Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes

{{redirect|Turf Classic|the race at Churchill Downs|Turf Classic Stakes}} {{Infobox horseraces | surface = Turf | class = Grade I | horse race = Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes | image = | caption = | location = Belmont Park<br>Elmont, New York, United States | inaugurated = 1977 ''(as Turf Classic at Aqueduct Racetrack)'' | race type = Thoroughbred – Flat racing | website = [https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/stakes-schedule/joe-hirsch-turf-classic-invitational/ NYRA] | distance = {{frac|1|1|2}} miles | track = Left-handed | qualification = Three-years-old and older | weight = Weight for Age | purse = $500,000 (2021) | bonuses = }} The '''Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes''' is a Grade I American Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for three years old and older over a distance of {{frac|1|1|2}} miles on the turf track scheduled in late September or early October at . The event currently offers a purse of $500,000.

==History==

The inaugural running of the event was on 19 November 1977 as the '''Aqueduct Turf Classic Stakes''' and was won by Johnny D., ridden by 17-year-old Steve Cauthen by {{frac|3|3|4}} lengths in a time of 2:33{{frac|1|5}}.<ref name=R1977/> The event was scheduled two weeks after the Washington D.C. International, an event that Johnny D. won as well<ref name=R1977/> earning him US Champion Male Turf Horse honors for 1977. The following year the event was held at Belmont Park.<ref name=Equibase>{{cite web |url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=2165 |title=Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes (Gr. 1) |work=Equibase |date=2020 |access-date=18 September 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024222651/https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=2165 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1979, the event was classified as Grade I and was returned to the Aqueduct and was held there until 1983.<ref name=Equibase/>

In 1983 the name of the event was shortened to being called just the '''Turf Classic'''. The event drew the top Thoroughbreds from the U.S. and Europe when it was part of a million-dollar bonus for any horse who won it plus the Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto and the Washington D.C. International at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. That year the champion French bred filly All Along was able to win the treble, winning the million-dollar bonus<ref name=DC_International>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=All+Along+Welsh+Term++%09MAJESTYS+PRINCE+International+million&ymd=1983-11-13 |title=All Along wins International and $1 million bonus (1983 Washington DC International – race 8: ''held 12 November 1989'') |work=The Courier-Journal |date=13 November 1983 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=51 |first=Gordon |last=Beard |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=All+Along+Welsh+Term++%09MAJESTYS+PRINCE+International+million&ymd=1983-11-13 |url-status=live }}</ref> and being crowned US Champion Female Turf Horse and US Horse of the Year.

Other notable champions to win the event in the pre-Breeders' Cup era include the French bred mare, winner in 1978, Waya, who was crowned the US Champion Older Female Horse the following year. The Irish bred filly April Run won the event twice in 1981 and 1982. In 1982 she also won the Washington D.C. International and was voted as US Champion Female Turf Horse. John Henry remarkably won this event in 1984 as a nine-year-old and what would be his second last start. He was crowned the US Horse of the Year that year.

Early in the Breeders' Cup era the event immediately become one of the major preparatory races for the Breeders' Cup Turf. The 1986 winner, the three-year-old Manila, and the 1987 winner, the Irish bred Theatrical, both won the Breeders' Cup Turf and were voted US Champion Male Turf Horse. In 1994 Tikkanen also won the Turf Classic-Breeders' Cup Turf double enroute to US Champion Male Turf Horse.

In 2004 the event was renamed in honor of '''Joe Hirsch''', the award-winning racing columnist and founding president of the National Turf Writers Association. Joe Hirsch, aged 80, died on January 9, 2009.<ref>Stakes Histories, The Original Racing Almanac 2009, page 360 on June 26, 2008.</ref>

Dual winner English Channel was a Breeders' Cup Turf winner in 2007 and also the sire of Channel Maker, a dual winner (2018, 2020) and second-placed finisher in 2019 of this event.

In 2022 the event was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ehalt |first1=Bob |title=NYRA Shifts Belmont Fall Meet to Aqueduct Change will allow construction of infield tunnel, redevelopment plan to begin. |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/261704/nyra-shifts-belmont-fall-meet-to-aqueduct |date=28 July 2022 |access-date=22 August 2022 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822190351/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/261704/nyra-shifts-belmont-fall-meet-to-aqueduct |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2022 & 2023 winner was English Channel's daughter War Like Goddess, with his offspring successful in the event for the fourth time.<ref name=BH_TurfClassic>{{cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Eric |title=War Like Goddess Beats Boys in Joe Hirsch Turf Classic; The English Channel mare defeated six male challengers Oct. 8 at Aqueduct. |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/263803/war-like-goddess-beats-boys-in-joe-hirsch-turf-classic |website=bloodhorse.com |access-date=11 October 2022 |language=en |date=8 October 2022 |archive-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011185541/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/263803/war-like-goddess-beats-boys-in-joe-hirsch-turf-classic |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Records== '''Time record:''' * 2:23.39 – Big Blue Kitten (2015)

'''Margins:''' *{{frac|10|1|4}} lengths – Grand Couturier (GB) (2008)

'''Most wins:''' * 2 – April Run (IRE) (1981, 1982) * 2 – Val's Prince (1997, 1999) * 2 – English Channel (2006, 2007) * 2 – Channel Maker (2018, 2020) * 2 – War Like Goddess (2022, 2023)

'''Most wins by an owner:''' * 4 – Bertram & Diana M. Firestone (1981, 1982, 1987, 2010)

'''Most wins by a jockey:''' * 5 – John R. Velazquez (1995, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012)

'''Most wins by a trainer:''' * 6 – William I. Mott (1987, 2005, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023)

==Winners== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Winner ! Age ! Jockey ! Trainer ! Owner ! Distance ! Time ! Purse ! Grade ! Ref |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |align="left" colspan="11" |At Aqueduct – '''Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes''' |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2025 |{{nowrap|Rebel's Romance (IRE)}} |align=center |7 |Frankie Dettori |Charlie Appleby |Godolphin |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:25.72 |align=center |$485,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2025>{{cite web |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?track=BAQ&raceDate=09/27/2025&cy=USA&rn=5 |title=2025 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 – (race 5) |work=Equibase |date=September 27, 2025 |access-date=September 27, 2025 |archive-date=September 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927220449/https://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?rn=5&track=BAQ&raceDate=09%2F27%2F2025&cy=USA |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2024 |Far Bridge |align=center |4 |Joel Rosario |Christophe Clement |LSU Stables |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:32.22 |align=center |$485,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2024>{{cite web |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=BAQ&CTRY=USA&DT=09/28/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2024 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 – (race 6) |work=Equibase |date=September 28, 2024 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007100638/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=BAQ&CTRY=USA&DT=09/28/2024&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2023 |ƒ War Like Goddess |align=center |6 |Junior Alvarado |William I. Mott |George Krikorian |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:32.86{{efn|War Like Goddess set a new track record for the distance on the outer turf track at Aqueduct}} |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=4&BorP=P&TID=BAQ&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2023&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2023 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 – (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=October 7, 2023 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102001835/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=4&BorP=P&TID=BAQ&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2023&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2022 |ƒ War Like Goddess |align=center |5 |Jose Lezcano |William I. Mott |George Krikorian |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:27.29 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2022>{{cite web |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2022&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2022 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=8 October 2022 |access-date=9 October 2022 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009011925/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2022&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=11|At Belmont Park |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2021 |Rockemperor (IRE) |align=center |5 |Javier Castellano |Chad C. Brown |Michael Dubb, Michael E. Kisber, Wonder Stables, Bethlehem Stables & Madaket Stables |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center | 2:25.61 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name="R2021">{{cite web |title=2021 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 7) |url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?track=BEL&raceDate=10/09/2021&cy=USA&rn=7 |website=Equibase |access-date=10 October 2021 |archive-date=10 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010010218/https://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?track=BEL&raceDate=10/09/2021&cy=USA&rn=7 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2020 |Channel Maker |align=center |4 |Manuel Franco |William I. Mott |Wachtel Stable, Gary Barber, R. A. Hill Stable & Reeves Thoroughbred Racing |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:25.99 |align=center |$250,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2020>{{cite web|url=https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/03/2020&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2020 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 7) |work=Equibase |date=3 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2019 |Arklow |align=center |5 |Junior Alvarado |Brad H. Cox |Donegal Racing, Joseph Bulger & Peter Coneway |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:27.34 |align=center |$507,500 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2019>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/05/2019&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2019 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=5 October 2019 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626141554/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/05/2019&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2018 |Channel Maker |align=center |4 |Jose L. Ortiz |William I. Mott |Wachtel Stable & Gary Barber |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:30.73 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2018>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/29/2018&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2018 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=29 September 2018 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624060659/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/29/2018&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2017 |Beach Patrol |align=center |4 |Joel Rosario |Chad C. Brown |James Covello, Sheep Pond Partners & Head of Plains Partners |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:26.29 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2017>{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=10&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/30/2017&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2017 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 10) |work=Equibase |date=30 September 2017 |access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2016 |Ectot (GB) |align=center |5 |Jose L. Ortiz |Todd A. Pletcher |Al Shaqab Racing & Gerard Augustin-Normand |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:28.76 |align=center |$475,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2016>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/01/2016&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2016 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 6) |work=Equibase |date=1 October 2016 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614183919/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/01/2016&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2015 |Big Blue Kitten |align=center |7 |Joe Bravo |Chad C. Brown |Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:23.39 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2015>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=10&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/26/2015&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2015 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 10) |work=Equibase |date=26 September 2015 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615140249/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=10&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/26/2015&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2014 |Main Sequence |align=center |5 |Rajiv Maragh |H. Graham Motion |Flaxman Holdings |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:26.32 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2014>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/27/2014&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2014 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=27 September 2014 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=7 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207110424/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/27/2014&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=11|'''Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes''' |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2013 |Little Mike |align=center |6 |Mike E. Smith |Dale L. Romans | Priscilla Vaccarezza |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:25.00 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/28/2013&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2013 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=28 September 2013 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619092826/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/28/2013&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2012 |Point of Entry |align=center |4 |John R. Velazquez |{{nowrap|Claude R. McGaughey III}} |Phipps Stable |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:33.73 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2012>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/29/2012&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2012 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=29 September 2012 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=14 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414035429/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=BEL&dt=09/29/2012&ctry=USA&race=9 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2011 |Cape Blanco (IRE) |align=center |4 |Jamie P. Spencer |Aidan P. O'Brien |Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Mrs. Fitriani Hay |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:36.61 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2011>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/01/2011&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2011 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 6) |work=Equibase |date=1 October 2011 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618062018/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/01/2011&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2010 |Winchester |align=center |5 |{{nowrap|Cornelio Velasquez}} |Christophe Clement |Bertram and Diana Firestone |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:36.09 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/02/2010&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2010 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=2 October 2010 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605150736/http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/02/2010&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2009 |Interpatation |align=center |7 |Robby Albarado |Robert Barbara |Elliot Mavorah |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:41.22 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/03/2009&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2009 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=3 October 2009 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208183900/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/03/2009&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2008 |{{nowrap|Grand Couturier (GB)}} |align=center |5 |Alan Garcia |Robert Ribaudo |Marc Keller |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:34.84 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2008>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/27/2008&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2008 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=27 September 2008 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208160332/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/27/2008&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2007 |English Channel |align=center |5 |John R. Velazquez |Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:25.73 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/30/2007&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2007 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=30 September 2007 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107034908/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/30/2007&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2006 |§ English Channel |align=center |4 |John R. Velazquez |Todd A. Pletcher |James T. Scatuorchio |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:28.69 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2006>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2006&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2006 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=7 October 2006 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107023735/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2006&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2005 |Shakespeare |align=center |4 |Jerry D. Bailey |William I. Mott |Dell Ridge Farm & William Schettine |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:27.22 |align=center |$750,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2005>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/01/2005&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2005 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=1 October 2005 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030052701/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/01/2005&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2004 |Kitten's Joy |align=center |3 |John R. Velazquez |Dale L. Romans |Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:29.97 |align=center |$750,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2004>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/02/2004&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2004 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=2 October 2004 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209170642/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/02/2004&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=11|'''Turf Classic Invitational Stakes''' |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2003 |Sulamani (IRE) |align=center |4 |Jerry D. Bailey |Saeed bin Suroor |Godolphin Racing |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:27.51 |align=center |$750,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2003>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/27/2003&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2003 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=27 September 2003 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=7 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207145021/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/27/2003&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2002 |§ Denon |align=center |4 |Edgar S. Prado |Robert J. Frankel |Edmund A. Gann & Flaxman Stable |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:28.47 |align=center |$750,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2002>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/29/2002&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2002 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=29 September 2002 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=7 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207172936/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/29/2002&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2001 |Timboroa (GB) |align=center |5 |Edgar S. Prado |Robert J. Frankel |Edmund A. Gann |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:29.43 |align=center |$750,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2001>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/29/2001&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2001 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=29 September 2001 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=7 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207161502/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=09/29/2001&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |2000 |John's Call |align=center |9 |Jean-Luc Samyn |Thomas H. Voss |Trillium Stable |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:28.58 |align=center |$750,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R2000>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2000&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=2000 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=7 October 2000 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125190729/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/2000&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1999 |Val's Prince |align=center |7 |Jorge F. Chavez |H. James Bond |Robin Martin & Steve Weiner |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:28.63 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1999>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/09/1999&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1999 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 9) |work=Equibase |date=9 October 1999 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629225805/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/09/1999&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1998 |Buck's Boy |align=center |5 |Shane Sellers |P. Noel Hickey | Quarter B Farm |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:33.25 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1998>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/10/1998&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1998 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=10 October 1998 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202065042/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/10/1998&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1997 |Val's Prince |align=center |5 |Mike E. Smith |James E. Picou |Robin Martin & Steve Weiner |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:28.92 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1997>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/18/1997&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1997 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=18 October 1997 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=14 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414023420/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=BEL&dt=10/18/1997&ctry=USA&race=8 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1996 |Diplomatic Jet |align=center |4 |Jorge F. Chavez |James E. Picou |Fred W. Hooper |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:27.51 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1996>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/05/1996&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1996 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=5 October 1996 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209002921/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/05/1996&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1995 |Turk Passer |align=center |5 |John R. Velazquez |Flint S. Schulhofer |Michael Shanley |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:36.63 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1995>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/1995&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1995 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=7 October 1995 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209010524/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/07/1995&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1994 |Tikkanen |align=center |3 |Cash Asmussen |Jonathan E. Pease |Augustin Stable |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:25.88 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1994>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/08/1994&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1994 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 7) |work=Equibase |date=8 October 1994 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209114047/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/08/1994&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1993 |Apple Tree (FR) |align=center |4 |Mike E. Smith |André Fabre |Mohammed Al Kabeer |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:28.31 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1993>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/09/1993&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1993 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 7) |work=Equibase |date=9 October 1993 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234604/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/09/1993&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1992 |Sky Classic |align=center |5 |Pat Day |James E. Day |Sam-Son Farm |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:24.50 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1992>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/03/1992&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1992 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 7) |work=Equibase |date=3 October 1992 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=13 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213131444/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/03/1992&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1991 |Solar Splendor |align=center |4 |Herb McCauley |Patrick J. Kelly |Live Oak Plantation |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:27.89 |align=center |$500,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1991>{{cite web |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=10/06/1991&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title=1991 Turf Classic Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 8) |work=Equibase |date=6 October 1991 |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413230441/https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?BORP=P&STYLE=EQB&DAY=D&tid=BEL&dt=10/06/1991&ctry=USA&race=8 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=11|At Belmont Park &ndash; '''Turf Classic''' |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1990 |Cacoethes |align=center |4 |Ray Cochrane |Guy Harwood |Lady Jane Harrison |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:25.00 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1990>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+Cacoethes+captures+continental+Globe+Staff&ymd=1990-10-08 |title=Cacoethes captures Turf Classic with continental flair (1990 Turf Classic – race 6: ''held 7 October 1990'') |work=Boston Globe |date=8 October 1990 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=57 |first=Ron |last=Indrisano |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+Cacoethes+captures+continental+Globe+Staff&ymd=1990-10-08 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1989 |Yankee Affair |align=center |7 |Jose A. Santos |Henry L. Carroll |Jujugen Stable |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:27.20 |align=center |$654,200 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1989>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+Yankee+Affair+El+Senor&ymd=1989-10-09&offset=2 |title=Yankee Affair nabs Turf Classic (1989 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 8 October 1989'') |agency=Associated Press |work=The Courier-Journal |date=9 October 1989 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=29 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+Yankee+Affair+El+Senor&ymd=1989-10-09&offset=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1988 |Sunshine Forever |align=center |3 |Angel Cordero Jr. |John M. Veitch |Darby Dan Farm |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:33.80 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1988>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/110781497/?match=1&terms=Sunshine%20Forever%20stars%20in%20%24600%2C000%20Turf%20Classic|title=Sunshine Forever stars in $600,000 Turf Classic (1988 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 9 October 1988'') |agency=Associated Press |work=The Courier-Journal |date=10 October 1988 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=35 }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1987 |Theatrical (IRE) |align=center |5 |Pat Day |William I. Mott |Bertram R. Firestone |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:29.20 |align=center |$600,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1987>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09Theatrical+River+Memories+Pat+Day&ymd=1987-09-27 |title=Relaxed Theatrical romps in Turf Classic (1987 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 26 September 1987'') |agency=Associated Press |work=The Courier-Journal |date=27 September 1987 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=24 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09Theatrical+River+Memories+Pat+Day&ymd=1987-09-27 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1986 |Manila |align=center |3 |Jose A. Santos |LeRoy Jolley |Bradley M. Shannon |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:27.80 |align=center |$705,250 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1986>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09Manila+DAMISTER+Elmont&ymd=1986-09-21 |title=Manila edges longshot in Turf Classic at Belmont (1986 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 22 September 1986'') |work=Hackensack Record |date=21 September 1986 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=40 |first=Jim |last=Cornelius |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09Manila+DAMISTER+Elmont&ymd=1986-09-21 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1985 |Noble Fighter |align=center |3 |Alain Lequeux |Mitri Saliba | Buckram Oak Farm |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:25.40 |align=center |$718,500 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1985>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09Longshot+Noble+Fighter&ymd=1985-09-22 |title=55-1 longshot Noble Fighter captures Turf Classic (1985 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 21 September 1985'') |agency=The Associated Press |work=Central New Jersey Home News |date=22 September 1985 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=40 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09Longshot+Noble+Fighter&ymd=1985-09-22 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1984 |John Henry |align=center |9 |Chris McCarron |Ron McAnally |Dotsam Stable |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:25.20 |align=center |$626,250 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1984>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+John+Henry&ymd=1984-09-23&offset=11 |title=John Henry wins Turf Classic (1984 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 22 September 1984'') |work=Hackensack Record |date=23 September 1984 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=7 |first=Jim |last=Cornelius |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+John+Henry&ymd=1984-09-23&offset=11 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=11|At Aqueduct |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1983 |ƒ All Along (FR) |align=center |4 |{{nowrap|Walter R. Swinburn}} |Patrick L. Biancone |Daniel Wildenstein |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:34.00 |align=center |$585,700 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1983>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+All+Along+tops+Aqueduct&ymd=1983-10-30&offset=1 |title=All Along tops Turf Classic (1983 Turf Classic – race 9: ''held 29 October 1983'') |work=Hackensack Record |date=30 October 1983 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=187 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+All+Along+tops+Aqueduct&ymd=1983-10-30&offset=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1982 |ƒ April Run (IRE) |align=center |4 |Cash Asmussen |François Boutin |Diana M. Firestone |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:29.80 |align=center |$476,800 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1982>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+April+Run+NASKRAS+BREEZE++Aqueduct&ymd=1982-10-24 |title=April Run wins Turf Classic (1982 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 23 October 1982'') |work=White Plains Journal News |date=24 October 1982 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=50 |first=Tom |last=Whelan |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+April+Run+NASKRAS+BREEZE++Aqueduct&ymd=1982-10-24 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1981 |ƒ April Run (IRE) |align=center |3 |Philippe Paquet |François Boutin |Diana M. Firestone |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:31.20 |align=center |$300,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1981>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+April+Run+++Aqueduct+Trainer&ymd=1981-10-25&offset=6 |title=Firestone's April Run captures rich Turf Classic (1981 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 24 October 1981'') |agency=The Associated Press |work=The Courier-Journal |date=25 October 1981 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=18 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+April+Run+++Aqueduct+Trainer&ymd=1981-10-25&offset=6 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1980 |ƒ Anifa |align=center |4 |Alfred Gibert |Mitri Saliba | Buckram Oak Farm |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:39.60 |align=center |$300,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1980>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+Anifa++++Aqueduct+Golden+Act&ymd=1980-10-26 |title=Anifa, 44-1, wins soggy Turf Classic (1980 Invitational Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 23 October 1980'') |work=White Plains Journal News |date=24 October 1980 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=50 |first=Tom |last=Whelan |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic+Anifa++++Aqueduct+Golden+Act&ymd=1980-10-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1979 |Bowl Game |align=center |5 |Jorge Velasquez |John M. Gaver Jr. |Greentree Stable |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:28.20 |align=center |$250,000 |align=center |I |<ref name=R1979>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09Bowl+Game++Captures+Aqueduct+%09TRILLION&ymd=1979-10-28 |title=Bowl Game captures 'Classic' (1979 Invitational Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 27 October 1979'') |agency=The Associated Press |work=Central New Jersey Home News |date=28 October 1979 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=50 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09Bowl+Game++Captures+Aqueduct+%09TRILLION&ymd=1979-10-28 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=11|At Belmont |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1978 |ƒ Waya (FR) |align=center |4 |Angel Cordero Jr. |Angel Penna Sr. |Daniel Wildenstein |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:26.80 |align=center |$200,000 |align=center | |<ref name=R1978>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=filly+wins+Turf+Classic++%09Waya+Belmont&ymd=1978-10-22&offset=1 |title=French filly wins Turf Classic at Belmont (1978 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 21 October 1978'') |agency=The Associated Press |work=White Plains Journal News |date=22 October 1978 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=588 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=filly+wins+Turf+Classic++%09Waya+Belmont&ymd=1978-10-22&offset=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:white" |align="left" colspan=11|At Aqueduct |-style="font-size:90%; background-color:lightcyan" |align=center |1977 |Johnny D. |align=center |3 |Steve Cauthen |Michael Kay |Dana S. Bray Jr. |align=center |{{frac|1|1|2}} miles |align=center |2:33.20 |align=center |$200,000 |align=center | |<ref name=R1977>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09+%09Johnny++Majestic+Light&ymd=1977-11-20&offset=6 |title=Cauthen is aboard as Johnny D. wins (1977 Turf Classic – race 8: ''held 19 November 1977'') |agency=The Associated Press |work=Hackensack Record |date=20 November 1977 |access-date=17 September 2020 |page=77 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621005337/http://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=Turf+Classic++%09+%09Johnny++Majestic+Light&ymd=1977-11-20&offset=6 |url-status=live }}</ref> |}

{{refbegin}} '''''Legend:''''' <br/> {{Legend inline|LightCyan|Turf}} <br/> '''''Notes:''''' <br/> § Ran as an entry <br/> ƒ Filly or Mare <br/> {{notelist}} {{refend}}

== See also == * List of American and Canadian Graded races * Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap top three finishers and starters

==References== {{reflist|2}}

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