Clover Stakes

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]

Clover Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationGravesend Race Track
Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York (1888–1910)
Aqueduct Racetrack, South Ozone Park, Queens, New York (1914–1932)
Inaugurated1888
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies

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 – Fred Littlefield (1890, 1894, 1900)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles)		 Time
 Win$
1932 Disdainful 2 Raymond Workman Fred Hopkins 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 Fred Hopkins 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 Audley Farm Stable 5 F 0:59.60 $5,675
1926 Pandera 2 Linus McAtee Fred Hopkins 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 Maud Muller 2 John Maiben Fred Hopkins 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 Sally's Alley 2 Albert Johnson Eugene Wayland 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 Careful 2 Willie Kelsay Eugene Wayland 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 Lawrence Lyke William H. Karrick Oneck Stable 5 F 0:58.40 $2,825
1917 Rosie O'Grady 2 Frank Robinson James G. Rowe Sr. Lewis S. Thompson 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 Melisande 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 Willie Gannon R. Wyndham Walden R. Wyndham Walden 5 F 1:01.00 $2,275
1902 Martie Lewis 2 George M. Odom Peter G. Wimmer 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 Fred Littlefield Charles S. Littlefield Jr. Charles Sr. & 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 David Gideon John Daly & David Gideon 4.5 F 0:56.75 $1,450
1897 Fayida 2 Skeets Martin Albert Cooper William A. Chanler 4.5 F 0:57.00 $1,420
1896 Winged Foot 2 John J. McCafferty John J. McCafferty John J. McCafferty 4.5 F 0:55.50 $2,550
1895 Axiom 2 John Lamley Frank McCabe Philip J. Dwyer 5 F 1:03.00 $1,790
1894 Ridicule 2 Fred Littlefield 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 Correction 2 Fred Littlefield 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
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Destruction Wrought by Hughes". Daily Racing Form. 1908-12-15. Retrieved 2018-11-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  7. "Famous Old Track is Sold". Daily Racing Form. 1914-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  8. "C. V. Whitney Filly Scores by a Head". New York Times, Section Sports, page 30. 1932-06-16. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  9. "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.
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