The Eatontown Stakes is a Grade III

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s, three years old and older over a distance of miles on the

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course scheduled annually in June at

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near the Monmouth Park track. The inaugural running of the event was on 9 August 1971, on the closing day of the 1971 Monmouth Park summer meeting as the Eatontown Handicap and was won by the 35-1 longshot in the field, a six-year-old Chilean mare Flor De Sombra in a time of 1:46. Flor De Sombra was claimed earlier that year by Joseph W. Mergler at

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for $14,500. The following year the event was run in split divisions. The event has been held in split divisions seven times with the last occurrence in 1987. The event was taken of the turf in 1977 due to state of the track after inclement weather and held on the main dirt track. The event was held on the main track in 2006 and 2020. For three runnings of the event, from 1988 and 1990 the race was run over the slightly longer distance of miles. In 1996 the event was upgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the

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to Grade III status. The event has held with this status until 2020 when the event was automatically downgraded to Listed class due to the race been run off the turf. Since 2013 the event has been held as the Eatontown Stakes with stakes allowance conditions.

Records

Speed record: * miles – 1:39.26 Laughing (IRE) (2013) Margins: * lengths – Jacuzzi Boogie ( CAN) (1990) Most wins: * 2 – Telly (1972, 1973) Most wins by a

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: * 3 – Vincent Bracciale Jr. – (1972 - both divisions, 1973) * 3 – Nick Santagata – (1987, 1991, 1992) * 3 – Joe Bravo – (1995, 2009, 2017) * 3 – Paco Lopez – (2015, 2016, 2019) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 – Alan E. Goldberg (1986, 2008, 2013) * 3 – Todd A. Pletcher (2004, 2006, 2018) Most wins by an owner: * 2 – Cambridge Stables (1972, 1973)

Winners

''Legend:''

''Notes:''
‡ In the running of the first division of the event in 1973, Lightning Lucy was first past the post winning by a head margin but was disqualified for interference in the straight after a protest was lodged against her and Telly was declared the winner.
† In the running of the first division of the event in 1976, Copano was first past the post but was disqualified for interference in the straight and Collegiate was declared the winner.

References

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Records

Winners

See also

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