STAKES HISTORIES



Travers Stakes (Grade I)
3-yr-old, 1¼ miles, Saratoga

Year Winner Jockey Second Third Time
2000 Unshaded S. Sellers Albert The Great Commendable 2:02.59
1999 Lemon Drop Kid J.Santos Vision and Verse Menifee 2:02.19
1998 Coronado's Quest M.Smith Victory Gallop Raffie's Majesty 2:03.40
1997 Deputy Commander C.McCarron Behrens Awesome Again 2:04
1996 Will's Way J.Chavez Louis Quatorze Skip Away 2:02.2
1995 Thunder Gulch G. Stevens Pyramid Peak Malthus 2:03.2
1994 Holy Bull M.Smith Concern Tabasco Cat 2:02
1993 Sea Hero J.Bailey Kissin Kris Miner's Mark 2:01.4
1992 Thunder Rumble W.McCaughley Devil His Due Dance Floor 2:00.4
1991 Corporate Report C.McCarron Hansel Fly So Free 2:01.1
1990 Rhythm C.Perret Shot Gun Scott Sir Richard Lewis 2:02.3
1989 Easy Goer P.Day Clever Trevor Shy Tom 2:00.4
1988 Forty Niner C.McCarron Seeking the Gold Brian's Time 2:01.2
1987 Java Gold P.Day Cryptoclearance Polish Navy 2:02
1986 Wise Times J.Bailey Danzig Connection Personal Flag 2:03.2
1985 Chief's Crown A.Cordero Turkoman Skip Trial 2:01.1
1984 Carr de Naskra L.Pincay Pine Circle Morning Bob 2:02.3
1983 Play Fellow P.Day Slew o'Gold Hyperborean 2:01
1982 Runaway Groom J.Fell Aloma's Ruler Conquistador Cielo 2:02.3
1981 Willow Hour E.Maple Pleasant Colony Lord Avie 2:03.4
1980 Temperence Hill E.Maple First Albert Amber Pass 2:02.4
1979 General Assembly J.Vasquez Smarten Private Account 2:00
1978 Alydar J.Velasquez Affirmed Nasty and Bold 2:02
1977 Jatski S.Maple Run Dusty Run Silver Series 2:01.3
1976 Honest Pleasure C.Perret Romeo Dance Spell 2:00.1
1975 Wajima B.Baeza Media Prince Thou Art 2:02
1974 Holding Pattern M.Miceli Little Current Chris Evert 2:05.1
1973 Annihilate 'Em R.Turcotte Stop the Music See the Jaguar 2:01.3
1972 Key to the Mint B.Baeza Tentam True Knight 2:01.1
1971 Bold Reason L.Pincay West Coast Scout Good Counsel 2:02.2
1970 Loud J.Vasquez Judgable Plymouth 2:01
1969 Arts and Letters B.Baeza Dike Distray 2:01.3
1968 Chompion J.Cruguet Forward Pass Funny Fellow 2:04.4
1967 Damascus W.Shoemaker Reason to Hail Tumiga 2:01.3
1966 Buckpasser B.Baeza Amberoid Buffle 2:01.3
1965 Hail to All J.Sellers Pass the Word Cornish Prince 2:02.1
1964 Quadrangle M.Ycaza Knightly Manner Hill Rise 2:04.2
1963 Crewman E.Guerin Hot Dust Chateaugay 2:02.2
1962 Jaipur W.Shoemaker Ridan Military Plume 2:01.3
1961 Beau Prince S.Brooks Guadalcanal Ambiopoise 2:03
1960 Tompion W.Hartack Count Amber Don Rickles 2:03.2
1959 Sword Dancer M.Ycaza Middle Brother Nimmer 2:04.1
1958 Piano Jim R.Ussery Grey Monarch Warhead 2:05.4
1957 Gallant Man W.Shoemaker Bureaucracy Field of Honor 2:04
1956 Oh Johnny H.Woodhouse Tick Tock Bill's Sky Boy 2:06.1
1955 Thinking Cap JP.Bailey Traffic Judge Grandpaw 2:06.2
1954 Fisherman H.Woodhouse Lychnus Chevation 2:06
1953 Native Dancer E.Guerin Dictar Guardian II 2:05.3
1952 One Count E.Guerin Armageddon Tom Fool 2:07.2
1951 Battlefield E.Arcaro Yildiz Big Stretch 2:06.1
1950 Lights Up G.Hettinger Bed o'Roses Passemson 2:03
1949 Arise C.Errico Daiquari Sun Bahram 2:06.1
1948 Ace Admiral T.Atkinson Better Self Alairne 2:05
1947 Young Peter T.May Phalanx Colonel o'F 2:06.1
1946 Natchez T.Atkinson Mahout School Tie 2:08
1945 Adonis C.McCreary Burning Dream Sir Francis 2:02.4
1944 By Jimminy E.Arcaro Free Lance Bounding Home 2:03.2
1943 Eurasian S.Brooks Fairy Manhurst Famous Victory 2:03.4
1942 Shut Out E.Arcaro Trierarch Star Beacon 2:04.2
1941 Whirlaway A.Robertson Fairymant Lord Kitchener 2:05.4
1940 Fenelon J.Stout Your Chance Asp 2:04.2
1939 Eight Thirty H.Richards Sun Lover Sir Marlboro 2:06.3
1938 Thanksgiving E.Arcaro Jolly Tar Fighting Fox 2:03.3
1937 Burning Star W.Wright Up and Doing Matey 2:04.4
1936 Granville J.Stout Sun Teddy Count Morse 2:05.4
1935 Gold Foam S.Coucci St Bernard Count Arthur 2:04.3
1934 Observant L.Humphries Collateral Roustabout 2:05.3
1933 Inlander R.Jones Golden Way Keep Out 2:08
1932 War Hero J.Gilbert Monday Sunmelus 2:05.4
1931 Twenty Grand L.McAtee St Brideaux Sun Meadow 2:04.3
1930 Jim Dandy F.Baker Gallant Fox Whichone 2:08
1929 Beacon Hill A.Robertson Marine The Nut 2:04.1
1928 Petee-Wrack S.O'Donnell Victorian Sun Edwin 2:08
1927 Brown Bud L.Fator Nimba Valorous 2:05.2
1926 Mars F.Coltiletti Pompey Display 2:04.3
1925 Dangerous C.Kummer Swope Silver Fox 2:10.4
1924 Sun Flag F.Keogh Aga Khan Mr Mutt 2:04.2
1923 Wilderness B.Marinelli Flagstaff Rialto 2:04
1922 Little Chief L.Fator Kai-Sang Sweep By 2:13.2
1921 Sporting Blood L.Lyke Prudery none 2:05.4
1920 Man o'War A.Schuttinger Upset John P.Grier 2:01.4
1919 Hannibal L.Ensor War Pennant Thunderclap 2:02.4
1918 Sun Briar W.Knapp Johren War Cloud 2:03.1
1917 Omar Khayyam J.Butwell Rickety Ticket 2:08.4
1916 Spur J.Loftus Star Hawk Franklin 2:05
1915 Lady Rotha M.Garner Saratoga Iron Duke 2:11.2
1914 Roamer J.Butwell Surprising Gainer 2:04
1913 Rock View T.McTaggert Prince Eugene Barnegat 2:06.3
1910 Dalmatian C.Shilling Barleythorpe Hampton Court 2:10
1909 Hilarious Scoville Practical Fayette 2:06
1908 Dorante J.Lee King James Beaucoup 2:09.3
1907 Frank Gill J.Notter Golf Ball Cork Hill 2:07
1906 Gallavant W.Miller Mohawk II Reidmore 2:08.1
1905 Dandelion Shaw Merry Lark Glenecho 2:08
1904 Broomstick T.Burns Bobadil Auditor 2:06.4
1903 Ada Nay F.O'Neill Reliable Gimcrack 1:57
1902 Hermis Rice Gold Cure Cunard 1:54.4
1901 Blues Shaw Dublin The Parader 1:56.3
1897 Rensselaer F.Taral Tragedian Don de Oro 2:12
1895 Liza Griffin Rey del Caredes Maurice 1:55.5
1894 Henry of Navarre F.Taral Joe Ripley Rey el Santa Anita 2:10.25
1893 Stowaway McDermott Mirage Walnut 2:10.75
1892 Azra Clayton Ronald none 2:43.75
1891 Vallera R.Williams Hoodlum Silver King 2:49
1890 Sir John Bergen Frontenac Burlington 2:39
1889 Long Dance Barnes Flood Tide none 3:08.75
1888 Sir Dixon J.McLoughlin Los Angeles Falcon 3:07.75
1887 Carey Baylock Oarsman Pendennis 3:17.75
1886 Inspector B. J.McLoughlin Elkwood Silver Cloud 3:10.25
1885 Bersan Spellman Irish Pat Boot Black 3:08.25
1884 Rataplan Fitzpatrick Blast Tecoma 3:07.5
1883 Barnes J.McLoughlin Tennyson none 3:18
1882 Carley B. Quantrell Tom Plunkett Mandamus 3:28.75
1881 Hindoo J.McLoughlin Catoctin Getaway 3:07.5
1880 Grenada Hughes Oden Turfman 3:12.5
1879 Falsetto I.Murphy Spendthrift Harold 3:09.25
1878 Duke of Magenta Hughes Bramble Spartan 3:08
1877 Baden Baden Sayers Bradamante St James 3:12.25
1876 Sultana Hayward Barricade Fredericktown 3:15.5
1875 D'Artagnan Barbee Milner Aristides 3:06.5
1874 Attila Barbee Acrobat Steel Eyes 3:09.5
1873 Tom Bowling R.Swim Waverly Merodac 3:09.75
1872 Joe Daniels J.Rowe Silent Friend Wade Hampton 3:08.25
1871 Harry Bassett W.Miller Nellie Gray Alroy 3:21.75
1870 Kingfisher C.Miller Telegram Foster 3:15.25
1869 Glenelg C.Miller Onyx Invercauld 3:14
1868 The Banshee Smith Boaster Albuera 3:10.75
1867 Ruthless Gilpatrick R.B.Connolly De Courcey 3:18.25
1866 Merrill Abe Ulrica Bayswater 3:29
1865 Maiden Sewell Oleata Sarah K. 3:18.5
1864 Kentucky Gilpatrick Tipperary Throg's Neck Jr 3:18.75

Notes:
  • 1986 - Broad Brush, DQ from 2nd to 4th
  • 1978 - Affirmed, DQ from 1st to 2nd
  • 1977 - Run Dusty Run, DQ from 1st to 2nd
  • 1896, 1898-1900, 1911-1912 - not run
  • 1895, 1901-1903 - distance 9 furlongs
  • 1893, 1894 & 1897 - distance 1¼ miles
  • 1890-1892 - distance 1½ miles
  • Prior to 1890 - distance 1 3/4 miles
  • 1874 - race resulted in dead-heat, Attila won the run-off in 3:08 3/4.