Spring Stakes (Sheepshead Bay)

The inaugural running of the Spring Stakes took place on June 22, 1886. It was won by Tremont, a colt would who would finish the year having won all thirteen of his starts.{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/06/23/109313160.html?pageNumber=2 |title=The Boards Down and Up |work=New York Times|page=2|date=1886-06-23 |accessdate=2020-03-17}}

Scottish Chieftain, the 1896 winner, went on to win the 1897 Belmont Stakes which race would become the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series.{{cite web|url=https://www.belmontstakes.com/uploads/historical_races/history_pdf_1897.pdf |title=1897 Belmont |publisher=NYRA Belmont Stakes |date=1897-05-29 |accessdate=2020-01-11}}

The 1900 edition of the Spring Stakes was won by Richard T. Wilson Jr.'s The Parader who would go on to win the 1901 Preakness Stakes, a race that would become the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series.

The Spring Stakes of 1909 was won by Uncas Chief who went wire-to-wire under one of the country's top jockeys Eddie Dugan. Running second and in close pursuit throughout was a colt owned by Sam Hildreth named Eddie Dugan to honor the jockey.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1909070801/drf1909070801_3_3 |title=New York Form Chart |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1909-07-08|accessdate=2020-02-11}}

Passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes led to a state-wide shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912.{{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}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/14/archives/race-track-bill-defeated-in-senate-measure-modifying-directors.html|title=Race Track Bill Defeated In Senate; Measure Modifying Directors' Liability for Gambling Fails of Passage|work=The New York Times|date=July 14, 1911|publisher=|access-date=September 2, 2017}} A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1913022201/drf1913022201_1_9 |title= Oral Betting Held Legal: Appellate Division of New York Supreme Court Renders Important Decision |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1913-02-22 |accessdate=2019-06-29}} However, it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908121501/drf1908121501_1_7|title=Destruction Wrought by Hughes |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1908-12-15|accessdate=2018-11-30}}{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1914111701/drf1914111701_1_2 |title=Famous Old Track is Sold |work=Daily Racing Form|via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1914-11-17|accessdate=2018-11-30}}

Speed record:

• 1:09 2/5 @ {{cvt|5+3/4|furlong|0|lk=in}}: Strathmeath (1890)
• 1:13 1/5 @ {{cvt|6|furlong|0}}: Chapultepec (1907)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 – Edward Garrison (1889, 1892, 1894)
• 3 – Fred Taral (1891, 1896, 1897)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 – Frank McCabe (1886, 1888, 1889)
• 3 – John J. Hyland (1894, 1895, 1897)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 – Dwyer Brothers Stable (1894, 1895, 1897)

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Category:Sheepshead Bay Race Track

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Category:1886 establishments in New York (state)

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