Honorees
| Year |
Horse |
Trainer |
Owner |
| 2011 | Amazombie | Bill Spawr | Thomas Sanford/Bill Spawr |
| 2010 | Big Drama | David Fawkes | Harold Queen |
| 2009 | Kodiak Kowboy | Steve Asmussen | Vinery Stables & Fox Hill Farm |
| 2008 | Benny the Bull | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables et al. |
| 2007 | Midnight Lute | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram & Watson & Weitman Performance, LLC |
| 2006 | Thor's Echo | Douglas F. O'Neill | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum |
| 2005 | Lost in the Fog | Greg Gilchrist | Harry J. Aleo |
| 2004 | Speightstown | Todd A. Pletcher | Eugene Melnyk |
| 2003 | Aldebaran | Robert J. Frankel | Flaxman Holdings |
| 2002 | Orientate | D. Wayne Lukas | Robert & Beverly Lewis |
| 2001 | Squirtle Squirt | Robert J. Frankel | David J. Lanzman |
| 2000 | Kona Gold | Bruce Headley | Headley, Molasky & High Tech |
| 1999 | Artax | Louis Albertrani | Paraneck Stable |
| 1998 | Reraise | Craig Dollase | B. Fey/M. Han, L. Opas et al. |
| 1997 | Smoke Glacken | Henry L. Carroll | William Roberts, Alexander Karkenny, Robert P. Levy |
| 1996 | Lit de Justice | Jenine Sahadi | Evergreen Farm |
| 1995 | Not Surprising | Judson Van Worp | Robert Van Worp |
| 1994 | Cherokee Run | Frank A. Alexander | Jill E. Robinson |
| 1993 | Cardmania | Derek Meredith | Jean Couvercelle |
| 1992 | Rubiano | Flint S. Schulhofer | Centennial Farms |
| 1991 | Housebuster | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Robert P. Levy |
| 1990 | Housebuster | Warren A. Croll, Jr. | Robert P. Levy |
| 1989 | Safely Kept | Alan E. Goldberg | Barry Weisbord |
| 1988 | Gulch | D. Wayne Lukas | Peter M. Brant |
| 1987 | Groovy | Jose A. Martin | Prestonwood Farm |
| 1986 | Smile | Flint S. Schulhofer | Frances A. Genter |
| 1985 | Precisionist | L. Ross Fenstermaker | Fred W. Hooper |
| 1984 | Eillo | Budd Lepman | Crown Stable |
| 1983 | Chinook Pass | Laurie Anderson | Hi Yu Stables |
| 1982 | Gold Beauty | William D. Curtis | Georgia E. Hoffman |
| 1981 | Guilty Conscience | Sonny Hine | Rosalee Davidson |
| 1980 | Plugged Nickle | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff |
| 1979 | Star de Naskra | Richard D. Ferris | Carlyle J. Lancaster |
| 1978 | Dr. Patches (tie) | John A. Nerud | Virginia & James Binger |
| 1978 | J.O. Tobin (tie) | Laz Barrera | George A. Pope, Jr. |
| 1977 | What A Summer | LeRoy Jolley | Diana M. Firestone |
| 1976 | My Juliet | Eugene Euster | George Weasel, Jr. |
| 1975 | Gallant Bob | Joseph D. Marquette | Robert P. Horton |
| 1974 | Forego | Sherrill W. Ward | Lazy F Ranch |
| 1973 | Shecky Greene | Lou M. Goldfine | Joseph Kellman |
| 1972 | Chou Croute | Robert G. Dunham | Emanuel V. Benjamin III |
| 1971 | Ack Ack | Charles E. Whittingham | Buddy Fogelson |
| 1970 | Ta Wee | Flint S. Schulhofer | Tartan Stable |
| 1969 | Ta Wee | Flint S. Schulhofer | Tartan Stable |
| 1968 | Dr. Fager | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable |
| 1967 | Dr. Fager | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable |
| 1966 | Impressive | Edward A. Neloy | Little M Farm |
| 1965 | Affectionately | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs |
| 1964 | Ahoy | J. Bowes Bond | Jaclyn Stable |
| 1959 | Intentionally | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | Harry Z. Isaacs |
| 1958 | Bold Ruler | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable |
| 1957 | Decathlon | Rollie T. Shepp | Robert J. Dienst |
| 1956 | Decathlon | Rollie T. Shepp | Robert J. Dienst |
| 1955 | Berseem | Frank E. Childs | Abe Hirschberg |
| 1954 | White Skies | Thomas F. Root, Sr. | William M. Wickham |
| 1953 | Tom Fool | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable |
| 1952 | Tea-Maker | J. Dallet Byers | F. Ambrose Clark |
| 1951 | Sheilas Reward | Eugene Jacobs | Mrs. Louis Lazare |
| 1950 | Sheilas Reward | Eugene Jacobs | Mrs. Louis Lazare |
| 1949 | Delegate (Tie) | John A. Nerud | Herbert M. Woolf |
| 1949 | Royal Governor (Tie) | James E. Ryan | Esther D. du Pont |
| 1948 | Coaltown | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1947 | Polynesian | Morris H. Dixon | Gertrude T. Widener |
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