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Sapphire Stakes (United States)

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Horse race
Sapphire Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Inaugurated1887
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance5.5 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo years old

The Sapphire Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run from 1887 through 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race for two-year-old horses of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of five and one-half furlongs.

Historical notes

The inaugural running of the Sapphire Stakes took which took place on September 1, 1887 was won by Geraldine. Owned by Porter Ashe, ridden by Mike Kelly, and trained by Matthew Allen, Geraldine was described in a 1907 Daily Racing Form article as "one of the fastest sprinters of American turf history." After another two years of racing, the same publication expanded their assessment of Geraldine to "one of the fleetest mares that ever raced in this country."

Lady Navarre won the 1905 Sapphire Stakes and as a three-year-old continued to take on her male counterparts, winning the Tennessee Derby and finishing second to Sir Huon in the 1906 Kentucky Derby.

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 compete shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912 in the state. A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913. However, it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:06 1/5 @ 5.5 furlongs : Agile (1904)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Furlongs) 		Time
 Win$
1909 Pretend 2 Eddie Dugan Thomas Welsh Thomas Monahan 5.5 F 1:07.20 $1,050
1908 Perseus 2 Eddie Dugan A. Jack Joyner Harry Payne Whitney 5.5 F 1:06.40 $1,050
1907 Meelick 2 Eddie Dugan John E. Madden John E. Madden 5.5 F 1:06.60 $3,025
1906 W. H. Daniel 2 Joshua Jones Henry E. McDaniel Edmund S. Burke Jr. 5.5 F 1:06.60 $3,175
1905 Lady Navarre 2 Tommy Burns George P. Brazier Charles R. Ellison 5.5 F 1:09.00 $3,625
1904 Agile 2 Tommy Burns Robert Tucker Samuel S. Brown 5.5 F 1:06.20 $3,425
1903 Luxembourg 2 Gray Anthony L. Aste Anthony L. Aste 5.5 F 1:07.00 $2,710
1902 Clarion 2 Winfield O'Connor James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 5.5 F 1:06.40 $3,170
1901 Pretorius 2 Tommy Burns John W. Rogers William Collins Whitney 5.5 F 1:08.00 $2,470
1900 Conroy 2 Henry Spencer James G. Rowe Sr. James R. & Foxhall P. Keene 5.5 F 1:06.60 $2,250
1899 Gulden 2 George M. Odom John E. Madden John E. Madden 5.5 F 1:08.40 $2,440
1898 Ways and Means 2 Danny Maher Byron McClelland Mrs. Byron McClelland 5.5 F 1:10.00 $1,990
1897 The Huguenot 2 Willie Martin James G. Rowe Sr. William P. Thompson & Lewis S. Thompson 5.5 F 1:08.00 $1,430
1896 The Friar † 2 Fred Littlefield R. Wyndham Walden Alfred H. & Dave H. Morris 5.5 F 1:07.80 $1,425
1895 Kamsin 2 Henry Griffin Louis H. Ezell Louis H. Ezell 5.5 F 1:08.40 $1,630
1894 Dolabra 2 Anthony Hamilton John Huggins Pierre Lorillard IV 5.5 F 1:08.40 $2,010
1893 Longdale 2 John Lamley John S. Campbell Jacob Ruppert Jr. 5.5 F 1:08.80 $1,725
1892 Bellegarde 2 Willie Simms James G. Rowe Sr. Blemton Stable 5.5 F 1:09.00 $1,935
1891 King Cadmus 2 Fred Taral William C. Smith George E. Smith 5.5 F 1:09.40 $2,030
1890 Gascon 2 Monk Overton John H. Morris Bashford Manor Stable 5.5 F 1:10.00 $2,370
1889 Magnate 2 George Anderson James G. Rowe Sr. August Belmont Sr. 5.5 F 1:09.20 $2,415
1888 Sluggard 2 George Taylor Barney Riley David D. Withers 6 F 1:14.40 $1,805
1887 Geraldine 2 Mike Kelly Matthew M.Allen Maltese Villa Stable (R. Porter Ashe) 6 F 1:15.00 $2,000
  • † George Rose finished first in the 1896 running but was disqualified.

References

  1. "Pretend Earns a Clever Victory in the Sapphire Stakes, the Feature Race at Sheepshead Bay". New York Times, page 11. 1909-09-08. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  2. "Racing at Sheepshead Bay – Third Race The Sapphire stakes". Indianapolis Journal. 1887-09-02. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. "Condensed History of the Sapphire Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1907-09-08. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. "Running of the Sapphire Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1909-09-07. Retrieved 2019-11-06 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  5. "Lady Navarre's Tennessee Derby". New York Times. 1906-04-25. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  6. "1906 Kentucky Derby Results Tables" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  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.
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