Junior Champion Stakes (Monmouth Park)

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Junior Champion Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location Monmouth Park Racetrack,
Eatontown, New Jersey, United States
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds

The Junior Champion Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds of either sex run from 1884 through 1893 at the Monmouth Park Racetrack in Eatontown, New Jersey. Run on dirt, it was contested over a distance of six furlongs. [1]

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Historical notes

The filly Wanda beat eleven other runners to win the 1884 inaugural running of the Junior Champion Stakes for prominent owner Pierre Lorillard. In a review of American Thoroughbred racing history by Thoroughbred Heritage , they selected Wanda as both the 1884 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and 1885 Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. [2] Ban Fox, the 1885 winner of the Junior Champion Stakes, would also earn American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt recognition by Thoroughbred Heritage. [3]

In 1886 the race was won by the outstanding colt Tremont who, in his only year of racing, would win all sixteen of his starts. In The Blood-Horse magazine's review of American Thoroughbred racing history, Tremont was chosen American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. [4] The Tremont Stakes at New York's Belmont Park is named in his honor. [5] Similarly, The Blood-Horse magazine selected Proctor Knott as their 1888 Champion. [4] Proctor Knott also won the most important race in the United States at the time, the Futurity Stakes. [6]

Strathmeath, the 1890 winner owned and trained by Green B. Morris, won a number of important stakes in his career including the high profile American Derby in 1891. [7]

In the 1893 final running, Senator Grady upset Henry of Navarre who in 1894 and 1895 would earn American Horse of the Year honors. [4]

Racing ended when the track did not open for the 1894 racing season due to a ban on parimutuel betting enacted by the New Jersey Legislature. In May 1894, the Township Committee at Eatontown, New Jersey ordered the seizure and sale of the Monmouth Park Association's grandstand and other property for the payment of back taxes and on May 7 was sold at a public auction. [8] [9]

End of a race and of a racetrack

Racing ended when the track did not open for the 1894 racing season due to a ban on parimutuel betting enacted by the New Jersey Legislature. In May 1894, the Township Committee at Eatontown, New Jersey ordered the seizure and sale of the Monmouth Park Association's grandstand and other property for the payment of back taxes and on May 7 was sold at a public auction. [10] [11]

Another Monmouth Park Junior Champion Stakes

From 1988 through 2011 the Monmouth Park Racetrack at Oceanport, New Jersey hosted a Junior Champion Stakes race. This one would be run on turf for two-year-old fillies at a distance of one mile. [12] [13]

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 $
1893Senator Grady2William R. Midgley Sr. Matthew Byrnes Marcus Daly 6 F1:13.25$20,775
1892Don Alonzo2 Tod Sloan Matthew M. Allen Frank A. Ehret6 F1:12.50$16,105
1891Sir Matthew2 Shelby Barnes Matthew Byrnes Marcus Daly 6 F1:13.25$23,800
1890 Strathmeath 2 Isaac Burns Murphy Green B. Morris Green B. Morris6 F1:16.75$24,420
1889Protection2 Shelby Barnes Edward D. Brown Edward D. Brown6 F1:20.50$22,120
1888 Proctor Knott 2 Shelby Barnes Samuel W. Bryant George W. Scoggin & Samuel W. Bryant6 F1:14.00$20,785
1887 King Fish 2 Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 6 F1:15.75$18,895
1886 Tremont 2 Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 6 F1:17.25$8,800
1885 Ban Fox 2 William Hayward Sr. Raleigh Colston Sr. Jack P. Chinn & George W. Morgan6 F1:15.00$8,500
1884 Wanda 2Harris Olney Matthew Byrnes Pierre Lorillard IV 6 F1:18.25$10,000

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  2. ↑ "American Champion Two-Year-Old Female". Thoroughbred Heritage. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. ↑ "American Champion Three-Year-Old Female". Thoroughbred Heritage. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. 1 2 3 The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived 2012-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Tremont Stakes". NYRA. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  6. ↑ "Proctor Knott's Futurity". New York Times, page 3. 1888-09-04. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  7. ↑ "Proctor Knott's Futurity". New York Times, page 3. 1888-09-04. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
  8. ↑ "Monmouth Park's Troubles". The New York Times . May 3, 1894. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  9. ↑ "Monmouth Park Effects Sold". The New York Times . May 8, 1894. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
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  11. ↑ "Monmouth Park Effects Sold". The New York Times . May 8, 1894. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
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  13. ↑ "Slip Along Band – Junior Champion Stakes". Equibase Co LLC. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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