| Class | Defunct horse race |
|---|---|
| Location | Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Inaugurated | 1886 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 5.5 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-olds |
The June Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds of either sex run annually for sixteen years from its inauguration in 1886 through 1901 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York.
The first running in 1886 was won by the Dwyer Brothers Stable colt Tremont for whom Tremont Stakes at Belmont Park was established in 1887 at the Gravesend Race Track as a race for two-year-olds. That race is still current in 2025 and run at Belmont Park. [1]
Dropped from the 1902 schedule, the June 28, 1901 June Stakes would turn out to be the final edition. [2] In a field of only four starters, jockey Tommy Burns, a future United States and Canadian Hall of Fame inductee, rode the John Madden owned and trained colt Peninsula to victory. [3]
5.5 F: 1900, 1901
5.75 F: 1890
6 F: 1886–1889
Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Peninsula | Tommy Burns | John E. Madden | John E. Madden | 5.5 F | 1:07.00 |
| 1900 | Holstein | Nash Turner | John W. Rogers | William C. Whitney | 5.5 F | 1:09.00 |
| 1899 | Prestidigitator | Nash Turner | William C. Smith | George E. Smith | 6 F | 1:17.00 |
| 1898 | Rusher | Fred Taral | Michael J. Daly | William C. Daly | 5.75 F | 1:12.00 |
| 1897 | Blarney Stone | Tod Sloan | James G. Rowe Sr. | Lewis S. Thompson | 5.75 F | 1:12.20 |
| 1896 | Scottish Chieftain | Fred Taral | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly | 6 F | 1:12.40 |
| 1895 | Hazlet | Henry Griffin | John J. Hyland | David Gideon & John Daly | 6 F | 1:10.80 |
| 1894 | The Bluffer | Samuel Doggett | Walter C. Rollins | Oneck Stable | 6 F | 1:12.20 |
| 1893 | Dobbins | John Lamley | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Richard Croker | 6 F | 1:14.00 |
| 1892 | Mendicant | Fred Taral | S. W. "Doc" Streett | S. W. "Doc" Streett | 6 F | 1:14.60 |
| 1891 | Victory | Fred Taral | William Lakeland | William Lakeland | 6 F | 1:13.80 |
| 1890 | La Tosca | Anthony Hamilton | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont Sr. | 5.75 F | 1:10.80 |
| 1889 | Cayuga | Fred Littlefield | R. Wyndham Walden | John A. & Alfred H. Morris | 6 F | 1:16.80 |
| 1888 | Diablo | Edward H. Garrison | James H. Dumas | Castle Stable (Mr. A. Kraemer) | 6 F | 1:17.00 |
| 1887 | Torchlight | P. Godfrey | Andrew Thompson | William Lawrence Scott | 6 F | 1:16.50 |
| 1886 | Tremont | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 6 F | 1:18.25 |