# Zephyr Stakes

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American Thoroughbred horse race

Horse race

Zephyr Stakes Class Discontinued stakes Location Sheepshead Bay Race Track Brooklyn, New York, United States Inaugurated 1886–1910 Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing Race information Distance Furlongs: 1886–1900: 5+3⁄4 1901–1909: 5+1⁄2 1910: 5 Surface Dirt Track left-handed Qualification Two-year-olds

The **Zephyr Stakes** was an American [Thoroughbred horse race](/source/Thoroughbred_racing) that was run from 1886 through 1910 at [Sheepshead Bay Race Track](/source/Sheepshead_Bay_Race_Track) in [Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn](/source/Sheepshead_Bay%2C_Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). A race for two-year-olds of either sex, it was a [sprint race](/source/Horse_racing) run on dirt. During its tenure, it was run at three different distances. From inception through 1900 it was run on the track's Futurity course at 5+3⁄4 furlongs with a setup that did not accommodate a standard six-furlong race.[1] (A [furlong](/source/Furlong) is 1⁄8 mi or 0.20 km.)

The 1886 inaugural Zephyr Stakes was won by [Tremont](/source/Tremont_(horse)). Considered one of the great two-year-old horses in the history of American racing, Tremont's thirteen race wins set a record for the most by an undefeated two-year-old trained in the United States. Going into 2019, that record still stands. He earned 1886 [American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt](/source/American_Champion_Two-Year-Old_Male_Horse) honors.[2]

On June 11, 1908, the [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) controlled [New York Legislature](/source/New_York_Legislature) under [Governor](/source/Governor_of_New_York) [Charles Evans Hughes](/source/Charles_Evans_Hughes) passed the [Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law) with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison.[3] The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without betting.[4] Racetrack operators had no choice but to drastically reduce the [purse money](/source/Purse_distribution) being paid out which by 1909 saw the Mermaid Stakes offering a purse that was close to one-tenth of what it had been in earlier years.[5] Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which deepened the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. When a Court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.

## Records

**Speed record:**

- 5+1⁄2 furlongs: 1:06.40, Disadvantage (1901)

- 5+3⁄4 furlongs: 1:09.40, [Commando](/source/Commando_(horse)) (1900)

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

- 2 – [Jim McLaughlin](/source/Jim_McLaughlin_(jockey)) (1886, 1887)

- 2 – [Tod Sloan](/source/Tod_Sloan_(jockey)) (1896, 1898)

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

- 3 – [Frank McCabe](/source/Frank_McCabe_(horse_trainer)) (1886, 1887, 1889)

- 3 – [T. J. Healey](/source/T._J._Healey) (1904, 1905, 1906)

**Most wins by an owner:**

- 3 – [Dwyer Brothers Stable](/source/Dwyer_Brothers_Stable) (1886, 1887, 1889)

- 3 – [Richard T. Wilson Jr.](/source/Richard_Thornton_Wilson_Jr.) (1904, 1905, 1906)

## Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Furlongs) Time Win US$ 1910 Round The World 2 Frank Keogh J. H. Armstrong William G. Yanke 5 F 0:59.80 $520 1909 Reybourn 2 James Butwell William O. Scully H. L. Lee 5.5 F 1:07.40 $455 1908 Torbellino 2 Joe McCahey Enoch Wishard Adolph B. Spreckels 5.5 F 1:07.00 $3,690 1907 Lady Winifred 2 Guy Garner James H. McCreery Frederick Johnson 5.5 F 1:07.20 $4,310 1906 Red River 2 Walter Miller T. J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 5.5 F 1:06.80 $4,470 1905 Gallavant 2 Arthur Redfern T. J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 5.5 F 1:08.00 $3,900 1904 Gamara 2 Gene Hildebrand T. J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 5.5 F 1:08.60 $3,735 1903 Race King 2 Frank O'Neill Jim McLaughlin Orville L. Richards 5.5 F 1:09.20 $3,900 1902 Golden Maxim 2 Winfield O'Connor James J. McLaughlin J. P. Kramer 5.5 F 1:08.40 $3,940 1901 Disadvantage 2 Willie Shaw Arthur Carter J. W. Smythe 5.5 F 1:06.40 $700 1900 Commando 2 Henry Spencer James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 5.75 F 1:09.40 $1,800 1899 Killashandra 2 Patrick A. McCue Sam Hildreth Sydney Paget 5.75 F 1:11.40 $1,890 1898 Sir Hubert 2 Tod Sloan Thomas Welsh C. Fleischmann's Sons 5.75 F 1:11.20 $1,970 1897 Mont d'Or † 2 Joseph Scherrer William Hayward Sr. Sensation Stable (S. Deimel & H. S. Crossman) 5.75 F 1:11.00 $1,450 1896 Divide 2 Tod Sloan William H. Karrick Kensico Stable (J. P. Kramer & A. L. Aste) 5.75 F 1:13.20 $1,430 1895 Applegate 2 John J. McCafferty John J. McCafferty John J. McCafferty 5.75 F 1:11.40 $1,450 1894 Waltzer 2 Henry Griffin John J. Hyland David Gideon & John Daly 5.75 F 1:11.80 $1,950 1893 Dobbins 2 Willie Simms Hardy Campbell Jr. Richard Croker 5.75 F 1:12.00 $3,430 1892 Lovelace 2 Fred Taral John Hunter John Hunter 5.75 F 1:14.60 $3,100 1891 Nomad 2 Edward H. Garrison Albert Cooper Rosemeade Stable (Lee J. Rose) 5.75 F 1:15.00 $3,490 1890 Bolero 2 Marty Bergen Charles Leighton William Lawrence Scott 5.75 F 1:10.00 $3,340 1889 Blackburn 2 George Taylor Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 5.75 F 1:15.50 $3,375 1888 Holiday 2 Robert Williams R. Wyndham Walden R. Wyndham Walden 5.75 F 1:15.00 $3,855 1887 King Fish 2 Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 5.75 F 1:15.00 $3,710 1886 Tremont 2 Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 5.75 F 1:17.25 $2,075

- † In the 1897 race, Blueaway finished first but was disqualified for improper weight.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Coney Island's 1897 Stakes"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1890s/drf1896121701/drf1896121701_1_2). *Daily Racing Form*. 1896-12-17. Retrieved 2017-10-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tremont Stakes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180819051305/https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/stakes-schedule/tremont/). NYRA. 2018-06-08. Archived from [the original](https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/stakes-schedule/tremont/) on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-11-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Penalties in the New York Bills"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908011801/drf1908011801_1_7). *Daily Racing Form*. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Keep Up Betting Ban"](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/01/archives/keep-up-betting-ban-strict-enforcement-of-the-law-at-sheepshead-bay.html). *New York Times*. 1908-09-01. Retrieved 2018-11-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Striking Falling off in Value of Ten Greatest Stakes"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910071601/drf1910071601_1_7). *Daily Racing Form*. 1910-07-16. Retrieved 2018-10-15 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Blueaway Disqualified"](https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1897-06-27/ed-1/seq-9/). *New York Sun*. 1897-06-02. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

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