Kentucky Stakes

Last updated
Kentucky Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1870
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance5.5 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed

The Kentucky Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race run between 1870 and 1938 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Raced on dirt, it was originally open to two-year-olds of either sex but after the event was placed on hiatus following the 1894 running it was revived in 1901 as a selling race for two-year-old fillies. [1]

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Historical notes

The inaugural running of the Kentucky Stakes was contested at 6 furlongs and was won by Harry Bassett, a three-time Champion and future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. The early races for colts and fillies produced two more Hall of Fame winners, Parole in 1875 and Emperor of Norfolk in 1887. [2] [3]

The final running of the Kentucky Stakes took place on August 15, 1932, and was won by Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr.'s Spot News. [4]

Winners

Year
Winner
1938Spot News
1937Watchcase
1936Sunset Girl
1935Fair Stein
1934Little Lie
1933Jabot
1932Eva B
1931Princess Camelia
1930Gosling
1929Shady Lady
1928Nella R
1927Torpointer
1926Ennui
1925Lacewood
1924Wax Lady
1923Sunayr
1922Pandowdy
1921Budana
1920Loveliness
1919His Choice
1918Knot
1917Stitch In Time
1916Katenka
1915Bonnie Tess
1914Montrosa
1913Crossbun
1912No races due to
Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1910Leah
1909Responsful
1908Helen Harvey
1907Ella O'Neill
1906Clara Huron
1905Bauble
1904Candida
1903The Lady Rohesia
1902Lady Albercraft
1901Mary Worth
1895- 1900 Race not held
1894Handspun
1893Miss Lilly
1892Marguerite
1891Frank Kinney
1890Cleopatra
1889Santiago
1888The Lioness
1887 Emperor of Norfolk
1886King Fox
1885Quito
1884 Lizzie Dwyer
1883Welcher
1882 George Kinney
1881Onondaga
1880Brambaletta
1879Oden
1878Uncas
1877Pride of the Village
1876Susquehanna
1875 Parole
1874Chesapeake
1873Battle Axe
1872Silk Stocking
1871Sue Ryder
1870 Harry Bassett

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References

  1. "Condensed History of the Kentucky Stakes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1906-08-19. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. "The Kentucky Stakes Easily Captured by Parole". New York Times, page 5. 1875-08-11. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  3. "The Thoroughbreds". Los Angeles Daily Herald. 1887-08-12. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  4. "Spot News Takes Kentucky Stakes". New York Times, page 16. 1938-08-16. Retrieved 2020-01-14.