Fashion Stakes

The Fashion Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies. Raced on dirt over a distance of five furlongs, it was run annually from 1889 through 2005. Inaugurated at Morris Park Racecourse in Westchester County, New York, when that facility closed in 1904 the race was run at Belmont Park and at Aqueduct Racetrack.[1] [2]

Fashion Stakes

Discontinued stakes race
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, USA
Inaugurated	1889
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance	5 furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-old fillies
Weight	Assigned

The Fashion Stakes was often used as either the first or second start in a young filly's racing career. The event attracted some of the best bred fillies on the East Coast of the United States with several future Champions winning the race including Hall of Fame inductees Affectionately[3]and Ruffian.[4]

The Fashion Stakes was placed on hiatus after the 1984 edition and was not run again until being revived on June 3, 1999. [5]

Records

Speed records On May 7, 1946, in her first start at Belmont Park First Flight equaled the track record time of 51 seconds for 4½ furlongs which had been set in the Fashion Stakes in 1928 by Orissa.[6]

On May 19, 1971, Ogden Phipps' Numbered Account set a Fashion Stakes record of 0:57 2/5 for five furlongs on dirt at Aqueduct Racetrack.[7]

On June 12, 1974, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Janney's Ruffian set a Fashion Stakes record that also equaled the Belmont Park track record of 1:03 flat for the then race distance of five and a half furlongs on dirt.[8] [9]

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Braulio Baeza (1962, 1964, 1971, 1972)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 6 - James G. Rowe Sr. (1890, 1897, 1906, 1917, 1920, 1926)

Most wins by an owner:

• 6 - Harry Payne Whitney (1917, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist. (Furlongs)	Time	Track
2005	Fifth Avenue	2	Pablo Fragoso	Mark A. Hennig	G. R. & S. Stable	5 F	0:58.24	BEL
2004	Chocolate Brown	2	Javier Castellano	Jason Servis	Dennis Drazin	5 F	0:57.86	BEL
2003	Rodeo Licious	2	Richard Migliore	Carl J. Deville	Our Blue Streaks & Pre K Stables	5 F	0:58.19	BEL
2002	Holiday Runner	2	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	S. J. Bee Stable	5 F	0:58.26	BEL
2001	Smok'n Frolic	2	Jerry D. Bailey	Todd A. Pletcher	Dogwood Stable	5 F	0:57.92	BEL
2000	With Ability	2	Jerry D. Bailey	Mark A. Hennig	Edward P. Evans	5 F	0:58.11	BEL
1999	Gilded Diablo	2	John Velazquez	Mark A. Hennig	Bernie Sams Jr.	5 F	0:58.00	BEL
1984	- 1998	No races held
1983	Mink Hat	2	Craig Perret	Warren A. Croll Jr.	Blanche P. Levy	5.5 F	1:05.60	BEL
1982	Singing Susan	2	William Passmore	George Clarke	Robert Quinichette	5.5 F	1:04.20	BEL
1981	Before Dawn	2	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Veitch	Calumet Farm	5.5 F	1:04.20	BEL
1980	Sue Babe	2	George Martens	Roger Laurin	Howard Kaskel	5.5 F	1:06.40	BEL
1979	Royal Suite	2	Jeffrey Fell	Roger Laurin	Reginald N. Webster	5.5 F	1:04.60	BEL
1978	Palm Hut	2	Roger Velez	James E. Picou	Joseph M. Roebling	5.5 F	1:03.60	BEL
1977	Sunny Bay	2	Larry Saumell	Warren A. Croll Jr.	Aisco Stable	5.5 F	1:06.00	BEL
1976	Drama Critic	2	Jean Cruguet	John P. Campo	Elmendorf Farm	5.5 F	1:05.80	BEL
1975	Dearly Precious	2	Michael Hole	Stephen A. DiMauro	Richard E. Bailey	5.5 F	1:05.40	BEL
1974	Ruffian	2	Jacinto Vasquez	Frank Y. Whiteley Jr.	Stuart & Barbara Janney	5.5 F	1:03.00	BEL
1973	In Hot Pursuit	2	Angel Cordero Jr.	Roger Laurin	Ogden Mills Phipps	5.5 F	1:03.20	BEL
1972	Queen's Mark	2	Braulio Baeza	John P. Campo	Elmendorf Farm	5.5 F	1:05.20	BEL
1971	Numbered Account	2	Braulio Baeza	Edward A. Neloy	Ogden Phipps	5 F	0:57.40	AQU
1970	Deceit	2	Ray Broussard	Del W. Carroll	Windfields Farm	5 F	0:58.60	AQU
1969	Ridin Easy	2	Heliodoro Gustines	Thomas M. Walsh	Chance Hill Farms	5 F	0:57.60	AQU
1968	Show Off	2	Jesse Davidson	Willard C. Freeman	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	5 F	0:58.00	AQU
1967	Jet To Market	2	Grady Overton	David Erb	Roger W. Wilson	5 F	0:58.40	AQU
1966	Lake Chelan	2	Walter Blum	Casey Hayes	Christopher Chenery	5 F	0:59.40	AQU
1965	Sundestine	2	Larry Adams		Fleming B. Fraser	5 F	0:59.40	AQU
1964	Queen Empress	2	Braulio Baeza	William C. Winfrey	Wheatley Stable	5 F	0:58.20	AQU
1963	Behaving Deby	2	Jimmy Combest	William R. Mitchell	Fritz Dorico	5 F	0:59.20	AQU
1962	Affectionately	2	Braulio Baeza	Hirsch Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs	5 F	0:58.80	AQU
1961	Laurel Mae	2	Sidney Cole	Thomas A. Kelly	Mrs. Steven B. Wilson	5 F	0:58.80	AQU
1960	Apatontheback	2	Ray Broussard	Clyde Troutt	Ada L. Rice	5 F	0:58.20	AQU
1959	Irish Jay	2	Eddie Arcaro	James E. Fitzsimmons	Wheatley Stable	5 F	0:58.80	BEL
1958	Lawdy Claudy	2	Eddie Arcaro	T. J. Kelly	David P. Reynolds	5 F	0:59.60	BEL
1957	Poly Hi	2	Eric Guerin	George M. Odom	Mrs. George Zauderer	5 F	1:00.00	BEL
1956	Miss Blue Jay	2	Eric Guerin	Sol Rutchick	Mrs. Adele Rutchick	5 F	0:58.20	BEL
1955	Pretty Plunger	2	Ted Atkinson	T. J. Kelly	Ada L. Rice	4.5 F	0:51.20	BEL
1954	Sofarsogood	2	Jimmy Nichols	Frank Barnett	Hal Price Headley	4.5 F	0:51.20	BEL
1953	Evening Out	2	Ovie Scurlock	Winbert F. Mulholland	Jessie S. D. Widener	4.5 F	0:52.00	BEL
1952	Countess Jane	2	Ted Atkinson	George P. Odom	Leroy Hetzel	4.5 F	0:52.20	BEL
1951	Cigar Maid	2	Benny Green		Jack W. Schiffer	4.5 F	0:52.00	BEL
1950	Remove	2	William Boland	Frank Barnett	Hal Price Headley	4.5 F	0:52.00	BEL
1949	Rare Perfume	2	Emil Flutie	Winbert F. Mulholland	George D. Widener Jr.	4.5 F	0:51.40	BEL
1948	Fond Embrace	2	Ronnie Nash	Ralph G. Kercheval	Frank Frankel	4.5 F	0:53.80	BEL
1947	Caltha	2	Jack Westrope	William B. Finnegan	Walter P. Chrysler Jr.	4.5 F	0:52.20	BEL
1946	First Flight	2	Arnold Klrkland	Sylvester Veitch	C. V. Whitney	4.5 F	0:51.00	BEL
1945	Beaugay	2	John Adams	Tom Smith	Maine Chance Farm	4.5 F	0:51.80	BEL
1944	Bertie S.	2	Herb Lindberg	Hirsch Jacobs	Isidor Bieber	4.5 F	0:54.20	BEL
1943	Mrs. Ames	2	Ted Atkinson	Preston M. Burch	Longchamps Farms	4.5 F	0:51.60	BEL
1942	Pomrose	2	Nicholas Coule	Winbert F. Mulholland	George D. Widener Jr.	4.5 F	0:52.40	BEL
1941	Spanish Moss	2	Eddie Arcaro	John M. Gaver Sr.	Greentree Stable	5 F	1:00.60	BEL
1940	Maemante	2	Basil James	George E. Phillips	Maemere Farm	4.5 F	0:51.40	BEL
1939	Perida	2	Wayne Wright	Daniel E. Stewart	Joseph E. Widener	4.5 F	0:52.00	BEL
1938	Sweet Patrice	2	Wayne Wright	Hirsch Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs	4.5 F	0:53.00	BEL
1937	Catalysis	2	Earl Steffen	Henry McDaniel	Starmount Stable	4.5 F	0:58.20	BEL
1936	Apogee	2	Willie Saunders	Duval A. Headley	Hal Price Headley	4.5 F	0:51.80	BEL
1935	Mag Mell	2	Francis Horn	James E. Fitzsimmons	Wheatley Stable	4.5 F	0:54.80	BEL
1934	Motto	2	Raymond Workman	Thomas J. Healey	C. V. Whitney	4.5 F	0:52.40	BEL
1933	Blue For Boys	2	Robert Jones	James W. Healy	Llangollen Farm	4.5 F	0:52.80	BEL
1932	Glorify	2	Harvey Elston	Clyde S. Phillips	William Ziegler Jr.	4.5 F	0:52.20	BEL
1931	Polonaise	2	Earl Steffen	Bennet W. Creech	William R. Coe	4.5 F	0:53.00	BEL
1930	Zelide	2	Raymond Workman	Thomas J. Healey	Harry Payne Whitney	4.5 F	0:52.40	BEL
1929	Adequate	2	Danny McAuliffe	James E. Fitzsimmons	Henry C. Phipps	4.5 F	0:52.20	BEL
1928	Orissa	2	Laverne Fator	Sam Hildreth	Rancocas Stable	4.5 F	0:51.00	BEL
1927	Bateau	2	Willie Kelsay	Scott P. Harlan	Walter M. Jeffords	4.5 F	0:53.40	BEL
1926	Pandera	2	Linus McAtee	James G. Rowe Sr.	Harry Payne Whitney	4.5 F	0:52.60	BEL
1925	Friar's Carse	2	Albert Johnson	Gwyn R. Tompkins	Glen Riddle Farm	5 F	0:59.20	BEL
1924	Mother Goose	2	James H. Burke	Fred Hopkins	Harry Payne Whitney	5 F	0:58.00	BEL
1923	Nellie Morse	2	Earl Sande	Albert B. Gordon	Bud Fisher	5 F	0:59.00	BEL
1922	Cresta	2	George W. Penman	Fred Hopkins	Harry Payne Whitney	5 F	0:58.40	BEL
1921	Prodigious	2	George Mountain	Matthew P. Brady	Joseph E. Davis	5 F	0:59.60	BEL
1920	Prudery	2	Eddie Ambrose	James G. Rowe Sr.	Harry Payne Whitney	5 F	0:59.80	BEL
1919	Bonnie Mary	2	Lavelle Ensor	William Hogan	Philip A. Clark	5 F	0:59.80	BEL
1918	Elfin Queen	2	Andy Schuttinger	William H. Karrick	Harry K. Knapp	5 F	0:59.00	BEL
1917	Rosie O'Grady	2	Frank Robinson	James G. Rowe Sr.	Harry Payne Whitney	5 F	1:01.00	BEL
1916	Koh-I-Noor	2	Tommy Davies	William H. Karrick	Schuyler L. Parsons	5 F	1:00.00	BEL
1915	Pleione	2	Walter Lilly	William Midgley	Gifford A. Cochran	5 F	0:58.00	BEL
1914	Catalina	2	Joe Kederis	Richard C. Benson	James Butler	5 F	1:01.60	BEL
1913	Flitaway	2	Tommy McTaggart	Louis Feustel	August Belmont Jr.	5 F	0:59.60	BEL
1912	No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1910	Housemaid	2	Vincent Powers	Raleigh Colston Jr.	Charles L. Harrison	4.5 F	0:53.60	BEL
1909	Angerona	2	Guy Burns	A. J. Goldsborough	Samuel Doggett	4.5 F	0:52.60	BEL
1908	Field Mouse	2	Joe Notter	John Whalen	August Belmont Jr.	4.5 F	0:52.80	BEL
1907	Ella O'Neill	2	Joe Notter	Fred Burlew	Fred Burlew	4.5 F	0:54.00	BEL
1906	Court Dress	2	Laverne Sewell	James G. Rowe Sr.	James R. Keene	4.5 F	0:54.00	BEL
1905	Tiptoe	2	George M. Odom	John Whalen	August Belmont Jr.	4.5 F	0:54.40	BEL
1904	Incantation	2	Jack Martin	Thomas Welsh	Andrew Miller	4.5 F	0:53.75	MP
1903	Ishlana	2	Grover Fuller	Edward W. Heffner	Lotos Stable	4.5 F	0:54.00	MP
1902	Mamari	2	Samuel Doggett	William Heuston	Miles Finlen & Son	4.5 F	0:53.00	MP
1901	Amicitia	2	Owen Mounce	John J. Hyland	August Belmont Jr.	4.5 F	0:55.25	MP
1900	Anecdote	2	Willie Shaw	R. Wyndham Walden	R. W. Walden & Son	4.5 F	0:59.00	MP
1899	Motley	2	Fred Taral	William Lakeland	William Lakeland	4.5 F	0:53.50	MP
1898	High Degree	2	Tod Sloan	Edward Feakes	John Daly	4 F	0:49.00	MP
1897	L'Alouette	2	Henry Griffin	James G. Rowe Sr.	Lewis S. & William P. Thompson	4 F	0:47.50	MP
1896	Race not held
1895	Woodvine	2	Henry Griffin	A. Jack Joyner	Blemton Stable	6 F	1:12.25	MP
1894	Sabilla	2	Willie Simms	Charles S. Littlefield Jr.	Charles S. Littlefield Jr.	6 F	1:11.25	MP
1893	Beldemere	2	Fred Taral	Edward Feakes	Preakness Stables	6 F		MP
1892	Miss Maud	2	Anthony Hamilton	Charles S. Littlefield Jr.	Boyle & Littlefield	6 F	1:13.50	MP
1891	Yorkville Belle	2		Matthew M. Allen	Frank A. Ehret	6 F	1:17.75	MP
1890	La Tosca	2	Anthony Hamilton	James G. Rowe Sr.	August Belmont Sr.	6 F	1:17.00	MP
1889	Tulla Blackburn	2			J. N. Mulholland	6 F	1:18.00	MP

References

1. "History of Fashion Stakes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1943-05-10. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
2. "Fifth Avenue wins Belmont's Fashion". Associated Press Archive. 1943-05-10. Retrieved 2005-06-09.
3. "Affectionately Captures Fashion Stakes At Aqueduct". New York Times. 1962-05-17. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
4. "Ruffian". Racingmuseum.org. 1976-01-01. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
5. "Gilded Diablo". Equibase Co. LLC. 1999-06-03. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
6. "First Flight Makes Auspicious Winning Bow in Fashion Stakes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1946-05-08. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
7. "Numbered Account electrified a crowd". New York Daily News. 1971-05-20. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
8. New York Times - Jun 13, 1974
9. "Ruffian Equals Mark, In Her Fashion". New York Times. 1974-06-13. Retrieved 2019-04-26.

External links

• Video of Ruffian winning the June 12, 1974 Fashion Stakes in record time