Seagate Stakes

{{short description|American Thoroughbred horse race}} {{Infobox horseraces | class = Discontinued stakes | horse race = Seagate Stakes | website = {{URL|https://www.pegasusworldcup.com/}} | image = | caption = | location = [[Brighton Beach Race Course]], [[Brighton Beach, New York]] (1899-1909) [[Yonkers Raceway|Empire City Race Track]], [[Yonkers, New York]] (1910) | inaugurated = 1899 | race type = [[Thoroughbred]] - [[Flat racing]] | distance = 1 1/8 miles (9 [[Furlong|furlongs]]) | surface = Dirt | track = left-handed | qualification = Three-year-olds | weight = | purse = | bonuses = }}

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 [[Yonkers Raceway|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.

==Historical notes== The Seagate was a popular race won by quality horses of the era.<ref name=SS1>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910071301/drf1910071301_1_7 |title=Condensed History of the Seagate Stakes |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1910-07-13 |accessdate=2020-06-18}}</ref> Among the winners, [[Charles Edward (horse)|Charles Edward]] won the 1907 edition in [[Glossary of North American horse racing#track record/course record|track record]] time which also set a new American record. The Seagate was one of three track records Charles Edward would set that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1907071701/drf1907071701_1_2|title=Speedy Charles Edward: Canters Away with the Seagate Stakes at Brighton in 1:50 3-5|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1907-07-17|accessdate=2020-11-02}}</ref> 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."<ref name=SS1/>

For the colt [[Old England (horse)|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 [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|U.S. Triple Crown]] series.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1923 |title=Preakness Stakes History From Survivor to Bold |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1942-06-27 |accessdate=2018-10-05 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

[[Sir Huon]] came into 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.<ref name=SS1/><ref>John O'Connor. [https://archive.org/stream/historyofkentuck00ocon/historyofkentuck00ocon_djvu.txt ''History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921'']. 1905.</ref>

==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)|New York State]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Rhode |first=Paul W. |last2=Strumpf |first2=Koleman |date=October 2008 |title=Historical Political Futures Markets: An International Perspective |publisher=National Bureau of Economic Research |url=http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/w14377.pdf |accessdate=2010-01-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711101616/http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/w14377.pdf |archivedate=2010-07-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Brighton to Try Turf Experiment; Purse Programmes Will Test Popularity of Racing Under New Conditions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/07/06/archives/brighton-to-try-turf-experiment-purse-programmes-will-test.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 6, 1908 |page=5 |accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Won't Sell Brighton Track; William Engeman Denies Reports that Negotiations Are Pending |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/08/10/archives/wont-sell-brighton-track-william-engeman-denies-reports-that.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 10, 1908 |page=1 |accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crowd at Harness Races; Brighton Trotting Meeting Opened with Fine Sport |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1901/08/14/archives/crowd-at-harness-races-brighton-trotting-meeting-opened-with-fine.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 14, 1891 |page=5 |accessdate=2010-01-16}}</ref>

==Records== '''Speed record:''' * 1:50.60 @ 1 1-8 miles: [[Charles Edward (horse)|Charles Edward]] (1907)

'''Most wins by a [[jockey]]:''' * No jockey won this race more than once

'''Most wins by a [[Horse trainer|trainer]]:''' * 2 - [[Thomas Welsh (horse trainer)|Thomas Welsh]] (1904, 1905)

'''Most wins by an owner:''' * No owner won this race more than once

==Winners== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |- ! style="width:30px" | Year ! style="width:110px" | Winner ! style="width:20px" | Age ! style="width:110px" | Jockey ! style="width:120px" | Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:25px" | [[Distance|Dist.]] ([[Mile|Miles]]) ! style="width:25px" | Time ! style="width:35px" | Win [[United States dollar|$]] |- |align=center|1910 |[[Dalmatian (horse)|Dalmatian]] |align=center|3 |[[Carroll H. Shilling|Carroll Shilling]] |[[Sam Hildreth]] |[[Sam Hildreth]] |align=center|1 1-8 m |1:53.00 |$925 |- style="background:#eee;" |align=center|1909 | rowspan="2" colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| ''Race not held'' |- style="background:#eee;" |align=center|1908 |- |align=center|1907 |[[Charles Edward (horse)|Charles Edward]] |align=center|3 |[[Willie Knapp]] |[[Frank M. Taylor]] |Patchogue Stable (William H. DuBois) |align=center|1 1-8 m |1:50.60 |$3,315 |- |align=center|1906 |[[Sir Huon]] |align=center|3 |[[Roscoe Troxler]] |[[Peter W. Coyne]] |[[Bashford Manor Stable]] |align=center|1 1-8 m |1:54.00 |$3,455 |- |align=center|1905 |Merry Lark |align=center|3 |[[Gene Hildebrand]] |[[Thomas Welsh (horse trainer)|Thomas Welsh]] |[[Andrew Miller (publisher)|Andrew Miller]] |align=center|1 1-8 m |1:52.40 |$2,860 |- |align=center|1904 |[[Knight Errant (horse)|Knight Errant]] |align=center|3 |[[Jack Martin (jockey)|Jack Martin]] |[[Thomas Welsh (horse trainer)|Thomas Welsh]] |[[Philip J. Dwyer]] |align=center|1 1-8 m |1:52.60 |$3,035 |- |align=center|1903 |Rigodon |align=center|3 |[[Willie Gannon]] |[[James G. Rowe Sr.]] |[[James R. Keene]] |align=center|1 1-8 m |1:53.20 |$3,015 |- |align=center|1902 |[[Old England (horse)|Old England]] |align=center|3 |[[Lee Jackson (jockey)|Lee Jackson]] |[[Green B. Morris]] |Green B. Morris |align=center|1 1-8 m |1:54.20 |$2,650 |- |align=center|1901 |[[Gold Heels]] |align=center|3 |[[Thomas H. Burns|Tommy Burns]] |[[Matthew M. Allen]] |Fred C. McLewee & [[Diamond Jim Brady]] |align=center|1 1-8 m |1:52.60 |$2,675 |- |align=center|1900 |[[Prince of Melbourne]] |align=center|3 |[[Henry Spencer (jockey)|Henry Spencer]] |John A. Kyle |Frank D. Beard |align=center|1 1-4 m |2:05.20 |$2,450 |- |align=center|1899 |[[Ethelbert (horse)|Ethelbert]] |align=center|3 |[[Daniel A. Maher|Danny Maher]] |[[A. Jack Joyner]] |[[Perry Belmont]] |align=center|1 1-4 m |2:09.40 |$2,450 |- |}

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[[Category:Discontinued horse races in New York (state)]] [[Category:Open mile category horse races]] [[Category:Open middle distance horse races]] [[Category:Brighton Beach Race Course]] [[Category:Horse races established in 1899]] [[Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1911]] [[Category:Horse races in New York City]]