Bahamas Stakes

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Bahamas Stakes
ClassDiscontinued stakes
Location Hialeah Park Race Track
Hialeah, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1934
last run 2001
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
WebsiteN/A
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned

The Bahamas Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in January at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. A seven furlong race on dirt, it was the first important test of the calendar year for newly turned three-year-olds. The race was used by prospective U.S. Triple Crown contenders as a stepping stone to the Everglades and Flamingo Stakes at the Hialeah track. Reflected Glory (1967) and Pistols and Roses (1992), swept all three events.

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Inaugurated in 1934 as the Bahamas Handicap, it was run in two divisions in 1952, 1953, and 1969.

By the mid-1980s, the racing dates available to Hialeah Park track forced a rescheduling of the race and as such it would rarely be contested by Triple Crown hopefuls. Hialeah Park closed permanently after the 2001 racing season.

Racenotes

The 1937 winner, No Sir, was owned and trained by twenty-three-year-old Mary Hirsch who on April 2, 1935 became the first female to receive a trainers license. [1]

The great Bold Ruler equalled the track record in his 1957 win. [2] His mark was matched by Sir Gaylord in 1962 and then broken by New Prospect in 1972. [3]

Four horses who were beaten in the Bahamas Stakes went on to win the Kentucky Derby: [4]

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
2001American Century José A. Santos Todd A. Pletcher Peachtree Stable6 F1:09.23
2000Don't Tell The Kids Jorge Tejeira Robert J. Durso O. Wayne Link7 F1:22.97
1999Sagthun Abdiel Toribio Carlos Morales Maria Blanca Stable7 F1:24.68
1998Gallapiat's Aussie Jose A. Rivera II Reynaldo Nobles Tre-Colore Stables Inc.7 F1:23.72
1997Michelle'sallhands Gary Boulanger Mario Zacco Karon & Mario Zacco7 F1:25.53
1996Fortunate Review Abdiel Toribio Manuel Azpurua S. J. G. Racing Stable Inc.7 F1:24.45
1995Koennecker Carlos Lopez Sr. Louis M. Goldfine Sidney L. Port 7 F1:22.53
1994Exclusive Praline José A. Santos Steve Towne Frank C. Calabrese7 F1:23.59
1993Great Navigator Heberto Castillo Jr. John F. Mazza Roron Stables7 F1:24.14
1992No race
1991 Pistols and Roses Heberto Castillo Jr. George Gianos Willis Family Stables, Inc.7 F1:23.60
1990No race
1989Halrose Douglas Valiente Frank A. Passero Jr. A A Stable7 F1:23.00
1988Position Leader † Jorge Duarte Pepe Mendez S. Garazi & M. Besso7 F1:24.00
1987Faster Than Sound Craig Perret Edwin K. Cleveland H. J. Allen & Howard Kaskel7 F1:22.80
1986One Magic Moment Craig Perret Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Greyhound Stable & Herb Kligman7 F1:22.60
1984Bello Earlie Fires Joseph M. Bollero Lois Bollero7 F1:22.00
1982 Aloma's Ruler Ángel Cordero Jr. John J. Lenzini Jr. Nathan Scherr7 F1:22.20
1981Well Decorated Don MacBeth Eugene Jacobs Herbert Allen7 F1:22.20
1980Irish Tower Jeffrey Fell Stanley M. Hough Malcolm H. Winfield7 F1:22.60
1978Quadratic Eddie Maple Woody Stephens August Belmont IV & Jim Ryan7 F1:23.00
1977No race
1976Proud Birdie Jack Fieselman Rosemary HendersonDiamonte Stable7 F1:22.60
1975Ascetic Michael Hole Woody Stephens Mill House Stable 7 F1:22.00
1974Hasty Flyer Mike Miceli Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 7 F1:23.00
1973Royal and Regal Walter Blum Warren A. Croll Jr. Aisco Stable 7 F1:22.00
1972New Prospect Mike Manganello Richard FischerMrs. Wallace Gilroy7 F1:21.40
1971 Jim French Ángel Cordero Jr. John P. Campo Oxford Stable 7 F1:24.20
1970 Silent Screen John L. Rotz J. Bowes Bond Elberon Fsrm 7 F1:23.00
1969-1 Ack Ack Manuel Ycaza Frank A. Bonsal Cain Hoy Stable 7 F1:22.60
1969-2Fast Hilarious Ron Turcotte Joseph M. Bollero Dorothy C. Rigney 7 F1:22.80
1968 Verbatim John L. Rotz Jerry C. Meyer Elmendorf Farm 7 F1:22.20
1967Reflected Glory Jorge Velásquez Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 7 F1:23.00
1966 Graustark Braulio Baeza Loyd Gentry Jr. Darby Dan Farm 7 F1:23.60
1965Sparkling Johnny Mike Venezia Burley Parke Harbor View Farm 7 F1:24.40
1964 Roman Brother Manuel Ycaza Burley Parke Harbor View Farm 7 F1:23.40
1963Sky Wonder Steve Brooks Budd Lepman Mrs. Charles D. Morgan7 F1:24.60
1962 Sir Gaylord Ismael Valenzuela Casey Hayes Christopher Chenery 7 F1:22.00
1961Vapor Whirl Bill Hartack Larry Thompson Alamode Farm 7 F1:23.80
1960 Bally Ache Bobby Ussery Jimmy Pitt Edgehill Farm (Leonard D. & Morris Fruchtman)7 F1:23.40
1959Troilus Chris Rogers Charles Peoples Bayard Sharp 7 F1:23.80
1958Olymar Howard Grant Charles R. Parke Fred W. Hooper 7 F1:23.60
1957 Bold Ruler Ted Atkinson James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 7 F1:22.00
1956Eiffel Blue Eugene Rodriguez A. G. (Bob) Robertson Daniel G. Arnstein7 F1:24.80
1955 Boston Doge Eric Guerin Frank Andolino Paul Andolino7 F1:24.40
1954Goyamo Conn McCreary Woody Stephens Woodvale Farm 7 F1:23.60
1953King Pen 1st Div Logan Batcheller Frank S. Barnett Hal Price Headley 7 F1:27.20
1953First Aid 2nd Div Ira Hanford Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 7 F1:26.40
1952Quiet Step 1st Div Douglas Dodson Kay Eric Jensen Apheim Stable (Bernard Heiman)7 F1:24.20
1952Trick Pilot 2nd Div Ovie Scurlock James W. Healy Vera S. Bragg 7 F1:25.20
1951Elixir Hedley Woodhouse David J. SchneiderDavid J. Schneider7 F1:25.60
1950Theory Douglas Dodson Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 7 F1:24.60
1949Commodore Lea Conn McCreary Buck Hazzard Sidney I. Crew7 F1:23.80
1948 Relic Ted Atkinson Burton B. Williams Circle M. Farm (Edward S. Moore)7 F1:23.20
1947Imperator Jimmy Reynolds Arthur Brent Col. R. S. McLaughlin 7 F1:25.00
1946Cedar Creek Eddie Arcaro William B. Finnegan Walter P. Chrysler Jr. 7 F1:24.00
1946Wee Admiral Herb Lindberg Arthur Brent Col. R. S. McLaughlin 7 F1:24.40
1945No race
1944Ariel FlightMike CaffarellaWillie MartinSam Fineberg7 F1:25.60
1943No race
1942American Wolf Don Meade William C. Winfrey Alice F. Sherman7 F1:24.60
1941Dispose Alfred Robertson Max Hirsch King Ranch 7 F1:22.40
1940Red Dock Eddie Arcaro John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 7 F1:24.20
1939Royal Pam Ira Hanford Sherrill W. Ward Johnson N. Camden Jr. 7 F1:23.80
1938Lavengro Verne Thompson Elwood L. Fitzgerald Norman W. Church 7 F1:24.40
1937No Sir Jack Westrope Mary Hirsch Mary Hirsch 7 F1:23.80
1936Maeriel Eddie Litzenberger George E. PhillipsMaemere Farm (DeWitt Page)7 F1:25.60
1935 Roman Soldier Silvio Coucci Phil Reuter W. Sachsenmaler & P. Reuter7 F1:25.40
1934 Time Supply Don Meade Frank C. Travis Mrs. Frank A. Carreaud7 F1:23.00

References

  1. Getty Images Retrieved Jul 27, 2018
  2. Times, James Roach Special To the New York (2 June 2018). "Bold Ruler Equals Track Mark in Taking Bahamas Stakes at Hialeah; ATKINSON MOUNT PAYS $9.70 FOR $2 Bold Ruler Runs 7 Furlongs in 1:22--Gen. Duke Next, Federal Hill Is Third Crafty Admiral Set Mark Mister Jive Fades". The New York Times via NYTimes.com.
  3. Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky, March 19, 1972 Page 50
  4. Churchill Downs Incorporated list of Kentucky Derby winners 1875–2018 Retrieved Jul 27, 2018