Junior Champion Stakes (Gravesend)

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| class = Discontinued stakes

| horse race = Junior Champion Stakes

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| location = Gravesend Race Track, Gravesend, New York, USA

| inaugurated = 1898–1908

| race type = Thoroughbred – Flat racing

| distance = about 6 furlongs

| surface = Dirt

| track = left-handed

| qualification = Two-years-old

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The Junior Champion Stakes was a race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses at Gravesend Race Track in Gravesend, on Coney Island, New York State. The September 18, 1909 edition of the Daily Racing Form stated that for a number of years it had been one of the East Coast's most important and valuable stakes for two-year-olds.[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1909091801/drf1909091801_1_3 Daily Racing Form September 18, 1909 article on the Junior Champion Stakes]

Among the race winners, Mesmerist was chosen the 1899 American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse as was Commando (1900), Highball (1903), Sysonby (1904) and Salvidere in 1906.[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1890s/drf1899121001/drf1899121001_1_2 Daily Racing Form December 10, 1899 article titled "Bromley and Cos Horses"] Retrieved September 23, 2018[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1903122901/drf1903122901_4_6 Daily Racing Form December 29, 1903 story on Champion Highball in article titled "Gossip of the Turf"] Retrieved September 22, 2018[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908071201/drf1908071201_6_3 Daily Racing Form July 12, 1908 article titled "Salvidere Gone To Farm To Rest.: Champion of 1906"] Retrieved September 22, 2018