The Endurance Gold Cup Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually during the latter part of November at Bowie Race Track

Bowie Race Track

The Bowie Race Track was a horse racing track located just outside the city limits of Bowie, Maryland. Opened October 1, 1914 by the Southern Maryland Agricultural Society, the racetrack was a major attraction in the area, serving the now defunct WB&A Railroad that drew passengers from New York,...

 in Bowie, Maryland

Bowie, Maryland

Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...

. Open to two-year-old horses, it was contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth (8.5 furlong

Furlong

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Inaugurated as the Endurance Handicap at a distance of one mile, seventy yards, its name was changed in 1952 by new track President, Larry MacPhail

Larry MacPhail

Leland Stanford "Larry" MacPhail, Sr. was an American lawyer, and an executive and innovator in Major League Baseball.-Biography:...

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Winners (partial list)

• 1954 - Saratoga
• 1953 - Permian
• 1952 - no race
• 1951 - Jampol
• 1951 - Orco †
• 1950 - Bob Considine
• 1949 - Greek Song
• 1948 - Palestinian
• 1947 - Hefty
• 1946 - Golden Bull
• 1945 - Lord Boswell
• 1944 - The Doge
• 1944 - Hail Victory †
• 1943 - no race
• 1942 - Chop Chop
  Chop Chop (horse)
  Chop Chop was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. He was sired by Flares, a son of U.S. Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox and a full brother to U.S. Triple Crown winner, Omaha. Flares raced in England with considerable success for owner...
  
  
• 1941 - Sweet Swinger
• 1940 - Magnificent
• 1939 - Fenelon
• 1938 - no race
• 1937 - Legal Light
• 1936 - Betty's Buddy
• 1935 - Bright Plumage
• 1934 - Commonwealth
• 1933 - Chicstraw
• 1932 - Projectile
• 1931 - Mad Frump
• 1930 - Sweep All
• 1929 - Snowflake
• 1928 - Soul of Honor
• 1927 - Sortie
• 1926 - Dolan
• 1925 - High Star
• 1924 - Sumpter
• 1923 - Tree Top
• 1922 - Oui Oui
• 1921 - Champlain

• † - Second division