Cowdin Stakes
The Cowdin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack and at Belmont Park. First run in 1923 as the Junior Champion Stakes, it was renamed the Cowdin Stakes in 1941 to honor to John Cheever Cowdin, former president of Aqueduct Racetrack.
The race was for two-year-old horses and run over a distance of one mile prior to 1935, and in both 1984 and 1995; at six and a half furlongs from 1935 to 1957, and from 1997 to 2005. The race was split into two divisions in 1963, 1973, and 1976.
The Cowdin Stakes was held at:
- Belmont Park: 1956–1958, 1960–1962, 1968–1990, 1998–2005
- Aqueduct Racetrack: 1923–1956, 1959, 1962–1967, 1991–1997
At its peak, the Cowdin Stakes was one of the important East Coast races for two-year-olds, a number of which would earn the Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse.
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) eliminated the Cowdin Stakes after its 2005 running.
Winners of the Cowdin Stakes
Year
|
Winner
|
Jockey
|
Trainer
|
Owner |
| 2005 |
He's Got Grit |
Jerry Bailey |
Steve Asmussen |
Curtis C. Green |
|
| 2004 |
Flamenco |
Jerry Bailey |
Todd Pletcher |
Peachtree Stable |
|
| 2003 |
Smokume |
Shannon Uske |
H. Allen Jerkens |
Hobeau Farm |
|
| 2002 |
Boston Bull |
John Velazquez |
Todd Pletcher |
Dogwood Stable |
|
| 2001 |
Sunray Spirit |
Eibar Coa |
Eoin G. Harty |
Godolphin Stable |
|
| 2000 |
Fistfite |
Richard Migliore |
William Badgett, Jr. |
Peter Callahan |
|
| 1999 |
Twilight Time |
Mike Luzzi |
Linda Rice |
Char Mari Stable |
|
| 1998 |
Successful Appeal |
Richard Migliore |
John C. Kimmel |
Starview Stable |
|
| 1997 |
Coronado's Quest |
Mike E. Smith |
C. R. McGaughey III |
Stuart S. Janney III |
|
| 1996 |
Just A Cat |
Joe Bravo |
James T. Ryerson |
Noreen Carpenito |
|
| 1995 |
Gator Dancer |
Eddie Maple |
Pat Kelly |
Fox Ridge Farm |
|
| 1994 |
Old Tascosa |
Carlos Lopez, Sr. |
Walter C. Reese |
Noreen Carpenito |
|
| 1993 |
You And I |
Craig Perret |
Stanley M. Hough |
Triumviri Stable |
|
| 1992 |
Wallenda |
Herb McCauley |
Frank A. Alexander |
Dogwood Stable |
|
| 1991 |
Salt Lake |
Mike E. Smith |
D. Wayne Lukas |
William T. Young |
|
| 1990 |
Scan |
Jerry Bailey |
Flint S. Schulhofer |
William Haggin Perry |
|
| 1989 |
Adjudicating |
Jacinto Vasquez |
C. R. McGaughey III |
Ogden Mills Phipps |
|
| 1988 |
Easy Goer |
Pat Day |
C. R. McGaughey III |
Ogden Phipps |
|
| 1987 |
Tejano |
Jacinto Vasquez |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Lloyd R. French, Jr. |
|
| 1986 |
Polish Navy |
Randy Romero |
C. R. McGaughey III |
Ogden Phipps |
|
| 1985 |
Ketoh |
Jorge Velasquez |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Helen C. Alexander |
|
| 1984 |
Chief's Crown |
Don MacBeth |
Roger Laurin |
Star Crown Stable |
|
| 1983 |
Devil's Bag |
Eddie Maple |
Woody Stephens |
Hickory Tree Stable |
|
| 1982 |
What's Dat |
Eddie Maple |
Woody Stephens |
Hickory Tree Stable |
|
| 1981 |
Native Raja |
Chris McCarron |
Joseph R. Nash |
Grandview Stables |
|
| 1980 |
Lord Avie |
Jorge Velasquez |
Daniel Perlsweig |
David Simon |
|
| 1979 |
Rockhill Native |
John Oldham |
Herbert K. Stevens |
Harry A. Oak |
|
| 1978 |
Tim The Tiger |
Jeffrey Fell |
John M. Veitch |
Calumet Farm |
|
| 1977 |
Quadratic |
Jorge Velasquez |
Woody Stephens |
August Belmont IV |
|
| 1976 |
Sail To Rome |
Jeffrey Fell |
Woody Stephens |
Lucille Stephens |
|
| 1976 |
For The Moment |
Eddie Maple |
LeRoy Jolley |
Gerald Robins |
|
| 1975 |
Honest Pleasure |
Jorge Velasquez |
LeRoy Jolley |
Bertram R. Firestone |
|
| 1974 |
Foolish Pleasure |
Jacinto Vasquez |
LeRoy Jolley |
John L. Greer |
|
| 1973 |
Protagonist |
Angel Santiago |
John P. Campo |
Elmendorf Farm |
|
| 1973 |
Lord Rebeau |
Heliodoro Gustines |
William Hightower |
Paul Cresci |
|
| 1972 |
Step Nicely |
Angel Cordero, Jr. |
H. Allen Jerkens |
Hobeau Farm |
|
| 1971 |
Loquacious Don |
Jorge Velasquez |
John W. Jacobs |
Nelson Bunker Hunt |
|
| 1970 |
Hoist The Flag |
Jean Cruguet |
Sidney Watters, Jr. |
Jane Forbes Clark |
|
| 1969 |
Silent Screen |
John L. Rotz |
J. Bowes Bond |
Elberon Farm |
|
| 1968 |
King Emperor |
Braulio Baeza |
Edward A. Neloy |
Wheatley Stable |
|
| 1967 |
Iron Ruler |
Laffit Pincay, Jr. |
Edward Yowell |
October House Farm |
|
| 1966 |
Dr. Fager |
Bill Shoemaker |
John A. Nerud |
Tartan Stable |
|
| 1965 |
Advocator |
Eldon Nelson |
Clyde Troutt |
Ada L. Rice |
|
| 1964 |
Tom Rolfe |
Ron Turcotte |
Frank Whiteley, Jr. |
Powhatan Stable |
|
| 1963 |
Chieftain |
Bill Hartack |
Frank Whiteley, Jr. |
Powhatan Stable |
|
| 1963 |
Dunfee |
Ray Broussard |
Not found |
Dorothy Rigney |
|
| 1962 |
Never Bend |
Manuel Ycaza |
Woody Stephens |
Cain Hoy Stable |
|
| 1961 |
Jaipur |
Eddie Arcaro |
Bert Mulholland |
George D. Widener, Jr. |
|
| 1960 |
Carry Back |
Bill Hartack |
Jack A. Price |
Katherine Price |
|
| 1959 |
Warfare |
Ismael Valenzuela |
Hack Ross |
Bellehurst Stable |
|
| 1958 |
Crafty Skipper |
Bobby Ussery |
Lucien Laurin |
Charfran Stable |
|
| 1957 |
Jewel's Reward |
Bill Hartack |
Ivan H. Parke |
Maine Chance Farm |
|
| 1956 |
Mister Jive |
Hedley Woodhouse |
G. M. Carter |
John L. Applebaum |
|
| 1955 |
Noorsaga* |
Eric Guerin |
Sherrill W. Ward |
Mrs. C. Ulrick Bay |
|
| 1954 |
Summer Tan |
Eric Guerin |
Sherrill W. Ward |
Dorothy B. Firestone |
|
| 1953 |
Fisherman |
Hedley Woodhouse |
Sylvester Veitch |
C. V. Whitney |
|
| 1952 |
Invigorator |
Dave Gorman |
N. R. McLeod |
Saxon Stable |
|
| 1951 |
Eternal Moon |
Conn McCreary |
Daverne Emery |
Emerald Hill Stable |
|
| 1950 |
Away Away |
Ovie Scurlock |
Woody Stephens |
Woodvale Farm |
|
| 1949 |
Hill Prince |
Eddie Arcaro |
Casey Hayes |
Christopher Chenery |
|
| 1948 |
Algasir |
Ted Atkinson |
Not found |
Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark |
|
| 1947 |
My Request |
Eddie Arcaro |
James P. Conway |
Ben F. Whitaker |
|
| 1946 |
Cosmic Bomb |
Ruperto Donoso |
Willie Booth |
William G. Helis, Sr. |
|
| 1945 |
Knockdown |
Douglas Dodson |
James W. Smith |
Maine Chance Farm |
|
| 1944 |
Best Effort |
Ted Atkinson |
Not found |
Claud C. Tanner |
|
| 1943 |
Alorter |
John Deering |
John H. Skirvin |
Alwin C. Ernst |
|
| 1942 |
Slide Rule |
Conn McCreary |
Cecil Wilhelm |
William E. Boeing |
|
| 1941 |
Requested |
Jack Westrope |
J. H. McCoole |
Ben F. Whitaker |
|
| 1940 |
King Cole |
James Stout |
James E. Fitzsimmons |
Ogden Phipps |
|
| 1939 |
Merry Knight |
Ronald Nash |
James E. Fitzsimmons |
Wheatley Stable |
|
| 1938 |
El Chico |
Nick Wall |
Matthew Peter Brady |
William Ziegler, Jr. |
|
| 1937 |
Can't Wait |
Lester Balaski |
J. T. Taylor |
Myron Selznick |
|
| 1936 |
Pompoon |
Harry Richards |
Cyrus F. Clarke |
Jerome H. Louchheim |
|
| 1935 |
Ned Reigh |
Raymond Workman |
Henry McDaniel |
Willis Sharpe Kilmer |
|
| 1934 |
Sailor Beware |
Raymond Workman |
William Brennan |
Greentree Stable |
|
| 1933 |
First Minstrel |
Silvio Coucci |
William Brennan |
Greentree Stable |
|
| 1932 |
Repaid |
Pete Walls |
Not found |
Quincy Stable |
|
| 1931 |
Faireno |
Tom Malley |
James E. Fitzsimmons |
Belair Stud |
|
| 1930 |
Twenty Grand |
Charley Kurtsinger |
James G. Rowe, Jr. |
Greentree Stable |
|
| 1929 |
Gallant Fox |
John Maiben |
James E. Fitzsimmons |
Belair Stud |
|
| 1928 |
Petkins |
Harold Thurber |
Not found |
Marshall Field III |
|
| 1927 |
Nixie |
P. Goodwin |
Not found |
Wheatley Stable |
|
| 1926 |
Bonnie Maginn |
Danny McAuliffe |
James E. Fitzsimmons |
Belair Stud |
|
| 1925 |
Mars |
Harry Richards |
Robert A. Smith |
Walter Jeffords, Sr. |
|
| 1924 |
Star Lore |
Clyde Ponce |
Not found |
William Ziegler, Jr. |
|
| 1923 |
Mr. Mutt |
Harold Thurber |
Albert Gordon |
Bud Fisher |
|
- In 1955, Busher Fantasy finished first, but was disqualified.
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