The Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap is a

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American

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for horses age three and older over a distance of six

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s on the dirt held annually in late July at

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History

The inaugural running of the event was on 17 August 1985 as the A Phenomenon Stakes, the sixth event on the card that day and was won by the Richard E. Dutrow Sr. trained Cognizant who won in a time of 1:09. The event was named after the winner of the 1983

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at Saratoga, A Phenomenon. A Phenomenon suffered a life ending injury in the 1984

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. The event was classified as Grade III in 1990 and in 1995 upgraded to Grade II. In 2000, the event was renamed to honor Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. who had died in 1999. Vanderbilt was a very prominent

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owner who also served as Chairman of the Board of the

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from 1971 to 1975. In 2010 the event was upgraded to Grade I. The 2019 winner Imperial Hint set a new track record for the six furlongs distance winning for the second time in a time of 1:07.92.

Records

Speed record: * 1:07.92 – Imperial Hint (2019) Margins * 8 lengths – El Deal (2017) Most wins: * 2 – Cognizant (1985, 1986) * 2 – Imperial Hint (2018, 2019) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 –

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(1985, 1986, 1992, 1993) * 4 –

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(2015, 2017, 2018, 2019) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 – Steven M. Asmussen (2010, 2013, 2020, 2022) Most wins by an owner: * 2 – Happy Valley Farm (1985, 1986) * 2 –

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(1988, 2006) * 2 – Hobeau Farm (1991, 1998) * 2 –

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(1999, 2008) * 2 – Raymond Mamone (2018, 2019)

Winners

''Notes:'' † In the 2000 running Intidab cross the finish line first but was later disqualification, Successful Appeal was declared the winner.

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

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