Daisy Stakes

Daisy Stakes

Class	Defunct stakes
Location	Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1890
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	5 furlongs
Surface	Turf
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Two-year-olds

The Daisy Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. It was contested at a distance of five furlongs on the grass course between 1890 and 1909 with the exception of 1908 when the race was not held as a result of that year's passage of the Hart-Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature which would lead to a state-wide shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912.^[1] What would prove be the final edition of the Daisy Stakes took place on June 18, 1910, and was run on the main dirt track.

A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913.^[2] However, the deterioration of the Sheepshead Bay Race Track's financial condition was such that it never reopened.^[3][4]’

Records

Speed record:

• 5 Furlongs on grass course: 1:00.40 - Floretta (1895) & Red River (1906)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 2 - Willie Simms (1893, 1894)
• 2 - Fred Taral (1896, 1897)
• 2 - Patrick A. McCue (1900, 1902)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - Hardy Campbell Jr. (1894, 1898)
• 2 - Matthew Byrnes (1896, 1897)
• 2 - Thomas J. Healey (1900, 1906)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Michael F. Dwyer (1894, 1898)
• 2 - Richard T. Wilson Jr. (1900, 1906)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist. (Furlongs)	Time	Win$
1910	Horizon	Eddie Dugan	Frank Ernest	Richard F. Carman	5 F (D)	1:00.00	$1,210
1909	Colinet	Richard Scoville	Gwyn R. Tompkins	Woodford Clay	5 F (T)	1:00.80	$360
1908	Race not held due to Hart-Agnew Law
1907	Notasulga	Herman Radtke	Albert L. Hamel	Albert L. Hamel	5 F (T)	1:01.00	$2,050
1906	Red River	Walter Miller	Thomas J. Healey	Richard T. Wilson Jr.	5 F (T)	1:00.40	$1,900
1905	Voorhees	Frank O'Neill	Charles W. Carroll	Patrick H. McCarren (Lessee)	5 F (T)	1:00.00	$2,045
1904	St. Bellane	Herman H. Phillips	William Shields	Edward R. Thomas	5 F (T)	1:01.60	$2,895
1903	Nameoki	John J. Hoar	Frank D. Weir	Frank J. Farrell	5 F (T)	1:02.00	$2,185
1902	Roxboro	Patrick A. McCue	Jere Dunn	D. McClinch	5 F (T)	1:01.20	$1,220
1901	Leonora Loring	Winfield O'Connor	William O. Scully	L. M. Myers	5 F (T)	1:00.60	$685
1900	Lady of the Valley	Patrick A. McCue	Thomas J. Healey	Richard T. Wilson Jr.	5 F (T)	1:02.00	$810
1899	Neda	John Bullman	Edward Feakes	David Gideon & John Daly	5 F (T)	1:02.20
1898	Kingdon	Tod Sloan	Hardy Campbell Jr.	Michael F. Dwyer	5 F (T)	1:01.80
1897	Makallah	Fred Taral	Matthew Byrnes	Marcus Daly	5 F (T)	1:02.20
1896	George Kessler	Fred Taral	Matthew Byrnes	Matthew Byrnes	5 F (T)	1:05.00
1895	Floretta	Henry F. Griffin	A. Jack Joyner	Blemton Stable (August Belmont Jr.)	5 F (T)	1:00.40
1894	Harry Reed	Willie Simms	Hardy Campbell Jr.	Michael F. Dwyer	5 F (T)	1:02.00
1893	Cataract	Willie Simms	John Huggins	Rancocas Stable	5 F (T)	1:01.40
1892	Lovelace	Marty Bergen	John Hunter	John Hunter	5 F (T)	1:03.20
1891	Charade	Albert Thompson	William R. Jones	William R. Jones	5 F (T)	1:03.00
1890	Eclipse	Frank Reagan	James Sennett	James Sennett & Warn	5 F (T)	1:02.40

References

1. "Penalties in the New York Bills". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
2. "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.
3. "Destruction Wrought by Hughes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1908-12-15. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
4. "Famous Old Track is Sold". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1914-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30.