| Location | Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1898 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 5 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | 2yo fillies |
The Rosebuds Stakes at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York City was a Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies raced on dirt over a distance of five furlongs. Inaugurated in 1898, the event was run twelve times through 1910 when the racetrack closed following passage of the Hart-Agnew Law. This anti-betting legislation by the New York State Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes led to a complete shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912 in the state. [1] [2]
The loss of income from wagering, left racetrack operators no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out which resulted in the purse for the Rosebuds Stakes being cut in 1908 to one-quarter of what it had been in recent years. These small purses made horse racing unprofitable and impossible for even the most successful horse owners to continue in business. [3]
A noted winner of the Rosebuds Stakes was Astarita who won it in 1902. Her career would result in the Astarita Stakes, created in 1946 at Aqueduct Racetrack, being named in her honor.
There was no Rosebuds Stakes run in 1909 and then on June 20, 1910 its final edition took place. [4] Although a February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913, it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened. [5] [6]
Speed Record:
Most wins by a jockey:
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Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Furlongs) | Time | Win$ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Herodia | Guy Garner | Thomas Welsh | Newcastle Stable | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $490 | ||
| 1909 | Race not held due to Hart-Agnew Law | ||||||||
| 1908 | Fore | Guy Garner | Thomas Welsh | Louis A. Cella | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $450 | ||
| 1907 | Notasulga | Herman Radtke | Albert L. Hamel | Henry Brulatour & Albert L. Hamel | 5 F | 1:00.60 | $1,780 | ||
| 1906 | Clare Russell | Leroy Williams | William H. Karrick | Oneck Stable | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $1,835 | ||
| 1905 | Running Water | Lucien Lyne | Woodford Clay | Woodford Clay | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $1,880 | ||
| 1904 | Belle Sauvage | Al B. Cormack | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 5 F | 1:01.60 | $2,960 | ||
| 1903 | Hamburg Belle | Frank O'Neill | A. Jack Joyner | Sydney Paget (for J.B.A. Haggin) | 5 F | 0:59.80 | $2,285 | ||
| 1902 | Astarita | Willie Shaw | Harry M. Mason | John G. Follansbee | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $1,205 | ||
| 1901 | Leonora Loring | Winfield O'Connor | William O. Scully | L. M. Myers | 5 F | 1:00.20 | $645 | ||
| 1900 | Glennellie | Patrick A. McCue | John Daly | 5 F | 1:03.00 | $630 | |||
| 1899 | Affect | Patrick A. McCue | Edward Feakes | John Daly | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $1,210 | ||
| 1898 | Onondaga's Pride | Tod Sloan | Julius Bauer | Joseph E. Bromley & Arthur Featherstone | 4.5 F | 0:56.60 | $1,480 | ||