Cliff Hanger Stakes

Cliff Hanger Stakes
	Grade III race
Location	Meadowlands Racetrack; East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States
Inaugurated	1977
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	The Meadowlands
Race information
Distance	1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$100,000

The Cliff Hanger Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Monmouth Park in East Rutherford, New Jersey during late September/early October. Open to horses age three and older, it is now contested on turf over a distance of 1 ¹⁄₈ miles. Currently the purse is $100,000.

Known as the Cliff Hanger Handicap until 2008, it was raced on dirt from 1978 through 1981 and again in 1985 and 1987. Prior to 1982, it was restricted to horses bred in the State of New Jersey.

Records

Speed record:

8.5 Furlongs - 1:39 2/5 - Wanderkin (1988), Dixie Bayou (1997)
9 Furlongs - 1:46.16 - Winning Cause (2014)

Most wins:

2 - Erin's Tiger (1982, 1983)
2 - Late Act (1984, 1985)’

Most wins by an owner:

2 - Greentree Stable (1984, 1985)
2 - Live Oak Racing (1994, 2006)

Most wins by a jockey:

3 - Jorge Velasquez (1980, 1982, 1983)

Most wins by a trainer:

2 - Joseph H. Pierce Jr. (1980, 1987)
2 - Richard Nieminski (1982, 1983)
2 - Jonathan Sheppard (1987, 1989)
2 - Christophe Clement (2013, 2015)

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2016	Can'thelpbelieving (IRE)	5	Trevor McCarthy	H. Graham Motion	Albert Frassetto	1:46.77
2015	Middleburg	5	Joe Bravo	Christophe Clement	Mr. & Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone	1:48.52
2014	Winning Cause	4	Eddie Castro	Todd Pletcher	Alto Racing LLC	1:46.16
2013	Summer Front	4	Joe Bravo	Christophe Clement	Waterford Stable	1:41.49
2012	Tune Me In	5	Paco Lopez	Bruce F. Alexander	Patricia A. Generazio	1:33.96
2011	Yummy with Butter	8	Paco Lopez	Yvon Belsoeur	Bruno Schickedanz	1:32.75
2010	no race
2009	Brave Tin Soldier	5	Carlos Marquez, Jr.	Kiaran McLaughlin	Kiaran McLaughlin	1:45.52
2008	Kiss the Kid	5	Rajiv Maragh	Amy Tarrant	Hardacre Farm/Amy Tarrant	1:43.60
2007	Presious Passion	4	Alan Garcia	Mary Hartmann	Patricia A. Generazio	1:41.48
2006	Old Forester	5	Edgar Prado	William I. Mott	Live Oak Racing	1:42.54
2005	Hotstufanthensome	5	Rajiv Maragh	Norman Pointer	Leslie Steinger	1:54.32
2004	Dr. Kashnikow	7	Richard Migliore	John R. S. Fisher	Erdenheim Farm	1:42.41
2003	no race
2002	Saint Verre	4	Jean-Luc Samyn	H. Allen Jerkens	H. Joseph Allen	1:42.40
2001	Crash Course	5	Rick Wilson	Warren W. Croll, Jr.	Jesse Mack Robinson	1:43.14
2000	North East Bound	4	Jose Velez, Jr.	William W. Perry	J. Demarco/R. Disano	1:41.78
1999	Virginia Carnival	7	Jean-Luc Samyn	Jonathan Sheppard	John A. Franks	1:42.44

Earlier winners

1998 - Mi Narrow
1997 - Dixie Bayou
1996 - Thorny Crown
1995 - Mighty Forum
1994 - Binary Light
1993 - Excellent Tipper
1992 - Roman Envoy
1991 - Finder's Choice
1990 - Chas' Whim
1989 - Ten Keys
1988 - Wanderkin
1987 - Silver Comet
1987 - Foligno
1986 - Explosive Darling
1985 - Late Act
1984 - Late Act
1984 - Cozzene
1983 - Erin's Tiger
1982 - Erin's Tiger
1982 - Acaroid
1981 - Bill Wheeler
1980 - Quality T. V.
1979 - Exclusively Mine
1978 - Mr. Lincroft
1977 - Dan Horn

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