Spring Stakes (Sheepshead Bay)

Spring Stakes
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track,
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,
New York
Inaugurated1886
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs (3,300 ft; 1,006 m)
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationTwo-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]

Historical notes

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.

1909: Eddie Dugan beat Eddie Dugan

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]

The End of a Race and of a Racetrack

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]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:09 2/5 @ 5+3⁄4 furlongs (3,795 ft; 1,157 m): Strathmeath (1890)
  • 1:13 1/5 @ 6 furlongs (3,960 ft; 1,207 m): Chapultepec (1907)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time
 Win$
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

References

  1. ^ "Coney Island's 1897 Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1896-12-17. Retrieved 2020-02-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ^ "The Spring Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1909-07-07. Retrieved 2020-03-20 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ^ "Page [1], Terrific Storm Hits Sheepshead Bay". Daily Racing Form. 1910-06-19. Retrieved 2020-03-20 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. ^ "The Boards Down and Up". New York Times. 1886-06-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  5. ^ "1897 Belmont" (PDF). NYRA Belmont Stakes. 1897-05-29. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  6. ^ "New York Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. 1909-07-08. Retrieved 2020-02-11 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  7. ^ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Oral Betting Held Legal: Appellate Division of New York Supreme Court Renders Important Decision". Daily Racing Form. 1913-02-22. Retrieved 2019-06-29 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  10. ^ "Destruction Wrought by Hughes". Daily Racing Form. 1908-12-15. Retrieved 2018-11-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  11. ^ "Famous Old Track is Sold". Daily Racing Form. 1914-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.