Shevlin Stakes

Horse race

Shevlin StakesDiscontinued stakes race

Location| Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York
United States 1925-1945, 1947-1955
Belmont Park Elmont, New York (1946, 1956-1959)
Inaugurated| 1925
Race type| Thoroughbred \- Flat racing
Race information
Distance| 1 mile : 1925-1939
1+1⁄16 miles : 1940-1952
7 furlongs : 1953-1959
Surface| Dirt
Track| Left-handed
Qualification| Three-years-old
Weight| Assigned

The Shevlin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York and at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race on dirt was inaugurated in 1925 to honor the long service of James Shevlin, the President of the Queens County Jockey Club which operated Aqueduct Racetrack[1] who had died at age 82 on November 24, 1924, at his home in Brooklyn.[2]

There was no race run from 1933 through 1935.

## Records

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Speed record:

* 1:36.80 - Volitant (1959) (1 mile)
* 1:42.80 - Jacomar (1940) (1+1⁄16 miles - race and track record)[3]
* 1:22.40 - Clem \- (7 furlongs)

Most wins by a jockey:

* 5 - Ted Atkinson (1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950)

Most wins by a trainer:

* 5 - James E. Fitzsimmons (1931, 1932, 1941, 1952, 1954)

Most wins by an owner:

* 3 - Belair Stud (1931, 1932, 1952)

## Winners

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Year
| Winner
| Jockey
| Trainer
| Owner
| Time

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1959  | Cedar Brook  | Jack Leonard | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1:23.80
1958  | Judge  | Ismael Valenzuela | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1:23.00
1957  | Clem | Conn McCreary | William W. Stephens | Adele L. Rand | 1:22.40
1956  | Tick Tock  | William Boland | Edward A. Christmas | Howell E. Jackson III | 1:23.80
1955  | Gold Box  | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:23.40
1954  | Quick Lunch  | Sidney Cole | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:23.60
1953  | Hueso  | Basil James | Sidney Jacobs | Robert P. Levy | 1:23.80
1952  | Golden Gloves  | Nick Wall | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:44.20
1951  | Battlefield | Ovie Scurlock | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:43.60
1950  | Dooly  | Ted Atkinson | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:46.20
1949  | Colonel Mike  | Eddie Arcaro | Eugene Jacobs | Eugene Jacobs | 1:45.20
1948  | My Request | Eddie Arcaro | James P. Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 1:45.80
1947  | Blue Border  | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:46.20
1946  | Hadrian  | Ferril Zufelt  | Sarge Swenke | Frank Frankel  | 1:44.00
1945  | Wildlife  | Ted Atkinson | Andy Schuttinger | Joseph M. Roebling | 1:45.80
1944  | By Jimminy | Ted Atkinson | James W. Smith | Alfred P. Parker  | 1:45.40
1943  | Le Havre  | Ted Atkinson | Thomas W. Murphy | Helen Murphy  | 1:45.00
1942  | Dogpatch  | Albert Schmidl | Roy Waldron | Milky Way Farm Stable | 1:44.40
1941  | King Cole  | John Gilbert | James E. Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 1:44.20
1940  | Jacomar  | Irving Anderson | H. Hugh Dufford  | Elizabeth Arden | 1:42.80
1939  | Volitant  | Don Meade | A. J. Goldsborough | George Bull & John Morris  | 1:36.80
1938  | Mythical King  | Kenneth McCombs | Jack Howard  | Ben F. Whitaker | 1:37.40
1937  | Rudie  | Eddie Arcaro | J. L. Donovan  | William H. Gallagher  | 1:38.80
1936  | Gean Canach  | Sam Renick | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1:37.60
1935  | no race
1934  | no race
1933  | no race
1932  | Faireno | Hank Mills | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:38.00
1931  | Sir Ashley  | Anthony Pascuma  | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:38.80
1930  | Mr. Sponge  | Jimmy McCoy | Henry McDaniel | Joseph E. Widener | 1:37.40
1929  | Jack High  | Linus McAtee | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:38.80
1928  | Victorian | Raymond Workman | James G. Rowe Jr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:40.00
1927  | Sweepster | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:37.20
1926  | Macaw  | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:38.40
1925  | Silver Fox  | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:38.00

## References

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1. ^ New York Times \- January 17, 1925
2. ^ New York Times \- November 25, 1924 obituary for James Shevlin
3. ^ "Jacomar, Chicuelo Win For Mrs. Lewis In Aqueduct Races". New York Times. 1940-06-16. Retrieved 2019-08-04.