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Reapers Stakes being dropped from the 1908 schedule to enable a redistribution of funds to the most high-profile races. Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which deepened the financial crisis for track operators and led
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Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.
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1312:– via University of Kentucky Archives.
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1487:1907 disestablishments in New York (state)
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1462:Discontinued horse races in New York City
1299:"Condensed History of the Reapers Stakes"
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16:Defunct American Thoroughbred horse race
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28:Discontinued stakes race
760:Charles Littlefield Sr.
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288:Charles Littlefield Sr.
260:Charles Littlefield Sr.
130:Thoroughbred horse race
267:Most wins by an owner:
151:, a colt owned by the
1401:"Keep Up Betting Ban"
404:Frederick A. Johnson
219:1:59.40 – Heno (1902)
578:William S. Fanshawe
574:William Lakeland Sr.
192:Charles Evans Hughes
185:New York Legislature
94:miles (9.5 furlongs)
854:James H. McCormick
401:Thomas H. McCreery
215:(new track record)
145:Thoroughbred racing
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1211:R. Wyndham Walden
850:James H. McCormick
799:Charles A. Thorpe
358:Stephen J. Lawler
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889:Jerry Chorn
715:Peter Wimmer
661:John Bullman
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702:Kinley Mack
476:Aurumaster
201:purse money
194:passed the
183:controlled
110:left-handed
67:Flat racing
51:Inaugurated
1451:Categories
1436:2018-10-15
1411:2018-11-06
1386:2018-10-26
1361:2018-12-22
1336:2010-01-16
1309:2018-12-21
1285:References
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845:Fred Taral
793:Imperator
755:Fred Taral
608:Watercolor
349:Blue Book
235:Fred Taral
181:Republican
157:wholesaler
19:Horse race
1241:Belvidere
1150:Buddhist
1016:Kilkenny
433:Coy Maid
149:Belvidere
59:Race type
54:1887–1907
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1110:Ruperta
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355:R. Lowe
189:Governor
78:Distance
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33:Location
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208:Records
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341:Win$
314:Jockey
306:Winner
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331:Miles
326:Dist.
322:Owner
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337:Time
302:Year
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