| Discontinued stakes race | |
| Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1903–1982 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-olds |
The Youthful Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses run between 1903 and 1982. It was raced on dirt at three different tracks in the New York City area beginning with the Jamaica and Aqueduct Racetracks, then in 1972 to Belmont Park where it remained until being canceled after the 1982 running. The inaugural edition in 1903 was won by Hazelwood with the race suspended until 1913.
The Youthful Stakes was established in an era when North American races like the Belmont Futurity Stakes, Tremont Stakes, Remsen Stakes, Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes, Laurel Futurity Stakes, and Coronation Futurity Stakes for two-year-old horses were often the richest and most prestigious of the year. Among its most notable winners were U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Man O' War, Native Dancer, and Affirmed.
In 1950, the Youthful Stakes was run in two divisions.
Records
Speed record:
- 5 furlongs at Aqueduct Racetrack : 0:57.60, Golden Joey (1964)
- 5 ½ furlongs at Belmont Park: 1:03.00, Raise A Cup (1973)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 – Ted Atkinson (1944, 1945, 1948, 1956)
- 4 – Eric Guerin (1947, 1952, 1954, 1958)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 – James G. Rowe Sr. (1916, 1920, 1924)
- 3 – Sam Hildreth (1917, 1923, 1927)
- 3 – James W. Healy (1936, 1937, 1945)
- 3 – Winbert F. Mulholland (1942, 1943, 1950)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 – George D. Widener Jr. (1928, 1942, 1943, 1950)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Flying Pocket | David Clark | Tony Mattine | Three Of Us Stable | 5.5 F | 1:04.40 | ||
| 1981 | Deputy Minister | Lloyd Duffy | Bill Marko | Morton Levy | 5.5 F | 1:04.80 | ||
| 1980 | Proud Appeal | Jeffrey Fell | Stanley M. Hough | Malcolm H. Winfield et al. | 5.5 F | 1:05.00 | ||
| 1979 | Blues Alley | Craig Perret | Douglas Dodson | V. N. Green | 5.5 F | 1:05.20 | ||
| 1978 | Coup de Kas | Steve Cauthen | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III | 5.5 F | 1:03.60 | ||
| 1977 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 5.5 F | 1:05.00 | ||
| 1976 | Medieval Man | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Thomas J. Kelly | Live Oak Plantation | 5.5 F | 1:04.00 | ||
| 1975 | Turn To Turia | Eddie Maple | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 5.5 F | 1:04.40 | ||
| 1974 | High Steel | Chuck Baltazar | LeRoy Jolley | William P. Minnotte | 5.5 F | 1:03.20 | ||
| 1973 | Raise A Cup | Chuck Baltazar | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 5.5 F | 1:03.00 | ||
| 1972 | Linda's Chief | Braulio Baeza | Alfred Scotti | Neil Hellman | 5.5 F | 1:05.20 | ||
| 1971 | Rest Your Case | Chuck Baltazar | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 5 F | 0:59.20 | ||
| 1970 | Cool Moon | Jorge Velásquez | Casey Hayes | Buckland Farm | 5 F | 0:58.80 | ||
| 1969 | Insubordination | Mike Miceli | William J. Resseguet Jr. | Gerald Robins | 5 F | 0:58.20 | ||
| 1968 | Night Invader | Eddie Belmonte | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | Sheila Pierce | 5 F | 0:59.40 | ||
| 1967 | Kaskaskia | Braulio Baeza | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III | 5 F | 0:58.60 | ||
| 1966 | Tumiga | Ben Feliciano | Lucien Laurin | Frank Holbrook | 5 F | 0:59.00 | ||
| 1965 | Timely Move | Braulio Baeza | Eugene Jacobs | Herbert A. Allen Sr. | 5 F | 0:59.20 | ||
| 1964 | Golden Joey | Robert Ussery | Buddy Jacobson | Marion R. Frankel | 5 F | 0:57.60 | ||
| 1963 | Dark King | Larry Adams | Harris B. Brown | Mrs. Harris B. Massey | 5 F | 0:58.00 | ||
| 1962 | Be Somebody | John L. Rotz | Thomas J. Kelly | David P. Reynolds | 5 F | 0:59.40 | ||
| 1961 | Su Ka Wa | John L. Rotz | Morris Lacy | Walnut Hill Farms | 5 F | 0:58.40 | ||
| 1960 | Hail To Reason | Robert Ussery | Hirsch Jacobs | Patrice Jacobs | 5 F | 0:58.60 | ||
| 1959 | Race not held | |||||||
| 1958 | Royal Anthem | Eric Guerin | Lucien Laurin | Reginald N. Webster | 5 F | 0:59.60 | ||
| 1957 | Bolero U | John Choquette | William R. Mitchell | John L. McKnight | 5 F | 1:00.20 | ||
| 1956 | Bold Ruler | Ted Atkinson | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 5 F | 0:59.80 | ||
| 1955 | Smooth Stride | Douglas Dodson | Merritt A. Buxton | Trio Stables | 5 F | 1:00.20 | ||
| 1954 | Summer Tan | Eric Guerin | Sherril W. Ward | Dorothy Firestone Galbreath | 5 F | 0:59.40 | ||
| 1953 | Revolt | Ben Green | Frank Barnett | Hal Price Headley | 5 F | 0:59.80 | ||
| 1952 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 5 F | 0:59.40 | ||
| 1951 | Primate | Eddie Arcaro | James R. Hastie | Starmount Stable | 5 F | 0:59.00 | ||
| 1950-1 | Iswas * | John Gilbert | D. W. Kerns | Brookfield Farms | 5 F | 1:00.80 | ||
| 1950-2 | Battlefield | Eddie Arcaro | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 5 F | 0:59.80 | ||
| 1949 | Ferd | Basil James | Andy Schuttinger | Mrs. Andy Schuttinger | 5 F | 0:57.80 | ||
| 1948 | Eternal World | Ted Atkinson | Frank Catrone | Allen T. Simmons | 5 F | 1:00.40 | ||
| 1947 | Nearway | Eric Guerin | Tommy Heard | Claude C. Tanner | 5 F | 0:59.80 | ||
| 1946 | Eternal War | Basil James | Frank Catrone | Allen T. Simmons | 5 F | 0:59.60 | ||
| 1945 | Twenty-Six | Ted Atkinson | James W. Healy | Vera S. Bragg | 5 F | 1:00.60 | ||
| 1944 | Jeep | Ted Atkinson | Andy Schuttinger | C. V. Whitney | 5 F | 0:59.80 | ||
| 1943 | Lucky Draw | Walter Mann | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 5 F | 1:00.60 | ||
| 1942 | Red Sonnet | Jack Breen | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 5 F | 0:59.40 | ||
| 1941 | Requested | Alfred Robertson | J. H. "Blackie" McCoole | Ben F. Whitaker | 5 F | 0:59.80 | ||
| 1940 | Zacharias | Basil James | Patrick F. Dwyer | Millsdale Stable | 5 F | 0:59.20 | ||
| 1939 | Gannet | Ronnie Nash | Jack Howard | Ben F. Whitaker | 5 F | 0:59.40 | ||
| 1938 | El Chico | Nick Wall | Matthew P. Brady | William Ziegler Jr. | 5 F | 1:00.00 | ||
| 1937 | Inhale | John Gilbert | James W. Healy | John Hay Whitney | 5 F | 0:59.00 | ||
| 1936 | Court Scandal | John Gilbert | James W. Healy | John Hay Whitney | 5 F | 1:01.60 | ||
| 1935 | White Cockade | George Ellis | James E. Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 5 F | 0:59.40 | ||
| 1934 | Angelic | Anthony Tipton | Hirsch Jacobs | Mrs. Damon Runyon | 5 F | 0:59.40 | ||
| 1933 | Billy M | Laverne Fator | Ernest Sietas | Samuel R. Rosoff | 5 F | 0:59.60 | ||
| 1932 | Disdainful | Alfred Robertson | Fred Hopkins | C. V. Whitney | 5 F | 1:00.00 | ||
| 1931 | Universe | Willie Kelsay | Joseph Bauer | Thomas M. Cassidy | 5 F | 0:59.60 | ||
| 1930 | Vander Pool | Willie Kelsay | D. R. "Puddin" McDaniel | Mrs. Agnes Allen | 5 F | 1:01.80 | ||
| 1929 | Sarazen | Willie Garner | Max Hirsch | Virginia Fair Vanderbilt | 5 F | 0:59.60 | ||
| 1928 | Kopeck | Frank Moon | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 5 F | 1:01.00 | ||
| 1927 | Ariel | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 5 F | 0:59.00 | ||
| 1926 | Thrace | George Ellis | Clyde Phillips | Greentree Stable | 5 F | 1:00.40 | ||
| 1925 | Chance Play | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | Log Cabin Stable | 5.5 F | 1:05.20 | ||
| 1924 | Elf | James H. Burke | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 5.5 F | 1:05.60 | ||
| 1923 | Tester | Mark Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 5.5 F | 1:06.00 | ||
| 1922 | Bud Lerner | Earl Sande | Frank M. Taylor | John E. Madden | 5.5 F | 1:06.20 | ||
| 1921 | Lord Baltimore | Ted Rice | William M. Garth | Joshua S. Cosden | 5.5 F | 1:07.20 | ||
| 1920 | Tryster | Eddie Ambrose | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 5.5 F | 1:07.20 | ||
| 1919 | Man O' War | Johnny Loftus | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm | 5.5 F | 1:06.60 | ||
| 1918 | Lord Brighton | Lawrence Lyke | George M. Odom | Brighton Stable | 5.5 F | 1:06.20 | ||
| 1917 | Lucullite | James Butwell | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont Jr. | 5.5 F | 1:06.80 | ||
| 1916 | Tumbler | Thomas McTaggart | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 5.5 F | 1:07.60 | ||
| 1915 | Paddy Whack | George Byrne | Richard C. Benson | James Butler | 5.5 F | 1:07.00 | ||
| 1914 | Race not held | |||||||
| 1913 | Gainer | John Wilson | H. I. Marshall | James L. Holland | 6 F | 1:13.60 | ||
| 1904 | – 1912 | Race not held | ||||||
| 1903 | Hazelwood | John Bullman | William L. Oliver | William L. Oliver | 6 F | 1:14.00 | ||
* 1930 - Equipose won by was disqualified for twice impeding runner-up Vander Pool.
* 1950 - 1st division - Bank Account finished first but was disqualified to last.
References
- Daily Racing Form April 11, 2011 Retrieved September 30, 2018
- New York Times July 28, 1903 statistics for the first running of the Youthful Stakes at Jamaica Race Course Retrieved September 30, 2018
- Washington Post August 1, 1913 page 9 article on Gainer's win in the Youthful Stakes Retrieved September 30, 2018
- Man O' War statistics at Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees Retrieved September 30, 2018
- National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame profile for Native Dancer Retrieved September 30, 2018
- ESPN July 31, 2003 "Affirmed the last to wear the Crown" Retrieved September 30, 2018
- Daily Racing Form May 12, 1930 article titled "Equipoise Finishes First But Is Disqualified" Retrieved September 30, 2018
- Daily Racing Form May 6, 1950 article titled "Disqualify Bank Account in Division of Youthful" Retrieved September 30, 2018
- "Jamaica - Official Racing Charts". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1950-05-06. Retrieved 2021-11-24.