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Lamplighter Stakes
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The Lamplighter Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of May at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. Open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf over a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).
Inaugurated in 1946 as the Lamplighter Handicap, the race was named to honor Lamplighter, the 1893 American Co-Champion Older Male Horse owned by prominent horseman Pierre Lorillard IV who had been a co-owner of the Monmouth Park Association's racetrack.
Since its inception, the race has been contested at various distances on both dirt and turf:
- 1+1⁄16 miles on dirt : 1946–1970, 1972, 1974, 1984,1987
- 1+1⁄8 miles on turf : 1971
- 1+1⁄16 miles on turf : 1973, 1975–1983, 1985–1986, 1988–2004, 2007–present
- 1 mile on turf : 2005, 2006
On July 1, 1978 the legendary U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, John Henry, made his turf stakes debut with a third-place finish in the second division of the Lamplighter.
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Records
Speed record:
- 1:40.52 – Lendell Ray (2000)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 – George D. Widener Jr. (1950, 1965)
- 2 – James Cox Brady Jr. (1953, 1954)
- 2 – Calumet Farm (1961, 1971)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 – Craig Perret (1975, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 – William I. Mott (1993, 1995, 2000, 2003)
Winners
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