Haskell Stakes

The inaugural running of the race was on 3 August 1968, closing day of the Monmouth Park summer meeting, as the Monmouth Invitational Handicap with a field of eleven horses. It was won by 33-1 longshot Balustrade, ridden by Canadian jockey Eric Walsh, in a time of 1:50 flat with favorite Iron Ruler finishing fourth. In the 1976, Majestic Light set a track record of 1:47 flat, winning by six lengths. In 2006, the race was changed from a handicap to allowance weight conditions, and the name was modified to the Haskell Invitational Stakes. Eleven winners of the Haskell have won championship honors at the Eclipse Awards as best three-year-old colt or filly. Five have also been named horse of the year in the year they won the Haskell. They are: • Champion three-year-old colts: Wajima (1975), Holy Bull (1994), Skip Away (1996), Point Given (2001), War Emblem (2002), Big Brown (2008), Lookin at Lucky (2010), American Pharoah (2015), Authentic (2020) • Champion three-year-old fillies: Serena's Song (1995), Rachel Alexandra (2009) • Horses of the Year: Holy Bull (1994), Point Given (2001), Rachel Alexandra (2009), American Pharoah (2015), Authentic (2020) ==Records==

Stakes record • 1:46.24 – Cyberknife (2022) Largest winning margin • lengths – Verrazano (2013) Most wins by a jockey: • 4 – Mike E. Smith (1994, 1998, 2020, 2023) Most wins by a trainer: • 9 – Bob Baffert (2001, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020) Most wins by an owner: • 2 – The Thoroughbred Corporation (2001, 2002) • 2 – WinStar Farm (2006, 2007) • 2 – Stonerside Stable (1998, 2009) • 2 – Michael Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman (2010, 2011) • 2 – Zayat Stables (2012, 2015) ==Winners==

Notes: ƒ Filly or Mare † In the 2021 running Hot Rod Charlie was first past the winning post but was disqualified and placed seventh (last) for interfering in the stretch run clipping Midnight Bourbon who dislodged his rider Paco Lopez. ==See also==