Lamplighter Stakes


The Lamplighter Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of May at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. Open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf over a distance of miles.
Inaugurated in 1946 as the Lamplighter Handicap, the race was named to honor Lamplighter, the 1893 American Co-Champion Older Male Horse owned by prominent horseman Pierre [Lorillard IV] who had been a co-owner of the Monmouth Park Association's racetrack.
Since its inception, the race has been contested at various distances on both dirt and turf:
  • miles on dirt : 1946–1970, 1972, 1974, 1984,1987
  • miles on turf : 1971
  • miles on turf : 1973, 1975–1983, 1985–1986, 1988–2004, 2007–present
  • 1 mile on turf : 2005, 2006
On July 1, 1978 the legendary U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, John Henry, made his turf stakes debut with a third-place finish in the second division of the Lamplighter.

Records

Speed record:
  • 1:40.52 – Lendell Ray
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer: