Location |
Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York |
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Inaugurated | 1886 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 5 furlongs (3,300 ft; 1,006 m) |
Track | Dirt, left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
The Spring Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run on dirt for twenty-five years between 1886 and 1910 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. Open to two-year-old horses, from inception through 1889 it was raced over a distance of 6 furlongs (3,960 ft; 1,207 m) and then from 1890 through 1909 it was run on the futurity course at a distance of 5+3⁄4 furlongs (3,795 ft; 1,157 m). Its final running in 1910 was at a distance of 5 furlongs (3,300 ft; 1,006 m). [1] [2] [3]
The inaugural running of the Spring Stakes took place on June 22, 1886. It was won by Tremont, a colt would who would finish the year having won all thirteen of his starts. [4]
Scottish Chieftain, the 1896 winner, went on to win the 1897 Belmont Stakes which race would become the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. [5]
The 1900 edition of the Spring Stakes was won by Richard T. Wilson Jr.'s The Parader who would go on to win the 1901 Preakness Stakes, a race that would become the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series.
The Spring Stakes of 1909 was won by Uncas Chief who went wire-to-wire under one of the country's top jockeys Eddie Dugan. Running second and in close pursuit throughout was a colt owned by Sam Hildreth named Eddie Dugan to honor the jockey. [6]
Passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes led to a state-wide shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912. [7] [8] A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913. [9] However, it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened. [10] [11]
Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. ( Miles) |
Time |
Win$ |
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1910 | Round The World | 2 | Frank Keogh | William G. Yanke | William G. Yanke | 5 F | 1:02.00 | $540 |
1909 | Uncas Chief | 2 | Eddie Dugan | Samuel T. Booker | Thomas L. Watt | 6 F | 1:14.00 | $420 |
1908 | Statesman | 2 | Dalton McCarthy | Frank E. Gardner | Frank E. Gardner | 6 F | 1:16.40 | $3,240 |
1907 | Chapultepec | 2 | Joe Notter | Fred Burlew | Fred Burlew | 6 F | 1:13.20 | $3,820 |
1906 | Ethon | 2 | Jack Martin | Charles A. Mulholland | George C. Bennett | 6 F | 1:14.80 | $3,910 |
1905 | Bill Phillips | 2 | Arthur Redfern | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 6 F | 1:14.40 | $3,435 |
1904 | Red Friar | 2 | Jack Martin | Richard O. Miller | Philip J. Dwyer | 6 F | 1:13.60 | $3,420 |
1903 | Gallant | 2 | Andrew Minder | Thomas E. Mannix | Thomas E. Mannix & Co. | 6 F | 1:13.20 | $3,520 |
1902 | Hurst Park | 2 | Willie Shaw | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. & Foxhall P. Keene | 6 F | 1:13.60 | $3,545 |
1901 | Chilton | 2 | Willie Shaw | William C. Smith | George E. Smith | 6 F | 1:14.00 | $675 |
1900 | The Parader | 2 | Patrick A. McCue | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 53⁄4 F | 1:10.00 | $1,730 |
1899 | Mischievous | 2 | Willie Martin | Thomas Welsh | Charles Fleischman's Sons | 53⁄4 F | 1:10.60 | $1,790 |
1898 | Ethelbert | 2 | Tod Sloan | Lewis Elmore | James Galway | 53⁄4 F | 1:11.00 | $1,780 |
1897 | Firearm | 2 | Fred Taral | John J. Hyland | August Belmont Jr. | 53⁄4 F | 1:11.00 | $1,450 |
1896 | Scottish Chieftain | 2 | Fred Taral | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly | 53⁄4 F | 1:13.40 | $1,425 |
1895 | Hazlet | 2 | Henry Griffin | John J. Hyland | David Gideon & John Daly | 53⁄4 F | 1:11.20 | $1,450 |
1894 | Waltzer | 2 | Edward Garrison | John J. Hyland | David Gideon & John Daly | 53⁄4 F | 1:12.40 | $1,950 |
1893 | St. Maxim | 2 | Alonzo Clayton | Robert Tucker | Charles Fleischmann & sons | 53⁄4 F | 1:14.00 | $3,145 |
1892 | Comanche | 2 | Edward Garrison | Augustus Hannon | Empire Stable | 53⁄4 F | 1:12.80 | $2,760 |
1891 | Victory | 2 | Fred Taral | William Lakeland | William Lakeland | 53⁄4 F | 1:15.00 | $3,300 |
1890 | Strathmeath | 2 | Marty Bergen | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 53⁄4 F | 1:09.40 | $2,940 |
1889 | Blackburn | 2 | Edward Garrison | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 6 F | 1:15.50 | $3,125 |
1888 | Aurania | 2 | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 6 F | 1:16.00 | $3,325 |
1887 | Satisfaction | 2 | William J. Fitzpatrick | R. Wyndham Walden | R. Wyndham Walden | 6 F | 1:18.00 | $3,700 |
1886 | Tremont | 2 | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 6 F | 1:16.50 | $2,185 |