The Grand Union Hotel Stakes was an American

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. A sprint race, it was open to two-year-old horses and run on dirt over a distance of six furlongs. The Grand Union Hotel Stakes was last run in 1958. The Grand Union Hotel was a luxury hotel in Saratoga Springs that by 1870 was the largest hotel in the world. It was the meeting place for Saratoga Race Course officials and where the wealthy elite stayed during the racing season. The Grand Union Hotel Stakes was won by several U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horses including Colin,

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, Zev,

Tom Fool Tom Fool (March 31, 1949 – August 20, 1976) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 1953 American Horse of the Year and was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame. He sired the champion racehorses Buckpasser and Tim Tam. B ...

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. When Man o' War won in 1919, the purse was $10,000.

Partial list of past winners

*1958 - First Minister *1957 - Jimmer *1956 - Cohoes *1955 -

Career Boy Career Boy (foaled 1953 in Kentucky) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Background He was bred and raced by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, a member of the prominent horse-racing Whitney family. Out of the mare Swanky, whose damsire ...

*1954 -

*1953 - Artismo *1952 -

*1951 -

*1950 - Battle Morn *1949 - Suleiman *1948 - Magic Words *1947 - My Request *1946 - Blue Border *1945 - Manipur *1944 -

Pavot Pavot (January 27, 1942 - June 5, 1975) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. In a career that lasted from 1944 to 1946 he ran thirty-two times and won fourteen races. He was the leader of his generation in 1944 when he was named Amer ...

*1943 -

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*1942 - Devil's Thumb *1941 -

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*1940 - New World *1939 - Epatant *1938 - No Competition *1937 -

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*1936 - Maedic *1935 - The Fighter *1934 - Chance Sun *1933 - Roustabout *1932 -

Ladysman Ladysman (foaled 1930) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the son of Pompey who was the winner of the 1925 Hopeful Stakes as a two-year-old and the prestigious Suburban Handicap as a four-year-old. He is best remembered for his runn ...

*1931 - Lucky Tom *1930 - Jamestown *1929 - Jim Dandy *1928 - Twink *1927 -

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*1926 - Kiev *1925 - Haste *1924 - Sunsard *1923 - Big Blaze *1922 - Zev *1921 - Kai-Sang *1920 - Prudery *1919 -

*1918 - Sweep On *1917 - Sun Briar *1916 -

Hourless Hourless (1914–1935) was a British-born Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in the United States where he won the 1917 Belmont Stakes. Background Bred at August Belmont, Jr.'s Haras de Villers in Foucarmont in Upper Normandy, France, he was foa ...

*1915 - Puss In Boots *1914 - Garbage *1913 - Black Broom *1912 - NYS racing ban *1911 - NYS racing ban *1910 - Iron Mask *1909 - Chickasaw *1908 - Edward *1907 - Colin *1906 - Penarris *1905 - Battleaxe *1904 - Siglight *1903 - Highball *1902 - Grey Friar *1901 - King Hanover *1897 - Archduke *1895 - Hazlet *1892 - One

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Discontinued horse races in New York (state) Flat horse races for two-year-olds Recurring sporting events established in 1892 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1952 1892 establishments in New York (state) 1952 disestablishments in New York (state)