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Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap top three finishers and starters
This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap, an American Grade 1 race for three-year-olds and up at 1½ miles on turf held at Belmont Park in New York.[1] (List 1977–present)
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Starters |
| 2014 | Main Sequence | Twilight Eclipse | Imagining | 7 |
| 2013 | Little Mike | Big Blue Kitten | Real Solution | 9 |
| 2012 | Point of Entry | Treasure Beach | Kindergarden Kid | 6 |
| 2011 | Cape Blanco | Dean's Kitten | Grassy | 5 |
| 2010 | Winchester | Paddy O'Prado | Grassy | 9 |
| 2009 | Interpatation | Gio Ponti | Grand Couturier | 6 |
| 2008 | Grand Couturier | Interpatation | Summer Patriot | 8 |
| 2007 | English Channel | Stream of Gold | Interpatation | 7 |
| 2006 | English Channel | Freedonia | Royal Highness | 7 |
| 2005 | Shakespeare | English Channel | Ace | 7 |
| 2004 | Kitten's Joy | Magistretti | Tycoon | 7 |
| 2003 | Sulamani | Deeliteful Irving | Balto Star | 7 |
| 2002 | Denon | Blazing Fury | Delta Form | 8 |
| 2001 | Timboroa | King Cugat | Cetewayo | 6 |
| 2000 | John's Call | Craigsteel | Ela Athena | 12 |
| 1999 | Val's Prince | Dream Well | Fahris | 7 |
| 1998 | Buck's Boy | Cetewayo | Lazy Lode | 6 |
| 1997 | Val's Prince | Flag Down | Ops Smile | 5 |
| 1996 | Diplomatic Jet | Awad | Marlin | 10 |
| 1995 | Turk Passer | Hernando | Celtic Arms | 8 |
| 1994 | Tikkanen | Vaudeville | Yenda | 6 |
| 1993 | Apple Tree | Solar Splendor | George Augustus | 5 |
| 1992 | Sky Classic | Fraise | Solar Splendor | 6 |
| 1991 | Solar Splendor | Dear Doctor | Fortune's Wheel | 9 |
| 1990 | Cacoethes | Alwuhush | With Approval | 6 |
| 1989 | Yankee Affair | El Senor | My Big Boy | 7 |
| 1988 | Sunshine Forever | My Big Boy | Most Welcome | 9 |
| 1987 | Theatrical | River Memories | Talakeno | 6 |
| 1986 | Manila | Damister | Danger's Hour | 9 |
| 1985 | Noble Fighter | Win | Strawberry Road | 12 |
| 1984 | John Henry | Win | Majesty's Prince | 6 |
| 1983 | All Along | Thunder Puddles | Erins Isle | 10 |
| 1982 | April Run | Naskra's Breeze | Bottled Water | 7 |
| 1981 | April Run | Galaxy Libra | The Very One | 9 |
| 1980 | Anifa | Golden Act | John Henry | 8 |
| 1979 | Bowl Game | Trillion | Native Courier | 7 |
| 1978 | Waya | Tiller | Trillion | 6 |
| 1977 | Johnny D. | Majestic Light | Crow | 9 |
See also
References
- ^ Stakes Histories, The Original Racing Almanac 2009, page 360 on June 26, 2008.