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112 Running on Saturday, March 30, 2024
"Excelsior" is Latin for "Upward, ever upward," and is the motto of the state of New York.The race was run at the old Jamaica Racetrack from 1903 to 1910, and then again from 1915 to 1959. In 1913, it was run at Belmont Park. It wasn’t run at all in 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1933, and 1967. Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances and as initially a handicap as the race was known as the Excelsior Handicap.
$150,000.00 1 1/8 (Dirt) Grade:
| Year | Horse | Age | Weight | Time | Owner | Trainer | Jockey | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Laughing Boy | 6 | 122 | 1:49.91 | Roman, Lawrence P. and Jacobson, David | David Jacobson | Samuel Camacho, Jr. | $82,500 |
| 2023 | Law Professor | 5 | 122 | 1:50:34 | Twin Creeks Racing Stables, LLC | Rob Atras | Manuel Franco | $68,750 |
| 2022 | Forewarned | 7 | 120 | 1:50.76 | Preston Stables, LLC | Uriah St. Lewis | Dexter Haddock | $82,500 |
| 2021 | Modernist | 4 | 118 | 1:54.38 | Pam & Martin Wygod | William I. Mott | Junior Alvarado | $82,500 |
| 2019 | Life's a Parlay | 4 | 122 | 1:51.54 | Repole Stable & St. Elias Stable | Todd A. Pletcher | John R. Velazquez | $82,500 |
| 2018 | Discreet Lover | 5 | 115 | 1:50.45 | Uriah St. Lewis | Uriah St. Lewis | Manuel Franco | $90,000 |
| 2017 | Send It In | - | 117 | 1:36.35 | Paul P. Pompa, Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | John R. Velazquez | $90,000 |
| 2016 | Kid Cruz | - | 117 | 2:04:52 | Vina Del Mar Thoroughbreds LLC and Black Swan Stables | Linda Rice | Jose L. Ortiz | $120,000 |
| 2015 | Effinex | - | 123 | 2:02:16 | Tri-Bone Stables | James A. Jerkens | Angel Arroyo | $120,000 |
| 2014 | Romansh | 4 | 123 | 1:49.07 | Godolphin Racing LLC | Thomas Albertrani | Jose L. Ortiz | $90,000 |
| 2013 | Last Gunfighter | 4 | 119 | 1:50.78 | John D. Gunther | Chad C. Brown | Rajiv Maragh | $90,000 |
| 2012 | Marilyn's Guy | 6 | 119 | 1:52.54 | Dubb, Michael, Bethlehem Stables LLC and Aisquith, Gary | Anthony W. Dutrow | Charles C. Lopez | $90,000 |
| 2011 | Inherit the Gold | 5 | 117 | 1:50.34 | Glas-Tipp Stable and Susanne Hooper | James Hooper | Eddie Castro | $60,000 |
| 2010 | Goldsville | 5 | 117 | 1:51.43 | Marc C. Ferrell | Michael Hushion | Ramon Dominguez | $120,000 |
| 2009 | Giant Moon | 4 | 118 | 1:50.90 | Albert Fried Jr. | Richard Schosberg | Edgar Prado | $120,000 |
| 2008 | Temporary Saint | 5 | 113 | 1:51.13 | Maggi Moss | Bruce Levine | C.C. Lopez | $66,720 |
| 2007 | Magna Graduate | 5 | 118 | 1:48.10 | Elisabeth Alexander | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | $125,460 |
| 2006 | West Virginia | 5 | 115 | 1:48.28 | Donald and Roberta Zuckerman | Todd Pletcher | Norberto Arroyo Jr. | $67,140 |
| 2005 | Offlee Wild | 5 | 121 | 1:50 2/5 | AZ Azalea Stables LLC | Richard Dutrow Jr. | Rafael Bejarano | $120,000 |
| 2004 | Funny Cide | 4 | 120 | 1:49 2/5 | Sackatoga Stable | Barclay Tagg | Jose Santos | $120,000 |
| 2003 | Classic Endeavor | 5 | 113 | 1:48 | Schwartz, Schwartz | Scott Schwartz | Charles Lopez | $90,000 |
| 2002 | John Little | 4 | 111 | 1:49 1/5 | Deborah Bodner | Deborah Bodner | Norberto Arroyo Jr | $120,000 |
| 2001 | Cat's At Home | 4 | 115 | 1:48 4/5 | Edward Evans | Mark Hennig | F. Leon | $120,000 |
| 2000 | Lager | 6 | 113 | 1:49 3/5 | Susan & John Moore | James A. Jerkens | H. Castillo Jr. | $120,000 |
| 1999 | Smart Coupons | 6 | 114 | 1:49 3/5 | Louis J. Porreco | Deborah Bodner | Rene Douglas | $120,000 |
| 1998 | Sir Bear | 5 | 117 | 1:49 1/5 | Barbara Smollin | Ralph Ziade | E.M. Jurado | $120,000 |
| 1997 | Ormsby | 5 | 116 | 1:47 3/5 | Woodside Stud | Sue Alpers | C.C. Lopez | $120,000 |
| 1996 | May I Inquire | 5 | 111 | 1:50 3/5 | Barbara J. Davis | Gasper Moschera | Joe Bravo | $120,000 |
| 1995 | Iron Gavel | 5 | 111 | 1:49 1/5 | Joques Farm | Gasper Moschera | Jose Martinez | $90,000 |
| 1994 | Colonial Affair | 4 | 121 | 1:49 4/5 | Centennial Farms | Flint S. Schulhofer | Jose Santos | $90,000 |
| 1993 | Devil His Due | 4 | 117 | 2:03 | Lion Crest Stable | H. Allen Jerkens | Mike Smith | $72,120 |
| 1992 | Defensive Play | 5 | 117 | 2:01 4/5 | Juddmonte Farm | Robert Frankel | David Flores | $102,780 |
| 1991 | Chief Honcho | 4 | 117 | 2:02 3/5 | Bertram R. Firestone | William I. Mott | Mike Smith | $102,060 |
| 1990 | Lay Down | 6 | 112 | 2:02 1/5 | Ogden Mills Phipps | Claude R. McGaughey III | Chris Antley | $100,980 |
| 1989 | Forever Silver | 5 | 111 | 2:02 3/5 | Chevalier Stable | Stanley R. Shapoff | Julie Krone | $99,720 |
| 1988 | Lac Ouimet | 5 | 116 | 2:00 1/5 | Virginia Kraft Payson | Richard J. Lundy | Jerry D. Bailey | $140,880 |
| 1987 | Lac Ouimet | 4 | 114 | 2:02 | Virginia Kraft Payson | Richard J. Lundy | Eddie Maple | $106,380 |
| 1986 | Garthorn | 6 | 124 | 2:02 2/5 | Jerome S. Moss | Robert Frankel | Rafael Meza | $101,340 |
| 1985 | Morning Bob | 4 | 115 | 2:04 1/5 | Mike?Rich Stable | Nicholas P. Zito | Jacinto Vasquez | $87,750 |
| 1984 | Canadian Factor | 4 | 117 | 2:03 | Frank Stronach | Melvin W. Gross | Jorge Velasquez | $88,650 |
| 1983 | Fast Gold | 4 | 114 | 2:04 | Aisco Stables | Sally Bailie | Jean?Luc Samyn | $67,200 |
| 1982 | Globe | 5 | 112 | 2:03 2/5 | Nelson Bunker Hunt | Victor J. Nickerson | Micheal Venezia | $66,480 |
| 1981 | Irish Tower | 4 | 127 | 2:00 4/5 | Malcolm H. Winfield | Stanley M. Hough | Jeffrey Fell | $66,680 |
| 1980 | Ring of Light | 5 | 114 | 2:01 2/5 | Viola Sommer | Frank Martin | Cash Asmussen | $67,560 |
| 1979 | Special Tiger | 4 | 113 | 2:03 4/5 | Albert Fried Jr. | William F. Schmitt | George Martens | $63,600 |
| 1978 | Cox's Ridge | 4 | 129 | 1:50 3/5 | Loblolly Stable | Joseph B. Cantey | Eddie Maple | $49,005 |
| 1977 | Turn And Count | 4 | 123 | 1:51 | Sigmund Sommer | Frank Martin | Steve Cauthen | $48,150 |
| 1976 | Double Edge Sword | 6 | 112 | 1:48 | Aisquith Stable | Richard E. Dutrow | Angel Cordero Jr. | $51,120 |
| 1975 | Step Nicely | 5 | 126 | 1:48 2/5 | Hobeau Farm | H. Allen Jerkens | Angel Cordero Jr. | $33,990 |
| 1974 | Everton II | 5 | 117 | 1:49 | Enrique Ubarri | Lazaro S. Barrera | Marco Castaneda | $33,840 |
| 1973 | Key To The Mint | 4 | 126 | 1:47 4/5 | Rokeby Stable | J. Elliott Burch | Ron Turcotte | $32,640 |
| 1972 | Autobiography | 4 | 123 | 1:49 | Sigmund Sommer | Frank Martin | Angel Cordero Jr. | $34,860 |
| 1971 | Loud | 4 | 116 | 1:50 4/5 | William Haggin Perry | James W. Maloney | Jacinto Vasquez | $34,200 |
| 1970 | Hydrologist | 4 | 119 | 1:48 4/5 | Meadow Stable | Roger Laurin | Chuck Baltazar | $37,570 |
| 1969 | San Roque | 4 | 112 | 1:49 3/5 | Lazy F Ranch | Sherrill W. Ward | Heliodoro Gustines | $37,310 |
| 1968 | Peter Piper | 5 | 112 | 1:48 | Joseph R. Daly | - | J. Velasquez | $35,945 |
| 1966 | Choker | 6 | 115 | 1:49 1/5 | Hobeau Farm | - | R. Ussery | $36,010 |
| 1965 | Tenacle | 5 | 110 | 1:49 2/5 | Joseph R. Straus | - | W. Mayorga | $35,750 |
| 1964 | Uppercut | 5 | 112 | 1:50 | W. L. Harmonay | - | J. Sellers | $17,875 |
| 1963 | Greek Money | 4 | 115 | 1:48 3/5 | Brandywine Stable | - | J. L. Rotz | $18,265 |
| 1962 | Hitting Away | 4 | 116 | 1:50 | Ogden Phipps | - | R. Ussery | $18,558 |
| 1961 | Mail Order | 5 | 120 | 1:49 1/5 | Alamode Farm | - | L. Adams | $19,110 |
| 1960 | Talent Show | 5 | 119 | 1:34 4/5 | Ada L. Rice | - | R. Broussard | $18,745 |
| 1959 | Whitley | 4 | 116 | 1:43 4/5 | W. Arnold Hanger | - | S. Boulmetis | $18,485 |
| 1958 | Kingmaker | 5 | 125 | 1:43 3/5 | Happy Hill Farm | - | R. Ussery | $18,615 |
| 1957 | Midafternoon | 5 | 126 | 1:43 3/5 | Mrs. E. E. Robbins | - | Eddie Arcaro | $19,750 |
| 1956 | Find | 6 | 116 | 1:43 1/5 | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | - | E. Guerin | $19,800 |
| 1955 | Fisherman | 4 | 126 | 1:45 | C. V. Whitney | - | H. Woodhouse | $20,450 |
| 1954 | Find | 4 | 121 | 1:44 | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | - | E. Guerin | $21,250 |
| 1953 | First Glance | 6 | 118 | 1:44 | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | - | E. Guerin | $20,500 |
| 1952 | Spartan Valor | 4 | 126 | 1:44 3/5 | W. G. Helis Jr. | - | J. Stout | $18,950 |
| 1951 | Lotowhite | 4 | 116 | 1:44 1/5 | T. G. Benson | - | E. Arcaro | $20,750 |
| 1950 | Arise | 4 | 116 | 1:43 4/5 | Addison Stable | - | D. Dodson | $17,200 |
| 1949 | My Request | 4 | 126 | 1:44 4/5 | B. F. Whitaker | - | C. Erickson | $16,700 |
| 1948 | Knockdown | 5 | 114 | 1:46 | Maine Chance Farm | - | F. Zufelt | $20,750 |
| 1947 | Coincidence | 5 | 115 | 1:44 | Greentree Stable | - | T. Atkinson | $15,900 |
| 1946 | Fighting Step | 4 | 123 | 1:45 | Murlogg Farm | - | J. Adams | $12,750 |
| 1945 | Saguaro | 4 | 108 | 1:44 3/5 | Jule Fink | - | M. Caffarella | $7,070 |
| 1944 | Alex Barth | 4 | 105 | 1:46 2/5 | Milbrook Stable | - | N. Jemas | $7,375 |
| 1943 | Riverland | 5 | 124 | 1:44 2/5 | Louisiana Farm | - | S. Brooks | $9,300 |
| 1942 | Waller | 4 | 106 | 1:46 4/5 | J. C. Clark | - | C. Wahler | $8,775 |
| 1941 | Robert Morris | 3 | 100 | 1:43 3/5 | J. F. Byers | - | N. Wall | $8,275 |
| 1940 | The Chief | 5 | 112 | 1:44 1/5 | Maxwell Howard | - | I. Anderson | $6,200 |
| 1939 | Thanksgiving | 4 | 120 | 1:44 1/5 | Mrs. P. Corning | - | R. Workman | $6,950 |
| 1938 | Cabarello II | 6 | 114 | 1:45 2/5 | Mrs. E. D. Jacobs | - | W. D. Wright | $6,650 |
| 1937 | Thorson | 5 | 107 | 1:43 4/5 | B. M. Byers | - | W. Ray | $6,950 |
| 1936 | King Saxon | 5 | 121 | 1:45 1/5 | C. H. Knebelkamp | - | C. Landolt | $5,400 |
| 1935 | King Saxon | 4 | 120 | 1:43 3/5 | C. H. Knebelkamp | - | C. Rainey | $5,430 |
| 1934 | Watch Him | 5 | 108 | 1:46 | Mrs. J. D. Hertz | - | E. Steffen | $2,450 |
| 1932 | Pompeius | 3 | 105 | 1:45 1/5 | W. R. Coe | - | J. Knapp | $4,850 |
| 1931 | Mokatam | 4 | 126 | 1:46 | Rancocas Stable | - | W. Kelsay | $5,700 |
| 1930 | Minotaur | 4 | 104 | 1:45 4/5 | J. R. Thompson Jr. | - | C. Kurtsinger | $5,950 |
| 1929 | Mowlee | 4 | 115 | 1:45 1/5 | Rancocas Stable | - | L. Fator | $7,200 |
| 1928 | Brown Flash | 4 | 114 | 1:46 2/5 | F. Johnson | - | V. Petersen | $6,200 |
| 1927 | Amberjack | 4 | 102 | 1:44 | Belair Stud | - | J. McCoy | $6,200 |
| 1926 | Turf Idol | 4 | 108 | 1:45 3/5 | James Butler | - | S. Hebert | $6,400 |
| 1925 | Sting | 4 | 106 | 1:42 3/5 | James Butler | - | B. Breuning | $5,850 |
| 1924 | Rialto | 4 | 115 | 1:46 | Greentree Stable | - | J. Corcoran | $5,850 |
| 1923 | Grey Lag | 5 | 130 | 1:45 | Rancocas Stable | - | L. Fator | $5,850 |
| 1922 | Sennings Park | 6 | 115 | 1:44 4/5 | Westmont Stable | - | C. Fairbrother | $5,850 |
| 1921 | Blazes | 4 | 118 | 1:47 1/5 | J. S. Cosden | - | T. Rice | $8,550 |
| 1920 | Boniface | 5 | 117 | 1:45 1/5 | J. K. L. Rose | - | E. Sande | $4,850 |
| 1919 | Naturalist | 5 | 122 | 1:45 2/5 | J. E. Widener | - | C. Fairbrother | $3,850 |
| 1918 | George Smith | 5 | 117 | 1:45 2/5 | John Sanford | - | W. Kelsay | $3,850 |
| 1917 | Roamer | 6 | 123 | 1:45 2/5 | Andrew Miller | - | A. Schuttinger | $2,825 |
| 1916 | Sand Marsh | 4 | 109 | 1:46 | F. E. Rose | - | J. Butwell | $2,425 |
| 1915 | Addie M. | 4 | 97 | 1:45 4/5 | J. W. Messervy | - | J. McCahey | $1,925 |
| 1906 | Merry Lark | 4 | 106 | 1:47 1/5 | Newcastle Stable | - | W. Miller | $7,350 |
| 1905 | Santa Catalina | 3 | 93 | 1:46 2/5 | Albermale Stable | - | W. Miller | $6,450 |
| 1904 | Rostand | 4 | 105 | 1:45 3/5 | F. R. Doctor | - | H. Phillips | $6,600 |
| 1903 | Blackstock | 4 | 98 | 1:46 3/5 | W. C. Whitney | - | G. C. Fuller | $6,730 |
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