Shevlin Stakes
Discontinued stakes race | |
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Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York United States 1925-1945, 1947-1955 Belmont Park Elmont, New York (1946, 1956-1959) |
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Inaugurated | 1925 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile : 1925-1939 1+1⁄16 miles : 1940-1952 7 furlongs : 1953-1959 |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old |
Weight | Assigned |
The Shevlin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York and at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race on dirt was inaugurated in 1925 to honor the long service of James Shevlin, the President of the Queens County Jockey Club which operated Aqueduct Racetrack[1] who had died at age 82 on November 24, 1924, at his home in Brooklyn.[2]
There was no race run from 1933 through 1935.
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1:36.80 - Volitant (1959) (1 mile)
- 1:42.80 - Jacomar (1940) (1+1⁄16 miles - race and track record)[3]
- 1:22.40 - Clem - (7 furlongs)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Ted Atkinson (1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - James E. Fitzsimmons (1931, 1932, 1941, 1952, 1954)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Belair Stud (1931, 1932, 1952)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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1959 | Cedar Brook | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1:23.80 | |
1958 | Judge | Ismael Valenzuela | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1:23.00 |
1957 | Clem | Conn McCreary | William W. Stephens | 1:22.40 | |
1956 | Tick Tock | William Boland | Edward A. Christmas | 1:23.80 | |
1955 | Gold Box | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:23.40 |
1954 | Quick Lunch | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:23.60 | |
1953 | Hueso | Basil James | 1:23.80 | ||
1952 | Golden Gloves | Nick Wall | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:44.20 |
1951 | Ovie Scurlock | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:43.60 | |
1950 | Dooly | Ted Atkinson | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:46.20 |
1949 | Colonel Mike | Eddie Arcaro | Eugene Jacobs | Eugene Jacobs | 1:45.20 |
1948 | Eddie Arcaro | James P. Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 1:45.80 | |
1947 | Blue Border | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:46.20 |
1946 | Hadrian | Ferril Zufelt | Frank Frankel | 1:44.00 | |
1945 | Wildlife | Ted Atkinson | Andy Schuttinger | 1:45.80 | |
1944 | Ted Atkinson | James W. Smith | Alfred P. Parker | 1:45.40 | |
1943 | Le Havre | Ted Atkinson | Helen Murphy | 1:45.00 | |
1942 | Dogpatch | Roy Waldron | Milky Way Farm Stable | 1:44.40 | |
1941 | King Cole | James E. Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 1:44.20 | |
1940 | Jacomar | H. Hugh Dufford | Elizabeth Arden | 1:42.80 | |
1939 | Volitant | Don Meade | George Bull & John Morris | 1:36.80 | |
1938 | Mythical King | Jack Howard | Ben F. Whitaker | 1:37.40 | |
1937 | Rudie | Eddie Arcaro | J. L. Donovan | William H. Gallagher | 1:38.80 |
1936 | Gean Canach | Sam Renick | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1:37.60 |
1935 | no race | ||||
1934 | no race | ||||
1933 | no race | ||||
1932 | Faireno | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:38.00 | |
1931 | Sir Ashley | Anthony Pascuma | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:38.80 |
1930 | Mr. Sponge | Henry McDaniel | Joseph E. Widener | 1:37.40 | |
1929 | Jack High | Linus McAtee | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:38.80 |
1928 | Victorian | Raymond Workman | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:40.00 |
1927 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:37.20 | |
1926 | Macaw | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:38.40 |
1925 | Silver Fox | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:38.00 |
References[]
- ^ New York Times - January 17, 1925
- ^ New York Times - November 25, 1924 obituary for James Shevlin
- ^ "Jacomar, Chicuelo Win For Mrs. Lewis In Aqueduct Races". New York Times. 1940-06-16. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
Categories:
- Discontinued horse races in New York (state)
- Flat horse races for three-year-olds
- Aqueduct Racetrack
- Belmont Park