Kentucky Stakes
The Kentucky Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race run between 1870 and 1938 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Raced on dirt, it was originally open to two-year-olds of either sex but after the event was placed on hiatus following the 1894 running it was revived in 1901 as a selling race for two-year-old fillies.[1]
| Discontinued stakes race | |
| Location | Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1870 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 5.5 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
Historical notes
The inaugural running of the Kentucky Stakes was contested at 6 furlongs and was won by Harry Bassett, a three-time Champion and future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. The early races for colts and fillies produced two more Hall of Fame winners, Parole in 1875 and Emperor of Norfolk in 1887.[2] [3]
The final running of the Kentucky Stakes took place on August 15, 1932, and was won by Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr.'s Spot News.[4]
Winners
| Year |
Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Spot News | |
| 1937 | Watchcase | |
| 1936 | Sunset Girl | |
| 1935 | Fair Stein | |
| 1934 | Little Lie | |
| 1933 | Jabot | |
| 1932 | Eva B | |
| 1931 | Princess Camelia | |
| 1930 | Gosling | |
| 1929 | Shady Lady | |
| 1928 | Nella R | |
| 1927 | Torpointer | |
| 1926 | Ennui | |
| 1925 | Lacewood | |
| 1924 | Wax Lady | |
| 1923 | Sunayr | |
| 1922 | Pandowdy | |
| 1921 | Budana | |
| 1920 | Loveliness | |
| 1919 | His Choice | |
| 1918 | Knot | |
| 1917 | Stitch In Time | |
| 1916 | Katenka | |
| 1915 | Bonnie Tess | |
| 1914 | Montrosa | |
| 1913 | Crossbun | |
| 1912 | No races due to Hart–Agnew Law. | |
| 1911 | ||
| 1910 | Leah | |
| 1909 | Responsful | |
| 1908 | Helen Harvey | |
| 1907 | Ella O'Neill | |
| 1906 | Clara Huron | |
| 1905 | Bauble | |
| 1904 | Candida | |
| 1903 | The Lady Rohesia | |
| 1902 | Lady Albercraft | |
| 1901 | Mary Worth | |
| 1895 | - 1900 Race not held | |
| 1894 | Handspun | |
| 1893 | Miss Lilly | |
| 1892 | Marguerite | |
| 1891 | Frank Kinney | |
| 1890 | Cleopatra | |
| 1889 | Santiago | |
| 1888 | The Lioness | |
| 1887 | Emperor of Norfolk | |
| 1886 | King Fox | |
| 1885 | Quito | |
| 1884 | Lizzie Dwyer | |
| 1883 | Welcher | |
| 1882 | George Kinney | |
| 1881 | Onondaga | |
| 1880 | Brambaletta | |
| 1879 | Oden | |
| 1878 | Uncas | |
| 1877 | Pride of the Village | |
| 1876 | Susquehanna | |
| 1875 | Parole | |
| 1874 | Chesapeake | |
| 1873 | Battle Axe | |
| 1872 | Silk Stocking | |
| 1871 | Sue Ryder | |
| 1870 | Harry Bassett | |
References
- "Condensed History of the Kentucky Stakes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1906-08-19. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- "The Kentucky Stakes Easily Captured by Parole". New York Times, page 5. 1875-08-11. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- "The Thoroughbreds". Los Angeles Daily Herald. 1887-08-12. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- "Spot News Takes Kentucky Stakes". New York Times, page 16. 1938-08-16. Retrieved 2020-01-14.