Garden State Stakes

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Garden State Stakes
Discontinued horse race
Location Garden State Park Racetrack
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distancevarious
SurfaceDirt and Turf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-years-old

The Garden State Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid November at the now defunct Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. A futurity event for two-year-olds, it is sometimes referred to as the Garden State Futurity. By 1956, the total purse offered was more than $300,000 (including all nomination and starting fees), making it the richest horse race in the world. [1]

The race was contested on dirt until 1994 when it was changed to a race on turf. It was raced at various distances:

In 1955, the racetrack created a counterpart for fillies called the Gardenia Stakes. [2]

The Garden State Stakes was placed on hiatus in 1973 and after a fire destroyed the racetrack on April 14, 1977 [3] it would not be run again until a new track was built by International Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiary, Garden State Race Track, Inc. headed by Robert E. Brennan that opened on April 1, 1985. [4] The March 18, 2000 issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Garden State Stakes had been cancelled for financial reasons. [5]

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Furlongs)		Time
1999Judges' View Jesus Castanon Luis Collazo Lee A. Rogalski8 F1:39.10
1998Who Did It and RunFelix Ortiz Debra Sones Debra Sones 8 F1:36.51
1997Keep it Strait Charles C. Lopez Joseph H. Pierce Jr. M. Delfiner & A. Gilman8 F1:43.05
1996Fitz Victor Molina Edward Colettti Jr. Ken and Sarah Ramsey 8 F1:40.69
1995Claramount Hill Julie Krone Philip M. Serpe Double R. Stable8.5 F1:44.26
1994Alleged Impression Mario Verge Eddie Gaudet Morris Bailey8.5 F1:44.56
1993Tri For The Gold Matthew Vigliotti Robert Seeger Plumstead Stables8.5 F1:45.02
1992Fling Nick Santagata Ronald Glorioso Prescott & Pamela McCardell9 F1:53.58
1991Tank Rick Wilson Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. Bohemia Stable 9 F1:51.03
1990Killer Diller James Bruin Frank A. Alexander Barry K. Schwartz 9 F1:52.40
1989Faultless Ensign Chris DeCarlo Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. B. W. Perkins Sr./Anthony Tornetta9 F1:51.20
1988Tsarbaby Herb McCauley D. Wayne Lukas Peter M. Brant 9 F1:52.20
1987Mister S M Frank Lovato Jr. Stephen L. DiMauro Samuel F. Morrell9 F1:49.80
1986Fobby Forbes Randy Romero Carlos Garcia Due Process Stable 9 F1:51.00
1985 Spend a Buck Ángel Cordero Jr. Cam Gambolati Hunter Farm9 F1:45.80
1972 Secretariat Ron Turcotte Lucien Laurin Meadow Stable 8.5 F1:44.40
1971 Riva Ridge Ron Turcotte Lucien Laurin Meadow Stable 8.5 F1:43.60
1970 Run the Gantlet John L. Rotz J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 8.5 F1:45.00
1969Forum Walter Blum Eugene Jacobs Herbert A. Allen Sr. 8.5 F1:44.40
1968Beau Brummel Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Mills Phipps 8.5 F1:44.60
1967Bugged Eddie Belmonte Ivor G. Balding C. V. Whitney 8.5 F1:44.80
1966 Successor Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Wheatley Stable 8.5 F1:44.20
1965Prince Saim Joe Culmone Al Pepino Pepino brothers8.5 F1.42.80
1964Sadair Manuel Ycaza Les Lear North Forty Stable8.5 F1:41.00
1963 Hurry to Market W. C. Cook David Erb Roger Wilson/Mrs. T. P. Hull Jr.8.5 F1:45.20
1962Crewman Bill Shoemaker Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 8.5 F1:44.00
1961 Crimson Satan Bill Shoemaker Gordon R. Potter Crimson King Farm8.5 F1:44.20
1960 Carry Back Johnny Sellers Jack A. Price Mrs. Katherine Price8.5 F1:46.40
1959 Warfare Ismael Valenzuela Hack Ross Bellehurst Stable (Clifton Jones Jr.)8.5 F1:42.80
1958 First Landing Eddie Arcaro Casey Hayes Christopher Chenery 8.5 F1:46.40
1957 Nadir Bill Hartack Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 8.5 F1:44.20
1956Barbizon Bill Hartack Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 8.5 F1:44.80
1955 Prince John Angel Valenzuela Walter A. Kelley Elmendorf Farm 8.5 F1:42.60
1954 Summer Tan Eric Guerin Sherrill W. Ward Dorothy Firestone 8.5 F1:46.20
1953 Turn-To Henry Moreno Eddie Hayward Cain Hoy Stable 8.5 F1:46.20
1952Laffango Nick Shuk Merritt A. Buxton Trio Stable6 F1:11.40
1951Candle Wood Chris Rogers Lyman A. BrusieRobert C. Hanna6 F1:11.80
1950Iswas Joe Culmone Dan W. Kerns Brookfield Farm 6 F1:11.40
1949Cornwall Bob Strange B. Frank Christmas Abram S. Hewitt6 F1:11.40
1948 Blue Peter Wayne Wright Andy Schuttinger Joseph M. Roebling 5 F1:00.80
1947ItsabetDon PadgettDan W. Kerns Brookfield Farm 6 F1:11.60
1946 Double Jay Johnny Breen Walter L. McCue Ridgewood Stable6 F1:11.00
1945Air Rate Harry Pratt Ralph Lentini Frederick Wyse6 F1:13.20
1944Alexis John A. Healey Christiana Stable 6 F

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References

  1. ↑ St. Petersburg Times – October 27, 1956
  2. ↑ Baltimore Sun – October 16, 1955
  3. ↑ Chicago Tribune – April 15, 1977
  4. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS INC, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Oct 15, 1996". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 2000
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