Foxwoods Champagne Stakes runner-up Honor Code will bypass the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Park in favor of the $250,000 Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey said Oct. 10.
The 2-year-old from the last crop of A.P. Indy ran lights out in the one-mile Champagne Oct. 5 at Belmont Park, closing eight wide with a tremendous rally under Javier Castellano to just miss catching Havana by a neck. It was his second career start and came off an Aug. 31 victory by 4 ½ lengths going seven furlongs at Saratoga Race Course.
"The major part of that decision was that we just want to have a nice horse next year," McGaughey said of skipping the Breeders' Cup with the Dell Ridge Farm-bred colt, who runs for Dell Ridge and Lane's End Racing. "We just felt like taking a young one out there that's only run two times, especially one we have a lot of high hopes for, might not be in the best interests of the horse."
McGaughey said following the Champagne that he was inclined to stay home rather than send Honor Code cross country to compete in the Nov. 2 Juvenile, where he would have been rematched with Havana.
"With the Remsen here going a mile and an eighth around two turns at Aqueduct -- which, barring bad weather, at that time of year the track is usually really good -- we decided to stay home and train him a little bit and have him ready to run in that race instead," he explained.
The Remsen is Nov. 30.
Honor Code was bred in Kentucky out of the Storm Cat mare Serena's Cat.
"He was a little wired after the Champagne but he's settled in fine now," McGaughey said. "Obviously we'd like to be able to compete in the Breeders' Cup any time we feel llike we've got a good chance, but we felt like in this case, the right thing to do would be to stay here."
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Track: Aqueduct Racetrack
Distance: 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs)
Track: Dirt, left-handed
Qualification: Two-year-olds
Weight: Handicap
Purse: $200,000
Race Type: Kentucky Derby Prep Race
Road to the Roses Points: 1st=10 points; 2nd=4 points; 3rd=2 points; 4th=1 point
Published on Nov 24, 2012 Repole Stable's Overanalyze re-rallied to nip Normandy Invasion and capture the Remsen Stakes (gr. II) Nov. 24 by a nose at Aqueduct Racetrack.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Catholic Boy | Manuel Franco | Jonathan Thomas | Robert V. LaPenta | 1:52.50 |
| 2016 | Mo Town | John Velazquez | Anthony W. Dutrow | M. Tabor, D. Smith, Team D | 1:51.58 |
| 2015 | Mohaymen | Junior Alvarado | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Stable | 1:50.69 |
| 2014 | Leave the Light On | Jose L. Ortiz | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables/Lawrence | 1:51.06 |
| 2013 | Honor Code | Javier Castellano | C. R. McGaughey III | Lane's End Farm/Dell Ridge Racing LLC | 1:52.92 |
| 2012 | Overanalyze | Ramon Dominguez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:50.13 |
| 2011 | O'Prado Again | Kent Desormeaux | Dale Romans | Donegal Racing | 1:52.07 |
| 2010 | To Honor and Serve | John Velazquez | William I. Mott | Live Oak Plantation | 1:50.03 |
| 2009 | Buddy's Saint | Jose Lezcano | Bruce N. Levine | Kingfield Stables | 1:52.95 |
| 2008 | Old Fashioned | Ramon Dominguez | J. Larry Jones | Fox Hill Farms, Inc. | 1:50.33 |
| 2007 | Court Vision | Eibar Coa | William I. Mott | WinStar Farm | 1:52.48 |
| 2006 | Nobiz Like Shobiz | Cornelio Velasquez | Barclay Tagg | Elizabeth Valando | 1:48.82 |
| 2005 | Bluegrass Cat | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | WinStar Farm | 1:52.20 |
| 2004 | Rockport Harbor | Stewart Elliott | John Servis | Fox Hill Farms, Inc. | 1:48.80 |
| 2003 | Read the Footnotes | Jerry Bailey | Richard A. Violette Jr. | Klaravich Stables, Inc. | 1:50.60 |
| 2002 | Toccet | Jorge Chavez | John F. Scanlan | Dan Borislow | 1:50.40 |
| 2001 | Saarland | John R. Velazquez | C. R. McGaughey III | Cynthia Phipps | 1:51.20 |
| 2000 | Windsor Castle | Robbie Davis | Frank A. Alexander | Frank A. Alexander | 1:51.80 |
| 1999 | Greenwood Lake | Jean-Luc Samyn | Nick Zito | Dee Conway et al. | 1:50.60 |
| 1998 | Comeonmom | Joe Bravo | Robert A. Barbara | Sabine Stable | 1:49.80 |
| 1997 | Coronado's Quest | Mike Smith | C. R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 1:52.20 |
| 1996 | The Silver Move | Richard Migliore | Linda L. Rice | Earl Silver | 1:53.40 |
| 1995 | Tropicool | Jorge Chavez | John C. Kimmel | Kenneth Ellenberg | 1:50.20 |
| 1994 | Thunder Gulch | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | 1:53.80 |
| 1993 | Go for Gin | Jerry Bailey | Nick Zito | William J. Condren | 1:52.60 |
| 1992 | Silver of Silver | Jacinto Vasquez | Stanley R. Shapoff | Chevalier Stable | 1:50.20 |
| 1991 | Pine Bluff | Craig Perret | Thomas Bohannan | Loblolly Stable | 1:50.80 |
| 1990 | Scan | Jerry Bailey | Flint S. Schulhofer | William Haggin Perry | 1:52.40 |
| 1989 | Yonder | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1:51.20 |
| 1988 | Fast Play | Angel Cordero Jr. | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1:50.60 |
| 1987 | Batty | Jose Santos | Suzanne H. Jenkins | Joseph Daniero | 1:52.40 |
| 1986 | Java Gold | Pat Day | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 1:49.60 |
| 1985 | Pillaster | Angel Cordero Jr. | Leroy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 1:49.00 |
| 1984 | Stone White | Robbie Davis | Gilbert Puentes | Gilbert Puentes | 1:53.20 |
| 1983 | Dr. Carter | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Veitch | Frances A. Genter | 1:49.00 |
| 1982 | Pax In Bello | Jeffrey Fell | Steve Jerkens | Mrs. Arnold Willcox | 1:50.20 |
| 1981 | Laser Light | Eddie Maple | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Racing | 1:50.80 |
| 1980 | Pleasant Colony | Vincent Bracciale Jr. | P. O'Donnell Lee | Buckland Farm | 1:50.20 |
| 1979 | Plugged Nickle | Buck Thornburg | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1:50.40 |
| 1978 | Instrument Landing | Jeffrey Fell | David A. Whiteley | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 1:50.20 |
| 1977 | Believe It | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | 1:47.80 |
| 1976 | Royal Ski | Jack Kurtz | John J. Lenzini Jr. | Gerry Cheevers | 1:50.40 |
| 1975 | Hang Ten | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Woody Stephens | Mill House Stable | 1:49.20 |
| 1974 | El Pitirre | Mike Venezia | Lazaro S. Barrera | Enrique Ubarri | 1:49.40 |
| 1973 | Heavy Mayonnaise | Chuck Baltazar | David Erb | William Trotter II | 1:51.40 |
| 1972 | Kinsman Hope | Eddie Maple | John L. Cotter | Kinship Stable | 1:37.00 |
| 1971 | Key To The Mint | Braulio Baeza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 1:36.60 |
| 1970 | Jim French | Angel Cordero Jr. | John P. Campo | Frank Caldwell | 1:36.80 |
| 1969 | Protanto | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1:35.60 |
| 1968 | Palauli | Larry Adams | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Powhatan Stable | 1:36.40 |
| 1967 | Salerno | Manuel Ycaza | William H. Turner, Jr. | James P. Mills | 1:38.00 |
| 1966 | Damascus | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Edith W. Bancroft | 1:37.00 |
| 1965 | Gary G. | Braulio Baeza | Rudolph L. Coyne | Harbor View Farm | 1:36.00 |
| 1964 | Sum Up | Don Pierce | Edward A. Neloy | Elmendorf Farm | 1:33.80 |
| 1963 | Northern Dancer | Manuel Ycaza | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm | 1:35.60 |
| 1962 | Rocky Link | John Rotz | Stephen A. DiMauro | Golden Triangle Stable | 1:36.40 |
| 1961 | Figaro Bob | John Rotz | Eugene Jacobs | Alexander J. Ostriker | 1:36.80 |
| 1960 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price | 1:36.40 |
| 1959 | Victoria Park | Eric Guerin | Horatio Luro | Windfields Farm | 1:37.20 |
| 1958 | Atoll | John Ruane | Raymond Metcalf | Elkcam Stable (Mackle brothers) | 1:44.60 |
| 1957 | Misty Flight | Eddie Arcaro | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:45.00 |
| 1956 | Ambehaving | Logan Batcheller | Dr. John Lee | Bohemia Stable | 1:45.60 |
| 1955 | Nail | Hedley Woodhouse | George M. Odom | Josephine Widener Bigelow | 1:45.20 |
| 1954 | Roman Patrol | Douglas Dodson | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | Pin Oak Farm (J. S. Abercrombie) | 1:48.00 |
| 1953 | Galdar | Jimmy Nicols | Edward M. O'Brien | Edward M. O'Brien | 1:46.60 |
| 1952 | Social Outcast | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | 1:45.40 |
| 1951 | no race | ||||
| 1950 | Repetoire | Kenneth Church | Albert Jensen | Nora A. Mikell | 1:11.40 |
| 1949 | Lights Up | Ovie Scurlock | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:13.40 |
| 1948 | Eternal World | Ted Atkinson | Frank Catrone | Allen T. Simmons | 1:00.60 |
| 1947 | Big If | Charles Givens | James W. Maloney | Mrs. J. T. Maloney | 1:47.00 |
| 1946 | Phalanx | Ruperto Donoso | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:45.80 |
| 1945 | Lord Boswell | Eric Guerin | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1:11.20 |
| 1944 | Great Power | Eddie Arcaro | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 1:12.40 |
| 1944 | War Jeep | Albert Snider | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1:12.40 |
| 1943-1 | Bellwether | Johnny Longden | Joseph A. Kramer | Cain Hoy Stable | 1:13.20 |
| 1943-2 | Black Badge | Wayne Wright | Frank E. Childs | Abraham Hirschberg | 1:11.40 |
| 1942 | Blue Swords | Carroll Bierman | Walter A. Kelley | Allen T. Simmons | 1:12.80 |
| 1941 | Apache | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:12.80 |
| 1940 | Harvard Square | Buddy Haas | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger | 1:11.20 |
| 1940 | Mettlesome | Alfred Robertson | Hugh L. Lafontaine | Brookmeade Stable | 1:11.20 |
| 1939 | Camp Verde | Don Meade | Lewis T. Whitehill | T. P. Morgan | 1:11.80 |
| 1938 | Johnstown | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:11.00 |
| 1937 | Bourbon King | Charles Kurtsinger | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1:12.40 |
| 1936 | Clodion | John Gilbert | Walter A. Carter | Walter A. Carter | 1:12.60 |
| 1935 | The Fighter | Eddie Arcaro | Robert McGarvey | Milky Way Farm Stable | 1:12.00 |
| 1934 | Esposa | Earl Porter | Matthew P. Brady | Middleburg Stable (William Ziegler Jr.) | 1:13.40 |
| 1933 | Sgt. Byrne | Alfred Robertson | James Ritchie | John Simonetti | 1:12.60 |
| 1932 | Quel Jeu | Jack Long | George M. Odom | Arden Farm | 1:11.80 |
| 1931 | Cambal | Eddie Ambrose | John J. Hastings | Mrs. George U. Harris | 1:13.00 |
| 1930 | Vander Pool | Whitey Abel | D. R. "Puddin" McDaniel | Tennessee Stable (Agnes Allen) | 1:13.80 |
| 1929 | Flying Heels | Willie Kelsay | Henry McDaniel | Gifford A. Cochran | 1:12.80 |
| 1928 | Chatford | Clarence Watters | Andrew Walker | Dave Lederer | 1:12.80 |
| 1927 | Excalibur | George Ellis | Clyde S. Phillips | Greentree Stable | 1:12.00 |
| 1926 | Sweepster | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:12.60 |
| 1925 | Timmara | Harold Thurber | John O. Burttschell | T. W. O'Brien | 1:13.40 |
| 1924 | Master Charlie | George Babin | Andrew G. Blakely | William Daniel | 1:11.60 |
| 1923 | Ladkin | Harold Thurber | Louis Feustel | August Belmont Jr. | 1:12.00 |
| 1922 | Tall Timber | James Butwell | T. J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 1:12.00 |
| 1921 | Missionary | Andy Schuttinger | Kimball Patterson | Lexington Stable (E. F. Simms & H. W. Oliver) | 1:13.60 |
| 1920 | Grey Lag | Lavelle Ensor | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1:13.00 |
| 1919 | Pilgrim | Charles Fairbrother | Thomas Welsh | Joseph E. Widener | 1:12.80 |
| 1918 | War Pennant | Johnny Loftus | Walter B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber | 1:13.20 |
| 1909 1917 | no race | ||||
| 1908 | The Turk | Carroll Shilling | Richard O. Miller | Silver Brook Farm | 1:08.20 |
| 1907 | King Cobalt | Eddie Dugan | Algernon W. Claxon | Brownleigh Park Stable | 1:07.40 |
| 1906 | Frank Gill | Joe Notter | John I. Smith | J. L. McGinnis | 1:08.00 |
| 1905 | Jacobite | Joseph A. Jones | A. Jack Joyner | Sydney Paget | 1:07.40 |
| 1904 | Dandelion | Willie Davis | John E. Madden | Francis R. Hitchcock | 1:06.80 |
