Location: Aqueduct Racetrack
Distance: 6 furlongs
Track: Dirt, Left-handed
Qualification: Three years old & up
Weight: Handicap (top-weighted horse assigned minimum 140 lb)
Purse: $100,000-added
The race was given its current Grade III status in 2009 by the American Graded Stakes Committee. Run at Belmont Park from its inception in 1914 to 1959 and again from 1963 to 1993, the race was open to horses of any age until 1959 when it was changed to its present format.
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Life in Shambles | 7 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Jason Servis | 1:12.07 |
| 2017 | Stallwalkin' Dude | 7 | Joel Rosario | David Jacobson | 1:11.11 |
| 2016 | Heaven's Runway | 6 | Junior Alvarado | Rudy R. Rodriguez | 1:10.19 |
| 2015 | Green Grato | 5 | Kendrick Carmouche | Gaston Grant | 1:09.95 |
| 2014 | Salutos Amigos | 4 | Cornelio Velasquez | David Jacobson | 1:10.78 |
| 2013 | Palace | 4 | Cornelio Velasquez | Linda Rice | 1:09.82 |
| 2012 | Caixa Eletronica | 7 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | 1:08.69 |
| 2011 | Sunrise Smarty | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Michael Hushion | 1:09.97 |
| 2010 | Endless Circle | 6 | Edgar Prado | Rudy Rodriguez | 1:09.79 |
| 2009 | Cherokee Country | 5 | Jose Lezcano | Ramon Preciado | 1:09.29 |
| 2008 | Fabulous Strike | 5 | Ramon Dominguez | Todd Beattie | 1:09.02 |
| 2007 | Grand Champion | 4 | Eibar Coa | James A. Jerkens | 1:09.90 |
| 2006 | Afrashad | 4 | Richard Migliore | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:11.05 |
| 2005 | Attila's Storm | 3 | Pablo Morales | Richard Schosberg | 1:09.30 |
| 2004 | Thunder Touch | 3 | Rafael Bejarano | Kiaran McLaughlin | 1:09.83 |
| 2003 | Bossanova | 3 | Edgar Prado | H. James Bond | 1:10.06 |
| 2002 | True Direction | 3 | Javier Castellano | Carlos Morales | 1:09.62 |
| 2001 | Yonaguska | 3 | Jose Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:09.60 |
| 2000 | Kashatreya | 6 | Octavio Vergara | John O. Hertler | 1:11.03 |
| 1999 | Richter Scale | 5 | Jorge Chavez | Mary Jo Lohmeier | 1:09.05 |
| 1998 | Punch Line | 8 | Jorge Chavez | William H. Turner Jr. | 1:10.07 |
| 1997 | Royal Haven | 5 | Richard Migliore | Gasper Moschera | 1:10.68 |
| 1996 | Victor Avenue | 3 | Jorge Chavez | Dale Romans | 1:09.24 |
| 1995 | Jess C's Whirl | 5 | Jorge Chavez | John H. Forbes | 1:09.87 |
| 1994 | Chimes Band | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:11.37 |
| 1993 | Fly So Free | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Flint S. Schulhofer | 1:09.41 |
| 1992 | Salt Lake | 3 | Mike E. Smith | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:09.07 |
| 1991 | Senor Speedy | 4 | Jorge Chavez | Alfredo Callejas | 1:08.62 |
| 1990 | Carson City | 3 | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:09.8 |
| 1989 | Sewickley | 4 | Randy Romero | Flint S. Schulhofer | 1:09.6 |
| 1988 | Parlay Me | 3 | Randy Romero | James E. Picou | 1:09.6 |
| 1987 | Purple Mountain | 5 | Richard Migliore | Woodrow Sedlacek | 1:08.8 |
| 1986 | Funistrada | 3 | Robbie Davis | Jan H. Nerud | 1:09.4 |
| 1985 | Mt. Livermore | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | D. Wayne Lukas | 1:10.6 |
| 1984 | Mamaison | 4 | Chris McCarron | Richard Mandella | 1:10.2 |
| 1983 | Chas Conerly | 3 | Jimmy Miranda | Allen H. Jerkens | 1:10.4 |
| 1982 | Gold Beauty | 3 | Don Brumfield | William D. Curtis | 1:09.2 |
| 1981 | Piedmont Pete | 5 | Kenny Black | Ron Alfano | 1:10.4 |
| 1980 | King's Fashion | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | 1:10.6 |
| 1979 | Whatsyourpleasure | 6 | Angel Cordero Jr. | John W. Russell | 1:09.6 |
| 1978 | What A Summer | 5 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Leroy Jolley | 1:09.4 |
| 1977 | What A Summer | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | Leroy Jolley | 1:10.0 |
| 1976 | Relent | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | Sidney Watters Jr. | 1:09.8 |
| 1976 | Honorable Miss | 6 | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | 1:10.0 |
| 1975 | Honorable Miss | 5 | Jacinto Vasquez | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | 1:09.8 |
| 1974 | Piamem | 4 | Miguel A. Rivera | Lazaro S. Barrera | 1:10.4 |
| 1973 | King's Bishop | 4 | Eddie Maple | H. Allen Jerkens | 1:09.4 |
| 1972 | Chou Croute | 4 | John L. Rotz | Robert G. Dunham | 1:10.0 |
| 1971 | Shut Eye | 5 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Jack M. Bradley | 1:10.8 |
| 1970 | Ta Wee | 4 | John L. Rotz | Flint S. Schulhofer | 1:10.4 |
| 1969 | Ta Wee | 3 | John L. Rotz | Flint S. Schulhofer | 1:10.2 |
| 1968 | More Scents | 4 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Philip G. Johnson | 1:11.8 |
| 1967 | Indulto | 4 | John L. Rotz | Max Hirsch | 1:12.6 |
| 1966 | Impressive | 3 | Kenneth Knapp | Edward A. Neloy | 1:10.4 |
| 1965 | Pack Trip | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | John A. Nerud | 1:13.8 |
