Red Bank Stakes

The Red Bank Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1974 at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. A Grade III event raced in late August/early September, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on turf

Inaugurated in 1974 as a stakes race on dirt for two-year-old fillies, in 1975 it was made open to fillies and mares. In 1980, the race was converted to a handicap event on turf which was open to horses age three and older.

An earlier version of the Red Bank Stakes was run in 1885 as a six-furlong race for two-year-olds. It was won by A. J. Cassatt's, The Bard.^[1]

Since inception the race has been contested at various distances:

• 1 mile : 1980 to present
• 1 mile and 70 yards on dirt : 1976
•  1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles on dirt : 1974-1975, 1977-1978
•  1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles on turf : 1979

Following heavy rains, the 2003 race was switched to the dirt track.

The Red Bank Handicap was run in two divisions in 1984 and 1985.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile)

• 1:32.42 - Icy Atlantic (2007) (Stakes and Monmouth Park turf course record)

Most wins:

• 3 - Get Serious (2009, 2010, 2012)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - James Dinan/Phantom House Farm (2009, 2010, 2012)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Joe Bravo (2001, 2003, 2007, 2013, 2016)
• 3 - Jose C. Ferrer (1984, 1989, 1991)
• 3 - Pablo Fragoso (2009, 2010, 2012)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - Christophe Clement (1993, 1994, 1998, 2013, 2016)
• 3 - John Forbes (2009, 2010, 2012)

Past winners

Notes

References

• The Red Bank Stakes at Pedigree Query
• Monmouth Park