JEROME STAKES · UNITED STATES
Jerome Stakes prize money
The Jerome Stakes is worth $150,000 for the 2021 running . That makes it the 570th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 155th 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 $150,000
WORLD RANK 570th
RUNNINGS HELD 156
FIRST RUN 1866
What the Jerome Stakes is
Non-Graded Stakes · 1 mile · Dirt · Aqueduct Racetrack
- Racecourse
- Aqueduct Racetrack
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Non-Graded Stakes
- Distance
- 1 mile
- Surface
- Dirt
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- left-handed
- First run
- 1866
We hold the total fund for the Jerome 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 1:38.96 in 2026, the Jerome Stakes pays $1,516 for every second of the race, which is 321st of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 161st in the United States.
Every Jerome Stakes winner
156 runnings, 1866 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | My World1:38.96 | Jaime Rodriguez | Brad H. Cox | LaPenta, Robert V. and Madaket Stables LLC |
| 2025 | Cyclone State1:40.82 | Luis R. Rivera Jr. | Chad Summers | Gold Square LLC, Messina, George and Lee, Michael |
| 2024 | Drum Roll Please1:41.91 | Javier Castellano | Brad H. Cox | Gold Square LLC |
| 2023 | Lugan Knight1:37.77 | Dylan Davis | Michael W. McCarthy | BG Stables (George Yager) |
| 2022 | Courvoisier1:38.86 | José Ortiz | Kelly Breen | Hill 'n' Dale Farms & James D. Spry |
| 2021 | Capo Kane1:38.02 | Dylan Davis | Harold Wyner | Leonard Liberto & Bing Cherry Racing LLC |
| 2020 | Independence Hall1:37.27 | José Ortiz | Michael J. Trombetta | Eclipse Thoroughbreds & Twin Creek Stables |
| 2019 | Mind Control1:39.06 | John Velazquez | Gregory D. Sacco | Red Oak Stable & Madaket Stables |
| 2018 | Firenze Fire1:42.88 | Manuel Franco | Jason Servis | Mr. Amore Stable |
| 2017 | El Areeb1:46.17 | Trevor McCarthy | Cathal A. Lynch | M M G Stables |
| 2016 | Flexibility1:42.98 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence |
| 2015 | El Kabeir1:44.69 | Charles C. Lopez | John P. Terranova II | Zayat Stables |
| 2014 | Noble Moon1:45.08 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Leah Gyarmati | Treadway Racing Stable |
| 2013 | Vyjack1:40.67 | Cornelio Velásquez | Rudy R. Rodriguez | Pick Six Racing |
| 2012 | The Lumber Guy1:36.04 | Michael J. Luzzi | Michael E. Hushion | Barry K. Schwartz |
| 2011 | Adios Charlie1:36.81 | Rajiv Maragh | Stanley M. Hough | S. M. Hough & Robert Sahn |
| 2009 | Girolamo1:33.81 | Alan Garcia | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing |
| 2008 | Tale of Ekati1:36.17 | Cornelio Velásquez | Barclay Tagg | Charles E. Fipke |
| 2007 | Daaher1:34.28 | Mike Luzzi | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Racing |
| 2006 | Discreet Cat1:36.46 | Garrett Gomez | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing |
| 2005 | Silver Train1:34.24 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Buckram Oak Farm |
| 2004 | Teton Forest1:35.74 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Bob Baffert | B. Wayne Hughes |
| 2003 | During1:36.32 | José A. Santos | Bob Baffert | James McIngvale |
| 2002 | Boston Common1:36.12 | Jorge Chavez | Michael V. Pino | Richard Englander |
| 2001 | Express Tour1:34.57 | John Velazquez | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus1:34.07 | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale | Sekiguchi & Shadai |
| 1999 | Doneraile Court1:35.63 | Chris Antley | Nick Zito | Tabor & Magnier |
| 1998 | Limit Out1:36.22 | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | Joseph V. Shields Jr. |
| 1997 | Richter Scale1:35.88 | Shane Sellers | Patrick B. Byrne | Nancy & Richard Kaster |
| 1996 | Why Change1:34.22 | Chuck C. Lopez | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | Marvin Delfiner |
| 1995 | French Deputy1:33.53 | Gary Stevens | Neil D. Drysdale | Irving & Marjorie Cowan |
| 1994 | Prenup1:34.59 | Jerry Bailey | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans |
| 1993 | Schossberg1:35.53 | Jerry Bailey | Phil England | Steve Stavro |
| 1992 | Furiously1:34.20 | Jerry Bailey | Claude R. McGaughey III | Mill House Stable |
| 1991 | Scan1:34.09 | José A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | William Haggin Perry |
| 1990 | Housebuster1:34.14 | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Robert P. Levy |
| 1989 | De Roche1:34.56 | Dennis Carr | Thomas Bohannan | Loblolly Stable |
| 1988 | Evening Kris1:37.80 | Jerry Bailey | Philip Gleaves | Robert E. Brennan |
| 1987 | Afleet1:33.80 | Gary Stahlbaum | Phil England | Richard R. Kennedy |
| 1986 | Ogygian1:34.00 | Walter Guerra | Jan H. Nerud | Tartan Farms |
| 1985 | Creme Fraiche1:34.60 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Brushwood Stables |
| 1984 | Is Your Pleasure1:35.20 | Don MacBeth | Edward I. Kelly Sr. | Brookfield Farm |
| 1983 | A Phenomemon1:35.20 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Angel Penna Jr. | Brownell Combs II |
| 1982 | Fit To Fight1:35.40 | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables |
| 1981 | Noble Nashua1:33.20 | Cash Asmussen | Jose A. Martin | Flying Zee Stable |
| 1980 | Jaklin Klugman1:34.20 | Chris McCarron | LeRoy Jolley | Jack Klugman |
| 1979 | Czaravich1:35.20 | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner Jr. | William L. Reynolds |
| 1978 | Sensitive Prince1:36.00 | Jacinto Vásquez | H. Allen Jerkens | Top the Marc Stable |
| 1977 | Broadway Forli †1:36.20 | Pat Day | Homer C. Pardue | Strapro Stable |
| 1976 | Dance Spell1:35.00 | Ruben Hernandez | James W. Maloney | Christiana Stables |
| 1975 | Guards Up1:34.20 | Carlos Lopez | Thomas H. Heard Jr. | Heardsdale |
| 1974 | Stonewalk1:34.00 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Daniel J. Lopez | Timberland Stable |
| 1973 | Step Nicely1:34.00 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm |
| 1972 | True Knight1:36.60 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1971 | Tinajero1:35.80 | Eddie Belmonte | Laz Barrera | Rafael Escudero |
| 1970 | Great Mystery1:34.80 | Phil Grimm | Lynn S. Whiting | Dario Bacchiocchi |
| 1969 | Mr. Leader1:36.00 | Jorge Velásquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables |
| 1968 | Iron Ruler1:35.20 | Jorge Velásquez | Edward J. Yowell | October House Farm |
| 1967 | High Tribute1:34.80 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm |
| 1966 | Bold and Brave1:38.00 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable |
| 1965 | Bold Bidder1:36.00 | Eldon Nelson | Randy Sechrest | Paul Falkenstein |
| 1964 | Irvkup1:35.00 | John L. Rotz | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm |
| 1963 | Chateaugay1:36.00 | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1962 | Black Beard1:34.60 | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | Darby Dan Farm |
| 1961 | Carry Back1:36.00 | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price |
| 1960 | Kelso1:34.80 | Eddie Arcaro | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable |
| 1959 | Intentionally1:35.40 | Manuel Ycaza | Edward Kelly Sr. | Brookfield Farm |
| 1958 | Warhead1:37.20 | Eddie Arcaro | Kay Erik Jensen | Mabel D. Scholz |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler1:35.00 | Eddie Arcaro | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable |
| 1956 | Reneged1:35.40 | Angel Valenzuela | Homer C. Pardue | Woodley Lane Farm |
| 1955 | Traffic Judge1:35.20 | Eddie Arcaro | Woody Stephens | Clifford Mooers |
| 1954 | Martyr1:35.80 | Stanley Small | G. Carey Winfrey | Jan Burke |
| 1953 | Navy Page1:37.00 | Nick Shuk | Gordon J. McCann | E. P. Taylor |
| 1952 | Tom Fool1:37.00 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1951 | Alerted1:36.20 | Ovie Scurlock | Jimmy Penrod | Hampton Stable |
| 1950 | Hill Prince1:35.80 | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery |
| 1949 | Capot1:36.80 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1948 | Coaltown1:36.00 | Newbold Pierson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1947 | Donor1:37.40 | Job Dean Jessop | George P. Odom | W. Deering Howe |
| 1946 | Mahout1:37.00 | Eddie Arcaro | Oscar White | Sarah F. Jeffords |
| 1945 | Buzfuz1:37.20 | Tommy Luther | Joe Rosen | Sunshine Stable |
| 1944 | Occupy1:37.20 | Otto Grohs | Burley Parke | John Marsch |
| 1943 | Slide Rule1:37.00 | Jack Westrope | Cecil Wilhelm | William E. Boeing |
| 1942 | King's Abbey1:36.40 | Carroll Bierman | Graceton Philpot | Louis B. Mayer |
| 1941 | Stimady1:37.20 | Porter Roberts | Robert R. Tilden | Michael E. Ryan |
| 1940 | Roman1:37.20 | Wayne D. Wright | Daniel E. Stewart | Joseph E. Widener |
| 1939 | Easy Mon1:35.80 | Leon Haas | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1938 | Cravat1:36.40 | Alfred Robertson | Walter Burrows | Townsend B. Martin |
| 1937 | Pasha1:38.20 | Lester Balaski | J. Thomas Taylor | Myron Selznick |
| 1936 | Goldeneye1:36.60 | Ira Hanford | A. A. Baroni | A. A. Baroni |
| 1935 | Good Harvest1:36.20 | Sam Renick | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II |
| 1934 | Kievex1:37.00 | Wayne D. Wright | J. J. Waldron | William Graham |
| 1933 | Golden Way1:38.60 | Mack Garner | Pete Coyne | Joseph E. Widener |
| 1932 | Larranaga1:37.40 | Raymond Workman | Edward J. Bennett | Anall Stable (Allan A. Ryan) |
| 1931 | Ironclad1:37.00 | Lester Pichon | Preston M. Burch | Walter M. Jeffords |
| 1930 | Mr. Sponge1:37.40 | Mack Garner | Henry McDaniel | Joseph E. Widener |
| 1929 | Soul of Honor1:36.20 | George Fields | Robert A. Smith | Audley Farm Stable |
| 1928 | Sun Edwin1:36.80 | Linus McAtee | Louis Feustel | Arden Farms |
| 1927 | Osmand1:38.00 | Earl Sande | G. Hamilton Keene | Joseph E. Widener |
| 1926 | Croyden1:38.00 | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1925 | Primrose1:38.60 | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon Sr. |
| 1924 | Priscilla Ruley1:37.80 | John Maiben | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1923 | Cherry Pie1:35.40 | Frank Coltiletti | Scott Harlan | Greentree Stable |
| 1922 | Kai-Sang1:37.00 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable |
| 1921 | Tryster1:38.20 | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1920 | Busy Signal1:37.60 | Clarence Kummer | William A. Hurley | Edward R. Bradley |
| 1919 | Thunderclap1:39.40 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth |
| 1918 | Sunny Slope1:38.40 | John Callahan | Not found | William Martin |
| 1917 | Bally1:38.00 | Lawrence Lyke | John H. McCormack | James Butler |
| 1916 | Spur1:39.00 | Johnny Loftus | John H. McCormack | James Butler |
| 1915 | Trial By Jury1:38.40 | Thomas McTaggart | J. Simon Healy | Edward B. Cassatt |
| 1914 | Stromboli1:36.60 | Clarence Turner | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont Jr. |
| 1909 | Fitz Herbert2:11.00 | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth |
| 1908 | Fair Play2:10.40 | Clifford Gilbert | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont Jr. |
| 1907 | Perseverance2:13.80 | D. R. "Puddin" McDaniel | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1906 | Ironsides2:10.60 | Herman Radtke | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney |
| 1905 | Bedouin2:10.60 | Willie Shaw | John Huggins | E. W. Jewett |
| 1904 | Ostrich2:13.00 | William Crimmins | Frank Lightfoot | Boston Stable |
| 1903 | Eugenia Burch2:15.00 | Grover Fuller | W. P. Maxwell | Libby Curtis |
| 1902 | Hermis2:06.20 | Ted Rice | John H. McCormack | Louis V. Bell |
| 1901 | Blues2:05.75 | Willie Shaw | Frank D. Weir | Frank J. Farrell |
| 1900 | Alcedo2:07.00 | Patrick McCue | James H. McCormick | Patrick Dunne |
| 1899 | King Barleycorn2:09.00 | George M. Odom | Edward Heffner | J. P. Robinson |
| 1898 | Handball2:06.00 | Nash Turner | Frank McCabe | Philip J. Dwyer |
| 1897 | Rensselaer2:07.00 | E. Hewitt | Henry Harris | John E. McDonald |
| 1896 | Soufflé2:09.00 | Joe Hill | Jim M. Murphy | Jim M. Murphy |
| 1895 | Counter Tenor1:54.00 | Willie Simms | William Lakeland | Jacob Ruppert Jr. |
| 1894 | Rubicon2:09.75 | William Midgely | Henry Harris | John E. McDonald |
| 1893 | Young Arion2:08.75 | John Lamely | William Lakeland | Jacob Ruppert Jr. |
| 1892 | Tammany2:36.25 | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly |
| 1891 | Picknicker2:22.60 | Alonzo Clayton | Louis Stuart | L. Stuart & Co. |
| 1890 | Tournament2:16.00 | William Hayward | Matthew M. Allen | George Hearst |
| 1889 | Longstreet3:11.00 | Isaac Burns Murphy | Hardy Campbell Jr. | L. Stuart & Co. |
| 1888 | Prince Royal3:10.25 | Edward Garrison | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont |
| 1887 | Firenze3:09.75 | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | James B. A. Haggin |
| 1886 | The BardN/A | William Hayward | John Huggins | Alexander Cassatt |
| 1885 | Longview3:20.00 | William Fitzpatrick | Not found | Lamasney Bros. |
| 1884 | Water Lily3:16.00 | Matthew Feakes | Not found | Mr. Kelso |
| 1883 | George Kinney3:19.00 | William Fitzpatrick | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1882 | Carley B.3:21.50 | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable |
| 1881 | Barrett3:13.00 | Matthew Feakes | Matthew Byrnes | Pierre Lorillard IV |
| 1880 | Grenada3:12.60 | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard |
| 1879 | Monitor3:12.00 | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard |
| 1878 | Duke of Magenta3:11.50 | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard |
| 1877 | Bazil3:43.00 | George Evans | Jacob Pincus | Pierre Lorillard IV |
| 1876 | Charley Howard3:47.75 | W. Lakewood | David McDaniel | David McDaniel |
| 1875 | Aristides3:43.00 | Robert Swim | Ansel Williamson | H. Price McGrath |
| 1874 | Acrobat3:37.75 | John Sparling | Charles S. Lloyd | K. W. Sears |
| 1873 | Tom Bowling3:40.00 | Robert Swim | Ansel Williamson | H. Price McGrath |
| 1872 | Joe Daniels3:40.25 | James Rowe Sr. | David McDaniel | David McDaniel |
| 1871 | Harry Bassett3:54.75 | James Rowe Sr. | David McDaniel | David McDaniel |
| 1870 | Kingfisher1:49.00 | Burns | Raleigh Colston Sr. | Daniel Swigert |
| 1869 | Glenelg1:48.50 | Charles Miller | Jacob Pincus | August Belmont |
| 1868 | Bayonet1:45.25 | Charles Miller | T. G. Moore | T. G. Moore |
| 1867 | Metairie1:49.25 | Patsy Hennessey | Jacob Pincus | Robert Underwood |
| 1866 | Watson1:48.75 | Abe Hawkins | Jacob Pincus | Robert A. Alexander |
156 of the 156 runnings name the rider, 156 name the trainer and 156 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Jerome Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Jerome Stakes twice in the 156 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Jerome Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 559 | Sun Racing Plate Handicap ChaseCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | $159,600 | £120,000 |
| 561 | The Cummings StakesMorphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia | Australia | $154,815 | AU$220,000 |
| 562 | Jebel Ali MileJebel Ali Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | $154,250 | AED 575,000 |
| 563 | Fighting Fifth HurdleNewcastle Racecourse | Great Britain | $152,950 | £115,000 |
| 564 | Premio Federico TesioSan Siro Racecourse | Italy | $150,051 | €132,000 |
| 565 | Bay Shore StakesAqueduct Racetrack | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 566 | Carry Back StakesGulfstream Park | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 567 | Chick Lang StakesPimlico Race Course, | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 568 | Discovery StakesAqueduct Racetrack, | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 569 | Hawthorne DerbyHawthorne Race Course | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 572 | La Jolla HandicapDel Mar Racetrack | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 573 | New York DerbyFinger Lakes Race Track | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 574 | Pegasus StakesMonmouth Park Racetrack | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 575 | San Rafael StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 576 | Saranac StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 577 | International HurdleCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | $148,960 | £112,000 |
| 578 | Grand Prix de ChantillyChantilly Racecourse | France | $147,778 | €130,000 |
| 579 | Prix CorridaSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | $147,778 | €130,000 |
| 580 | Prix d'HarcourtLongchamp Racecourse | France | $147,778 | €130,000 |
| 581 | Prix de la NonetteDeauville Racecourse | France | $147,778 | €130,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Jerome 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, 155th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carry Back Stakes | Gulfstream Park | Listed | $150,000 |
| Chick Lang Stakes | Pimlico Race Course, | Listed | $150,000 |
| Discovery Stakes | Aqueduct Racetrack, | Listed | $150,000 |
| Hawthorne Derby | Hawthorne Race Course | Grade III | $150,000 |
| La Jolla Handicap | Del Mar Racetrack | Listed | $150,000 |
| New York Derby | Finger Lakes Race Track | Restricted | $150,000 |
| Pegasus Stakes | Monmouth Park Racetrack | Listed | $150,000 |
| San Rafael Stakes | Santa Anita Park | Grade III | $150,000 |
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 Jerome Stakes prize money?
$150,000, for the 2021 running.
Where does the Jerome Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
570th of 997. 569 races pay more, the nearest of them Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase. In the United States it is 155th of 196.
Which jockey has won the Jerome Stakes most often?
Eddie Arcaro, with 6 wins between 1946 and 1960.
When was the Jerome Stakes first run?
1866. This page holds 156 runnings, from 1866 to 2026.
How far is the Jerome Stakes?
1 mile, on dirt, at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money