Youthful Stakes

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Youthful Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, USA
Inaugurated1903–1982
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds

The Youthful Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses run between 1903 and 1982. It was raced on dirt at three different tracks in the New York City area beginning with the Jamaica and Aqueduct Racetracks, then in 1972 to Belmont Park where it remained until being canceled after the 1982 running. [1] The inaugural edition in 1903 was won by Hazelwood with the race suspended until 1913. [2] [3]

Contents

The Youthful Stakes was established in an era when North American races like the Belmont Futurity Stakes, Tremont Stakes, Remsen Stakes, Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes, Laurel Futurity Stakes, and Coronation Futurity Stakes for two-year-old horses were often the richest and most prestigious of the year. Among its most notable winners were U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Man O' War, Native Dancer, and Affirmed. [4] [5] [6]

In 1950, the Youthful Stakes was run in two divisions.

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)
Time
1982Flying Pocket David Clark Tony Mattine Three Of Us Stable5.5 F1:04.40
1981 Deputy Minister Lloyd Duffy Bill Marko Morton Levy5.5 F1:04.80
1980Proud Appeal Jeffrey Fell Stanley M. Hough Malcolm H. Winfield et al.5.5 F1:05.00
1979Blues Alley Craig Perret Douglas Dodson V. N. Green5.5 F1:05.20
1978Coup de Kas Steve Cauthen Del W. Carroll William S. Farish III 5.5 F1:03.60
1977 Affirmed Steve Cauthen Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm 5.5 F1:05.00
1976Medieval Man Ángel Cordero Jr. Thomas J. Kelly Live Oak Plantation 5.5 F1:04.00
1975Turn To Turia Eddie Maple Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm 5.5 F1:04.40
1974High Steel Chuck Baltazar LeRoy Jolley William P. Minnotte5.5 F1:03.20
1973Raise A Cup Chuck Baltazar Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm 5.5 F1:03.00
1972 Linda's Chief Braulio Baeza Alfred Scotti Neil Hellman5.5 F1:05.20
1971Rest Your Case Chuck Baltazar MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 5 F0:59.20
1970Cool Moon Jorge Velásquez Casey Hayes Buckland Farm 5 F0:58.80
1969Insubordination Mike Miceli William J. Resseguet Jr. Gerald Robins5 F0:58.20
1968Night Invader Eddie Belmonte Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Sheila Pierce 5 F0:59.40
1967Kaskaskia Braulio Baeza Del W. Carroll William S. Farish III 5 F0:58.60
1966Tumiga Ben Feliciano Lucien Laurin Frank Holbrook5 F0:59.00
1965Timely Move Braulio Baeza Eugene Jacobs Herbert A. Allen Sr. 5 F0:59.20
1964Golden Joey Robert Ussery Buddy Jacobson Marion R. Frankel5 F0:57.60
1963Dark King Larry Adams Harris B. Brown Mrs. Harris B. Massey5 F0:58.00
1962Be Somebody John L. Rotz Thomas J. Kelly David P. Reynolds 5 F0:59.40
1961Su Ka Wa John L. Rotz Morris LacyWalnut Hill Farms5 F0:58.40
1960 Hail To Reason Robert Ussery Hirsch Jacobs Patrice Jacobs5 F0:58.60
1959Race not held
1958Royal Anthem Eric Guerin Lucien Laurin Reginald N. Webster 5 F0:59.60
1957Bolero U John Choquette William R. Mitchell John L. McKnight5 F1:00.20
1956 Bold Ruler Ted Atkinson James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 5 F0:59.80
1955Smooth Stride Douglas Dodson Merritt A. Buxton Trio Stables5 F1:00.20
1954 Summer Tan Eric Guerin Sherril W. Ward Dorothy Firestone Galbreath 5 F0:59.40
1953Revolt Ben Green Frank Barnett Hal Price Headley 5 F0:59.80
1952 Native Dancer Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 5 F0:59.40
1951Primate Eddie Arcaro James R. Hastie Starmount Stable5 F0:59.00
1950-1Iswas * John Gilbert D. W. Kerns Brookfield Farms 5 F1:00.80
1950-2 Battlefield Eddie Arcaro Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 5 F0:59.80
1949Ferd Basil James Andy Schuttinger Mrs. Andy Schuttinger5 F0:57.80
1948Eternal World Ted Atkinson Frank Catrone Allen T. Simmons 5 F1:00.40
1947Nearway Eric Guerin Tommy Heard Claude C. Tanner5 F0:59.80
1946Eternal War Basil James Frank Catrone Allen T. Simmons5 F0:59.60
1945Twenty-Six Ted Atkinson James W. Healy Vera S. Bragg5 F1:00.60
1944 Jeep Ted Atkinson Andy Schuttinger C. V. Whitney 5 F0:59.80
1943Lucky Draw Walter Mann Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 5 F1:00.60
1942Red Sonnet Jack Breen Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 5 F0:59.40
1941Requested Alfred Robertson J. H. "Blackie" McCoole Ben F. Whitaker 5 F0:59.80
1940Zacharias Basil James Patrick F. Dwyer Millsdale Stable5 F0:59.20
1939Gannet Ronnie Nash Jack Howard Ben F. Whitaker 5 F0:59.40
1938 El Chico Nick Wall Matthew P. Brady William Ziegler Jr. 5 F1:00.00
1937Inhale John Gilbert James W. Healy John Hay Whitney 5 F0:59.00
1936Court Scandal John Gilbert James W. Healy John Hay Whitney 5 F1:01.60
1935White CockadeGeorge Ellis James E. Fitzsimmons Ogden Phipps 5 F0:59.40
1934Angelic Anthony Tipton Hirsch Jacobs Mrs. Damon Runyon 5 F0:59.40
1933Billy M Laverne Fator Ernest SietasSamuel R. Rosoff5 F0:59.60
1932Disdainful Alfred Robertson Fred Hopkins C. V. Whitney 5 F1:00.00
1931Universe Willie Kelsay Joseph BauerThomas M. Cassidy5 F0:59.60
1930 Vander Pool Willie Kelsay D. R. "Puddin" McDanielMrs. Agnes Allen5 F1:01.80
1929 Sarazen Willie Garner Max Hirsch Virginia Fair Vanderbilt 5 F0:59.60
1928KopeckFrank Moon A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 5 F1:01.00
1927Ariel Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 5 F0:59.00
1926ThraceGeorge Ellis Clyde Phillips Greentree Stable 5 F1:00.40
1925 Chance Play Clarence Kummer Louis Feustel Log Cabin Stable 5.5 F1:05.20
1924ElfJames H. Burke James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 5.5 F1:05.60
1923Tester Mark Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 5.5 F1:06.00
1922Bud Lerner Earl Sande Frank M. Taylor John E. Madden 5.5 F1:06.20
1921Lord Baltimore Ted Rice William M. Garth Joshua S. Cosden 5.5 F1:07.20
1920Tryster Eddie Ambrose James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 5.5 F1:07.20
1919 Man O' War Johnny Loftus Louis Feustel Glen Riddle Farm 5.5 F1:06.60
1918Lord Brighton Lawrence Lyke George M. Odom Brighton Stable5.5 F1:06.20
1917Lucullite James Butwell Sam Hildreth August Belmont Jr. 5.5 F1:06.80
1916Tumbler Thomas McTaggart James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 5.5 F1:07.60
1915Paddy Whack George Byrne Richard C. Benson James Butler 5.5 F1:07.00
1914Race not held
1913GainerJohn WilsonH. I. MarshallJames L. Holland6 F1:13.60
1904– 1912Race not held
1903Hazelwood John Bullman William L. OliverWilliam L. Oliver6 F1:14.00

* 1930 - Equipose won by was disqualified for twice impeding runner-up Vander Pool. [7]
* 1950 - 1st division - Bank Account finished first but was disqualified to last. [8] [9]

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References

  1. Daily Racing Form April 11, 2011 Retrieved September 30, 2018
  2. New York Times July 28, 1903 statistics for the first running of the Youthful Stakes at Jamaica Race Course Retrieved September 30, 2018
  3. Washington Post August 1, 1913 page 9 article on Gainer's win in the Youthful Stakes Retrieved September 30, 2018
  4. Man O' War statistics at Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees Retrieved September 30, 2018
  5. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame profile for Native Dancer Retrieved September 30, 2018
  6. ESPN July 31, 2003 "Affirmed the last to wear the Crown" Retrieved September 30, 2018
  7. Daily Racing Form May 12, 1930 article titled "Equipoise Finishes First But Is Disqualified" Retrieved September 30, 2018
  8. Daily Racing Form May 6, 1950 article titled "Disqualify Bank Account in Division of Youthful" Retrieved September 30, 2018
  9. "Jamaica - Official Racing Charts". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1950-05-06. Retrieved 2021-11-24.