National Stallion Stakes (filly division)

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National Stallion Stakes
(filly division)
Discontinued stakes race
Location Belmont Park,
Elmont, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1948
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance5.5 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies

The National Stallion Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies held annually for the twenty-four years between 1948 through 1971. It was created as a counterpart to the National Stallion Stakes which was first run in 1898 at Morris Park Racecourse and was open to horses of either sex until 1948 when it became a race exclusively for colts and geldings. Contested on dirt at a distance of five and one-half furlongs, the filly division was hosted by Belmont Park in Elmont, New York except for 1963 through 1967 when it was run at Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Queens, New York.

Contents

The race was restricted to fillies whose sire had been nominated for the race by its owner before the end of the foal's birth year.

Historical notes

The inaugural running of the fillies division took place on June 5, 1948. It was won by Green Baize owned by Walter M. Jeffords Sr. and ridden by future Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro. [1]

Bowl of Flowers won the 1960 edition while setting a new track record of 1:04 1/5 for 5+1⁄2 furlongs on dirt. [2]

Filly winners 1898–1947

In what would be the last year for racing at Morris Park Racecourse, in 1904 Tanya became the first filly to win the National Stallion Stakes during the time it was open to horses of either sex. Tanya went on to become just the second filly to ever win the Belmont Stakes, an American Classic that would eventually be the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. [3] It would be thirty-four years until another filly was victorious in the National Stallion Stakes when New York City restaurateur Henry Lustig's Donita M won the 1938 race. [4] Five years later Henry Lustig would own the third filly to capture the race when in 1943 his Mrs. Ames defeated the gelding Stir Up owned by the powerful Greentree Stable. [5] Sonny Whitney's Enfilade in 1945 was the last filly to win the National Stallion Stakes before the separate division was created. [6]

Owners who won both divisions in the same year

1961: Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stable won the filly division with their future Hall of Fame inductee Cicada and the colts division with Sir Gaylord. [7] [8]

1964: Wheatley Stable, owned by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother Ogden L. Mills, won the colts division with Bold Lad and the filly division with Queen Empress. [9] [10]

1971: Calumet Farm won the filly division with Rondeau and the colt division with Plum Bold in what would prove to be the final running of the National Stallion races. [11] [12]

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$
1971Rondeau2 Chuck Baltazar Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm 5.5 F1:05.80$19,335
1970Unity Hall2 John L. Rotz Henry S. Clark Christiana Stables 5.5 F1:05.00$20,150
1969Box The Compass2 Jacinto Vásquez Thomas J. Kelly Brookmeade Stable 5.5 F1:04.20$20,078
1968 Gallant Bloom 2 John L. Rotz Max Hirsch King Ranch 5.5 F1:04.20$18,749
1967 Gay Matelda 2 Anthony DeSpirito Casey Hayes Meadow Stable 5.5 F1:04.60$19,366
1966Lady Brilliance2 John L. Rotz William A. LarueLeonard P. Sasso5.5 F1:05.20$20,946
1965Another Love2 Larry Adams George T. Poole Calumet Farm 5.5 F1:05.40$20,046
1964 Queen Empress 2 Braulio Baeza William C. Winfrey Wheatley Stable 5.5 F1:05.80$17,186
1963Beautiful Day2 Hedley Woodhouse William C. Winfrey Wheatley Stable 5.5 F1:04.80$18,024
1962 Affectionately 2 Braulio Baeza Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 5.5 F1:05.20$19,779
1961 Cicada 2 Ismael Valenzuela Casey Hayes Meadow Stable 5.5 F1:05.40$20,001
1960 Bowl of Flowers 2 Manuel Ycaza J. Elliott Burch Brookmeade Stable 5.5 F1:04.20$20,097
1959Great Shakes2 Eric Guerin Allen R. Hultz Hal Price Headley 5 F0:59.20$18,803
1958Lady Be Good2 Ted Atkinson James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 5 F0:57.40$19,843
1957Poly Hi2 Eric Guerin George M. Odom Mrs. George Zauderer5 F0:56.40$20,055
1956Snow White2 Eddie Arcaro Sylvester E. Veitch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 5 F0:57.40$24,935
1955 Doubledogdare 2 Jack Westrope Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 5 F0:57.60$19,130
1954High Voltage2 Jimmy Nichols James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 5 F0:57.20$20,710
1953Evening Out2 Ovie Scurlock Winbert F. Mulholland Jesse S. Widener 5 F0:56.60$18,490
1952Home-Made2 Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. 5 F0:59.20$18,410
1951Cigar Maid2Benny Green Walter A. Kelley Jack W. Schiffer5 F0:57.60$15,070
1950Sungari2George Hettinger Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 5 F0:56.60$16,590
1949 Bed O' Roses 2 Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. 5 F0:59.40$15,250
1948Green Baize2 Eddie Arcaro Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 5 F0:58.40$15,070

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  2. ↑ "Filly Sets Mark In Triumph; Bowl of Flowers Runs 5 1/2 Furlongs in 1:04 1/5 and Nips Favored Shuette". New York Times. 1960-06-21. p. 42. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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