Mayflower Stakes
Listed race | |
Location | Suffolk Downs East Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Inaugurated | 1935 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 5.5f - 8.32f |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
The Mayflower Stakes was one of the premiere juvenile stakes in New England. Run at Suffolk Downs, the Mayflower was held from Suffolk's inauguration in 1935 to 1988, when Suffolk was purchased from the Ogden Corporation. Run from 5+1⁄2 furlongs to about 8+5⁄16 furlongs, the event was never graded.
Notable horses to race in the Mayflower Stakes were Alsab, Pavot, Quadrangle, Sword Dancer, Timely Writer, and Seabiscuit.
Three fillies have won an edition of this race.
Records[]
5 Furlongs:
- 59.40 - Airflame (1936), setting a new track record
5.5 Furlongs:
- 1:04.60 - Cocopet (1943), setting a new track record
6 Furlongs:
- 1:10.20 - Handsome Boy (1965)
About 8 5/16 Furlongs:
- 1:42.40 by Sword Dancer (1958)
Winning Margin:
- 6 1/2 lengths - Pentelicus (1986)
Winners of the Mayflower[]
Year |
Winner |
Distance (furlongs) |
Time |
---|---|---|---|
1988 | 6 | N/A | |
1987 | 6 | 1:11.25 | |
1986 | 6 | 1:12.00 | |
1985 | 6 | 1:11.00 | |
1984 | 6 | 1:11.45 | |
1983 | 6 | N/A | |
1982 | 5.5 | 1:05.80 | |
1981 | Timely Writer | 5.5 | 1:04.80 |
1980 | 6 | N/A | |
1979 | 6 | N/A | |
1978 | 6 | N/A | |
1977 | 6 | N/A | |
1976 | 6 | 1:11.80 | |
1975 | 6 | N/A | |
1974[1] | 6 | 1:11.25 | |
1973[2] | 6 | 1:10.45 | |
1972[3] | River of Fire | 6 | N/A |
1971 | 6 | 1:11.80 | |
1970 | 6 | 1:11.60 | |
1969[4] | 6 | 1:12:00 | |
1968 | 6 | 1:12.20 | |
1967 | 6 | 1:11.00 | |
1966 | [5] | 6 | 1:12.00 |
1965 | 6 | 1:10.20 | |
1964 | 6 | 1:12.00 | |
1963 | Orbiter | 6 | N/A |
1962 | 5.5 | 1:06.00 | |
1961[6] | 5.5 | 1:06.40 | |
1960 | 5.5 | 1:06.20 | |
1959 | Bally Ache | 5.5 | 1:05.80 |
1958 | Sword Dancer | 8.32 | 1:42.40 |
1957 | Deadeye Dick | 8.32 | 1:46.80 |
1956 | Melson | 8.32 | 1:43.00 |
1955 | 8.32 | 1:43.60 | |
1954 | 6 | 1:13.20 | |
1953 | Switch On | 5.5 | N/A |
1952 | 5.5 | 1:06.40 | |
1951 | 5.5 | 1:05.80 | |
1950 | 5.5 | 1:05.60 | |
1949 | 5.5 | 1:12.20 | |
1948 | 5.5 | 1:11.60 | |
1947 | 5.5 | 1:12.20 | |
1946 | 5.5 | 1:12.20 | |
1945 | 5.5 | 1:13.00 | |
1944 | Pavot | 5.5 | 1:05.60 |
1943 | 5.5 | 1:04.60 | |
1942 | 5.5 | 1:04.80 | |
1941 | Alsab | 5.5 | 1:05.20 |
1940 | 5.5 | 1:05.20 | |
1939 | 5.5 | 1:05.40 | |
1938 | 5.5 | 1:05.80 | |
1937 | 6 | 1:12.20 | |
1936 | 5 | 59.40 | |
1935 | 6 | 1:13.20 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ McCracken, Sam (July 5, 1974). "Sweet Mouth, Lord Arlen first on 4th". The Boston Globe.
- ^ Kinsley, Bob (July 2, 1973). "Brunate comes over big in Mayflower". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "The Morning Record - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ McCracken, Sam (July 5, 1969). "23,088 Bet $1,817,667 As Suffolk Ends Meet". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "At Suffolk Downs, an Unintended Spectator | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine". Archived from the original on 2011-04-26.
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1072728/4/index.htm[dead link]
Categories:
- 1935 establishments in Massachusetts
- 1988 disestablishments in Massachusetts
- Horse races in the United States
- Flat horse races for two-year-olds
- Sports competitions in Boston
- Suffolk Downs
- Recurring sporting events established in 1935
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1988