Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile)
- 1:50.00 - Plankton (1978) (time measured in fifths of a second)
- 1:50.17 - Boca Grande (2006)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1970, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - James G. Rowe, Sr. (1908, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1926)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Harry Payne Whitney (1919, 1922, 1924, 1926)
- 4 - C. V. Whitney(1932, 1941, 1947, 1970)
- 4 - Wheatley Stable (1942, 1944, 1959, 1964)
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