Garden State Stakes

The Garden State Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid November at the now defunct Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. A futurity event for two-year-olds, it is sometimes referred to as the Garden State Futurity. By 1956, the total purse offered was more than $300,000 (including all nomination and starting fees), making it the richest horse race in the world.[1]

Garden State Stakes
Defunct horse race
LocationGarden State Park Racetrack
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distancevarious
SurfaceDirt and Turf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-years-old

The race was contested on dirt until 1994 when it was changed to a race on turf. It was raced at various distances:

  • On dirt:
  • Inception - 1952: 6 furlongs on dirt
  • 1953 - 1972, 1993: ​1 1⁄16 miles on dirt
  • 1985 - 1992: ​1 1⁄8 miles on dirt
  • 1998 : 1 mile on dirt (1998 race switched from turf due to heavy rains)
  • On turf:
  • 1994-1995 : ​1 1⁄16 miles on turf
  • 1996-1997, 1999 : 1 mile on turf

In 1955, the racetrack created a counterpart for fillies called the Gardenia Stakes.[2]

The Garden State Stakes was placed on hiatus in 1973 and after a fire destroyed the racetrack on April 14, 1977[3] it would not be run again until a new track was built by International Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiary, Garden State Race Track, Inc. headed by Robert E. Brennan that opened on April 1, 1985.[4] The March 18, 2000 issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Garden State Stakes had been cancelled for financial reasons.[5]

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Furlongs)		 Time
1999 Judges' View Jesus Castanon Luis Collazo Lee A. Rogalski 8 F 1:39.10
1998 Who Did It and Run Felix Ortiz Debra Sones Debra Sones 8 F 1:36.51
1997 Keep it Strait Charles C. Lopez Joseph H. Pierce Jr. M. Delfiner & A. Gilman 8 F 1:43.05
1996 Fitz Victor Molina Edward Colettti Jr. Ken and Sarah Ramsey 8 F 1:40.69
1995 Claramount Hill Julie Krone Philip M. Serpe Double R. Stable 8.5 F 1:44.26
1994 Alleged Impression Mario Verge Eddie Gaudet Morris Bailey 8.5 F 1:44.56
1993 Tri For The Gold Matthew Vigliotti Robert Seeger Plumstead Stables 8.5 F 1:45.02
1992 Fling Nick Santagata Ronald Glorioso Prescott & Pamela McCardell 9 F 1:53.58
1991 Tank Rick Wilson Benjamin W. Perkins, Jr. Bohemia Stable 9 F 1:51.03
1990 Killer Diller James Bruin Frank A. Alexander Barry K. Schwartz 9 F 1:52.40
1989 Faultless Ensign Chris DeCarlo Benjamin W. Perkins, Jr. B. W. Perkins, Sr./Anthony Tornetta 9 F 1:51.20
1988 Tsarbaby Herb McCauley D. Wayne Lukas Peter M. Brant 9 F 1:52.20
1987 Mister S M Frank Lovato, Jr. Stephen L. DiMauro Samuel F. Morrell 9 F 1:49.80
1986 Fobby Forbes Randy Romero Carlos Garcia Due Process Stable 9 F 1:51.00
1985 Spend a Buck Angel Cordero, Jr. Cam Gambolati Hunter Farm 9 F 1:45.80
1972 Secretariat Ron Turcotte Lucien Laurin Meadow Stable 8.5 F 1:44.40
1971 Riva Ridge Ron Turcotte Lucien Laurin Meadow Stable 8.5 F 1:43.60
1970 Run the Gantlet John L. Rotz J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 8.5 F 1:45.00
1969 Forum Walter Blum Eugene Jacobs Herbert A. Allen, Sr. 8.5 F 1:44.40
1968 Beau Brummel Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Mills Phipps 8.5 F 1:44.60
1967 Bugged Eddie Belmonte Ivor G. Balding C. V. Whitney 8.5 F 1:44.80
1966 Successor Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Wheatley Stable 8.5 F 1:44.20
1965 Prince Saim Joe Culmone Al Pepino Pepino brothers 8.5 F 1.42.80
1964 Sadair Manuel Ycaza Les Lear North Forty Stable 8.5 F 1:41.00
1963 Hurry to Market W. C. Cook David Erb Roger Wilson/Mrs. T. P. Hull, Jr. 8.5 F 1:45.20
1962 Crewman Bill Shoemaker Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener, Jr. 8.5 F 1:44.00
1961 Crimson Satan Bill Shoemaker Gordon R. Potter Crimson King Farm 8.5 F 1:44.20
1960 Carry Back Johnny Sellers Jack A. Price Mrs. Katherine Price 8.5 F 1:46.40
1959 Warfare Ismael Valenzuela Hack Ross Bellehurst Stable 8.5 F 1:42.80
1958 First Landing Eddie Arcaro Casey Hayes Christopher Chenery 8.5 F 1:46.40
1957 Nadir Bill Hartack Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 8.5 F 1:44.20
1956 Barbizon Bill Hartack Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 8.5 F 1:44.80
1955 Prince John Angel Valenzuela Walter A. Kelley Elmendorf Farm 8.5 F 1:42.60
1954 Summer Tan Eric Guerin Sherrill W. Ward Dorothy Firestone 8.5 F 1:46.20
1953 Turn-To Henry Moreno Eddie Hayward Cain Hoy Stable 8.5 F 1:46.20
1952 Laffango Nick Shuk Merritt A. Buxton Trio Stable 6 F 1:11.40
1951 Candle Wood Chris Rogers Lyman A. Brusie Robert C. Hanna 6 F 1:11.80
1950 Iswas Joe Culmone D. W. Kerns Brookfield Farm 6 F
1949 Cornwall Bob Strange B. Frank Christmas Abram S. Hewitt 6 F 1:11.40
1948 Blue Peter Wayne Wright Andy Schuttinger Joseph M. Roebling 5 F 1:00.80
1947 Itsabet Don Padgett D. W. Kerns Brookfield Farm 6 F 1:11.60
1946 Double Jay Johnny Breen Walter L. McCue Ridgewood Stable 6 F 1:11.00
1945 Air Rate Harry Pratt Ralph Lentini Frederick Wyse 6 F 1:13.20
1944 Alexis John A. Healey Christiana Stable 6 F
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References
  1. St. Petersburg Times – October 27, 1956
  2. Baltimore Sun – October 16, 1955
  3. Chicago Tribune – April 15, 1977
  4. "INTERNATIONAL THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS INC, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Oct 15, 1996". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  5. Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 2000
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