Spindrift Stakes

Spindrift Stakes

Defunct Stakes race
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1886
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1 ^1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned

The Spindrift Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually between 1886 and 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race for three-year-olds, it was contested on dirt over a distance of 1 ¹⁄₄ miles (10 furlongs) from 1886–1892 and at 1 ¹⁄₈ miles (9 furlongs) from 1893 through 1909.

The race ended with the closure of the Coney Island Jockey Club's racetrack, brought on by the State legislature's enactment of the Hart-Agnew Law.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:51.80 - Fashion Plate (1909) (at 1 ¹⁄₈ miles)
• 2:09.40 - Sir John (1890) (at 1 ¹⁄₄ miles)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Henry Spencer (1899, 1900)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - James G. Rowe, Sr. (1888, 1903, 1906, 1907)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Dwyer Brothers Stable (1887, 1890)
• 2 - Samuel S. Brown & John W. Rogers (1892, 1893)
• 2 - James R. Keene (1906, 1907)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1909	Fashion Plate	Henry Smith	William H. Karrick	Oneck Stable	1:51.80
1908	Firestone	Walter Miller	Dr. H. E. Rowell	Thomas H. Williams	1:53.20
1907	Cabochon	Lowe	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene	1:53.40
1906	Kuroki	Willie Shaw	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene	1:53.80
1905	Oiseau	Frank O'Neill	Matthew M. Allen	Diamond Jim Brady	1:53.60
1904	Highball	George Odom	John W. May	Walter M. Scheftel	1:54.00
1903	Injunction	Willie Gannon	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Foxhall P. Keene	1:52.80
1902	Ranald	Otto Wonderly	Charles S. Littlefield, Jr.	James B. A. Haggin	1:54.20
1901	Gold Heels	Winfield O'Connor	Matthew M. Allen	Jim Brady & Fred C. McLewee	1:52.40
1900	Prince of Melbourne	Henry Spencer	J. A. Kyle	Col. Frank D. Beard	1:53.60
1899	Ethelbert	Henry Spencer	A. Jack Joyner	Perry Belmont	1:55.40
1898	Sailor King	Danny Maher	Walter B. Jennings	Walter B. Jennings	1:55.40
1897	On Deck	Fred Taral	Julius Bauer	Bromley & Co.	1:56.40
1896	Formal	Fred Littlefield	R. Wyndham Walden	Alfred & David Morris	1:56.00
1895	Bright Phoebus	Lester Reiff	Charles S. Littlefield, Jr.	Del Monte Stable	1:57.20
1894	Henry of Navarre	Samuel Doggett	Byron McClelland	Byron McClelland	1:56.20
1893	Glenmoyne	Willie Simms	John W. Rogers	Samuel S. Brown & John W. Rogers	1:54.80
1892	Pickpocket	Fred Taral	John W. Rogers	Samuel S. Brown & John W. Rogers	2:11.40
1891	Potomac	Anthony Hamilton	Hardy Campbell, Jr.	Michael F. Dwyer	2:11.00
1890	Sir John	Martin Bergen	Frank McCabe	Dwyer Brothers Stable	2:09.40
1889	My Fellow	William Donohue	Charles S. Littlefield, Sr.	Charles S. Littlefield, Sr.	2:10.20
1888	Raceland	Godfrey	James G. Rowe, Sr.	August Belmont	2:12.00
1887	Hanover	Jim McLaughlin	Frank McCabe	Dwyer Brothers Stable	2:11.25
1886	The Bard	John Fisher	John Huggins	Mr. Kelso	2:09.50

References

• July 1, 1886 New York Times report on the Spindrift Stakes
• July 8, 1909 New York Times report on Fashion Plate's win in the Spindrift Handicap