Clover Stakes
Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Gravesend Race Track Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York (1888–1910) Aqueduct Racetrack, South Ozone Park, Queens, New York (1914–1932) |
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Inaugurated | 1888 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 5 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-old fillies |
The Clover Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run forty-one times at New York State's Gravesend and Aqueduct racetracks between 1888 and 1932. A race for two-year-old fillies, it was contested over a distance of five furlongs on dirt.[1][2]
The first Clover Stakes was hosted by Gravesend Race Track from inception in 1888 and run through 1908 and then for a last time in 1910. Passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes led to a compete shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912 in the state.[3][4] A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913.[5] However, it was too late for the Gravesend horse racing facility and it never reopened.[6][7]
Picked up by the operators of the Aqueduct Racetrack, the Clover Stakes returned in 1914 and would run continuously through 1932. The valuable race then fell victim to the effects of the Great Depression in the United States which forced track owners to cut costs dramatically and eliminate some events in order to provide funding support for others.
The final edition was run on June 15, 1932 and was won by Sonny Whitney's Disdainful, stablemate of his Champion and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Top Flight who won the 1931 running of the Clover Stakes.[8][9]
Records[]
Speed record:
- 0:58 flat @ 5 furlongs : Top Flight (1931)
- 0:55 2/5 @ 4.5 furlongs : Sweet Lavender (1900)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 – (1890, 1894, 1900)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 – James G. Rowe Sr. (1888, 1907, 1908, 1916, 1917, 1923)
Most wins by an owner:
- 6 – Harry Payne Whitney (1916, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1929)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
Win$ | |
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1932 | Disdainful | 2 | Raymond Workman | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $4,500 | ||
1931 | Top Flight | 2 | Alfred Robertson | T. J. Healey | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 5 F | 0:58.00 | $5,775 | |
1930 | Ladana | 2 | Laverne Fator | Frank M. Taylor | Rancocas Stable | 5 F | 1:01.20 | $6,600 | |
1929 | Murky Cloud | 2 | Raymond Workman | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 1:00.00 | $6,200 | ||
1928 | Orissa | 2 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $6,150 | |
1927 | Princess Tina | 2 | George Fields | Robert Augustus Smith | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $5,675 | ||
1926 | Pandera | 2 | Linus McAtee | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $5,675 | ||
1925 | Friars Carse | 2 | Albert Johnson | Gwyn R. Tompkins | Glen Riddle Farm | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $4,850 | |
1924 | 2 | John Maiben | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 0:58.60 | $4,650 | |||
1923 | Initiate | 2 | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 0:58.60 | $5,225 | |
1922 | 2 | Albert Johnson | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $4,875 | |||
1921 | Budana | 2 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 5 F | 0:59.80 | $4,725 | |
1920 | 2 | Willie Kelsay | Walter J. Salmon Sr. | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $3,150 | |||
1919 | Panoply | 2 | Eddie Ambrose | Albert Simons | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 0:59.80 | $2,825 | |
1918 | Elfin Queen | 2 | Oneck Stable | 5 F | 0:58.40 | $2,825 | |||
1917 | Rosie O'Grady | 2 | Frank Robinson | James G. Rowe Sr. | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $2,850 | ||
1916 | Bonnie Witch | 2 | Lee Mink | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $1,925 | |
1915 | Celandria | 2 | Merritt C. Buxton | James A. McLaughlin | Elkwood Park Stable | 5 F | 1:04.40 | $1,525 | |
1914 | Coquette | 2 | Merritt C. Buxton | George M. Odom | Brookside Stable | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $1,160 | |
1913 | Racetrack ceased operations due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | ||||||||
1912 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | ||||||||
1911 | |||||||||
1910 | Horizon | 2 | Stanley H. Davis | Frank Ernest | Richard F. Carman | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $1,900 | |
1909 | Race not held | ||||||||
1908 | 2 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 5 F | 1:00.00 | $2,495 | ||
1907 | Meggs Hill | 2 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $2,695 | |
1906 | Adoration | 2 | Walter Miller | T. J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 5 F | 1:01.80 | $2,015 | |
1905 | Transmute | 2 | Tommy Burns | Sam Hildreth | Edward E. Smathers | 5 F | 1:03.00 | $2,525 | |
1904 | Chrysitis | 2 | Frank O'Neill | Fred Burlew | Pierre Lorillard IV | 5 F | 1:02.80 | $2,710 | |
1903 | Contentious | 2 | R. Wyndham Walden | R. Wyndham Walden | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $2,275 | ||
1902 | Martie Lewis | 2 | George M. Odom | Samuel S. Brown | 5 F | 1:00.60 | $1,850 | ||
1901 | Disadvantage | 2 | Lewis Smith | Arthur Carter | J. W. Smythe | 5 F | 1:03.20 | $1,450 | |
1900 | Sweet Lavender | 2 | & Barry Littlefield | 4.5 F | 0:55.40 | $1,450 | |||
1899 | Oneck Queen | 2 | Alonzo Clayton | Walter C. Rollins | Oneck Stable | 4.5 F | 0:56.00 | $1,450 | |
1898 | High Degree | 2 | Tod Sloan | John Daly & | 4.5 F | 0:56.75 | $1,450 | ||
1897 | Fayida | 2 | Skeets Martin | William A. Chanler | 4.5 F | 0:57.00 | $1,420 | ||
1896 | Winged Foot | 2 | 4.5 F | 0:55.50 | $2,550 | ||||
1895 | Axiom | 2 | Frank McCabe | Philip J. Dwyer | 5 F | 1:03.00 | $1,790 | ||
1894 | Ridicule | 2 | R. Wyndham Walden | John A., Alfred H., Dave H. Morris | 5 F | 1:05.00 | $1,550 | ||
1893 | Kentigerna | 2 | Willie Simms | Madison Stable (Ed Kelly) | 5 F | 1:03.75 | $2,950 | ||
1892 | Rain Drop | 2 | Fred Taral | Brookwood Stable | 5 F | 1:05.00 | $2,265 | ||
1891 | Mount Vernon | 2 | Fred Taral | C. Thomas Jr. | Northampton Stable (William L. Scott) | 5 F | 1:04.00 | $2,375 | |
1890 | 2 | R. Wyndham Walden | John A. & Alfred H. Morris | 5 F | 1:06.75 | $3,445 | |||
1889 | Homeopathy | 2 | Johnny Reagan | R. Wyndham Walden | John A. & Alfred H. Morris | 5 F | 1:04.75 | $3,040 | |
1888 | Fides | 2 | P. Godfrey | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont Sr. | 5 F | 1:03.75 | $2,100 |
References[]
- ^ "Another Race for Coquette: George Odom Saddles Winner of Clover Stakes at Aqueduct". Daily Racing Form. 1914-06-30. Retrieved 2019-12-28 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
- ^ "The Clover Stakes And The Carter Handicap Features Of The Independence Day Program". Daily Racing Form. 1918-07-04. Retrieved 2019-12-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "C. V. Whitney Filly Scores by a Head". New York Times, Section Sports, page 30. 1932-06-16. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "Disdainful Triumphs: Repeats Top Flights Success in Valuable Clover Stakes". Daily Racing Form. 1932-06-16. Retrieved 2019-12-28 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
- 1888 establishments in New York (state)
- Recurring sporting events established in 1888
- Discontinued horse races in New York City
- Gravesend Race Track
- Aqueduct Racetrack
- Flat horse races for two-year-old fillies
- 1932 disestablishments in New York (state)