The race for New York-bred sprinters, inaugurated in 2004, recognizes John Morrissey, the former champion bare-knuckle boxer and gambler from Troy, N.Y., who created Saratoga Race Course in 1863 with the help of William Travers, John Hunter, and Leonard Jerome. Although not an official member of the Saratoga Association, Morrissey ran the meet when it moved across Union Avenue to its current location. Brought to the United States from Ireland by his parents as a toddler, Morrissey died in 1878 in a room at the Adelphi Hotel in downtown Saratoga Springs at the age of 47.
$125,000.00 6 Furlongs (Dirt) Grade:
Year
Horse
Age
Weight
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jockey
Value
2024
Looms Boldly
4
118
1:10.41
Ten Strike Racing
Brad H. Cox
Florent Geroux
$68,750
2022
Wudda U Think Now
5
122
1:11.65
The Elkstone Group LLC
Rudy R. Rodriguez
Trevor McCarthy
$68,750
2021
Foolish Ghost
6
119
1:16.70
Ken Russell & Richard Newman Racing
Raymond Handal
Joel Rosario
$55,000
2020
Funny Guy
4/C
122
1:22.08
Gatsas Stables, R. A. Hill Stable and Swick Stable
John P. Terranova, II
Joel Rosario
$46,750
2019
Celtic Chaos
6
122
1:15.45
Zilla Racing Stables
Brad H. Cox
Dylan Davis
$55,000
2018
Weekend Hideaway
8
122
1:15.18
Red and Black Stable
Phillip M. Serpe
Luis Saez
$55,000
2017
Celtic Chaos
4/C
122
1:17.65
Zilla Racing Stables
Kiaran P. McLaughlin
Eric Cancel
$60,000
2016
Moonlight Song
For Three Year Olds and Upward Foaled In New York State
120
1:15.99
Albert Fried, Jr.
Charlton Baker
Jose L. Ortiz
$60,000
2015
Moonlight Song
For Three Year Olds and Upward Foaled In New York State
120
1:17.69
Albert Fried, Jr.
Charlton Baker
Jose L. Ortiz
$60,000
2014
Weekend Hideaway
For Three Year Olds and Upward Foaled In New York State
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