This article is about the horse race at Sheepshead Bay Race Track known as the Tidal Stakes. For another race with a similar name, see
Tidal Handicap .
Horse race
The Tidal Stakes is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn , New York from the 1880s through until the track closed in 1910.[ 1] According to a 1901 report on the race by The New York Times , the Tidal Stakes was one of the famous fixtures of the Sheepshead Bay Spring meeting.[ 2]
The inaugural running in 1881 was won by Luke Blackburn .[ 3] Ridden by Jim McLaughlin and trained by James G. Rowe Sr. , following the creation of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame , horse, jockey and trainer would all be inducted.[ 4] The final running of the Tidal Stakes took place on 1910 and was won by The Turk who recorded the fastest time in the history of the race at the mile and a quarter distance.[ 5]
The most significant event in the history of the Tidal Stakes was Colin's win in 1908. The future Hall of Fame horse who would be ranked 15th in the 2000 Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century ,[ 6] retired undefeated after his fifteenth career win in the Tidal.[ 7]
The 1885 race resulted in a dead heat for first between James T. Williams Kentucky Derby winner Joe Cotton and Norman Kittson's colt Pardee.
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Records
Speed record:
1 ¼ miles: 2:03 4/5, The Turk (1910)
1 mile: 1:38 4/5, Watercolor (1901)
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Most wins by an owner:
Winners
Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist. (Miles )
Time
Win$
1910
The Turk
Matt McGee
Richard O. Miller
Silver Brook Farm (William S. Fanshawe)
11 ⁄4 M
2:03.80
$1,450
1909
Hilarious
Richard Scoville
James G. Rowe Sr.
James R. Keene
11 ⁄4 M
2:05.00
$14,550
1908
Colin
Joe Notter
James G. Rowe Sr.
James R. Keene
11 ⁄4 M
2:04.00
$15,050
1907
Peter Pan
Walter Miller
James G. Rowe Sr.
James R. Keene
11 ⁄4 M
2:07.40
$15,050
1906
Accountant
Jack Martin
Matthew M. Allen
Diamond Jim Brady
11 ⁄4 M
2:10.00
$14,050
1905
Sysonby
Dave Nicol
James G. Rowe Sr.
James R. Keene
11 ⁄4 M
2:05.00
$14,550
1904
Ort Wells
Gene Hildebrand
Enoch Wishard
John A. Drake
11 ⁄4 M
2:06.00
$15,250
1903
Shorthose
William Haack
W. Fred Presgrave
Goughacres Stable (B. F. & T. C. Clyde)
11 ⁄4 M
2:12.20
$14,550
1902
Major Daingerfield
Willie Shaw
Matthew M. Allen
Frederick C. McLewee & Co.
11 ⁄4 M
2:09.60
$14,575
1901
Watercolor
Willie Shaw
Charles N. Littlefield
Charles N. Littlefield
1 M
1:38.80
$4,770
1900
McMeekin
Carl Mitchell
William M. Barrick
William M. Barrick
1 M
1:40.60
$4,900
1899
Filon d'Or
Patrick A. McCue
T. J. Healey
Richard T.Wilson Jr.
1 M
1:41.20
$4,660
1898
Handball
Robert Williams
Frank McCabe
Philip J. Dwyer
1 M
1:41.40
$3,770
1897
Buddha
Willie Simms
R. Wyndham Walden
R. C. Hall
1 M
1:42.20
$3,090
1896
Margrave
Henry Griffin
Byron McClelland
Blemton Stable
1 M
1:43.00
$5,690
1895
Keenan
Henry Griffin
John J. Hyland
John Daly & David Gideon
1 M
1:42.00
$6,380
1894
Dobbins
Willie Simms
Hardy Campbell Jr.
Richard Croker
1 M
1:40.00
$7,900
1893
Sir Walter
Samuel Doggett
Walter C. Rollins
Oneck Stable
1 M
1:43.00
$6.330
1892
Charade
Willie Simms
William R. Jones
William R. Jones
1 M
1:41.25
$6,690
1891
Portchester
Anthony Hamilton
Frank McCabe
Philip J. Dwyer & Sons
1 M
1:42.00
$5,770
1890
Burlington
Isaac Burns Murphy
Albert Cooper
Hough Brothers
1 M
1:45.00
$8,480
1889
Salvator
Jim McLaughlin
Matthew Byrnes
James B. A. Haggin
1 M
1:44.40
$7,000
1888
Defense
Fred Littlefield
M. Jordan
1 M
1:42.75
$7,720
1887
Hanover
Jim McLaughlin
Frank McCabe
Dwyer Brothers Stable
1 M
1:41.25
$6,740
1886
Inspector B
Jim McLaughlin
Frank McCabe
Dwyer Brothers Stable
1 M
1:46.75
$5,810
1885
Joe Cotton †
Jim McLaughlin
Abraham Perry
James T. Williams
1 M
1:44.25
$2,655
1884
Young Duke
Charlie Shauer
Matthew Byrnes
Pierre Lorillard IV
1 M
1:48.75
$4,180
1883
Barnes
Jim McLaughlin
James G. Rowe Sr.
Dwyer Brothers Stable
1 M
1:46.75
$4,320
1882
Runnymede
Jim McLaughlin
James G. Rowe Sr.
Dwyer Brothers Stable
1 M
1:43.75
$3,960
1881
Hindoo
Jim McLaughlin
James G. Rowe Sr.
Dwyer Brothers Stable
1 M
1:43.25
1880
Luke Blackburn
Jim McLaughlin
James G. Rowe Sr.
Dwyer Brothers Stable
1 M
1:45.00
† 1885 dead heat for first between Joe Cotton and Pardee.
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