Records
Speed Record:
- 1:46.80 - Gen. Duke (1957), equaled the world record for 1⅛ miles at the time.
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Calumet Farm (1957, 1958, 1968, 1971, 1978)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Bill Shoemaker (1954, 1963, 1964)
- 3 - Bill Hartack (1957, 1958, 1959)
- 3 - Jerry Bailey (1992, 2003, 2005)
- 3 - Mike Smith (1994, 1995, 1996)
- 3 - Edgar Prado (2002, 2006, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - John Veitch (1978, 1985, 1988)
- 3 - Nick Zito (2005 2010, 2011)
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