |
| 1971 | Soothsayer | 4 | 153 | 4:55 4/5 | Montpelier Stables | P. M. Howe | J. Fishback | $20,088 |
| 1970 | El Martirio | 6 | 138 | 4:49 1/5 | Kirkwood Farm | J. V. H. Davis | P. Plain | $15,925 |
| 1969 | Jaunty | 4 | 144 | 4:36 4/5 | Mrs. Ogden Phipps | D. M. Smithwick | J. Aitcheson | $17,030 |
| 1968 | Le Cerisier | 6 | 138 | 4:35 1/5 | F. H. Merrill | F. H. Merrill | C. Moore | $12,675 |
| 1967 | Roublet | 4 | 152 | 4:34 4/5 | G. Dudley Jr. | J. V. H. Davis | J. Aitcheson | $12,935 |
| 1966 | Spooky Joe | 4 | 151 | 4:34 1/5 | M. Ritzenberg | W. B. Cocks | D. Small Jr. | $12,057 |
| 1965 | Susto | 5 | 154 | 4:31 2/5 | A. Stern | J. V. H. Davis | D. Small Jr. | $10,887 |
| 1964 | Sun Game | 4 | 139 | 4:34 | Ivy Creek Stable | W. B. Cocks | T. Walsh | $12,187 |
| 1963 | Exhibit A. | 4 | 161 | 4:29 2/5 | Overbridge Stable | J. W. Thompson | R. S. McDonald | $11,635 |
| 1962 | Baby Prince | 4 | 148 | 4:31 2/5 | G. H. Bostwick | G. H. Bostwick | F. Winter | $12,090 |
| 1961 | Royal Vision | 4 | 132 | 3:41 | Mrs. J. R. H. Thouron | W. B. Cocks | J. Aitcheson | $11,017 |
| 1960 | Nautilus | 4 | 143 | 3:54 2/5 | Mrs. L. W. Knapp Jr. | M. G. Walsh | E. Jackson | $10,825 |
| 1959 | Langton Breeze | 7 | 162 | 3:40 2/5 | Tower Hill Farm | M. G. Walsh | T. Walsh | $10,599 |
| 1958 | Nizam's Pet | 5 | 147 | 3:42 | C. R. Snowden | D. M. Smithwick | P. Smithwick | $11,575 |
| 1957 | Policeman Day | 5 | 148 | 3:42 | W. M. Jeffords | Sidney Watters Jr. | J. Murphy | $11,200 |
| 1956 | Muguet II | 4 | 150 | 3:48 1/5 | J. M. Schiff | O. T. Dubassoff | J. Cotter | $11,925 |
| 1955 | Oneida | 6 | 139 | 3:55 2/5 | Sanford Stud Farm | H. Hughes | J. Cotter | $7,675 |
| 1954 | Ancestor | 5 | 147 | 3:44 2/5 | Mrs. Ogden Phipps | G. H. Bostwick | F. D. Adams | $7,775 |
| 1953 | Eternal Son | 5 | 137 | 3:15 | Mill River Stable | A. White | E. Carter | $7,725 |
| 1952 | Clive of India | 4 | 143 | 3:15 | E. D. Weir | James E. Ryan | P. Smithwick | $7,975 |
| 1951 | Triomphe | 4 | 143 | 3:44 2/5 | J. M. Schiff | O. T. Dubassoff | P. Smithwick | $5,125 |
| 1950 | Gerrymander | 3 | 137 | 3:43 2/5 | F. A. Clark | F. T. Bellhouse | E. Carter | $5,600 |
| 1949 | Escarp | 6 | 135 | 3:47 1/5 | M. A. Cushman | W. G. Jones | G. Riley | $5,300 |
| 1948 | Pebalong | 4 | 145 | 3:50 3/5 | Auburn Farm | Judy Johnson | F. D. Adams | $8,175 |
| 1947 | Look Around | 6 | 153 | 3:44 3/5 | Mrs. Ogden Phipps | G. H. Bostwick | T. Field | $7,750 |
| 1946 | Canford | 4 | 137 | 3:52 2/5 | Mrs. E. duPont Weir | James E. Ryan | J. Magee | $7,950 |
| 1945 | Reykjavik | 4 | 149 | 3:25 4/5 | Montpelier Stables | Raymond G. Woolfe | F. D. Adams | $3,180 |
| 1943 | Harford | 3 | 133 | 3:53 2/5 | J. B. Balding | - | M. Morlan | $1,440 |
| 1942 | Picture Prince | 4 | 148 | 4:09 1/5 | Mrs. E. duPont Weir | James E. Ryan | S. Riles | $1,000 |
| 1941 | The Beak | 5 | 148 | 4:02 | Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark | J. D. Byers | F. McMillan | $1,075 |
| 1940 | Canio | 5 | 140 | 3:56 | Groton Stable | H. W. Frost Jr. | F. Maier | $750 |
| 1939 | Golden Oak | - | 142 | 4:00 | Mrs. E. duPont Weir | James E. Ryan | J. Magee | $700 |
| 1938 | Prince Wick | 9 | 152 | 4:00 4/5 | W. F. Wicks Jr. | H. W. Frost Jr. | H. Frost Jr. | $650 |
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