Equality Stakes

The Equality Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1902 thru 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track at Sheepshead Bay, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it was raced over a distance of one mile on dirt.[1]

Equality Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn,
New York, United States
Inaugurated1902
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree years old & up

Historical notes

The inaugural running of the Equality Stakes produced a dead heat between Dublin and Highlander.[2]

The three-year-old gelding Dolly Spanker won the 1904 edition of the Equality Stakes as part of a long and successful career winning on both dirt and turf. A popular runner, the New York Times called Dolly Spanker "one of the best-know flat racers in the country" and had been "one of the best handicap horses on the Metropolitan tracks."[3]

The 1908 Equality stakes was won by James R. Keene's Ballot who would be named American Champion Older Male Horse for that year and again in 1910.[4]

The End of a Race and of a Racetrack

Passage of the Hart-Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes led to a compete shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912 in the state.[5][6] A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913.[7] However, it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.[8][9]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:38 flat @ 1 mile : Dolly Spanker (1904)

Most wins:

  • 2 - Hamburg Belle (1905, 1906)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • No jockey ever won this race more than once.

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Richard T. Wilson Jr. (1902, 1904)
  • 2 - Sydney Paget (1905, 1906)

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles)		 Time
 Win
$
1909 Arcite 5 Vincent Powers Peter Coyne George J. Long 1 m 1:39.20 $390
1908 Ballot 4 Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 1 m 1:39.00 $3,840
1907 Frank Gill 3 Willie Knapp John I. Smith Jack L. McGinnis 1 m † $4,980
1906 Hamburg Belle 5 Walter Miller A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget 1 m 1:39.20 $4,120
1905 Hamburg Belle 4 Willie Davis A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget 1 m 1:40.00 $4,035
1904 Dolly Spanker 3 Gene Hildebrand Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 1 m 1:38.00 $4,780
1903 Goldsmith 4 Arthur Redfern John W. Rogers William C. Whitney 1 m 1:40.00 $4,250
1902 * Dublin 4 Patrick McCue Albert G. Weston Goughacres Stable (B. Frank Clyde & Thomas C. Clyde) 1 m 1:39.00 $2,305
1902 * Highlander 3 Jack Martin Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 1 m 1:39.00 $2,305
  • * Dead heat for first in 1902.
  • † 1907 raced in fog, no time taken.

References
  1. "The Equality Stakes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1909-07-08. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  2. "Neck and Neck Finish". Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 185. 1902-07-04. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  3. "Dolly Spanker Drops Dead". New York Times, page 7. 1911-06-19. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  4. The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  6. Times, Special To The New York (July 14, 1911). "Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage". Retrieved September 2, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. "Oral Betting Held Legal: Appellate Division of New York Supreme Court Renders Important Decision". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1913-02-22. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  8. "Destruction Wrought by Hughes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1908-12-15. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  9. "Famous Old Track is Sold". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1914-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
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