Elusive Quality

10 Running on Saturday, May 04, 2024

One of the most brilliant performances in the history of the Widener turf course at Belmont Park came on July 4, 1998. Elusive Quality was sent to the front in Poker (G3) by Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey and never looked back, running the one-mile event in a scorching 1:31.63, a world record at the time that still stands as the course record. The Bill Mott trainee had previously won the Jaipur (G3) and went on to become a stand-out sire. Due to rain, the 2014 edition of the race was contested on the main track.

$150,000.00 6 Furlongs (Turf) Grade:

Year	Horse	Age	Weight	Time	Owner	Trainer	Jockey	Value
2023	Anaconda	6	118	1:21.94	Three Diamonds Hall	Joe Sharp	Kendrick Carmouche	$82,500
2022	Scuttlebuzz	5	118	1:21.45	La Marca Stable	Rudy R. Rodriguez	Javier Castellano	$55,000
2021	Casa Creed	5	118	1:22.65	LRE Racing LLC & JEH Racing Stable LLC	William I. Mott	Joe Bravo	$55,000
2019	Therapist	4	122	1:24.75	Oak Bluff Stables	Christophe Clement	Eric Cancel	$68,750
2018	Blind Ambition	4	122	1:20.65	Gainesway Stable	Todd A. Pletcher	John R. Velazquez	$75,000
2017	Disco Partner	-	122	1:22:61	Patricia A. Generazio	Christophe Clement	Irad Ortiz Jr.	$90,000
2016	A Lot	-	124	1:19:23	American Racing LLC	Chad Brown	Irad Ortiz Jr.	$60,000
2015	Mosler	-	118	1:20:63	Adele B. Dilschneider	William Mott	Joel Rosario	$60,000
2014	Integrity	4	122	1:22.90	Robert V. LaPenta	Chad C. Brown	Javier Castellano	$60,000