Acorn Stakes

The inaugural running of the Acorn Stakes took place on May 16, 1931, and was won by Baba Kenney. The filly was owned by Edward R. Bradley and trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Herbert J. Thompson. Gallorette won the 1945 running of the Acorn and went on to earn American Champion Older Female Horse honors in 1946 and a career that would see her induction into the U. S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1962. Ruffian, the ill-fated future Hall of Fame inductee, got her eighth straight career win in the 1975 edition of the Acorn. She did it in a new stakes record time, continuing her streak of either beating or equaling the record in every one of her major race victories, those being the Fashion, Astoria, Sorority and the Spinaway Stakes. Riding her father's filly Mom's Command, in 1985 Abigail Fuller became the first female jockey to win the Acorn Stakes. It would be another 28 years before a female rider accomplished the feat when Rosie Napravnik won the 2013 edition aboard Midnight Lucky . ==Records==

Speed record (at previous one mile distance): • 1:32.55 – Gamine (2020) Most wins by an owner: • 6 – Calumet Farm (1941, 1943, 1944, 1956*, 1979) • 5 – Wheatley Stable (1933, 1939, 1955, 1960, 1964) • Two horses owned by Calumet Farm finished in a dead heat for first in 1956 Most wins by a jockey: • 5 – Eddie Arcaro (1945, 1946, 1948, 1955, 1961) • 5 – Mike E. Smith (1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2017) • 5 - John R. Velazquez (2000, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2020) ==Winners==