The 1899 Belmont Stakes was the 33rd running of the
Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is run over 1.5 miles (2,400 m). Colts and geldings carry a weight of ; fillies carry . The race, nicknamed Th ...
. It was the 10th Belmont Stakes held at
Morris Park Racecourse
Morris Park Racecourse was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility from 1889 to 1904. It was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the Bronx in 1895 and later developed as the neighborhood of Morris Park. T ...
in
Morris Park, New York, and was run on May 25, 1899. The race drew four starters and was won by favored
Jean Bereaud
Jean Bereaud (1896 – November 15, 1908) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse best known for winning an 1899 American Classic Race, the Belmont Stakes.
Background
He was bred by the partnership of David Gideon and John Daly a ...
whose winning time of 2:23 flat set a new Morris Park track record for 1 miles on dirt.
For future
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer
Sam Hildreth
Samuel Clay Hildreth (May 16, 1866 – September 24, 1929) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is run over 1.5 miles (2,400 m). Colts and geldings carry a weight of ; fillies carry . The race, nicknamed Th ...
.
For jockey
Richard Clawson
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
, the win aboard Jean Bereaud was his first of two in the 1899 Classics as he went on to win in the Preakness aboard
Half Time
In several team sports, matches are played in two halves. Half-time (also written halftime or half time) is the name given to the interval between the two halves of the match. Typically, after half-time, teams swap ends of the field of play in or ...
, the colt ridden by
Skeets Martin
John Henry Martin (1875–1944), commonly referred to as "Skeets" Martin, was an American jockey who achieved many racing wins in the United States and the United Kingdom during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His most notable ...
who finished second in the Belmont.
The
1899 Kentucky Derby
The 1899 Kentucky Derby was the 25th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 4, 1899.
Full results
*Winning Breeder: Bashford Manor Stud; (KY)
Payout
* The winner received a purse of $4,850.
* Second place received $700.
* ...
was run on May 4 and the
1899 Preakness Stakes
The 1899 Preakness Stakes was the 24th running of the $1,000 added Preakness Stakes, a horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run on May 30, 1899 at the Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York. The mile and a sixteenth race was won b ...
on May 30, five days after the Belmont.
The
1919 Belmont Stakes would mark the first time the race would be recognized as the third leg of a
U.S. Triple Crown series.
Results
* † In the race program, winner Jean Bereaud's name was misspelled "Beraud"
* Winning breeder:
David Gideon
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
&
John Daly (
NJ)
References
External links
BelmontStakes.com
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1899
Events January 1899
* January 1
** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.
** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City.
* January 2 –
**Bolivia sets up a c ...
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