{{Infobox horseraces | class = Discontinued stakes | horse race = Laureate Stakes | website = | image = | caption = | location = [[Morris Park Racecourse]]<br>(1896–1904)<br>[[Westchester County, New York]]<br>[[Belmont Park]]<br>(1905–1910, 1914)<br>[[Elmont, New York]] | inaugurated = 1896–1913 | race type = [[Thoroughbred]] – [[Flat racing]] | distance = {{convert|5.5|furlong|mi}} | surface = Dirt | track = left-handed | qualification = Two-year-olds | weight = | purse = | bonuses = }}
The '''Laureate Stakes''' was a race for two-year-old [[Thoroughbred]] horses run at [[Morris Park Racecourse]] in [[Westchester County, New York]] from inception in 1896 through 1904.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1890s/drf1896052701/drf1896052701_2_7 |title=Morris Park Form Chart |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1896-05-27 |accessdate=2018-12-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1909060301/drf1909060301_3_2 |title=New York Form Chart |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1909-06-03 |accessdate=2018-12-02}}</ref> The racecourse was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into [[the Bronx]] in 1895 and later developed as the neighborhood of [[Morris Park, Bronx|Morris Park]].
Financial difficulties saw Morris Park cease operations and the race was transferred to the newly opened [[Belmont Park]] in [[Elmont, New York]] where it was run from 1905 through 1910 and for a final time in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1914062101/drf1914062101_3_1 |title=Belmont Park Form Chart |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1914-06-21 |accessdate=2018-12-02}}</ref> The Laureate was run on dirt and for all but its final edition at 5½ furlongs was contested at a distance of five furlongs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1909060301/drf1909060301_1_2 |title=Waldo Wins the Laureate |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1909-06-03 |accessdate=2019-01-16}}</ref>
==The 1911–1912 statewide shutdown of horse racing== On June 11, 1908, the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]-controlled [[New York Legislature]] under [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Charles Evans Hughes]] passed the [[Hart–Agnew Law|Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation]] with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908011801/drf1908011801_1_7 |title=Penalties in the New York Bills |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1908-01-18|accessdate=2018-10-26}}</ref>
In spite of strong opposition by prominent owners such as [[August Belmont, Jr.]] and [[Harry Payne Whitney]], reform legislators were not happy when they learned that betting was still going on at racetracks between individuals and they had further restrictive legislation passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/the-first-american-triple-crown-series/|title=The First American Triple Crown Series|first=Bennett|last=Liebman|date=May 24, 2009|website=The Rail|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref> that made it possible for racetrack owners and members of its [[board of directors]] to be fined and imprisoned if anyone was found betting, even privately, anywhere on their premises. After a 1911 amendment to the law to limit the liability of owners and directors was defeated,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/14/archives/race-track-bill-defeated-in-senate-measure-modifying-directors.html|title=Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage|work=The New York Times|date=July 14, 1911|publisher=|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref> every racetrack in New York State shut down. As a result, the Laureate Stakes was not run in 1911 and 1912.
==Records== '''Speed record:''' (5 furlongs) * 0:58.80 – Song and Wine (1904)
'''Most wins by a [[jockey]]:''' * 2 – [[Tod Sloan (jockey)|Tod Sloan]] (1897–1898) * 2 – [[George M. Odom]] (1900, 1903) * 2 – [[Joe Notter]] (1908, 1914)
'''Most wins by a [[Horse trainer|trainer]]:''' * 3- [[James G. Rowe Sr.]] (1896, 1907, 1908)
'''Most wins by an owner:''' * 2- [[August Belmont Jr.]] (1906, 1910) * 2- [[James R. Keene]] (1907, 1908)
==Winners== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |- ! style="width:30px" | Year<br> ! style="width:110px" | Winner<br> ! style="width:20px" | Age<br> ! style="width:110px" | Jockey<br> ! style="width:120px" | Trainer<br> ! Owner<br> ! style="width:25px" | Dist.<br> <span style="font-size:70%">([[Furlong]]s)</span> ! style="width:25px" | Time<br> ! style="width:25px" | Win$ |- |align=center|1914 |[[Comely]] |align=center|2 |[[Joe Notter]] |Richard C. Benson |[[James Butler (grocer)|James Butler]] |align=center|5.5 F |align=center|1:07.00 |align=center|$6,025 |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|1913 |align=center colspan=10| ''Race not held'' |- style="background:#eee;" |align=center|1912 | rowspan="2" colspan="10" style="text-align:center;"| ''No races held due to the [[Hart–Agnew Law]].'' |- style="background:#eee;" |align=center|1911 |- |align=center|1910 |Babbler |align=center|2 |[[Eddie Dugan]] |John Whalen |[[August Belmont Jr.]] |align=center|5 F |align=center|1:00.40 |align=center|$2,375 |- |align=center|1909 |[[Waldo (horse)|Waldo]] |align=center|2 |[[David L. Nicol|Dave Nicol]] |[[Raleigh Colston Jr.]] |Charles L. Harrison |align=center|5 F |align=center|1:01.00 |align=center|$1,925 |- |align=center|1908 |[[Melisande (horse)|Melisande]] |align=center|2 |[[Joe Notter]] |[[James G. Rowe Sr.]] |[[James R. Keene]] |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:59.60 |align=center|$2,885 |- |align=center|1907 |Frizette |align=center|2 |[[Walter Miller (jockey)|Walter Miller]] |James G. Rowe Sr. |James R. Keene |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:00.00* |align=center|$3,425 |- |align=center|1906 |Okenite |align=center|2 |[[Herman Radtke]] |John Whalen |August Belmont Jr. |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:59.00 |align=center|$2,975 |- |align=center|1905 |Penrhyn |align=center|2 |[[Willie Shaw (jockey)|Willie Shaw]] |Charles H. Hughes |Henry M. Zeigler |align=center|5 F |align=center|1:01.00 |align=center|$2,460 |- |align=center|1904 |Song and Wine |align=center|2 |[[Arthur E. Redfern|Arthur Redfern]] |[[Fred Burlew]] |Newton Bennington |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:58.80 |align=center|$2,395 |- |align=center|1903 |Boxwood |align=center|2 |[[George M. Odom]] |[[Green B. Morris]] |Green B. Morris |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:59.75 |align=center|$2,850 |- |align=center|1902 |Charles Elwood |align=center|2 |[[Otto Wonderly]] |[[Charles Littlefield Jr.]] |[[James B. A. Haggin]] |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:59.25 |align=center|$2,675 |- |align=center|1901 |Oom Paul |align=center|2 |[[Milton Henry]] |William Heuston |Jacob Worth |align=center|5 F |align=center|1:01.00 |align=center|$1,805 |- |align=center|1900 |[[Bonnibert]] |align=center|2 |[[George M. Odom]] |[[Thomas Welsh (horse trainer)|Thomas Welsh]] |[[Julius Fleischmann|Fleischmann sons]] |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:59.80 |align=center|$2,015 |- |align=center|1899 |Prince of Melbourne |align=center|2 |Jesse Everett |[[Charles T. Patterson]] |Charles T. Patterson |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:59.80 |align=center|$2,150 |- |align=center|1898 |Dr. Eichberg |align=center|2 |[[Tod Sloan (jockey)|Tod Sloan]] |Amos Turney |Turney Bros. |align=center|5 F |align=center|0:59.75 |align=center|$2,005 |- |align=center|1897 |Frohman |align=center|2 |Tod Sloan |[[David Gideon]] |David Gideon |align=center|5 F |align=center|1:00.00 |align=center|$2,250 |- |align=center|1896 |Bastion |align=center|2 |[[Alonzo Clayton]] |James G. Rowe Sr. |[[Brookdale Farm (Lincroft, New Jersey)|Brookdale Farm Stable]] |align=center|5 F |align=center|1:03.00 |align=center|$2,500 |- |} * no time taken
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