Laureate Stakes

Horse race

Laureate StakesClass| Discontinued stakes

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Location| Morris Park Racecourse
(1896–1904)
Westchester County, New York
Belmont Park
(1905–1910, 1914)
Elmont, New York
Inaugurated| 1896–1913
Race type| Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance| 5.5 furlongs (0.69 mi)
Surface| Dirt
Track| left-handed
Qualification| Two-year-olds

The Laureate Stakes was a race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses run at Morris Park Racecourse in Westchester County, New York from inception in 1896 through 1904.[1][2] The racecourse was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the Bronx in 1895 and later developed as the neighborhood of Morris Park.

Financial difficulties saw Morris Park cease operations and the race was transferred to the newly opened Belmont Park in Elmont, New York where it was run from 1905 through 1910 and for a final time in 1914.[3] The Laureate was run on dirt and for all but its final edition at 5½ furlongs was contested at a distance of five furlongs.[4]

## The 1911–1912 statewide shutdown of horse racing

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On June 11, 1908, the Republican-controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison.[5]

In spite of strong opposition by prominent owners such as August Belmont, Jr. and Harry Payne Whitney, 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 [6] that made it possible for racetrack owners and members of its board of directors to be fined and imprisoned if anyone was found betting, even privately, anywhere on their premises. After a 1911 amendment to the law to limit the liability of owners and directors was defeated,[7] every racetrack in New York State shut down. As a result, the Laureate Stakes was not run in 1911 and 1912.

## Records

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Speed record: (5 furlongs)

* 0:58.80 – Song and Wine (1904)

Most wins by a jockey:

* 2 – Tod Sloan (1897–1898)
* 2 – George M. Odom (1900, 1903)
* 2 – Joe Notter (1908, 1914)

Most wins by a trainer:

* 3- James G. Rowe Sr. (1896, 1907, 1908)

Most wins by an owner:

* 2- August Belmont Jr. (1906, 1910)
* 2- James R. Keene (1907, 1908)

## Winners

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Year
| Winner
| Age
| Jockey
| Trainer
| Owner
| Dist.
(Furlongs) | Time
| Win$

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1914  | Comely | 2  | Joe Notter | Richard C. Benson  | James Butler | 5.5 F  | 1:07.00  | $6,025
1913  | Race not held
1912  | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1910  | Babbler  | 2  | Eddie Dugan | John Whalen  | August Belmont Jr. | 5 F  | 1:00.40  | $2,375
1909  | Waldo | 2  | Dave Nicol | Raleigh Colston Jr. | Charles L. Harrison  | 5 F  | 1:01.00  | $1,925
1908  | Melisande | 2  | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 5 F  | 0:59.60  | $2,885
1907  | Frizette  | 2  | Walter Miller | James G. Rowe Sr.  | James R. Keene  | 5 F  | 0:00.00*  | $3,425
1906  | Okenite  | 2  | Herman Radtke | John Whalen  | August Belmont Jr.  | 5 F  | 0:59.00  | $2,975
1905  | Penrhyn  | 2  | Willie Shaw | Charles H. Hughes  | Henry M. Zeigler  | 5 F  | 1:01.00  | $2,460
1904  | Song and Wine  | 2  | Arthur Redfern | Fred Burlew | Newton Bennington  | 5 F  | 0:58.80  | $2,395
1903  | Boxwood  | 2  | George M. Odom | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris  | 5 F  | 0:59.75  | $2,850
1902  | Charles Elwood  | 2  | Otto Wonderly | Charles Littlefield Jr. | James B. A. Haggin | 5 F  | 0:59.25  | $2,675
1901  | Oom Paul  | 2  | Milton Henry | William Heuston  | Jacob Worth  | 5 F  | 1:01.00  | $1,805
1900  | Bonnibert | 2  | George M. Odom | Thomas Welsh | Fleischmann sons | 5 F  | 0:59.80  | $2,015
1899  | Prince of Melbourne  | 2  | Jesse Everett  | Charles T. Patterson | Charles T. Patterson  | 5 F  | 0:59.80  | $2,150
1898  | Dr. Eichberg  | 2  | Tod Sloan | Amos Turney  | Turney Bros.  | 5 F  | 0:59.75  | $2,005
1897  | Frohman  | 2  | Tod Sloan  | David Gideon | David Gideon  | 5 F  | 1:00.00  | $2,250
1896  | Bastion  | 2  | Alonzo Clayton | James G. Rowe Sr.  | Brookdale Farm Stable | 5 F  | 1:03.00  | $2,500

* no time taken

## References

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1. ^ "Morris Park Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. 1896-05-27. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
2. ^ "New York Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. 1909-06-03. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
3. ^ "Belmont Park Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. 1914-06-21. Retrieved 2018-12-02 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
4. ^ "Waldo Wins the Laureate". Daily Racing Form. 1909-06-03. Retrieved 2019-01-16 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
5. ^ "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
6. ^ Liebman, Bennett (May 24, 2009). "The First American Triple Crown Series". The Rail. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
7. ^ "Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage". The New York Times. July 14, 1911. Retrieved September 2, 2017.