FORERUNNER STAKES · UNITED STATES
Forerunner Stakes prize money
The Forerunner Stakes is worth $100,000 . That makes it the 753rd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 172nd richest in the United States.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $100,000
WORLD RANK 753rd
RUNNINGS HELD 58
FIRST RUN 1950
What the Forerunner Stakes is
Discontinued Stakes · 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) · Turf · Keeneland Race Course
- Racecourse
- Keeneland Race Course
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Discontinued Stakes
- Distance
- 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred - Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- Turf, left-handed
- First run
- 1950
We hold the total fund for the Forerunner Stakes and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Run in 1:50.16 in 2007, the Forerunner Stakes pays $908 for every second of the race, which is 437th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 192nd in the United States.
Every Forerunner Stakes winner
58 runnings, 1950 to 2007, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Moudez3 · 1:50.16 | Cornelio Velasquez | William I. Mott | Zayat Stables |
| 2006 | Up an Octave3 · 1:49.78 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Vinery Stables |
| 2005 | Gun Salute3 · 1:48.51 | Cornelio Velasquez | William I. Mott | Brant Laue |
| 2004 | Prince Arch3 · 1:48.64 | Brice Blanc | Kenneth G. McPeek | Raymond H. Cottrell Sr. |
| 2003 | Californian3 · 1:52.00 | Kent Desormeaux | Kristin Mulhall | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| 2002 | Red Masque3 · 1:49.15 | Jerry D. Bailey | Danny Hutt | Real Deal Racing |
| 2001 | Kalu3 · 1:48.73 | Corey Nakatani | Christophe Clement | Bonnie Heath Farm & Robert Schaedle III |
| 2000 | Gateman3 · 1:48.39 | Pat Day | W. Elliott Walden | Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds |
| 1999 | Marquette3 · 1:48.60 | Jerry D. Bailey | Richard A. Violette Jr. | Marguerite Cavanaugh |
| 1998 | Cryptic Rascal3 · 1:49.60 | Julie Krone | William Badgett Jr. | C. Landon Knight |
| 1997 | Thesaurus3 · 1:48.80 | Craig Perret | Peter M. Vestal | Charles J. Cella |
| 1996 | Rough Opening3 · 1:47.20 | Mike E. Smith | David G. Donk | Ryehill Farm (Jim & Eleanor Ryan) |
| 1995 | Dixie Dynasty3 · 1:51.20 | Mike E. Smith | J. Bert Sonnier | W. Harley Stepp Jr. |
| 1994 | Jaggery John3 · 1:48.50 | Dean W. Kutz | Peter M. Vestal | Thomas M. Carey |
| 1993 | Explosive Red3 · 1:51.46 | Mark Larsen | Daniel J. Vella | Frank Stronach |
| 1992 | Free At Last3 · 1:49.60 | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Clover Racing Stable (Jeff Siegel & Barry Irwin) |
| 1991 | Bewray3 · 1:51.80 | Corey Black | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | Pin Oak Stable & Pastime Stable (G. Watts Humphrey Jr. et al.) |
| 1990 | Izvestia3 · 1:50.20 | Randy Romero | Roger L. Attfield | Kinghaven Farms |
| 1989 | Luge II3 · 1:50.20 | Jose A. Santos | Thomas J. Skiffington | Dogwood Stable |
| 1988 | Posen3 · 1:43.00 | Don Brumfield | Woody Stephens | Kennelot Stable |
| 1987 | Blue Finn3 · 1:46.20 | Dave Penna | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farm |
| 1986 | Autobot3 · 1:48.60 | Earlie Fires | Joseph E. Broussard | Happy Valley Farm (Gary & Steve Wolfson) |
| 1985 | Proudest Hour3 · 1:24.20 | Gerland Gallitano | Joseph M. Bollero | Rogers Red Top Farm (Walter Mullady) & Patrick J. Flavin |
| 1984 | Devil's Bag3 · 1:23.60 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable |
| 1983 | Derby Double3 · 1:23.80 | Michael Moran | Darrell Adams | Golden Chance Farm |
| 1982 | Linkage3 · 1:22.80 | Bill Shoemaker | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stables |
| 1981 | Classic Go Go3 · 1:24.00 | Anthony S. Black | Jerry C. Meyer | Verne H. Winchell |
| 1980 | Lord Gallant3 · 1:23.20 | Don MacBeth | Lou M. Goldfine | Arthur I. Appleton |
| 1979 | General Custer3 · 1:22.40 | Don Brumfield | Frank L. Brothers | Ben Erickson, et al. |
| 1978 | Chabua3 · 1:23.80 | Daryl Montoya | James P. Conway | Edna T. Thieriot |
| 1977 | John Washington3 · 1:21.40 | James McKnight | Thomas H. Stevens Sr. | Betsy S. May |
| 1976 | Elocutionist3 · 1:22.80 | John L. Lively | Paul T. Adwell | Eugene C. Cashman |
| 1975 | Honey Mark3 · 1:23.80 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Larry Robideaux Jr. | Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Roberts |
| 1974 | Aroyoport3 · 1:23.40 | Earlie Fires | Robert Cramer | August Muckler |
| 1973 | Royal and Regal3 · 1:23.80 | Walter Blum | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Aisco Stable |
| 1972 | Billy Rogell3 · 1:24.80 | Earl J. Knapp | Larry L. Fontenot | Charles T. & Perne L. Grissom |
| 1971 | Going Straight3 · 1:23.00 | Oswaldo Torres | Elwood McCann | Don Ball |
| 1970 | Supreme Quality3 · 1:23.00 | Dave Kassen | Loyd Gentry Jr. | Walter Kitchen |
| 1969 | Ack Ack3 · 1:22.80 | Manuel Ycaza | Frank A. Bonsal | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1968 | Captain's Gig3 · 1:22.20 | Manuel Ycaza | William W. Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1967 | Racing Room3 · 1:22.40 | Kenny Knapp | Fred Watkins | Llangollen Farm |
| 1966 | He Jr.3 · 1:22.40 | Ronald J. Campbell | Dick Posey | Everett Lowrance |
| 1965 | Bugler3 · 1:24.40 | Don Brumfield | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1964 | Hill Rise3 · 1:22.80 | Bill Shoemaker | William B. Finnegan | El Peco Ranch |
| 1963 | Never Bend3 · 1:22.80 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1962 | Roman Line3 · 1:21.80 | James Combest | Vester R. Wright | T. Alie Grissom |
| 1961 | Four-and-Twenty3 · 1:23.00 | Henry E. Moreno | Vance Longden | Alberta Ranches Ltd. |
| 1960 | Tompion3 · 1:21.80 | Bill Shoemaker | Robert L. Wheeler | C. V. Whitney |
| 1959 | Tomy Lee3 · 1:21.60 | Bill Shoemaker | Frank E. Childs | Fred W. & Juliette M. Turner Jr. |
| 1958 | Tim Tam3 · 1:22.20 | Bill Hartack | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1957 | Iron Liege3 · 1:22.40 | Dave Erb | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1956 | Fabius3 · 1:22.80 | John Heckmann | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1955 | Racing Fool3 · 1:23.60 | John H. Adams | Loyd Gentry Jr. | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1954 | Timely Tip3 · 1:23.80 | Howard Craig | Reid Armstrong | Dr. A. L. Birch |
| 1953 | Correspondent3 · 1:23.00 | Eddie Arcaro | Wally Dunn | Mrs. Gordon Guiberson |
| 1952 | Cold Command3 · 1:24.00 | Gerald Porch | Sylvester E. Veitch | C. V. Whitney |
| 1951 | Ruhe3 · 1:24.60 | Job Dean Jessop | Robert V. McGarvey | Jean Denemark |
| 1950 | Your Host3 · 1:22.40 | Johnny Longden | Harry L. Daniels | William Goetz |
58 of the 58 runnings name the rider, 58 name the trainer and 58 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Forerunner Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Forerunner Stakes twice in the 58 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a jockey
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Forerunner Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 743 | Hawke's Bay GuineasHastings Racecourse | New Zealand | $102,619 | NZ$175,000 |
| 744 | Abu Dhabi ChampionshipAbu Dhabi Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | $101,939 | AED 380,000 |
| 745 | Premio TudiniCapannelle Racecourse | Italy | $100,034 | €88,000 |
| 746 | Affirmed Stakes (LATC)Santa Anita Park | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 747 | American DerbyChurchill Downs | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 748 | Arlington ClassicArlington Park | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 749 | Baldwin StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 750 | Barbaro Stakes at Delaware ParkDelaware Park Racetrack | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 751 | Cinema StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 752 | El Camino Real DerbyGolden Gate Fields | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 754 | Fred "Cappy" Capossela StakesAqueduct Racetrack | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 755 | James W. Murphy StakesPimlico Race Course, | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 756 | Jefferson Cup StakesChurchill Downs | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 757 | Jersey DerbyMonmouth Park | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 758 | Jimmy Winkfield StakesAqueduct Racetrack | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 759 | Kentucky Cup Sprint StakesTurfway Park | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 760 | Lazaro Barrera StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 761 | Lexington Stakes (NYRA)Aqueduct Racetrack, | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 762 | Long Branch StakesMonmouth Park Racetrack | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
| 763 | Los Alamitos DerbyLos Alamitos Race Course | United States | $100,000 | $100,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Forerunner Stakes in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in the United States
196 races, 172nd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Stakes | Santa Anita Park | Grade III | $100,000 |
| Barbaro Stakes at Delaware Park | Delaware Park Racetrack | Ungraded stakes | $100,000 |
| Cinema Stakes | Santa Anita Park | Ungraded | $100,000 |
| El Camino Real Derby | Golden Gate Fields | Listed | $100,000 |
| Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes | Aqueduct Racetrack | Discontinued | $100,000 |
| James W. Murphy Stakes | Pimlico Race Course, | Listed | $100,000 |
| Jefferson Cup Stakes | Churchill Downs | Grade III | $100,000 |
| Jersey Derby | Monmouth Park | Listed | $100,000 |
Every race in the United States we hold a purse for is on the United States prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Forerunner Stakes prize money?
$100,000.
Where does the Forerunner Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
753rd of 997. 752 races pay more, the nearest of them Hawke's Bay Guineas. In the United States it is 172nd of 196.
Which jockey has won the Forerunner Stakes most often?
Bill Shoemaker, with 4 wins between 1959 and 1982.
When was the Forerunner Stakes first run?
1950. This page holds 58 runnings, from 1950 to 2007.
How far is the Forerunner Stakes?
1⅛ miles (9 furlongs), on turf, at Keeneland Race Course.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money