Aberdeen Stakes

Aberdeen Stakes

Class	Discontinued stakes
Location	Havre de Grace Racetrack, Havre de Grace, Maryland, United States
Inaugurated	1913
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	4.5 furlongs
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Two-years-old

The Aberdeen Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1913 through 1947 at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland. ^[1] Open to two-year-olds of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of four-and-a-half furlongs.

At one time an important event for juveniles, 1915 winner George Smith and 1919 winner Paul Jones both went on to win the Kentucky Derby. ^[2]

The Aberdeen Stakes was last run in 1947, a year in which Saggy won and set a new World Record for the four-and-a-half furlong distance on dirt around one turn. ^[3]

Records

• Time for 4.5 furlongs on dirt: 0:51.80, Saggy (1947) - New World Record

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Willie Kelsay (1920, 1930)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - John P. "Doc" Jones (1926, 1946)
• 2 - Clyde Phillips (1932, 1933)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Harry P. Whitney (1917, 1922)
• 2 - William Ziegler Jr. (1932, 1933)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist. (F)	Time
1947	Saggy	Alan Gray	Leonard E. Ogle	Stanley Sagner	4.5 F	0:51.80
1946	Shaffie	Sammy Walters	John P. "Doc" Jones	Rock Hill Farm	4.5 F	0:53.60
1943	no race
1944	Flying Bridge	Glen Smith	George Alexandra	Weston W. Adams	4.5 F	0:55.00
1943	no race
1942	True North	Albert Schmidl	Preston M. Burch	W. Deering Howe	4.5 F	0:53.20
1941	Chiquita Mia	Leon Haas	Tom Smith	Charles S. Howard	4.5 F	0:54.00
1940	Becomly	Max Berg	H. Guy Bedwell	Hazel M. Babylon	4.5 F	0:54.60
1939	Imprudent	Irving Anderson	Joseph Serio, Jr.	Ella K. Bryson	4.5 F	0:54.00
1938	Charlotte Girl	Johnny Longden	Phil Reuter	Elwood Sachsenmaier	4.5 F	0:53.60
1937	Benjam	Willie Saunders	R. Emmett Potts	Bomar Stable (Bohn & Markey)	4.5 F	0:53.60
1936	Goldey F.	Harry Richards	W. A. Bridges	Mrs. W. A. Bridges	4.5 F	0:54.00
1935	Wise Duke	Louis Schaefer	Sherrill W. Ward	Harry H. Hector	4.5 F	0:53.60
1934	Stainforth	James H. Burke	William Irvine	Sylvester W. Labrot	4.5 F	0:53.20
1933	Bonanza	Anthony Pascuma	Clyde Phillips	William Ziegler Jr.	4.5 F	0:53.00
1932	Cattail	Eddie Watters	Clyde Phillips	William Ziegler Jr.	4.5 F	0:55.00
1931	Fall Apple	Alfred M. Robertson	T. J. Healey	C. V. Whitney	4.5 F	0:54.20
1930	Vander Pool	Willie Kelsay	D. R. (Puddin) McDaniel	Tennessee Stable	4.5 F	0:53.00
1929	Good As Gold	Eddie Ambrose	Scott P. Harlan	Sarah F. Jeffords	4.5 F	0:54.00
1928	Click	Fritz Weiner	Max Hirsch	Eben M. Byers	4.5 F	0:55.40
1927	Rose Eternal	Ovila Bourassa	George Arvin	H. Teller Archibald	4.5 F	0:54.20
1926	Club Steak	Jimmy Chalmers	John P. "Doc" Jones	John P. "Doc" Jones	4.5 F	0:54.40
1925	Rock Man	John Maiben	Joseph H. Stotler	Margaret Emerson	4.5 F	0:53.00
1924	Single Foot	Edward Scobie	Harry Rites	J. Edwin Griffith	4.5 F	0:53.00
1923	June Flower	Andy Schuttinger	Roy Waldron	Xalapa Farm (Edward F. Simms)	4.5 F	0:54.60
1922	Woodland	Leslie Penman	Fred Hopkins	Harry P. Whitney	4.5 F	0:54.40
1921	St. Maurice	Everett C. Haynes	J. G. Wagnon	Pelican Stable	4.5 F	0:53.40
1920	Careful	Willie Kelsay	Eugene Wayland	Walter J. Salmon Sr.	4.5 F	0:54.40
1919	Paul Jones	Donald Mergler	William M. Garth	Ral Parr	4.5 F	0:55.60
1918	Ormonda	Clarence Kummer	Max Smart	Samuel Ross	4.5 F	0:55.40
1917	Tippity Witchet	Frank Robinson	James G. Rowe Sr.	Harry P. Whitney	4.5 F	0:54.60
1916	Nonesuch	Thomas Parrington	Kimball Patterson	J. E. McGrath	4.5 F	0:54.80
1915	George Smith	James Butwell	Thomas J. Shannon	Eddie Mcbride	4.5 F	0:53.80
1914	Jesse Jr.	Joe McCahey	L. Blume	J. W. Hendrick, Jr.	4.5 F	0:55.00
1913	Enver Bey	Roscoe Troxler	Albert Simons	Lewis S. Thompson	4.5 F	0:55.00

References

1. ''Daily Racing Form at the University of Kentucky archives April 23, 1913 Retrieved July 18, 2018
2. Kentucky Historical Society article titled "An Early Derby Winner/Another Derby Winner" Retrieved July 16, 2018
3. "World Turf Mark Is Set By Saggy". The New York Times. April 24, 1947. Retrieved July 12, 2018.