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Reapers Stakes

{{short description|Defunct American Thoroughbred horse race}}

{{Infobox horseraces

| class = Discontinued stakes

| horse race = Reapers Stakes

| website =

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| location = Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York

| inaugurated = 1887–1907

| race type = Thoroughbred – Flat racing

| distance = {{frac|1|3|16}} miles (9.5 furlongs)

| surface = Dirt

| track = left-handed

| qualification = Three-years-old

| weight =

| purse =

}}

The Reapers Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Held in September, the race was open to three-year-olds of either sex. It was run on dirt over a distance of 1 3/16 miles except for 1903 when it was set at 1 3/8 miles.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1907090501/drf1907090501_4_2 |title=Condensed History of the Reapers Stakes |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1907-09-05 |accessdate=2018-12-21}}

On June 19, 1880 the Sheepshead Bay facility hosted its first day of Thoroughbred racing.{{cite news |title=Coney Island Jockey Club; Programme for the September Meeting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1879/09/03/archives/coney-island-jockey-club-programme-for-the-september-meeting-a.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 3, 1879 |page=3 |accessdate=2010-01-16}} Success made the addition of more stakes races possible and in 1887 the Reapers Stakes had its inaugural running. That race was won by Belvidere, a colt owned by the Preakness Stables of James Galway, a successful wholesaler of grocery store products and a Steward of The Jockey Club. The final running took place in 1907 and was won by the 20:1 outsider, Blue Book.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/20309048 |title=Blue Book; 20 To 1, Wins The Reapers |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1907-09-06 |accessdate=2018-12-22}}

Demise of the Reapers Stakes

After years of uncertainty, on June 11, 1908 the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908011801/drf1908011801_1_7 |title=Penalties in the New York Bills |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1908-01-18|accessdate=2018-10-26}} The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without income from betting.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/01/archives/keep-up-betting-ban-strict-enforcement-of-the-law-at-sheepshead-bay.html |title=Keep Up Betting Ban |work=New York Times |date=1908-09-01 |accessdate=2018-11-06}} Racetrack operators had no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out which resulted in the Reapers Stakes being dropped from the 1908 schedule to enable a redistribution of funds to the most high-profile races.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910071601/drf1910071601_1_7 |title=Striking Falling off in Value of Ten Greatest Stakes |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date= 1910-07-16 |accessdate=2018-10-15}} Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which deepened the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. When a Court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.

Records

Speed record: (new track record)

  • 1:59.40 – Heno (1902)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
style="width:30px" | Year

! style="width:110px" | Winner

! style="width:20px" | Age

! style="width:110px" | Jockey

! style="width:120px" | Trainer

! Owner

! style="width:25px" | Dist.
(Miles)

! style="width:25px" | Time

! style="width:25px" | Win$

align=center|1907

|Blue Book

|align=center|3

|R. Lowe

|Stephen J. Lawler

|James F. Carroll

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:05.00

|align=center|$3,375

align=center|1906

|Entrée

|align=center|3

|Herman Radtke

|Thomas H. McCreery

|Frederick A. Johnson

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:00.60

|align=center|$3,475

align=center|1905

|Coy Maid

|align=center|3

|Willie Knapp

|John I. Smith

|Kenilworth Stable (Frederick C. McLewee)

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:01.60

|align=center|$3,275

align=center|1904

|Aurumaster

|align=center|3

|William Crimmins

|Matthew Feakes

|H. J. Morris

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:00.00

|align=center|$3,025

align=center|1903

|Eugenia Burch

|align=center|3

|Grover Fuller

|William C. Smith

|Libby Curtis

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|8}} M

|align=center|2:20.80

|align=center|$2,100

align=center|1902

|Heno

|align=center|3

|Harry Michaels

|William Lakeland Sr.

|William S. Fanshawe

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|1:59.40

|align=center|$2,300

align=center|1901

|Watercolor

|align=center|3

|Henry Spencer

|Charles Littlefield Sr.

|Charles Littlefield Sr.

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|1:59.80

|align=center|$1,720

align=center|1900

|David Garrick

|align=center|3

|John Bullman

|A. Jack Joyner

|Rancocas Stable

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:00.40

|align=center|$1,580

align=center|1899

|Kinley Mack

|align=center|3

|Patrick McCue

|Peter Wimmer

|Augustus Eastin & Samuel E. Larabie

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:02.40

|align=center|$1,280

align=center|1898

|Latson

|align=center|3

|Fred Taral

|Charles Littlefield Sr.

|Charles Littlefield Sr.

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:04.00

|align=center|$1,070

align=center|1897

|Imperator

|align=center|3

|Charles A. Thorpe

|Edward Feakes

|Preakness Stables

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:03.20

|align=center|$1,450

align=center|1896

|Peep o'Day

|align=center|3

|Fred Taral

|James H. McCormick

|James H. McCormick

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:06.60

|align=center|$1,400

align=center|1895

|Flying Dutchman

|align=center|3

|Jerry Chorn

|Patrick Dunne

|Patrick Dunne

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:02.00

|align=center|$1,400

align=center|1894

|Dorian

|align=center|3

|Willie Simms

|John W. Rogers

|John W. Rogers

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:01.40

|align=center|$1,480

align=center|1893

|Sir Francis

|align=center|3

|Edward Garrison

|Matthew Byrnes

|Marcus Daly

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:02.00

|align=center|$1,215

align=center|1892

|Kilkenny

|align=center|3

|Anthony Hamilton

|John Huggins

|Rancocas Stable

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:03.20

|align=center|$1,605

align=center|1891

|La Tosca

|align=center|3

|Fred Taral

|Frank M. Bray

|Schuylkill Stable (Hough Brothers)

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:03.00

|align=center|$1,545

align=center|1890

|Ruperta

|align=center|3

|Alonzo Allen

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|B. J. Johnson

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:02.40

|align=center|$1,425

align=center|1889

|Buddhist

|align=center|3

|Marty Bergen

|John W. Rogers

|Samuel S. Brown

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:08.40

|align=center|$1,720

align=center|1888

|My Own

|align=center|3

|Rifleshine

|R. Wyndham Walden

|R. Wyndham Walden

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:04.20

|align=center|$1,600

align=center|1887

|Belvidere

|align=center|3

|Jim McLaughlin

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|Preakness Stables

|align=center|1{{Frac|3|16}} M

|align=center|2:03.00

|align=center|$1,340

References

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Category:Flat horse races for three-year-olds

Category:Discontinued horse races in New York City

Category:Sheepshead Bay Race Track

Category:Horse races established in 1887

Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1907

Category:1887 establishments in New York (state)

Category:1907 disestablishments in New York (state)