The Tyro Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near in July at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. A non-graded stakes race offering a current purse of $60,000, it is open to two-year-old horses weighted at 122 pounds with allowances. It was a run on a dirt track from inception until 2012 when it became a race on turf. It is currently contested at a distance of five furlongs.

Tyro Stakes
Ungraded stakes race
LocationMonmouth Park Racetrack
Oceanport, New Jersey,
United States
Inaugurated1886
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs (0.63 mi)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo years old
PurseUS$75,000

In 1886, this race was won by Tremont, the United States Champion Two-Year-Old Male. Tremont won every one of his 13 races during a period of 10 weeks but refused to train at the age of three. The great California filly, Los Angeles, won this race in 1887.

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 – New Farm: (1993, 1998, 2010)

Winners since 1989

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Furlongs)
Time
2022 Sharp Aza Tack 2 Jairo Rendon Doug O'Neill R3 Racing LLC 5 F (T) 0:55.71
2021 Her World 2 Paco Lopez Wesley Ward Andrew Farm, Susan Molton, For The People Racing Stable LLC, and Windmill Manor Farm 5 F (T) 0:56.62
2020 County Final 2 Joe Bravo Steve Asmussen West Point Thoroughbreds, William Sandbrook, Shannon Sandbrook, and Anna Marie 5 F (D) 0:58.16
2019 Karak 2 Nik Juarez Wesley Ward Breeze Easy LLC 5 F (T) 0:57.08
2018 Mooji Moo Jr 2 Jairo Rendon Patrick B. McBurney Robert Deckert Jr. 5 F (D) * 0:58.39
2017 Hemp Hemp Hurray 2 Albin Jimenez Wesley Ward Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey 5.5 F (T) 1:04.91
2016 Race not held
2015 Expected Ruler 2 Wilmer A. Garcia Liam Daniel Benson Liam F. Benson 5 F (T) 0:56.84
2014 Souper Colossal 2 Paco Lopez Edward Plesa Jr. Live Oak Plantation 5 F (T) 0:57.75
2013 Yes I'm Lucky 2 Paco Lopez Edward Plesa Jr. Trilogy Stable/Plesa 5 F (T) 0:56.93
2012 Rip Roarin Richie 2 Elvis Trujillo Wesley Ward Richard M. Ravin 5 F (T) 0:56.46
2011 She Digs Me 2 Elvis Trujillo Steve Asmussen J. Kirk & Judy Robison 5.5 F (D) 1:03.95
2010 Vengeful Wildcat 2 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. Ben Perkins Jr. New Farm 5.5 F (D) 1:04.59
2009 Phils Prospect 2 Tony Maragh Gary Capuano Non Stop Stable (Gary Capuano) 5.5 F (D) 1:04.13
2008 Fellow Crasher 2 Joe Bravo Anthony W. Dutrow Michael Dubb, Stuart Grant & Samuel Bayard 5.5 F (D) 1:03.32
2007 Lantana Mob 2 Stewart Elliott Steve Asmussen Vinery Stables 5.5 F (D) 1:03.83
2006 Bella Shambrock 2 Chris DeCarlo Todd Pletcher J and J Stables (John Williams Jr.) 5.5 F (D) 1:04.44
2005 He's Got Grit 2 Aaron Gryder Steve Asmussen Curtis C. Green 5.5 F (D) 1:03.97
2004 Park Avenue Ball 2 Dale Beckner James T. Ryerson Char-Mari Stable (Charles & Marianne Hesse) 5.5 F (D) 1:05.02
2003 Deputy Storm 2 Joe Bravo Todd Pletcher James C. Spence 5.5 F (D) 1:03.73
2002 Farno 2 Tommy Turner Frank Generazio Jr. Patricia A. Generazio 5.5 F (D) 1:05.01
2001 Pure Precision 2 José Vélez Jr. John J. Tammaro III Kinsman Stable 5.5 F (D) 1:05.12
2000 Waltz King 2 Dale Beckner John F. Mazza Holly Crest Farm (Vincent Annarella) 5.5 F (D) 1:04.02
1999 Outrigger 2 Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Grousemont Farm (Theiline P. Scheumann) 5.5 F (D) 1:03.93
1998 Delaware Township 2 Abdiel Toribio Benjamin W. Perkins Sr. New Farm 5.5 F (D) 1:03.93
1997 Unreal Madness 2 Herb McCauley Edward T. Allard Gilbert G. Campbell 5.5 F (D) 1:04.61
1996 Smoke Glacken 2 Craig Perret Henry L. Carroll William Roberts, Alexander Karkenny, Robert P. Levy 5.5 F (D) 1:04.60
1995 Foolish Pole 2 Herb McCauley Virgil W. Raines Anderson Fowler 5.5 F (D) 1:05.62
1994 Enlighten 2 Cesar Torres William W. Perry Daffodil Hill Farm 5.5 F (D) 1:05.22
1993 Sacred Honour 2 Carlos Lopez Sr. Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. New Farm 5.5 F (D) 1:05.60
1992 Wild Zone 2 Rick Wilson Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. Mrs. Augustus Riggs 5.5 F (D) 1:04.60
1991 Thanks to Randy 2 Joe Bravo William D. Anderson P. M. S. Stable 5.5 F (D) 1:03.82
1990-1 Alaskan Frost 2 Ángel Cordero Jr. Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Two Sisters Stable 5.5 F (D) 1:04.60
1990-2 Friendly Lover 2 Dean A. Sarvis Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Pastime Stable (G. Watts Humphrey Jr., et al.) 5.5 F (D) 1:05.80
1989 Dawn Quixote 2 Ruben Hernandez Sonny Hine Scott C. Savin 5.5 F (D) 1:03.80
  • 2018: off turf

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