Great Filly Stakes

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Great Filly Stakes
Discontinued race
Location Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Brooklyn, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1901–1909
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
Purse$10,000

The Great Filly Stakes is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race run from 1901 through 1909 that began as one of the richest events for two-year-old fillies in the United States with $23,975 going to the winner. It was run on dirt over a distance of six furlongs at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. [1]

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Top class runners

Although prize money declined from its inaugural high, the Great Filly Stakes still offered a significant purse throughout its tenure. Run in September, the race helped establish the year's Champion two-year-old filly and those expected to be top-level performers in their upcoming three-year-old campaigns. As such, in the nine years the race was run it produced three future Hall of Fame fillies, Maskette, Artful and Beldame, all of which were Champions including an American Horse of the Year honoree. In addition, Blue Girl would be named a Champion at both age two and three, and although not a Champion, Running Water had a redoubtable career in which she won top races against the best competition including beating male opponents on a regular basis.

Hart–Agnew Law

During the first decade of the 1900s, horse racing in New York state had been under increasing attack by politicians and activists who opposed wagering on races. [2] [3] The Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes had already passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation on June 11 of that year. As a result, owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without income from wagering. [4] Racetrack operators had no choice but to make cuts to the purse money being paid out which by 1909 saw many stakes races offering drastically reduced purses. [5]

The end of a race and a racetrack

After 1908, the financial situation had deteriorated to the point where it left the future of the Sheepshead Bay track in doubt and its owners attempted to make a deal with the Saratoga Association to host its Great Filly Stakes for 1910. Unsuccessful in their effort, the final Great Filly Stakes took place on September 8, 1909 and was won by Schoolmarm. [6] [7]

Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York State Legislature in 1910 which deepened the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shutdown of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. [8] When a February 1913 Court ruling saw racing return that year it was too late for any revival of the Great Filly Stakes as the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility never reopened for horse racing. [9] [10]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Furlongs)		Time
Win$
1909Schoolmarm2 James Butwell A. J. Goldsborough Jack A. Bennett6 F1:14.00$7,175
1908 Maskette 2 Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 6 F1:12.60$10,515
1907Keep Moving2 Eddie Dugan John E. Madden Francis R. Hitchcock 6 F1:15.00$11,655
1906Killaloe2Charles Koerner John W. Rogers Harry P. Whitney 6 F1:13.40$9,365
1905 Running Water 2 Tommy Burns Woodford Clay Woodford Clay6 F1:15.40$9,055
1904 Artful 2 Gene Hildebrand John W. RogersHarry Payne Whitney6 F1:11.60$10,245
1903 Beldame 2 John Bullman Fred Burlew Newton Bennington6 F1:12.80$15,300
1902Girdle2Tommy BurnsJohn E. Madden William C. Whitney 6 F1:12.60$12,740
1901 Blue Girl 2 Willie Shaw John W. RogersWilliam C. Whitney6 F1:14.80$23,975

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References

  1. ↑ "Winners of the Great Filly Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1909-09-08. Retrieved 2018-11-28– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ↑ "Schoolmarm's Great Filly: J. A. Bennet's Candidate Wins Rich Juvenile Special at". Daily Racing Form. 1909-09-09. Retrieved 2018-11-29– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ↑ "Keep Up Betting Ban; Strict Enforcement of the Law at Sheepshead Bay Races". Daily Racing Form. 1908-09-01. Retrieved 2018-11-06– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. ↑ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  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. ↑ "Great Filly Will Not be Run". Daily Racing Form. 1910-08-06. Retrieved 2018-11-29– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  7. ↑ "Schoolmarm's Great Filly: J. A. Bennet's Candidate Wins Rich Juvenile Special at". Daily Racing Form. 1909-09-09. Retrieved 2018-11-29– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  8. ↑ "Anti-Racing Bills Pass at Albany". Daily Racing Form. 1910-05-27. Retrieved 2018-11-30– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  9. ↑ "Oral Betting Held Legal: Appellate Division of New York Supreme Court Renders Important Decision". Daily Racing Form. 1913-02-22. Retrieved 2018-11-30– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  10. ↑ "Famous Old Track is Sold". Daily Racing Form. 1914-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30– via University of Kentucky Archives.
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