It was won by the Glen Riddle Farm colt Battleship Gray who owned his sire, the legendary Man o' War.
[1] Due to government wartime restrictions, the 1943 to 1945 runnings of the Wilson Stakes took place at Belmont Park.
[5] In 1946 the future Hall of Fame filly Gallorette ran second in the Wilson Stakes but came back the next year to win the August 4, 1947 edition in a Saratoga track record time of 1:35 2/5 for the mile on dirt.
[7] The final running of the Wilson was held on July 29, 1958 and was won by Nahodah, a Marion duPont Scott homebred gelding.
[8] Seven horses that won the Wilson Stakes, Devil Diver, Discovery, Eight Thirty, Equipoise, Gallorette, Tom Fool, War Admiral, all went on to have racing careers that would earn them induction into the U.S.