Neptune Stakes

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Neptune Stakes
ClassDefunct horse race
Location Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1900
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance34 mile (6 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds

The Neptune Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses at Brighton Beach Race Course in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York. Inaugurated in 1900, the last edition of the race at the Brighton Beach track took place in 1907. It would be run only one more time when it was revived in 1910 at the Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York. [1]

Contents

The 1900 inaugural running of the Neptune Stakes was won by the colt Tommy Atkins ridden by top jockey Henry Spencer for trainer James G. Rowe Sr., a future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, and owner James R. Keene and his son, Foxhall P. Keene. Trainer Rowe and the owners would win the Neptune Stakes again in 1902 and 1906. Winner Tommy Atkins, again with Henry Spencer as his jockey, also won the 1900 Juvenile Stakes at New York’s Morris Park Racecourse. [2]

End of the Neptune

The race's demise was a result of the 1908 passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes which led to a state-wide shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912. [3]

It would be five years after Hart-Agnew became law that a February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in that year. [4] However, operating losses were of such significance for the investors in the Brighton Beach Race Course facility that it never reopened.

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$
1910Royal Meteor2 Joe Notter Thomas Welsh Newcastle Stable 6 F1:16.00$1,420
1908- 1909Race not held
1907Chapultepec2 Eddie Dugan Fred Burlew Fred Burlew6 F1:14.60$5,850
1906 Ballot 2 Herman Radtke James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 6 F1:15.00$5,850
1905Don Diego2 Willie Davis A. Jack Joyner August Belmont Jr. 6 F1:13.80$5,850
1904Tradition2 Gene Hildebrand A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget 6 F1:14.00$5,850
1903Ormonde's Right2 Frank O'Neill A. Jack JoynerSydney Paget6 F1:13.00$5,349
1902Injunction2 Willie Shaw James G. Rowe Sr. James R. & Foxhall P. Keene 6 F1:13.80$3,900
1901Otis2Harry CochranDick Williams Barney Schreiber 6 F1:13.20$3,900
1900Tommy Atkins2 Henry Spencer James G. Rowe Sr.James R. & Foxhall P. Keene6 F1:14.00$3,900

References

  1. "Rough Riding Mars the Neptune - Conference as to Future; The Tabled History of the Neptune Stakes (1900-1910)". Daily Racing Form (Library of Congress Record). Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  2. "Condensed History Of The Juvenile Stakes". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  3. "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  4. "Oral Betting Held Legal: Appellate Division of New York Supreme Court Renders Important Decision". Daily Racing Form at the Library of Congress. Retrieved 21 July 2025.