Flight Stakes (United States)

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Flight Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York,United States
Inaugurated1887–1909
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance7 furlongs (7/8 mile)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationAll ages

The Flight Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1887 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race for horses of either sex and of all ages, it was run on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs. [1]

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An annual event, the Flight Stakes was last run in September 1909 and was won by Jack Atkin. [2] After the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation on June 11, 1908 with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison. [3] The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without betting. [4] Racetrack operators had no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out which by 1909 saw the Flight Stakes offering a purse that was as little as one-fifth of what it had been in earlier years. [5] Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which deepened the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. When a Court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1-1/16)

Most wins:

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$
1909 Jack Atkin 5 James Butwell John Powers Barney Schreiber 7 F1:26.00$1,050
1908Baby Wolf4 Eddie Dugan A. Jack Joyner Harry P. Whitney 7 F1:26.00$4,180
1907 Roseben 6 Willie Knapp Frank D. Weir David C. Johnson7 F1:25.60$4,780
1906 Roseben 5 Lucien Lyne Frank D. Weir Lucien O. Appleby7 F1:26.20$5,200
1905 Hamburg Belle 4 Willie Davis A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget †7 F1:25.00$4,985
1904 Hamburg Belle 3 Lucien Lyne A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget †7 F1:25.00$5,925
1903Leonora Loring4 Arthur Redfern John W. Rogers William C. Whitney 7 F1:25.20$3,600
1902Smoke5 Tommy Burns John E. Madden William C. Whitney 7 F1:29.60$3,750
1901 Voter 7 Henry Spencer James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 7 F1:27.40$3,350
1900Heliobas4 Winfield O'Connor Edward L. GravesEdward L. Graves7 F1:26.60$2,880
1899Bendoran4 Henry Spencer Walter B. Jennings Walter B. Jennings 7 F1:26.80$2,740
1898The Friar4 Fred Littlefield R. Wyndham Walden A. H. & D. H. Morris 7 F1:28.00$2,120
1897 Requital 4 Alonzo Clayton James G. Rowe Sr. Lewis S. & William P. Thompson 7 F1:26.60$1,875
1896 Clifford 6 Fred Taral H. Eugene Leigh H. Eugene Leigh 7 F1:29.20$1,875
1895Dorian4 Henry Griffin Byron McClelland Blemton Stable 7 F1:27.40$1,875
1894 Clifford 4 Henry Griffin H. Eugene Leigh H. Eugene Leigh & Robert L. Rose7 F1:23.40$2,925
1893Dr. Hasbrouck5R. HarrisHenry HarrisWilliam M. Barrick7 F1:29.60$3,350
1892 Kingston 8 Fred Taral Hardy Campbell Jr. Michael F. Dwyer 7 F1:26.60$2,525
1891Tenny5 Shelby Barnes William H. Karrick David T. Pulsifer & W. H. Karrick7 F1:27.60$2,225
1890 Kingston 6W. Martin Hardy Campbell Jr. Michael F. Dwyer 7 Fwalkover$3,175
1889Britannic5 Fred Littlefield R. Wyndham Walden John A. Morris 7 F1:26.60$3,250
1888Carroll2FreemanJoe Cotton7 F1:28.20$2,175
1887Stuyvesant3 Edward Garrison John W. Rogers Samuel S. Brown 7 F1:28.00$3,050

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References

  1. ↑ "Condensed History Of The Flight Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1908-09-10. Retrieved 2018-10-30– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ↑ "Jack Atkin Takes Flight". Daily Racing Form. 1909-09-12. Retrieved 2018-10-30– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ↑ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. ↑ "KEEP UP BETTING BAN.; Strict Enforcement of the Law at Sheepshead Bay Races". The New York Times. September 1908.
  5. ↑ "Striking Falling off in Value of Ten Greatest Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1910-07-16. Retrieved 2018-10-15– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  6. ↑ "The Racing of Fleet Hamburg Belle". Daily Racing Form. 1915-10-19. Retrieved 2018-10-29– via University of Kentucky Archives.
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