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Sheepshead Bay facility dropped some of its minor stakes races and used the purse money to bolster its most important events. Even with additional funding, the Great Trial Stakes of 1910 was little more than one-third of what it had been in 1908.
146:. Raced on dirt, it was run at a distance of 5Âľ furlongs from 1891 through 1900 and then at 6 furlongs. Run in late June or early July, for most of its years at Sheepshead Bay the Great Trial Stakes was the most valuable race for two-year-olds during the track's summer meet.
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England and France. Many horses ended their racing careers there, and a number remained to become an important part of the European
256:, 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. Recorded as the
240:. The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without income from betting. Racetrack operators had no choice but to drastically reduce the
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1361:"Condensed History of the Great Trial Stakes"
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1524:– via University of Kentucky Archives.
1474:– via University of Kentucky Archives.
1449:– via University of Kentucky Archives.
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414:Horse of the Year (1900, 1901)
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1367:. 1909-07-03
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1328:John Hyland
1324:Marty Bergen
1316:His Highness
1219:David Gideon
1179:Frank McCabe
1083:Sydney Paget
1067:Jean Bereaud
944:H. B. Duryea
807:Thomas Welsh
704:Sam Hildreth
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70:Thoroughbred
34:Belmont Park
1214:John Hyland
1133:Winged Foot
972:Willie Shaw
931:Nash Turner
611:Punch Bowl
478:(1908) 6 F.
242:purse money
236:passed the
211:John Madden
191:Secretariat
166:(1900) and
104:left-handed
74:Flat racing
58:Inaugurated
1689:Categories
1674:2019-06-05
1649:2018-11-30
1624:2018-11-30
1521:2019-02-03
1496:2018-11-06
1471:2018-10-26
1446:2019-06-03
1421:2019-06-02
1396:2019-06-03
1371:2019-06-02
1347:References
1166:Handspring
726:Sir Martin
476:Sir Martin
474:1:12.00 –
371:Blue Girl:
357:Sir Martin
273:industry.
223:Republican
16:Horse race
1340:$ 22,095
1307:$ 23,600
1280:Chiswick
1272:$ 23,100
1233:$ 16,700
1223:John Daly
1194:$ 16,800
1157:$ 17,350
1124:$ 10,550
1093:$ 15,550
1075:Tod Sloan
1058:$ 17,140
1027:$ 15,500
994:$ 15,500
964:Blue Girl
955:$ 17,460
923:Irish Lad
914:$ 19,550
880:$ 19,550
849:$ 19,550
828:Security
820:$ 19,550
789:$ 19,550
752:$ 19,550
734:James Lee
691:Dalmatian
406:Commando:
345:Irish Lad
321:Dalmatian
303:Blue Girl
281:Champions
66:Race type
1541:The Rail
1337:1:12.20
1304:1:15.00
1269:1:14.00
1258:James R.
1230:1:15.00
1202:Waltzer
1191:1:10.80
1154:1:10.20
1121:1:12.20
1090:1:13.00
1055:1:12.40
1024:1:11.80
1003:Commando
991:1:13.20
952:1:14.00
911:1:13.80
877:1:13.40
857:Flyback
846:1:15.00
817:1:12.80
786:1:12.40
749:1:12.00
717:$ 1,925
714:1:13.40
682:$ 7,075
679:1:13.40
634:$ 3,850
631:1:14.20
447:Hamburg:
315:Commando
231:Governor
185:Moccasin
164:Commando
162:(1893),
158:honors.
136:New York
85:Distance
51:New York
30:Location
1334:5.75 F
1301:5.75 F
1266:5.75 F
1227:5.75 F
1188:5.75 F
1151:5.75 F
1118:5.75 F
1102:Hamburg
1087:5.75 F
1052:5.75 F
1021:5.75 F
888:Pulsus
580:Trainer
557:Winners
513:trainer
464:Records
431:Domino:
333:Hamburg
305:( 1901)
93:Surface
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576:Jockey
568:Winner
488:jockey
423:(1907)
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384:Colin:
359:(1908)
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347:(1902)
341:(1891)
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327:Domino
323:(1909)
317:(1900)
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265:1912.
229:under
199:(1997)
193:(1972)
187:(1965)
181:(1952)
160:Domino
1312:1891
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1199:1894
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854:1904
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797:Oran
794:1906
761:Colin
757:1907
722:1908
687:1909
658:1910
653:1911
639:1912
608:1913
593:Miles
588:Dist.
584:Owner
309:Colin
168:Colin
101:Track
1600:2017
1574:2017
1548:2017
988:6 F
949:6 F
908:6 F
874:6 F
843:6 F
814:6 F
783:6 F
746:6 F
711:6 F
676:6 F
628:6 F
599:Time
564:Year
548:7 –
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252:and
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96:Dirt
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