Reapers Stakes

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Reapers Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York
Inaugurated1887–1907
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old

The Reapers Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Held in September, the race was open to three-year-olds of either sex. It was run on dirt over a distance of 1 3/16 miles except for 1903 when it was set at 1 3/8 miles. [1]

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On June 19, 1880 the Sheepshead Bay facility hosted its first day of Thoroughbred racing. [2] Success made the addition of more stakes races possible and in 1887 the Reapers Stakes had its inaugural running. That race was won by Belvidere, a colt owned by the Preakness Stables of James Galway, a successful wholesaler of grocery store products and a Steward of The Jockey Club. The final running took place in 1907 and was won by the 20:1 outsider, Blue Book. [3]

Demise of the Reapers Stakes

After years of uncertainty, on June 11, 1908 the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison. [4] The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without income from betting. [5] Racetrack operators had no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out which resulted in the Reapers Stakes being dropped from the 1908 schedule to enable a redistribution of funds to the most high-profile races. [6] Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which deepened the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. When a Court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.

Records

Speed record: (new track record)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)		Time
Win$
1907Blue Book3R. LoweStephen J. LawlerJames F. Carroll13⁄16 M2:05.00$3,375
1906Entrée3 Herman Radtke Thomas H. McCreeryFrederick A. Johnson13⁄16 M2:00.60$3,475
1905Coy Maid3 Willie Knapp John I. SmithKenilworth Stable (Frederick C. McLewee)13⁄16 M2:01.60$3,275
1904Aurumaster3William Crimmins Matthew Feakes H. J. Morris13⁄16 M2:00.00$3,025
1903 Eugenia Burch 3 Grover Fuller William C. SmithLibby Curtis13⁄8 M2:20.80$2,100
1902Heno3Harry Michaels William Lakeland Sr. William S. Fanshawe13⁄16 M1:59.40$2,300
1901 Watercolor 3 Henry Spencer Charles Littlefield Sr. Charles Littlefield Sr.13⁄16 M1:59.80$1,720
1900David Garrick3 John Bullman A. Jack Joyner Rancocas Stable 13⁄16 M2:00.40$1,580
1899 Kinley Mack 3 Patrick McCue Peter Wimmer Augustus Eastin & Samuel E. Larabie13⁄16 M2:02.40$1,280
1898Latson3 Fred Taral Charles Littlefield Sr. Charles Littlefield Sr.13⁄16 M2:04.00$1,070
1897Imperator3Charles A. Thorpe Edward Feakes Preakness Stables 13⁄16 M2:03.20$1,450
1896Peep o'Day3 Fred Taral James H. McCormick James H. McCormick13⁄16 M2:06.60$1,400
1895Flying Dutchman3Jerry ChornPatrick DunnePatrick Dunne13⁄16 M2:02.00$1,400
1894Dorian3 Willie Simms John W. Rogers John W. Rogers13⁄16 M2:01.40$1,480
1893Sir Francis3 Edward Garrison Matthew Byrnes Marcus Daly 13⁄16 M2:02.00$1,215
1892Kilkenny3 Anthony Hamilton John Huggins Rancocas Stable 13⁄16 M2:03.20$1,605
1891 La Tosca 3 Fred Taral Frank M. Bray Schuylkill Stable (Hough Brothers)13⁄16 M2:03.00$1,545
1890Ruperta3Alonzo AllenB. J. Johnson13⁄16 M2:02.40$1,425
1889Buddhist3 Marty Bergen John W. Rogers Samuel S. Brown 13⁄16 M2:08.40$1,720
1888My Own3Rifleshine R. Wyndham Walden R. Wyndham Walden13⁄16 M2:04.20$1,600
1887 Belvidere 3 Jim McLaughlin Preakness Stables 13⁄16 M2:03.00$1,340

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References

  1. ↑ "Condensed History of the Reapers Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1907-09-05. Retrieved 2018-12-21– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ↑ "Coney Island Jockey Club; Programme for the September Meeting". The New York Times . September 3, 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  3. ↑ "Blue Book; 20 To 1, Wins The Reapers". Daily Racing Form. 1907-09-06. Retrieved 2018-12-22– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. ↑ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  5. ↑ "Keep Up Betting Ban". New York Times. 1908-09-01. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  6. ↑ "Striking Falling off in Value of Ten Greatest Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1910-07-16. Retrieved 2018-10-15– via University of Kentucky Archives.
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