Sapphire Stakes (United States)

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Sapphire Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Inaugurated1887
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance5.5 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo years old

The Sapphire Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run from 1887 through 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race for two-year-old horses of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of five and one-half furlongs. [1]

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Historical notes

The inaugural running of the Sapphire Stakes took which took place on September 1, 1887 was won by Geraldine. [2] Owned by Porter Ashe, ridden by Mike Kelly, and trained by Matthew Allen, Geraldine was described in a 1907 Daily Racing Form article as "one of the fastest sprinters of American turf history." [3] After another two years of racing, the same publication expanded their assessment of Geraldine to "one of the fleetest mares that ever raced in this country." [4]

Lady Navarre won the 1905 Sapphire Stakes and as a three-year-old continued to take on her male counterparts, winning the Tennessee Derby and finishing second to Sir Huon in the 1906 Kentucky Derby. [5] [6]

The End of a Race and of a Racetrack

Passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes led to a compete shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912 in the state. [7] [8] A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913. [9] However, it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened. [10] [11]

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$
1909Pretend2 Eddie Dugan Thomas Welsh Thomas Monahan5.5 F1:07.20$1,050
1908Perseus2 Eddie Dugan A. Jack Joyner Harry Payne Whitney 5.5 F1:06.40$1,050
1907Meelick2 Eddie Dugan John E. Madden John E. Madden 5.5 F1:06.60$3,025
1906W. H. Daniel2Joshua Jones Henry E. McDaniel Edmund S. Burke Jr. 5.5 F1:06.60$3,175
1905 Lady Navarre 2 Tommy Burns George P. Brazier Charles R. Ellison 5.5 F1:09.00$3,625
1904 Agile 2 Tommy Burns Robert Tucker Samuel S. Brown 5.5 F1:06.20$3,425
1903Luxembourg2Gray Anthony L. Aste Anthony L. Aste5.5 F1:07.00$2,710
1902Clarion2 Winfield O'Connor James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 5.5 F1:06.40$3,170
1901Pretorius2 Tommy Burns John W. Rogers William Collins Whitney 5.5 F1:08.00$2,470
1900Conroy2 Henry Spencer James G. Rowe Sr. James R. & Foxhall P. Keene 5.5 F1:06.60$2,250
1899Gulden2 George M. Odom John E. Madden John E. Madden 5.5 F1:08.40$2,440
1898Ways and Means2 Danny Maher Byron McClelland Mrs. Byron McClelland5.5 F1:10.00$1,990
1897The Huguenot2Willie Martin James G. Rowe Sr. William P. Thompson & Lewis S. Thompson 5.5 F1:08.00$1,430
1896The Friar †2 Fred Littlefield R. Wyndham Walden Alfred H. & Dave H. Morris 5.5 F1:07.80$1,425
1895Kamsin2 Henry Griffin Louis H. EzellLouis H. Ezell5.5 F1:08.40$1,630
1894Dolabra2 Anthony Hamilton John Huggins Pierre Lorillard IV 5.5 F1:08.40$2,010
1893Longdale2 John Lamley John S. Campbell Jacob Ruppert Jr. 5.5 F1:08.80$1,725
1892Bellegarde2 Willie Simms James G. Rowe Sr. Blemton Stable 5.5 F1:09.00$1,935
1891King Cadmus2 Fred Taral William C. Smith George E. Smith 5.5 F1:09.40$2,030
1890Gascon2 Monk Overton John H. Morris Bashford Manor Stable 5.5 F1:10.00$2,370
1889Magnate2 George Anderson James G. Rowe Sr. August Belmont Sr. 5.5 F1:09.20$2,415
1888Sluggard2George TaylorBarney Riley David D. Withers 6 F1:14.40$1,805
1887 Geraldine 2Mike Kelly Matthew M.Allen Maltese Villa Stable (R. Porter Ashe)6 F1:15.00$2,000

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References

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  2. ↑ "Racing at Sheepshead Bay – Third Race The Sapphire stakes". Indianapolis Journal. 1887-09-02. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Condensed History of the Sapphire Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1907-09-08. Retrieved 2019-11-06– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. ↑ "Running of the Sapphire Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1909-09-07. Retrieved 2019-11-06– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  5. ↑ "Lady Navarre's Tennessee Derby". New York Times. 1906-04-25. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  6. ↑ "1906 Kentucky Derby Results Tables" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  7. ↑ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  8. ↑ "Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage". The New York Times. July 14, 1911. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Oral Betting Held Legal: Appellate Division of New York Supreme Court Renders Important Decision". Daily Racing Form. 1913-02-22. Retrieved 2019-06-29– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  10. ↑ "Destruction Wrought by Hughes". Daily Racing Form. 1908-12-15. Retrieved 2018-11-30– via University of Kentucky Archives.
  11. ↑ "Famous Old Track is Sold". Daily Racing Form. 1914-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30– via University of Kentucky Archives.
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