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Laureate Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location	Morris Park Racecourse; (1896–1904); Westchester County, New York; Belmont Park; (1905–1910, 1914); Elmont, New York
Inaugurated	1896–1913
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance	5.5 furlongs (0.69 mi)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-olds

The Laureate Stakes was a race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses run at Morris Park Racecourse in Westchester County, New York from inception in 1896 through 1904.^[1]^[2] The racecourse was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the Bronx in 1895 and later developed as the neighborhood of Morris Park.

Financial difficulties saw Morris Park cease operations and the race was transferred to the newly opened Belmont Park in Elmont, New York where it was run from 1905 through 1910 and for a final time in 1914.^[3] The Laureate was run on dirt and for all but its final edition at 5½ furlongs was contested at a distance of five furlongs.^[4]

The 1911–1912 statewide shutdown of horse racing

On June 11, 1908, the Republican-controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison.^[5]

In spite of strong opposition by prominent owners such as August Belmont, Jr. and Harry Payne Whitney, reform legislators were not happy when they learned that betting was still going on at racetracks between individuals and they had further restrictive legislation passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 ^[6] that made it possible for racetrack owners and members of its board of directors to be fined and imprisoned if anyone was found betting, even privately, anywhere on their premises. After a 1911 amendment to the law to limit the liability of owners and directors was defeated,^[7] every racetrack in New York State shut down. As a result, the Laureate Stakes was not run in 1911 and 1912.

Records

Speed record: (5 furlongs)

0:58.80 – Song and Wine (1904)

Most wins by a jockey:

2 – Tod Sloan (1897–1898)
2 – George M. Odom (1900, 1903)
2 – Joe Notter (1908, 1914)

Most wins by a trainer:

3- James G. Rowe Sr. (1896, 1907, 1908)

Most wins by an owner:

2- August Belmont Jr. (1906, 1910)
2- James R. Keene (1907, 1908)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist. (Furlongs)	Time	Win$
1914	Comely	2	Joe Notter	Richard C. Benson	James Butler	5.5 F	1:07.00	$6,025
1913	Race not held
1912	No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911	No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1910	Babbler	2	Eddie Dugan	John Whalen	August Belmont Jr.	5 F	1:00.40	$2,375
1909	Waldo	2	Dave Nicol	Raleigh Colston Jr.	Charles L. Harrison	5 F	1:01.00	$1,925
1908	Melisande	2	Joe Notter	James G. Rowe Sr.	James R. Keene	5 F	0:59.60	$2,885
1907	Frizette	2	Walter Miller	James G. Rowe Sr.	James R. Keene	5 F	0:00.00*	$3,425
1906	Okenite	2	Herman Radtke	John Whalen	August Belmont Jr.	5 F	0:59.00	$2,975
1905	Penrhyn	2	Willie Shaw	Charles H. Hughes	Henry M. Zeigler	5 F	1:01.00	$2,460
1904	Song and Wine	2	Arthur Redfern	Fred Burlew	Newton Bennington	5 F	0:58.80	$2,395
1903	Boxwood	2	George M. Odom	Green B. Morris	Green B. Morris	5 F	0:59.75	$2,850
1902	Charles Elwood	2	Otto Wonderly	Charles Littlefield Jr.	James B. A. Haggin	5 F	0:59.25	$2,675
1901	Oom Paul	2	Milton Henry	William Heuston	Jacob Worth	5 F	1:01.00	$1,805
1900	Bonnibert	2	George M. Odom	Thomas Welsh	Fleischmann sons	5 F	0:59.80	$2,015
1899	Prince of Melbourne	2	Jesse Everett	Charles T. Patterson	Charles T. Patterson	5 F	0:59.80	$2,150
1898	Dr. Eichberg	2	Tod Sloan	Amos Turney	Turney Bros.	5 F	0:59.75	$2,005
1897	Frohman	2	Tod Sloan	David Gideon	David Gideon	5 F	1:00.00	$2,250
1896	Bastion	2	Alonzo Clayton	James G. Rowe Sr.	Brookdale Farm Stable	5 F	1:03.00	$2,500

no time taken

References

^ "Morris Park Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. 1896-05-27. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
^ "New York Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. 1909-06-03. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
^ "Belmont Park Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. 1914-06-21. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
^ "Waldo Wins the Laureate". Daily Racing Form. 1909-06-03. Retrieved 2019-01-16 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
^ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
^ Liebman, Bennett (May 24, 2009). "The First American Triple Crown Series". The Rail. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
^ "Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage". The New York Times. July 14, 1911. Retrieved September 2, 2017.