Juvenile Stakes (United States)

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Juvenile Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1874–1984
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance5.5 furlongs (0.69 mi)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo years-old

The Juvenile Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race run for 109 years between 1874 and 1984. First run on June 13, 1874, it was an important part of Jerome Park's "Spring Meeting." The race was designed to show which were the top two-year-olds at that point in the calendar. [1]

Contents

Historical notes

The Juvenile Stakes was run at four different tracks:
Jerome Park Racetrack (1874–1888)
Morris Park Racecourse (1889–1904)
Belmont Park (1905–1959, 1968–1973, 1975, 1977–1984)
Aqueduct Racetrack (1960–1967, 1974, 1976)

A field of fifteen competed in the inaugural edition won by Meco, a colt owned and trained by South Carolina native Thomas Puryear. [2]

In 1888, French Park and Fides finished in a dead heat for first. It would remain as the only such occurrence in the 109 runnings of the event. [3]

With the implementation of the Graded Stakes system in 1973, for that first year and again in 1974 the Juvenile Stakes was given Grade 3 status.

Selected notable winners

The 1886 running of the Juvenile Stakes was won by Tremont who would finish the year, and career, the undefeated winner of all his thirteen starts.

Broomstick won the 1903 edition of the Juvenile and continued with a stellar career in racing. At stud, he was the Leading sire in North America three times and would be inducted into U.S. Racing Hall of Fame.

In 1919, the filly Bonnie Mary won the Juvenile in which she beat twelve male and three female competitors including the very good runner-up On Watch, a colt owned by George W. Loft and trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Max Hirsch. The third-place finisher was Upset, the only horse to ever defeat the legendary Man o' War. [4]

Following a win in his career debut at Florida's Hialeah Park, on May 4, 1963 Raise a Native made his second start at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack. The colt, owned by Louis Wolfson and trained by Burley Parke, was ridden by future Hall of Fame jockey Bobby Ussery in an Allowance race for two-year-olds. In what the New York Times described as a breathtaking performance, Raise a Native won by eight lengths while setting a new Aqueduct track record of 57 4/5 for five furlongs on dirt. [5] On May 31, Raise a Native equaled his own track record in winning Aqueduct's Juvenile Stakes. The colt would go on to be named that year's American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse. [6]

Four winners of the Juvenile Stakes went on to earn American Horse of the Year honors as well as a place in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame:
Blue Larkspur (1928)
Equipoise (1930)
Nashua (1954)
Bold Ruler (1956)

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$
1984Sky Command2 Garth Patterson James A. PadgettWarren Kemper5.5 F1:05.60$44,640
1983Fight Over2 Don MacBeth John Parisella Bwamazon Farm 5.5 F1:05.60$33,840
1982Victorious2 Ángel Cordero Jr. Eugene Jacobs Herbert A. Allen Sr. 5.5 F1:05.60$32,940
1981Center Cut2 Gene St. Leon Al W. HinsonCharles Neal5.5 F1:04.00$33,240
1980 Lord Avie 2 Jerry D. Bailey Daniel PerlsweigS.K.S. Stable (Michael Kay et al.)5.5 F1:04.60$32,280
1979Muckraker2 Ruben Hernandez Roger Laurin Leone J. Peters 5.5 F1:04.00$24,765
1978Tim The Tiger2 Jeffrey Fell John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 5.5 F1:03.80$21,000
1977Tilt Up2 Jacinto Vásquez LeRoy Jolley Bertram R. Firestone 5.5 F1:03.40$21,900
1976To The Quick2 Eddie Maple Anthony L. Basile Bwamazon Farm5.5 F1:04.80$22,155
1975Turn To Turia2Ángel Cordero Jr. Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm5.5 F1:03.60$16,440
1974Knightly Sport2 Jacinto Vásquez John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 5.5 F1:04.40$17,790
1973Who Duzzit2 Chuck Baltazar Reggie Cornell Mrs. Moody Jolley 5.5 F1:05.00$16,185
1972 Linda's Chief 2 Braulio Baeza Alfred A. ScottiNeil Hellman5.5 F1:03.80$16,440
1971Plum Bold2 Eddie Maple Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm5.5 F1:04.20$23,850
1970Helio Rise2Chuck Baltazar David Erb Roger W. & R. T. Wilson Jr.5.5 F1:05.80$23,667
1969Prize Silver2 Manuel Ycaza Ivor G. Balding Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 5.5 F1:05.40$22,928
1968Cicada's Pride2Braulio Baeza Casey Hayes Meadow Stable 5.5 F1:06.00$22,213
1967Kaskaskia2 Bill Shoemaker Del W. Carroll William S. Farish III 5 F0:58.00$24,748
1966Native Prince2 Ray Broussard Raymond Metcalf Edward R. Scharps5 F0:58.20$24,765
1965Our Michael2 Johnny Sellers Jimmy Pitt Edgehill Farm (Leonard & Morris Fruchtman)5 F0:58.20$23,806
1964Golden Joey2 Bobby Ussery Buddy Jacobson Marion R. Frankel5 F0:59.00$23,010
1963 Raise a Native 2 John L. Rotz Burley Parke Louis Wolfson 5 F0:57.80$23,010
1962Catullus2Braulio Baeza John Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable5 F0:58.40$24,001
1961Sunrise County2Bobby Ussery Tommy Kelly Townsend B. Martin 5 F0:59.40$24,488
1960Iron Rail2 Herb Hinojosa Stanley M. Rieser Donald G. Ford Sr.5 F0:58.00$24,082
1959 Bally Ache 2 Sam Boulmetis Sr. Jimmy Pitt Edgehill Farm (Leonard & Morris Fruchtman)5 F0:53.80$22,657
1958 First Landing 2 Eddie Arcaro Casey Hayes Meadow Stable 5 F0:57.00$22,360
1957Li'l Fella2 Bill Hartack Sidney JacobsJaclyn Stable (William S. Paley & Leon Levy)5 F0:56.60$23,575
1956 Bold Ruler 2Eddie Arcaro James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 5 F0:56.00$21,700
1955Polly's Jet2Eddie ArcaroRussell M. Downes Barclay Stable 5 F0:56.80$14,725
1954 Nashua 2Eddie Arcaro James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 5 F0:58.00$12,150
1953Catspaw2Eddie Arcaro Sylvester Veitch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 5 F0:57.20$11,750
1952Fort Salonga2Sam Boulmetis Sr.E. W. KingSamuel P. Steckler5 F0:58.40$13,075
1951Primate2 Ted Atkinson James R. HastieStarmount Stable (Edward & Blanche Benjamin)5 F0:57.20$11,550
1950Liberty Rab2Patterson Milligan Harris B. Brown Lillian B. Christopher5 F0:57.20$11,800
1949Ferd2 Basil James Andy Schuttinger Mary E. Schuttinger 5 F0:57.80$11,125
1948Marabout2 Hedley Woodhouse Bert Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 5 F0:59.20$10,275
1947 My Request 2 Ronnie Nash Jimmy Conway Ben F. Whitaker 5 F0:57.60$12,100
1946Eternal War2Eddie Arcaro Frank Catrone Allen T. Simmons5 F0:57.60$11,215
1945They Say2 John Adams Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm 5 F0:59.40$4,860
1944Flood Town2 Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch Edward J. Lasker 5 F0:57.80$9120
1943 Lucky Draw 2 Conn McCreary Bert Mulholland George D. Widener Jr.5 F0:59.00$7,925
1942Suncap2 Don Meade Richard E. Handlen Foxcatcher Farm 5 F0:59.20$9,400
1941Sun Again2 Wendell Eads Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm5 F0:58.20$8,175
1940High Breeze2Basil JamesAnthony PelleteriMillsdale Stable (Anthony Pelleteri & Melvin Emerich)5 F0:57.00$5,975
1939Cockerel2Eddie ArcaroHugh DuffordAlvin Untermyer5 F0:57.80$4,775
1938Maeline2 John Gilbert George E. Phillips Maemere Farm Stable (DeWitt Page)5 F0:57.60$5,900
1937Perpetuate2 James Stout George M. Odom Robert L. Gerry Sr. 5 F0:57.80$6,665
1936Scintillator2 Harry Richards Hugh DuffordAlvin Untermyer5 F1:00.80$6,500
1935Maeriel2 Eddie Litzenberger George E. Phillips Maemere Farm Stable (DeWitt Page)5 F0:58.20$7,255
1934Plat Eye2 Silvio Coucci William BrennanGreentree Stable5 F0:59.00$5,710
1933Black Buddy2Silvio CoucciWilliam BrennanGreentree Stable5 F0:59.80$5,680
1932Happy Gal2 Earl Steffen James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud Stable 5 F0:57.00$12,800
1931Irene's Bob2 Linus McAtee James W. Healy James E. Gaffney 5 F0:59.00$14,500
1930 Equipoise 2 Raymond Workman Fred Hopkins Harry Payne Whitney 5 F0:59.00$15,400
1929Black Majesty2Virgil Peterson Bennet W. Creech William Robertson Coe 5 F0:59.80$17,250
1928 Blue Larkspur 2Edgar Barnes Herbert J. Thompson Edward R. Bradley 5 F0:59.60$17,750
1927 Dice 2Danny McAuliffe James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 5 F1:01.00$15,700
1926Draconis2 John Maiben Henry McDaniel Gifford A. Cochran 4.5 F0:53.00$16,150
1925Galetian2 Tommy McTaggart A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 5 F0:57.40$14,250
1924Arcady2Linus McAtee James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney5 F1:01.80$11,000
1923Peter King2 Clarence Turner Fred Taral Riviera Stable (Victor Vivadou)5 F0:58.20$13,250
1922McKee2 Laverne Fator Frank M. Taylor John E. Madden 5 F0:57.60$13,200
1921Column2 Clarence Kummer Joe Notter Morton L. Schwartz 5 F0:57.80$13,800
1920Tryster2 Eddie Ambrose James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney5 F0:58.60$5,850
1919 Bonnie Mary 2 Lavelle Ensor William HoganPhillip A. Clark5 F0:59.40$5,850
1918Elfin Queen2 Andy Schuttinger William H. Karrick Oneck Stable 5 F0:58.60$7,100
1917Lucullite2 James Butwell Sam Hildreth August Belmont Jr. 5 F0:59.00$6,050
1916 Hourless 2 Everett Haynes Sam Hildreth August Belmont Jr.5 F0:59.20$3,900
1915Lena Misha2 Merritt C. Buxton Frank TonerBeverwyck Stable (Frank J. Nolan)5 F0:59.00$2,325
1914Hauberk2Merritt C. BuxtonH. I. MarshallJames L. Holland5 F1:00.40$3,020
1913Punch Bowl2James ButwellEdward W. HeffnerE. F. Cooney5 F0:59.60$2,395
1912No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1910Seth2 Joe Notter Thomas Welsh Newcastle Stable 5 F1:02.00$2,400
1909 Waldo 2 Walter Miller Raleigh Colston Jr. Charles L. Harrison5 F0:59.00$1,925
1908Joe Madden2 Guy Garner John E. Madden John E. Madden 5 F1:01.00$5,495
1907Smoker2 Herman Radtke John E. Madden Francis R. Hitchcock 5 F1:04.40$3,720
1906 De Mund 2 Jack Martin John W. May Paul J. Rainey5 F0:59.80$3,780
1905First Water2 Frank O'Neill Fred Burlew Newton Bennington5 F0:59.40$3,700
1904Song and Wine2 Arthur Redfern Fred BurlewNewton Bennington5 F0:57.75$3,570
1903 Broomstick 2 George M. Odom Peter Wimmer Samuel S. Brown 5 F0:59.00$4,860
1902Mizzen2 John Bullman John J. Hyland August Belmont Jr.5 F1:00.50$6,540
1901 Blue Girl 2 Tommy Burns John E. Madden William C. Whitney 5 F0:59.00$4.935
1900Tommy Atkins2 Henry Spencer James G. Rowe Sr. James R. & Foxhall P. Keene 5 F0:59.75$5,900
1899Doublet2Henry SpencerFrank E. BrownJames R. & Foxhall P. Keene5 F1:01.50$5,410
1898Glenheim2 Willie Simms John E. MaddenJohn E. Madden5 F1:01.75$6,050
1897Firearm2 Samuel Doggett John J. Hyland August Belmont Jr.5 F1:00.00$4,275
1896Casseopia2 Fred Littlefield R. Wyndham Walden Alfred H. & Dave H. Morris 5 F1:00.00$3,150
1895Race not held
1894Prince of Monaco2Willie Simms Robert Tucker C. Fleischmann & Sons5 F1:00.50$6,035
1893Senella2LillyRobert TuckerC. Fleischmann & Sons5 F1:02.00$6,750
1892Dr. Rice2William J. Fitzpatrick John J. Hyland David Gideon & John Daly 5 F1:00.00$5,510
1891Osric2 Fred Taral John CampbellAlfred F. Walcott & John S. Campbell4 F0:47.25$8,260
1890St. Charles2 Anthony Hamilton James G. Rowe Sr. August Belmont Sr. 4 F0:48.25$2,875
1889Druidess2Johnny ReaganR. Wyndham Walden John A. & Alfred H. Morris 4 F0:49.25$1,375
1888French Park (DH)2William J. FitzpatrickAndrew ThompsonJ. D. Morrissey4 F0:51.00$1,375
1888Fides (DH)2P. GodfreyJames G. Rowe Sr.August Belmont Sr.4 F0:51.00$1,375
1887 King Fish 2 Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 4 F0:51.50$2,425
1886 Tremont 2Jim McLaughlinFrank McCabeDwyer Brothers Stable4 F0:00.00$2,400
1885Portland2Jim McLaughlinJames G. Rowe Sr.Dwyer Brothers Stable4 F0:50.00$1,850
1884Triton2BrennanR. Wyndham Walden George L. Lorillard 4 F0:49.75$1,650
1883Reveller2L. UrallR. Wyndham WaldenGeorge L. Lorillard4 F0:50.00$1,300
1882Henlopen2J. BrophyCharles Reed4 F0:50.00$2,225
1881Onondaga2Jim McLaughlinJames G. Rowe Sr.Dwyer Brothers Stable4 F0:50.50$1,800
1880 Spinaway 2 Lloyd Hughes R. Wyndham Walden George L. Lorillard 4 F0:49.75$2,200
1879Sensation2Lloyd HughesR. Wyndham WaldenGeorge L. Lorillard4 F0:50.00$2,750
1878Plevna2Sayers Francis Morris 4 F0:54.25$2,700
1877Perfection2William BarretWilliam Brown Pierre Lorillard IV 4 F0:51.00$2,700
1876Idalia2John SparlingWilliam BrownPierre Lorillard IV4 F0:49.50$2,100
1875Faithless2John SparlingWilliam BrownPierre Lorillard IV4 F0:50.00$2,450
1874Meco2N. Heywood Thomas Puryear Thomas Puryear4 F0:50.50$2,650

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