Location: Aqueduct Racetrack, Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated: 1866
Race type: Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance: 1 mile 70 yards
Track: Dirt, left-handed
Qualification: Three-year-olds
Weight: Assigned
Purse: $200,000 added
Grade: II
Race Type: Kentucky Derby Prep Race
Road to the Roses Points: 1st=10 points; 2nd=4 points; 3rd=2 points; 4th=1 point
The race is a Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season qualifying race. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.
The Jerome is the second oldest stakes race in the country. The Jerome was first run at Jerome Park from 1866-1889, then at Morris Park Racecourse until 1905, at Belmont Park from 1906-1959 and 1968-2009, and also at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1960, from 1962-1967 and in 2011. There was no race run from 1910 to 1913 and there were two divisions from 1866 to 1870.
New York's opening stakes for 3-year- olds of 2014, Saturday's $200,000 Jerome at Aqueduct, has attracted a field of eight for the mile and 70 yard contest.
Breaking from the inside post will be Noble Moon, third in the Nashua Stakes at Aqueduct on Nov. 3. Trained by Leah Gyarmati for Treadway Racing Stable, Noble Moon will be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. for the first time.The colt was beaten three lengths in the Nashua Stakes by Cairo Prince after winning his debut race by setting the entire pace. The 3-year-old has earned $73,000 from his two starts.
Lawmaker will be coming into the Jerome after winning his initial start at Laurel Park. The colt, trained by Chad Brown, will start from post 3 with Jose Ortiz riding.Owned by John Gunther, Lawmaker won a maiden special weight race on Thanksgiving Day by a length after rallying down the stretch. The win was worth $22,800.
Owner/trainer Lisa Guerrero has entered Classic Giacnroll for the colt's second try at a stakes. Classic Giacnroll and jockey Alex Solis will start from post 7.On Dec. 7, Classic Giacnroll finished third in the Marylander Stakes at Laurel Park over a muddy track. The colt was coming off consecutive wins after finishing fourth and second, respectively, in his first two career starts. Classic Giacnroll has banked $78,100.
Here is the full field for the Jerome in post position order: Noble Moon, Irad Ortiz Jr.; Scotland, David Cohen; Lawmaker, Jose Ortiz; Pin and Win, Abel Castellano Jr.; Matuszak, Rajiv Maragh; Mental Iceberg, Angel Arroyo; Classic Giacnroll, Alex Solis and Master Lightning, Cornelio Velazquez.
The Jerome, won last year by Vyjack, has an approximate post-time Saturday of 3:48 p.m. (ET).
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| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mind Control | John Velazquez | Gregory D. Sacco | 1:39.06 |
| 2018 | Firenze Fire | Manuel Franco | Jason Servis | 1:42.88 |
| 2017 | El Areeb | Trevor McCarthy | Cathal A. Lynch | 1:46.17 |
| 2016 | Flexibility | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Chad C. Brown | 1:42.98 |
| 2015 | El Kabeir | Charles C. Lopez | John P. Terranova II | 1:44.69 |
| 2014 | Noble Moon | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Leah Gyarmati | 1:45.08 |
| 2013 | Vyjack | Cornelio Velasquez | Rudy R. Rodriguez | 1:40.67 |
| 2012 | The Lumber Guy | Michael J. Luzzi | Michael E. Hushion | 1:36.04 |
| 2011 | Adios Charlie | Rajiv Maragh | Stanley M. Hough | 1:36.81 |
| 2010 | no race | |||
| 2009 | Girolamo | Alan Garcia | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:33.81 |
| 2008 | Tale of Ekati | Cornelio Velasquez | Barclay Tagg | 1:36.17 |
| 2007 | Daaher | Mike Luzzi | Kiaran McLaughlin | 1:34.28 |
| 2006 | Discreet Cat | Garrett Gomez | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:36.46 |
| 2005 | Silver Train | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | 1:34.24 |
| 2004 | Teton Forest | Shaun Bridgmohan | Bob Baffert | 1:35.74 |
| 2003 | During | Jose A. Santos | Bob Baffert | 1:36.32 |
| 2002 | Boston Common | Jorge Chavez | Michael V. Pino | 1:36.12 |
| 2001 | Express Tour | John Velazquez | Saeed bin Suroor | 1:34.57 |
| 2000 | Fusaichi Pegasus | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale | 1:34.07 |
| 1999 | Doneraile Court | Chris Antley | Nick Zito | 1:35.63 |
| 1998 | Limit Out | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | 1:36.22 |
| 1997 | Richter Scale | Shane Sellers | Patrick B. Byrne | 1:35.88 |
| 1996 | Why Change | Chuck C. Lopez | Joseph Pierce, Jr. | 1:34.22 |
| 1995 | French Deputy | Gary Stevens | Neil D. Drysdale | 1:33.53 |
| 1994 | Prenup | Jerry Bailey | Mark A. Hennig | 1:34.59 |
| 1993 | Schossberg | Jerry Bailey | Phil England | 1:35.53 |
| 1992 | Furiously | Jerry Bailey | C. R. McGaughey III | 1:34.20 |
| 1991 | Scan | Jose A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | 1:34.09 |
| 1990 | Housebuster | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | 1:34.14 |
| 1989 | De Roche | Dennis Carr | Thomas Bohannan | 1:34.56 |
| 1988 | Evening Kris | Jerry Bailey | Philip Gleaves | 1:37.80 |
| 1987 | Afleet | Gary Stahlbaum | Phil England | 1:33.80 |
| 1986 | Ogygian | Walter Guerra | Jan H. Nerud | 1:34.00 |
| 1985 | Creme Fraiche | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | 1:34.60 |
| 1984 | Is Your Pleasure | Don MacBeth | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | 1:35.20 |
| 1983 | A Phenomemon | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Angel Penna Jr. | 1:35.20 |
| 1982 | Fit To Fight | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | 1:35.40 |
| 1981 | Noble Nashua | Cash Asmussen | Jose A. Martin | 1:33.20 |
| 1980 | Jaklin Klugman | Chris McCarron | Leroy Jolley | 1:34.20 |
| 1979 | Czaravich | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner, Jr. | 1:35.20 |
| 1978 | Sensitive Prince | Jacinto Vasquez | H. Allen Jerkens | 1:36.00 |
| 1977 | Broadway Forli † | Pat Day | Homer C. Pardue | 1:36.20 |
| 1976 | Dance Spell | Ruben Hernandez | James W. Maloney | 1:35.00 |
| 1975 | Guards Up | Carlos Lopez | Thomas H. Heard, Jr. | 1:34.20 |
| 1974 | Stonewalk | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Daniel J. Lopez | 1:34.00 |
| 1973 | Step Nicely | Angel Cordero, Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | 1:34.00 |
| 1972 | True Knight | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Lou Rondinello | 1:36.60 |
| 1971 | Tinajero | Eddie Belmonte | Laz Barrera | 1:35.80 |
| 1970 | Great Mystery | Phil Grimm | Lynn S. Whiting | 1:34.80 |
| 1969 | Mr. Leader | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | 1:36.00 |
| 1968 | Iron Ruler | Jorge Velasquez | Edward J. Yowell | 1:35.20 |
| 1967 | High Tribute | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Victor J. Nickerson | 1:34.80 |
| 1966 | Bold and Brave | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | 1:38.00 |
| 1965 | Bold Bidder | Eldon Nelson | Randy Sechrest | 1:36.00 |
| 1964 | Irvkup | John L. Rotz | Burley Parke | 1:35.00 |
| 1963 | Chateaugay | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | 1:36.00 |
| 1962 | Black Beard | Braulio Baeza | James P. Conway | 1:34.60 |
| 1961 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | 1:36.00 |
| 1960 | Kelso | Eddie Arcaro | Carl Hanford | 1:34.80 |
| 1959 | Intentionally | Manuel Ycaza | Edward Kelly, Sr. | 1:35.40 |
| 1958 | Warhead | Eddie Arcaro | Kay Erik Jensen | 1:37.20 |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | Eddie Arcaro | James Fitzsimmons | 1:35.00 |
| 1956 | Reneged | Angel Valenzuela | Homer C. Pardue | 1:35.40 |
| 1955 | Traffic Judge | Eddie Arcaro | Woody Stephens | 1:35.20 |
| 1954 | Martyr | S. Small | G. Carey Winfrey | 1:35.80 |
| 1953 | Navy Page | Nick Shuk | Gordon J. McCann | 1:37.00 |
| 1952 | Tom Fool | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | 1:37.00 |
| 1951 | Alerted | Ovie Scurlock | Jimmy Penrod | 1:36.20 |
| 1950 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | 1:35.80 |
| 1949 | Capot | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | 1:36.80 |
| 1948 | Coaltown | Newbold Pierson | Horace A. Jones | 1:36.00 |
| 1947 | Donor | Job Dean Jessop | George P. Odom | 1:37.40 |
| 1946 | Mahout | Eddie Arcaro | Oscar White | 1:37.00 |
| 1945 | Buzfuz | Tommy Luther | Joe Rosen | 1:37.20 |
| 1944 | Occupy | Otto Grohs | Burley Parke | 1:37.20 |
| 1943 | Slide Rule | Jack Westrope | Cecil Wilhelm | 1:37.00 |
| 1942 | King's Abbey | Carroll Bierman | Graceton Philpot | 1:36.40 |
| 1941 | Stimady | Porter Roberts | Robert R. Tilden | 1:37.20 |
| 1940 | Roman | Wayne D. Wright | Daniel E. Stewart | 1:37.20 |
| 1939 | Easy Mon | Leon Haas | Ben A. Jones | 1:35.80 |
| 1938 | Cravat | Alfred Robertson | Walter Burrows | 1:36.40 |
| 1937 | Pasha | Lester Balaski | J. Thomas Taylor | 1:38.20 |
| 1936 | Goldeneye | Ira Hanford | A. A. Baroni | 1:36.60 |
| 1935 | Good Harvest | Sam Renick | Bud Stotler | 1:36.20 |
| 1934 | Kievex | Wayne D. Wright | J. J. Waldron | 1:37.00 |
| 1933 | Golden Way | Mack Garner | Pete Coyne | 1:38.60 |
| 1932 | Larranaga | Raymond Workman | Edward J. Bennett | 1:37.40 |
| 1931 | Ironclad | Lester Pichon | Preston M. Burch | 1:37.00 |
| 1930 | Mr. Sponge | Mack Garner | Henry McDaniel | 1:37.40 |
| 1929 | Soul of Honor | George Fields | Robert A. Smith | 1:36.20 |
| 1928 | Sun Edwin | Linus McAtee | Louis Feustel | 1:36.80 |
| 1927 | Osmand | Earl Sande | G. Hamilton Keene | 1:38.00 |
| 1926 | Croyden | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe, Sr. | 1:38.00 |
| 1925 | Primrose | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | 1:38.60 |
| 1924 | Priscilla Ruley | John Maiben | James Fitzsimmons | 1:37.80 |
| 1923 | Chery Pie | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe, Sr. | 1:35.40 |
| 1922 | Kai-Sang | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | 1:37.00 |
| 1921 | Tryster | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe, Sr. | 1:38.20 |
| 1920 | Busy Signal | Clarence Kummer | William A. Hurley | 1:37.60 |
| 1919 | Thunderclap | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | 1:39.40 |
| 1918 | Sunny Slope | John Callahan | Not found | 1:38.40 |
| 1917 | Bally | Lawrence Lyke | James H. McCormack | 1:38.00 |
| 1916 | Spur | Johnny Loftus | James H. McCormack | 1:39.00 |
| 1915 | Trial By Jury | Thomas McTaggart | J. Simon Healy | 1:38.40 |
| 1914 | Stromboli | Clarence Turner | Sam Hildreth | 1:36.60 |
| 1909 | Fitz Herbert | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | 2:11.00 |
| 1908 | Fair Play | Clifford Gilbert | Sam Hildreth | 2:10.40 |
| 1907 | Perseverance | D. R. "Puddin" McDaniel | John W. Rogers | 2:13.80 |
| 1906 | Ironsides | Herman Radtke | John W. Rogers | 2:10.60 |
| 1905 | Bedouin | Willie Shaw | John Huggins | 2:10.60 |
| 1904 | Ostrich | William Crimmins | Frank Lightfoot | 2:13.00 |
| 1903 | Eugenia Burch | Grover Fuller | W. P. Maxwell | 2:15.00 |
| 1902 | Hermis | Ted Rice | James H. McCormick | 2:06.20 |
| 1901 | Blues | Willie Shaw | Frank D. Weir | 2:05.75 |
| 1900 | Alcedo | Patrick McCue | James H. McCormick | 2:07.00 |
| 1899 | King Barleycorn | George M. Odom | Edward Heffner | 2:09.00 |
| 1898 | Handball | Nash Turner | Frank McCabe | 2:06.00 |
| 1897 | Rensselaer | E. Hewitt | Henry Harris | 2:07.00 |
| 1896 | Soufflé | Joe Hill | J. Healy | 2:09.00 |
| 1895 | Counter Tenor | Willie Simms | William Lakeland | 1:54.00 |
| 1894 | Rubicon | William Midgely | Henry Harris | 2:09.75 |
| 1893 | Young Arion | John Lamely | William Lakeland | 2:08.75 |
| 1892 | Tammany | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | 2:36.25 |
| 1891 | Picknicker | Alonzo Clayton | Louis Stuart | 2:22.60 |
| 1890 | Tournament | William Hayward | Matthew M. Allen | 2:16.00 |
| 1889 | Longstreet | Isaac Burns Murphy | Hardy Campbell, Jr. | 3:11.00 |
| 1888 | Prince Royal | Edward Garrison | James G. Rowe, Sr. | 3:10.25 |
| 1887 | Firenze | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | 3:09.75 |
| 1886 | The Bard | William Hayward | John Huggins | N/A |
| 1885 | Longview | William Fitzpatrick | Not found | 3:20.00 |
| 1884 | Water Lily | Matthew Feakes | Not found | 3:16.00 |
| 1883 | George Kinney | William Fitzpatrick | James G. Rowe, Sr. | 3:19.00 |
| 1882 | Charley B. | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe, Sr. | 3:21.50 |
| 1881 | Barrett | Matthew Feakes | Matthew Byrnes | 3:13.00 |
| 1880 | Grenada | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | 3:12.60 |
| 1879 | Monitor | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | 3:12.00 |
| 1878 | Duke of Magenta | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | 3:11.50 |
| 1877 | Bazil | George Evans | Jacob Pincus | 3:43.00 |
| 1876 | Charley Howard | W. Lakewood | David McDaniel | 3:47.75 |
| 1875 | Aristides | Robert Swim | Ansel Williamson | 3:43.00 |
| 1874 | Acrobat | J. Sparling | Charles S. Lloyd | 3:37.75 |
| 1873 | Tom Bowling | Robert Swim | Ansel Williamson | 3:40.00 |
| 1872 | Joe Daniels | James Rowe, Sr. | David McDaniel | 3:40.25 |
| 1871 | Harry Bassett | James Rowe, Sr. | David McDaniel | 3:54.75 |
| 1870 | Kingfisher | Burns | Raleigh Colston Sr. | 1:49.00 |
| 1869 | Glenelg | Charles Miller | Jacob Pincus | 1:48.50 |
| 1868 | Bayonet | Charles Miller | T. G. Moore | 1:45.25 |
| 1867 | Metairie | Patsy Hennessey | Jacob Pincus | 1:49.25 |
| 1866 | Watson | Abe Hawkins | Jacob Pincus | 1:48.75 |
