Seagate Stakes

The Seagate Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1899 through 1907 at New York's Brighton Beach Race Course then for a final time in 1910 with a drastically reduced purse at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York. A race for three-year-old horses of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of a mile and one-quarter for the first two runnings then at a mile and one-eighth for the remainder.

Seagate Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationBrighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, New York
(1899-1909)
Empire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York
(1910)
Inaugurated1899
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.pegasusworldcup.com
Race information
Distance1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds

Historical notes

The Seagate was a popular race won by quality horses of the era.[1] Among the winners, Charles Edward won the 1907 edition in track record time which also set a new American record. The Seagate was one of three track records Charles Edward would set that year.[2] In a 1910 history of the race, the Daily Racing Form wrote that Charles Edward "gave in the Seagate one of the most amazing displays of high-class speed ever witnessed."[1]

For the colt Old England, winning the 1902 Seagate was one of several stakes wins that year which included the Preakness Stakes, one of the American Classics that would become part of the U.S. Triple Crown series.[3]

Sir Huon came ino the Seagate Stakes having already won that year's 1906 Kentucky Derby, a race which would also become part of the U.S. Triple Crown series.[1] [4]

End of a Race and of a Racetrack

The Brighton Beach Race Course prospered until 1908 when the New York Legislature passed the Hart–Agnew Law banning gambling in New York State. [5][6][7] Motor racing events were held at the facility in an attempt to keep the track from closing permanently but even after horse racing returned to New York it was too late to save the business.

At the time it ceased horse racing operations, the Brighton Beach Race Course was the oldest horse track in steady use in the New York City area. [8]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

  • No jockey won this race more than once

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 - Thomas Welsh (1904, 1905)

Most wins by an owner:

  • No owner won this race more than once

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles)		 Time
 Win $
1910 Dalmatian 3 Carroll Shilling Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 1 1-8 m 1:53.00 $925
1909 Race not held
1908
1907 Charles Edward 3 Willie Knapp Frank M. Taylor Patchogue Stable (William H. DuBois) 1 1-8 m 1:50.60 $3,315
1906 Sir Huon 3 Roscoe Troxler Peter W. Coyne Bashford Manor Stable 1 1-8 m 1:54.00 $3,455
1905 Merry Lark 3 Gene Hildebrand Thomas Welsh Andrew Miller 1 1-8 m 1:52.40 $2,860
1904 Knight Errant 3 Jack Martin Thomas Welsh Philip J. Dwyer 1 1-8 m 1:52.60 $3,035
1903 Rigodon 3 Willie Gannon James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 1 1-8 m 1:53.20 $3,015
1902 Old England 3 Lee Jackson Green B. Morris Green B. Morris 1 1-8 m 1:54.20 $2,650
1901 Gold Heels 3 Tommy Burns Matthew M. Allen Fred C. McLewee & Diamond Jim Brady 1 1-8 m 1:52.60 $2,675
1900 Prince of Melbourne 3 Henry Spencer John A. Kyle Frank D. Beard 1 1-4 m 2:05.20 $2,450
1899 Ethelbert 3 Danny Maher A. Jack Joyner Perry Belmont 1 1-4 m 2:09.40 $2,450

References
  1. "Condensed History of the Seagate Stakes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1910-07-13. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  2. "Speedy Charles Edward: Canters Away with the Seagate Stakes at Brighton in 1:50 3-5". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1907-07-17. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  3. "Preakness Stakes History From Survivor to Bold". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1942-06-27. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  4. John O'Connor. History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921. 1905.
  5. Rhode, Paul W.; Strumpf, Koleman (October 2008), Historical Political Futures Markets: An International Perspective (PDF), National Bureau of Economic Research, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-11, retrieved 2010-01-16
  6. "Brighton to Try Turf Experiment; Purse Programmes Will Test Popularity of Racing Under New Conditions". The New York Times. July 6, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  7. "Won't Sell Brighton Track; William Engeman Denies Reports that Negotiations Are Pending". The New York Times. August 10, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  8. "Crowd at Harness Races; Brighton Trotting Meeting Opened with Fine Sport". The New York Times. August 14, 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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