Sapling Stakes
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Ungraded Stakes race | |
Location | Monmouth Park Oceanport, New Jersey USA |
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Inaugurated | 1883 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 8 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $201,000 (2021) |
The Sapling Stakes is an American Ungraded Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early September at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Open to 2-year-olds, it was raced on dirt over a distance of six furlongs for a current purse of $100,000. In 2014, its distance was set at 1 mile or 8 furlongs.
First run in 1883, the New Jersey Legislature passed a law in 1894 that banned parimutuel betting in the state and the track closed. In 1946, the state legislature passed a bill providing for state regulation of horse racing and the Sapling Stakes was revived.
In 1952, the race was run in two divisions.
This race was downgraded to a Listed Status for its 2014 running.[1]
Records
[edit]Time record:
- 1:07.84 – Gilded Time (1992) (6 furlongs)
- 1:37.20 - Lost Ark (2022) (8 furlongs)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 – James Cox Brady Jr. (1949, 1952, 1953)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 – Braulio Baeza (1964, 1965, 1968)
- 3 – Craig Perret (1980, 1982, 1996)
- 3 – Joe Bravo (1997, 2000, 2006)
- 3 – Paco Lopez (2012, 2014, 2016)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 8 – D. Wayne Lukas (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998)
Winners of the Sapling stakes
[edit]Earlier winners
[edit]- 1883 – Duchess (W. Donohue) 1:18.75
- 1884 – Brookwood (Edward Feakes) 1:15.50
- 1885 – Savanac (R. Olney) 1:17 .00
- 1886 – Hanover (Jim McLaughlin) 1:17.50
- 1887 – Fitz James (Edward H. Garrison) 1:16.50
- 1888 – Tipstaff (Eilke) 1:15.25
- 1889 – Devotee (W. Hayward) 1:15.25
- 1890 – Sorcerer (F. Reagan) 1:16.25
- 1891 – Air Plant (Anthony Hamilton) 1:12.75
- 1892 – Don Alonzo (Fred Taral) 1:13.75
- 1893 – Senator Grady (W. Midgley) 1:05.00
Note: the 1893 race was run at 5+1⁄2 furlongs on the straight course.
References
[edit]- ^ "Eight Stakes Elevated for 2014". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.