Partridge Stakes
| Discontinued stakes race | |
| Location | Sheepshead Bay Race Track Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1890 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 furlongs |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Two years old |
The Partridge Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track from 1890 through 1909. A race on turf over a distance of six furlongs (3/4 of a mile), it was open to two-year-old horses of either sex.[1]
Historical notes
In the 1891 Partridge Stakes Azra ran third to winner Rex but went on to win the 1892 Kentucky Derby.
The three-year-old gelding Dolly Spanker won the 1903 edition of the Partridge Stakes and went on to a long and successful career winning on both turf and dirt. A popular runner, the New York Times called Dolly Spanker "one of the best-know flat racers in the country" and had been "one of the best handicap horses on the Metropolitan tracks."[2]
The End of a Race and of a Racetrack
The 1908 passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes created havoc in the state's racing industry and would lead to a compete shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912.[3][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 Partridge Stakes offering a substantially reduced purse in 1908 with further reduction in 1909 to where it less than one-sixth of what it had been in earlier years. These small purses made horse racing unprofitable and impossible for even the most successful horse owners to continue in business.[6] A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913.[7] However, it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.[8][9]
Records
Speed record:
- Ethereal @ 6 furlongs: 1:13 2/5 (1908)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 – Fred Taral (1890, 1895, 1897)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 – Green B. Morris (1890, 1891, 1899)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 – Green B. Morris (1890, 1891, 1899)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
Win $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Glennadeane | 2 | Albert Walsh | Andrew G. Blakely | T. W. O'Brien | 6 F | 1:14.40 | $350 |
| 1908 | Ethereal | 2 | James Butler Jr. | John J. Hyland | Elkwood Park Stable | 6 F | 1:13.40 | $1,050 |
| 1907 | Johnnie Blake | 2 | David Nicol | William E. Phillips | Fred Cook | 6 F | 1:13.80 | $2,545 |
| 1906 | Fountainblue | 2 | Jack Martin | Matthew M. Allen | Diamond Jim Brady | 6 F | 1:14.00 | $2,325 |
| 1905 | Yankee Consul | 2 | Jack Martin | John W. May | Tippah Farms Stable | 6 F | 1:16.20 | $3,050 |
| 1904 | St. Bellane | 2 | George M. Odom | William Shields | Edward R. Thomas | 6 F | 1:14.20 | $2,650 |
| 1903 | Dolly Spanker | 2 | Willie Gannon | James G. Rowe Sr. | Foxhall P. Keene | 6 F | 1:15.60 | $2,370 |
| 1902 | Wild Thyme | 2 | Lucien Lyne | Thomas J. Healey | Andrew Miller | 6 F | 1:14.60 | $2,500 |
| 1901 | Gay Boy | 2 | Patrick A. McCue | Charles F. Hill | Clarence H. Mackay | 6 F | 1:15.00 | $2,180 |
| 1900 | Demurrer | 2 | Milton Henry | James J. McLaughlin | Anthony L. Aste | 6 F | 1:14.00 | $1,800 |
| 1899 | Water King | 2 | John Bullman | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 6 F | 1:15.00 | $1,910 |
| 1898 | King Barleycorn | 2 | Nash Turner | H. Eugene Leigh | Ella O. Pepper | 6 F | 1:15.00 | $860 |
| 1897 | Central Trust | 2 | Fred Taral | Henry Harris | John E. McDonald | 6 F | 1:17.00 | $1,150 |
| 1896 | George Rose | 2 | J. Hill | Jim M. Murphy | 6 F | 1:16.00 | $1,150 | |
| 1895 | One I Love | 2 | Fred Taral | John J. Hyland | William P. Thompson | 6 F | 1:15.20 | $1,150 |
| 1894 | Harry Reed | 2 | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Michael F. Dwyer | 6 F | 1:14.40 | $1,105 |
| 1893 | Armitage | 2 | Samuel Doggett | Harry M. Mason | John G. Follansbee | 6 F | 1:16.60 | $1,155 |
| 1892 | Marshall | 2 | Samuel Doggett | Walter B. Jennings | Walter B. Jennings | 6 F | 1:16.80 | $1,520 |
| 1891 | Rex | 2 | Alexander Covington | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 6 F | 1:16.20 | $1,425 |
| 1890 | Strathmeath | 2 | Fred Taral | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 6 F | 1:15.60 | $1,235 |
References
- ^ "Running of the Partridge Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1909-08-31. Retrieved 2020-02-08 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
- ^ "Dolly Spanker Drops Dead". New York Times. 1911-06-19. p. 7. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Keep Up Betting Ban". New York Times. 1908-09-01. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Coney Island Clubs Sturdy Stand". Daily Racing Form. 1908-08-11. Retrieved 2019-02-03 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Destruction Wrought by Hughes". Daily Racing Form. 1908-12-15. Retrieved 2018-11-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
- ^ "Famous Old Track is Sold". Daily Racing Form. 1914-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.