The Remsen Stakes is a Grade II race for thoroughbred horses. The Remsen is open to two-year-olds who are up for the one and one-eighths of a mile distance. The race is run each November at Aqueduct Racetrack for a purse of $200,000. A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Aqueduct Racetrack, known as the Big A, is a horse racetrack in the neighborhood of Ozone Park in Queens, New York. ...

It is influential as one of the last graded stakes for two-year-olds in New York. NY redirects here. ...

The Remsen, which ran first in 1904, is named for Colonel Joremus Remsen (l735 to l790), leader of the Revolutionary forces at the Battle of Long Island. Colonel Remsen's family at one time owned a large portion of Long Island. Combatants United States Kingdom of Great Britain Commanders George Washington, Israel Putnam William Howe, Charles Cornwallis, Henry Clinton Strength 11,000-13,000 (about 10,000 of which were militia ) 22,000 (including 9,000 Hessians) Casualties 1,807 total (400 dead, 1,407 wounded, captured or missing) 377 total... Map showing Long Island; to the north is Connecticut and to the west are New York City and New Jersey. ...

Among other notable horses, the Remsen was won by Damascus in 1966, Northern Dancer in 1963, Carry Back in 1960, and Grey Lag in 1920. Damascus (1964-1995) was a thoroughbred race horse sired by Sword Dancer (1959s Horse of the Year) out of Kerala (by My Babu) foaled at the Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. ... Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 - November 16, 1990) was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and the most successful sire of the 20th Century. ... Carry Back (1958-1983) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse with a less than stellar pedigree but who nonetheless won many important graded stakes races including the 1961 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. ... Gray Lag was a thoroughbred race horse born in Kentucky in 1918 and bred by a man everyone called King of the Turf, John E. Madden. ...

Past winners

WInners of the Remsen are:

• 2006 - Nobiz Like Shobiz (Cornelio Velasquez)
• 2005 - Bluegrass Cat (John Velazquez)
• 2004 - Rockport Harbor (Stewart Elliott)
• 2003 - Read The Footnotes (Jerry Bailey)
• 2002 - Toccet (Jorge Chavez)
• 2001 - Saarland (John Velazquez)
• 2000 - Windsor Castle (Robbie Davis)
• 1999 - Greenwood Lake (Jean-Luc Samyn)
• 1998 - Comeonmom (Joe Bravo)
• 1997 - Coronado's Quest (Mike Smith)
• 1996 - The Silver Move (Richard Migliore)
• 1995 - Tropicool (Jorge Chavez)
• 1994 - Thunder Gulch (Gary Stevens)
• 1993 - Go for Gin (Jerry Bailey)
• 1992 - Silver of Silver (Jacinto Vasquez)
• 1991 - Pine Bluff (Craig Perret)
• 1990 - Scan (Jerry Bailey)
• 1989 - Yonder (Eddie Maple)
• 1988 - Fast Play (Angel Cordero Jr.)
• 1987 - Batty (Jose Santos)
• 1986 - Java Gold (Pat Day)
• 1985 - Pillaster (Angel Cordero Jr.)
• 1984 - Stone White (Robbie Davis)
• 1983 - Dr. Carter (Jorge Velasquez)
• 1982 - Pax In Bello (Jeffrey Fell)
• 1981 - Laser Light (Eddie Maple)
• 1980 - Pleasant Colony (Vince Bracciale, Jr.)
• 1979 - Plugged Nickle (Buck Thornburg)
• 1978 - Instrument Landing (Jeffrey Fell)
• 1977 - Believe It (Eddie Maple)
• 1976 - Royal Ski (Jack Kurtz)
• 1975 - Hang Ten (Laffit Pincay, Jr.)
• 1974 - El Pitirre (Michael Venezia)
• 1973 - Heavy Mayonnaise (Chuck Baltazar)
• 1972 - Kinsman Hope (Eddie Maple)
• 1971 - Key To The Mint (Braulio Baeza)
• 1970 - Jim French (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
• 1969 - Protanto (Jorge Velasquez)
• 1968 - Palauli (Larry Adams)
• 1967 - Salerno (Manuel Ycaza)
• 1966 - Damascus (Bill Shoemaker)
• 1965 - Gary G. (Braulio Baeza)
• 1964 - Sum Up (D. Pierce)
• 1963 - Northern Dancer (Manuel Ycaza)
• 1962 - Rocky Link (John L. Rotz)
• 1961 - Figaro Bob (John L. Rotz)
• 1960 - Carry Back (Johnny Sellers)
• 1959 - Victoria Park (Eric Guerin)
• 1958 - Atoll (J. Ruane)
• 1957 - Misty Flight (Eddie Arcaro)
• 1956 - Ambehaving (L. Batcheller)
• 1955 - Nail (Hedley Woodhouse)
• 1954 - Roman Patrol (Douglas Dodson)
• 1953 - Galdar (J. Nichols)
• 1952 - Social Outcast (Eric Guerin)
• 1950 - Repetoire (K. Church)
• 1949 - Lights Up (Ovie Scurlock)
• 1948 - Eternal World (Ted Atkinson)
• 1947 - Big If (C. Givens)
• 1946 - Phalanx (R. Donoso)
• 1945 - Lord Boswell (Eric Guerin)
• 1944 - Great Power (Eddie Arcaro)
• 1944 - War Jeep (A. Snider)
• 1943 - Bellwether (Johnny Longden)
• 1943 - Black Badge (W. D. Wright)
• 1942 - Blue Swords (C. Bierman)
• 1940 - Harvard Square (L. Haas)
• 1940 - Mettlesome (Alfred Robertson)
• 1939 - Camp Verde (Don Meade)
• 1938 - Johnstown (James Stout)
• 1937 - Bourbon King (Charles Kurtsinger)
• 1936 - Clodion (J. Gilbert)
• 1935 - The Fighter (Eddie Arcaro)
• 1934 - Esposa (E. Porter)
• 1933 - Sgt. Byrne (Alfred Robertson)
• 1932 - Quel Jeu (J. Long)
• 1931 - Cambal (E. Ambrose)
• 1930 - Vander Pool (A. Abel)
• 1929 - Flying Heels (W. Kelsay)
• 1928 - Chatford (C. Watters)
• 1927 - Excalibur (George Ellis)
• 1926 - Sweepster (Laverne Fator)
• 1925 - Timmara (Harold Thurber)
• 1924 - Master Charlie (G. Babin)
• 1923 - Ladkin (Harold Thurber)
• 1922 - Tall Timber (James Butwell)
• 1921 - Missionary (Andy Schuttinger)
• 1920 - Grey Lag (Lavelle Ensor)
• 1919 - Pilgrim (C. Fairbrother)
• 1918 - War Pennant (Johnny Loftus)
• 1909 - The Turk (C. Shilling)
• 1907 - King Cobalt (Eddie Dugan)
• 1906 - Frank Gill (Joe Notter)
• 1905 - Jacobite (J. Jones)
• 1904 - Dandelion (W. Davis)