# Seagate Stakes

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American Thoroughbred horse race

Horse race

Seagate Stakes Class Discontinued stakes Location Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, New York (1899-1909) Empire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York (1910) Inaugurated 1899 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.pegasusworldcup.com Race information Distance 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) Surface Dirt Track left-handed Qualification Three-year-olds

The **Seagate Stakes** was an American [Thoroughbred horse race](/source/Thoroughbred_horse_race) held annually from 1899 through 1907 at New York's [Brighton Beach Race Course](/source/Brighton_Beach_Race_Course) then for a final time in 1910 with a drastically reduced purse at [Empire City Race Track](/source/Yonkers_Raceway) in [Yonkers, New York](/source/Yonkers%2C_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.[1] Among the winners, [Charles Edward](/source/Charles_Edward_(horse)) won the 1907 edition in [track record](/source/Glossary_of_North_American_horse_racing#track_record/course_record) time which also set a new American record. The Seagate was one of three track records Charles Edward would set that year.[2] In a 1910 history of the race, the *[Daily Racing Form](/source/Daily_Racing_Form)* wrote that Charles Edward "gave in the Seagate one of the most amazing displays of high-class speed ever witnessed."[1]

For the colt [Old England](/source/Old_England_(horse)), winning the 1902 Seagate was one of several stakes wins that year which included the [Preakness Stakes](/source/Preakness_Stakes), one of the American Classics that would become part of the [U.S. Triple Crown](/source/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing_(United_States)) series.[3]

[Sir Huon](/source/Sir_Huon) came into the Seagate Stakes having already won that year's [1906 Kentucky Derby](/source/1906_Kentucky_Derby), a race which would also become part of the U.S. Triple Crown series.[1][4]

## End of a Race and of a Racetrack

The Brighton Beach Race Course prospered until 1908 when the [New York Legislature](/source/New_York_Legislature) passed the [Hart–Agnew Law](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law) banning gambling in [New York State](/source/New_York_(state)).[5][6][7] [Motor racing](/source/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.[8]

## Records

**Speed record:**

- 1:50.60 @ 1 1-8 miles: [Charles Edward](/source/Charles_Edward_(horse)) (1907)

**Most wins by a [jockey](/source/Jockey):**

- No jockey won this race more than once

**Most wins by a [trainer](/source/Horse_trainer):**

- 2 - [Thomas Welsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Welsh_(horse_trainer)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1904, 1905)

**Most wins by an owner:**

- No owner won this race more than once

## Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win $ 1910 Dalmatian 3 Carroll Shilling Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 1 1-8 m 1:53.00 $925 1909 Race not held 1908 1907 Charles Edward 3 Willie Knapp Frank M. Taylor Patchogue Stable (William H. DuBois) 1 1-8 m 1:50.60 $3,315 1906 Sir Huon 3 Roscoe Troxler Peter W. Coyne Bashford Manor Stable 1 1-8 m 1:54.00 $3,455 1905 Merry Lark 3 Gene Hildebrand Thomas Welsh Andrew Miller 1 1-8 m 1:52.40 $2,860 1904 Knight Errant 3 Jack Martin Thomas Welsh Philip J. Dwyer 1 1-8 m 1:52.60 $3,035 1903 Rigodon 3 Willie Gannon James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 1 1-8 m 1:53.20 $3,015 1902 Old England 3 Lee Jackson Green B. Morris Green B. Morris 1 1-8 m 1:54.20 $2,650 1901 Gold Heels 3 Tommy Burns Matthew M. Allen Fred C. McLewee & Diamond Jim Brady 1 1-8 m 1:52.60 $2,675 1900 Prince of Melbourne 3 Henry Spencer John A. Kyle Frank D. Beard 1 1-4 m 2:05.20 $2,450 1899 Ethelbert 3 Danny Maher A. Jack Joyner Perry Belmont 1 1-4 m 2:09.40 $2,450

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SS1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SS1_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-SS1_1-2) ["Condensed History of the Seagate Stakes"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910071301/drf1910071301_1_7). Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1910-07-13. Retrieved 2020-06-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Speedy Charles Edward: Canters Away with the Seagate Stakes at Brighton in 1:50 3-5"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1907071701/drf1907071701_1_2). Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1907-07-17. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Preakness Stakes History From Survivor to Bold"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1923). Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1942-06-27. Retrieved 2018-10-05.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** John O'Connor. [*History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921*](https://archive.org/stream/historyofkentuck00ocon/historyofkentuck00ocon_djvu.txt). 1905.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Rhode, Paul W.; Strumpf, Koleman (October 2008), [*Historical Political Futures Markets: An International Perspective*](https://web.archive.org/web/20100711101616/http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/w14377.pdf) (PDF), National Bureau of Economic Research, archived from [the original](http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/w14377.pdf) (PDF) on 2010-07-11, retrieved 2010-01-16

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Brighton to Try Turf Experiment; Purse Programmes Will Test Popularity of Racing Under New Conditions"](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/07/06/archives/brighton-to-try-turf-experiment-purse-programmes-will-test.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. July 6, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Won't Sell Brighton Track; William Engeman Denies Reports that Negotiations Are Pending"](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/08/10/archives/wont-sell-brighton-track-william-engeman-denies-reports-that.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. August 10, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Crowd at Harness Races; Brighton Trotting Meeting Opened with Fine Sport"](https://www.nytimes.com/1901/08/14/archives/crowd-at-harness-races-brighton-trotting-meeting-opened-with-fine.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. August 14, 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 2010-01-16.

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