Spindrift Stakes
Encyclopedia
The Spindrift Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race
run annually between 1886 and 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track
at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
, New York
. A race for three-year-olds, it was contested on dirt over a distance of 1¼ miles (10 furlong
s) from 1886–1892 and at 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) from 1893 through 1909.
The race ended with the closure of the Coney Island Jockey Club's racetrack, brought on by the State legislature's
enactment of the Hart-Agnew Law.
Most wins by a jockey
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Most wins by a trainer
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Most wins by an owner:
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 between 1886 and 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, New York...
at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally a barrier island but now effectively an extension of the mainland with peninsulas both east and west...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. A race for three-year-olds, it was contested on dirt over a distance of 1¼ miles (10 furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s) from 1886–1892 and at 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) from 1893 through 1909.
The race ended with the closure of the Coney Island Jockey Club's racetrack, brought on by the State legislature's
New York Legislature
The New York State Legislature is the term often used to refer to the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York. The New York Constitution does not designate an official term for the two houses together...
enactment of the Hart-Agnew Law.
Records
Speed record:- 1:51.80 - Fashion Plate (1909) (at 1⅛ miles)
- 2:09.40 - Sir John (1890) (at 1¼ miles)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
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- 2 - Henry Spencer (1899, 1900)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
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- 4 - James G. Rowe, Sr. (1888, 1903, 1906, 1907)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Dwyer Brothers StableDwyer Brothers StableDwyer Brothers Stable was an American thoroughbred horse racing operation owned by Brooklyn, New York businessmen, Phil and Mike Dwyer.The Dwyer brothers hired trainer Evert Snedecker and purchased their first Thoroughbred, Rhadamanthus, in 1874. In October of that same year they acquired Vigil...
(1887, 1890) - 2 - Samuel S. BrownSamuel S. BrownCaptain Samuel Smith Brown was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner....
& John W. Rogers (1892, 1893) - 2 - James R. KeeneJames R. KeeneJames Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852...
(1906, 1907)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
1909 | Fashion Plate | Henry Smith | William H. Karrick | Oneck Stable | 1:51.80 |
1908 | Firestone | Walter Miller Walter Miller (jockey) Walter Miller was an American jockey.Miller was Jewish, and was born in Brooklyn, New York.He rode in his first race at age 14. At the age of 16, he won 388 races , and between the years 1905 and 1908 he won 1,094 races. He led the U.S... |
Dr. H. E. Rowell | Thomas H. Williams | 1:53.20 |
1907 | Cabochon | Lowe | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene James R. Keene James Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852... |
1:53.40 |
1906 | Kuroki | Willie Shaw | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene James R. Keene James Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852... |
1:53.80 |
1905 | Oiseau | Frank O'Neill | Matthew M. Allen | Diamond Jim Brady | 1:53.60 |
1904 | Highball | George Odom George M. Odom George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer.... |
John W. May | Walter M. Scheftel | 1:54.00 |
1903 | Injunction | Willie Gannon | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Foxhall P. Keene Foxhall P. Keene Foxhall Parker Keene was an American thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder, a World and Olympic Gold Medallist in polo. He was rated the best all-around polo player in the United States for eight consecutive years, a golfer who competed in the U.S... |
1:52.80 |
1902 | Ranald | Otto Wonderly Otto Wonderly Otto Wonderly was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey from Ontario who competed in his native Canada and in the United States where he was killed in a racing accident.... |
Charles S. Littlefield, Jr. | James B. A. Haggin | 1:54.20 |
1901 | Gold Heels Gold Heels Gold Heels was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who, in a two-year period, set one new stakers record and four track records, including a world record.-Background:... |
Winfield O'Connor | Matthew M. Allen | Jim Brady & Fred C. McLewee | 1:52.40 |
1900 | Prince of Melbourne | Henry Spencer | J. A. Kyle | Col. Frank D. Beard | 1:53.60 |
1899 | Ethelbert | Henry Spencer | A. Jack Joyner A. Jack Joyner Andrew Jackson "Jack" Joyner was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.Known as "Jack" and reported as "A.J." and "A. Jack," Joyner was born in Enfield, North Carolina, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Joyner... |
Perry Belmont Perry Belmont Perry Belmont was an American politician and diplomat.-Biography:He was born on December 28, 1851 in New York City to August Belmont. His brothers were Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and August Belmont, Jr.... |
1:55.40 |
1898 | Sailor King | Danny Maher | Walter B. Jennings | Walter B. Jennings | 1:55.40 |
1897 | On Deck | Fred Taral Fred Taral Fred Taral was an American Hall of Fame jockey.Taral began his career in racing in the 1880s at small racetracks in Oklahoma. By 1889 he was among the 24-member jockey colony at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans and competed in his first Kentucky Derby... |
Julius Bauer | Bromley & Co. | 1:56.40 |
1896 | Formal | Fred Littlefield | R. Wyndham Walden | Alfred Alfred Hennen Morris Alfred Hennen Morris was an American businessman politician, and racehorse owner/breeder.The son of Louisiana Lottery "king" John Albert Morris and his wife Cora Hennen, he was named for his maternal grandfather, Judge Alfred Hennen, of New Orleans, a Justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court.In... & David Morris David Hennen Morris David Hennen "Dave" Morris was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Thoroughbred racehorse owner who co-founded the International Auxiliary Language Association .... |
1:56.00 |
1895 | Bright Phoebus | Lester Reiff Lester Reiff Lester Berchart Reiff was an American jockey who achieved racing acclaim in the United Kingdom in the first decade of the twentieth century... |
Charles S. Littlefield, Jr. | Del Monte Stable | 1:57.20 |
1894 | Henry of Navarre Henry of Navarre (horse) Henry of Navarre was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Sired by the 1884 Preakness Stakes winner Knight of Ellerslie he was named for the Huguenot king, Henry IV of France.... |
Samuel Doggett | Byron McClelland Byron McClelland Byron McClelland was an American Thoroughbred horse racing owner and trainer. An African American, he was one of the best known horsemen of his era who won the three races that would eventually constitute the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing series.Born in Lexington, Kentucky,... |
Byron McClelland Byron McClelland Byron McClelland was an American Thoroughbred horse racing owner and trainer. An African American, he was one of the best known horsemen of his era who won the three races that would eventually constitute the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing series.Born in Lexington, Kentucky,... |
1:56.20 |
1893 | Glenmoyne | Willie Simms Willie Simms Willie Simms was an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing jockey.... |
John W. Rogers | Samuel S. Brown Samuel S. Brown Captain Samuel Smith Brown was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner.... & John W. Rogers |
1:54.80 |
1892 | Pickpocket | Fred Taral Fred Taral Fred Taral was an American Hall of Fame jockey.Taral began his career in racing in the 1880s at small racetracks in Oklahoma. By 1889 he was among the 24-member jockey colony at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans and competed in his first Kentucky Derby... |
John W. Rogers | Samuel S. Brown Samuel S. Brown Captain Samuel Smith Brown was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner.... & John W. Rogers |
2:11.40 |
1891 | Potomac | Anthony Hamilton | Hardy Campbell, Jr. Hardy Campbell, Jr. Hardy Campbell, Jr. was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer and Standardbred horse owner. Hardy Campbell, Sr. was involved in horse racing, and Hardy Jr. spent his life around and in the business. He became head stable lad for Dwyer Brothers Stable in Brooklyn, New York, one of the top... |
Michael F. Dwyer Michael F. Dwyer Michael F. Dwyer was an American businessman from Brooklyn, New York and prominent owner of Thoroughbred racehorses and racetracks... |
2:11.00 |
1890 | Sir John | Martin Bergen | Frank McCabe Frank McCabe Frank Reilly McCabe was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. McCabe played collegiately at Marquette University.... |
Dwyer Brothers Stable Dwyer Brothers Stable Dwyer Brothers Stable was an American thoroughbred horse racing operation owned by Brooklyn, New York businessmen, Phil and Mike Dwyer.The Dwyer brothers hired trainer Evert Snedecker and purchased their first Thoroughbred, Rhadamanthus, in 1874. In October of that same year they acquired Vigil... |
2:09.40 |
1889 | My Fellow | William Donohue | Charles S. Littlefield, Sr. | Charles S. Littlefield, Sr. | 2:10.20 |
1888 | Raceland Raceland (horse) Raceland was an American Champion Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Out of the mare Calomel, his British sire, Billet, was imported to stand at stud in the United States where in 1883 he was the Leading sire in North America. Grandsire Voltigeur won England's Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes in... |
Godfrey | James G. Rowe, Sr. | August Belmont August Belmont August Belmont, Sr. was an American politician.-Early life:August Belmont was born in Alzey, Hesse, on December 8, 1813--some sources say 1816--to Simon and Frederika Elsass Schönberg, a Jewish family. After his mother's death, when he was seven, he lived with his uncle and grandmother in Frankfurt... |
2:12.00 |
1887 | Hanover Hanover (thoroughbred horse) Hanover was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse that won his first 17 race starts. He was the only American stallion to head the Leading sire in North America list for four consecutive years until Bold Ruler did so in 1965.-Background:... |
Jim McLaughlin Jim McLaughlin James "Jim" McLaughlin was an American thoroughbred race horse jockey.Orphaned and homeless in his early teens, McLaughlin was taken in by horse trainer William Daly who taught him how to ride. While individual statistics from all of McLaughlin's career races aren't documented, McLaughlin began... |
Frank McCabe Frank McCabe Frank Reilly McCabe was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. McCabe played collegiately at Marquette University.... |
Dwyer Brothers Stable Dwyer Brothers Stable Dwyer Brothers Stable was an American thoroughbred horse racing operation owned by Brooklyn, New York businessmen, Phil and Mike Dwyer.The Dwyer brothers hired trainer Evert Snedecker and purchased their first Thoroughbred, Rhadamanthus, in 1874. In October of that same year they acquired Vigil... |
2:11.25 |
1886 | The Bard The Bard (horse) The Bard was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the most popular horse of his day and one who raced and beat all the top horses. Bred by Charles Reed, owner of the Fairview Stud Farm in Gallatin, Tennessee, his dam was Bradamante and his sire was the U.S... |
John Fisher | John Huggins | Mr. Kelso | 2:09.50 |