Walden Stakes

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Walden Stakes
ClassDiscontinued stakes
Location Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Inaugurated1906-1948
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationTwo-years-old

The Walden Stakes is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race run from 1906 through 1948 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Raced on dirt, the event was open to two-year-olds horses of either sex. [1] [2] The race was named in honor of Maryland-based trainer and owner Wyndham Walden, a Hall of Fame inductee who won eleven American Classic Races, capturing the Preakness Stakes seven times and the Belmont Stakes four times. [3]

Contents

For the first three years the Walden Stakes was contested at a distance of six furlongs, but because it was run in November it was changed in 1909 to one mile so that the year's top class juvenile horses would be tested at a longer distance with a view to their upcoming three-year-old season when races at a mile and longer would be commonplace. [4] Among those top class two-year-olds who won the Walden Stakes were U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Reigh Count (1927) and his son Count Fleet (1943), Whirlaway (1940), and Alsab (1941). [5] Reigh Count went on to win the 1929 Kentucky Derby, Alsab finished second in the 1942 Kentucky Derby, and both Whirlaway and Count Fleet won the U.S. Triple Crown series. [6] In addition, the 1930 Walden Stakes winner Mate went on to win the 1931 Preakness Stakes. [7]

Race distances:

In 1923, the Walden Stakes was run in two divisions. [8]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles) / (Furlongs)
Time
1948Stone AgeNick Combest William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1116 M1:43.00
1947Gasparilla Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch Arthur J. Sackett1116 M1:49.00
1946 Fervent Douglas Dodson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 1116 M1:45.80
1945Colony Boy John Gilbert Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm 1116 M1:50.60
1944Rick's RaftNick JemasEdward L. Snyder William G. Helis Sr. 1116 M1:45.80
1943 Platter Conn McCreary Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 1116 M1:48.60
1942 Count Fleet Johnny Longden Don Cameron Fannie Hertz 1116 M1:44.80
1941 Alsab Robert Vedder Sarge Swenke Albert Sabath1116 M1:44.60
1940 Whirlaway George Woolf Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 1116 M1:52.20
1939FaymarJoseph Renick James W. Smith Dixiana Stable 1116 M1:46.00
1938Inscoelda Johnny Longden Ben A. Jones Woolford Farm 1116 M1:49.00
1937Nedayr Eddie Arcaro William A. Crawford Willis Sharpe Kilmer 1116 M1:45.80
1936Brooklyn Silvio Coucci Herbert J. Thompson Edward R. Bradley 1116 M1:47.20
1935Ned Reigh Wayne Wright Henry McDaniel Willis Sharpe Kilmer 1116 M1:49.80
1934Firethorn Wayne Wright Preston M. Burch Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 1116 M1:46.20
1933Chicstraw Don Meade A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 1116 M1:44.60
1932War Glory Don Meade George H. Conway Glen Riddle Farm 1116 M1:50.20
1931On PostJoe Renick Max Hirsch Loma Stable (Mrs. Louis G. Kaufman)1116 M1:45.40
1930 Mate George Ellis James W. Healy Albert C. Bostwick Jr. 1116 M1:46.60
1929Ned OCharlie QuattlebaumGeorge W. ForemanGeorge W. Foreman1116 M1:47.60
1928Twink Laverne Fator James W. Healy Loma Stable (Mrs. Louis G. Kaufman)1116 M1:46.00
1927 Reigh Count Chick Lang Bert S. Michell Fannie Hertz 1 M1:41.00
1926Rip RapSteve O'Donnell Max Hirsch Sage Stable (H. W. & A. G. Sage)1 M1:41.00
1925 Mars Harry Richards Robert Augustus Smith Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 1 M1:42.00
1924Single Foot Charles Fairbrother Harry RitesJ. Edwin Griffith1 M1:39.80
1923-1Stanwix Mark Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1 M1:39.80
1923-2Senator NorrisBennie Breuning H. Guy Bedwell Kenton Stable 1 M1:39.40
1922Oui OuiWilliam PoolWilliam D. CovingtonMontfort & B. B. Jones1 M1:40.20
1921RelayLewis Morris James E. Fitzsimmons Quincy Stable 1 M1:44.20
1920Idle DellJohn Callahan Scott P. Harlan Lawrence Waterbury II 1 M1:40.40
1919Dominique Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 1 M1:42.00
1918War Pennant Johnny Loftus H. Guy Bedwell J. K. L. Ross 1 M1:40.40
1917 War Cloud Johnny Loftus Walter B. Jennings A. Kingsley Macomber 1 M1:41.40
1916Columbine Eddie Ambrose A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 1 M1:41.00
1915Colonel Vennie Ŧ Tommy McTaggart M. PrestonJefferson Livingston1 M1:42.00
1914Double EagleCharles BurlingameStephen J. Lawler Quincy Stable 1 M1:40.60
1913SuperintendentBuddy GlassClarence MerrittJames F. Mannix1 M1:41.80
1912Ten Point Tommy McTaggart Calvin BanksAnthony L. Aste1 M1:40.00
1911PenobscotJames Diggins Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 1 M1:41.80
1910Zeus Carroll H. Shilling Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 1 M1:46.60
1909Fauntleroy Joe McCahey Robert J. Walden Mrs.R. W. Walden 1 M1:40.60
1908Trance David Nicol George M. Odom George M. Odom 6 F1:13.00
1907JubileeBub McCabe Fred Littlefield Fred Littlefield 6 F1:15.00
1906Orphan LadJimmy Dennison William M. Garth David Dunlop6 F1:14.25

References

  1. "Orphan Lad Wins the Walden Stakes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1906-11-06. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  2. "Stone Age In Walden Stakes Win". The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio, Page 55. 1948-11-12. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  3. "R. W. Walden". Racingmuseum.org. 1970. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  4. "Pimlico Stakes Real Test: Pimlico Futurity and Walden Victory Indicates Winners Class". Daily Racing Form. 1938-10-01. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  5. "National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame - Horses". Racingmuseum.org. 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  6. "Triple Crown winners". CBS Sports. 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  7. "Preakness Stakes History from Survivor to Hill Prince". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1951-05-19. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  8. "Winners of Walden: Rancocas Stable Captures the First Division with Stanwix. Senator Norris Carries the Kenton Stable Silks to Victory in the Second Division". Daily Racing Form. 1923-11-11. Retrieved 2018-10-21.