# Tidal Stakes

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This article is about the horse race at Sheepshead Bay Race Track known as the Tidal Stakes. For another race with a similar name, see [Tidal Handicap](/source/Tidal_Handicap).

Horse race

Tidal Stakes Location Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York Inaugurated 1880-1910 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Race information Distance 1¼ miles (10 furlongs) Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Three-years-old

The **Tidal Stakes** is a discontinued [Thoroughbred horse race](/source/Thoroughbred_racing) for three-year-olds run at the [Sheepshead Bay Race Track](/source/Sheepshead_Bay_Race_Track) in [Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn](/source/Sheepshead_Bay%2C_Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) from the 1880s through until the track closed in 1910.[1] According to a 1901 report on the race by *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*, the Tidal Stakes was one of the famous fixtures of the Sheepshead Bay Spring meeting.[2]

The inaugural running in 1881 was won by [Luke Blackburn](/source/Luke_Blackburn_(horse)).[3] Ridden by [Jim McLaughlin](/source/Jim_McLaughlin_(jockey)) and trained by [James G. Rowe Sr.](/source/James_G._Rowe_Sr.), following the creation of the [National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame), horse, jockey and trainer would all be inducted.[4] The final running of the Tidal Stakes took place on 1910 and was won by The Turk who recorded the fastest time in the history of the race at the mile and a quarter distance.[5]

The most significant event in the history of the Tidal Stakes was [Colin's](/source/Colin_(horse)) win in 1908. The future Hall of Fame horse who would be ranked 15th in the 2000 *[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century](/source/Blood-Horse_magazine_List_of_the_Top_100_U.S._Racehorses_of_the_20th_Century)*,[6] retired undefeated after his fifteenth career win in the Tidal.[7]

The 1885 race resulted in a [dead heat](/source/Glossary_of_North_American_horse_racing#dead_heat) for first between James T. Williams [Kentucky Derby](/source/Kentucky_Derby) winner [Joe Cotton](/source/Joe_Cotton_(horse)) and [Norman Kittson's](/source/Norman_Kittson) [colt](/source/Colt_(horse)) Pardee. [8]

## Records

**Speed record:**

- 1 ¼ miles: 2:03 4/5, The Turk (1910)

- 1 mile: 1:38 4/5, Watercolor (1901)

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

- 8 - [Jim McLaughlin](/source/Jim_McLaughlin_(jockey)) (1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889)

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

- 8 - [James G. Rowe Sr.](/source/James_G._Rowe_Sr.) (1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909)

**Most wins by an owner:**

- 6 - [Dwyer Brothers Stable](/source/Dwyer_Brothers_Stable) (1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1887)

## Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win$ 1910 The Turk Matt McGee Richard O. Miller Silver Brook Farm (William S. Fanshawe) 11⁄4 M 2:03.80 $1,450 1909 Hilarious Richard Scoville James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:05.00 $14,550 1908 Colin Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:04.00 $15,050 1907 Peter Pan Walter Miller James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:07.40 $15,050 1906 Accountant Jack Martin Matthew M. Allen Diamond Jim Brady 11⁄4 M 2:10.00 $14,050 1905 Sysonby Dave Nicol James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:05.00 $14,550 1904 Ort Wells Gene Hildebrand Enoch Wishard John A. Drake 11⁄4 M 2:06.00 $15,250 1903 Shorthose William Haack W. Fred Presgrave Goughacres Stable (B. F. & T. C. Clyde) 11⁄4 M 2:12.20 $14,550 1902 Major Daingerfield Willie Shaw Matthew M. Allen Frederick C. McLewee & Co. 11⁄4 M 2:09.60 $14,575 1901 Watercolor Willie Shaw Charles N. Littlefield Charles N. Littlefield 1 M 1:38.80 $4,770 1900 McMeekin Carl Mitchell William M. Barrick William M. Barrick 1 M 1:40.60 $4,900 1899 Filon d'Or Patrick A. McCue T. J. Healey Richard T.Wilson Jr. 1 M 1:41.20 $4,660 1898 Handball Robert Williams Frank McCabe Philip J. Dwyer 1 M 1:41.40 $3,770 1897 Buddha Willie Simms R. Wyndham Walden R. C. Hall 1 M 1:42.20 $3,090 1896 Margrave Henry Griffin Byron McClelland Blemton Stable 1 M 1:43.00 $5,690 1895 Keenan Henry Griffin John J. Hyland John Daly & David Gideon 1 M 1:42.00 $6,380 1894 Dobbins Willie Simms Hardy Campbell Jr. Richard Croker 1 M 1:40.00 $7,900 1893 Sir Walter Samuel Doggett Walter C. Rollins Oneck Stable 1 M 1:43.00 $6.330 1892 Charade Willie Simms William R. Jones William R. Jones 1 M 1:41.25 $6,690 1891 Portchester Anthony Hamilton Frank McCabe Philip J. Dwyer & Sons 1 M 1:42.00 $5,770 1890 Burlington Isaac Burns Murphy Albert Cooper Hough Brothers 1 M 1:45.00 $8,480 1889 Salvator Jim McLaughlin Matthew Byrnes James B. A. Haggin 1 M 1:44.40 $7,000 1888 Defense Fred Littlefield M. Jordan 1 M 1:42.75 $7,720 1887 Hanover Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 1 M 1:41.25 $6,740 1886 Inspector B Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 1 M 1:46.75 $5,810 1885 Joe Cotton † Jim McLaughlin Abraham Perry James T. Williams 1 M 1:44.25 $2,655 1884 Young Duke Charlie Shauer Matthew Byrnes Pierre Lorillard IV 1 M 1:48.75 $4,180 1883 Barnes Jim McLaughlin James G. Rowe Sr. Dwyer Brothers Stable 1 M 1:46.75 $4,320 1882 Runnymede Jim McLaughlin James G. Rowe Sr. Dwyer Brothers Stable 1 M 1:43.75 $3,960 1881 Hindoo Jim McLaughlin James G. Rowe Sr. Dwyer Brothers Stable 1 M 1:43.25 1880 Luke Blackburn Jim McLaughlin James G. Rowe Sr. Dwyer Brothers Stable 1 M 1:45.00

- † 1885 [dead heat](/source/Glossary_of_North_American_horse_racing#dead_heat) for first between Joe Cotton and Pardee.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Condensed History Of The Tidal Stakes 1882- 1908"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908062101/drf1908062101_1_5). Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1908-06-21. Retrieved 2018-11-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tidal For Watercolor"](https://www.nytimes.com/1901/06/26/archives/tidal-for-watercolor-famous-stake-at-sheepshead-bay-won-by-fast.html). *New York Times*. 1901-06-26. Retrieved 2018-11-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Luke Blackburn"](https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ZOADAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-ZOADAAAAYAAJ&rdot=1). H. G. Crickmore. 1881-12-31. Retrieved 2018-11-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Luke Blackburn"](https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/luke-blackburn). Racingmuseum.org. 1956-01-01. Retrieved 2018-11-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The Turk Wins Fastest Tidal - History of the Tidal Stakes 1900-1910"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910062301/drf1910062301_1_5). Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1910-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Top100_6-0)** [*Thoroughbred Champions: Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century*](https://web.archive.org/web/20131231091401/http://books.google.com/books?id=YWGNmICO5OAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Thoroughbred+Champions%3A+Top+100+Racehorses+of+the+20th+Century&hl=en&ei=i1YATYa5BYP98AaMucjQBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA). Blood Horse Publications. 2000-10-25. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781581500240](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781581500240). Archived from [the original](https://books.google.com/books?id=YWGNmICO5OAC&q=Thoroughbred+Champions:+Top+100+Racehorses+of+the+20th+Century) on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["This Week In History"](http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/pdf/tdn/2016/tdn160618.pdf) (PDF). Thoroughbred Daily News. 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2018-10-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Coney Island Races"](https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-herald-jun-17-1885-p-1/). Madison Herald from Madison, Indiana. 1885-06-17. Retrieved 2018-11-10.

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