The National Stallion Stakes was an American

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for two-year-old

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held annually for the twenty-four years between 1948 through 1971. It was created as a counterpart to the

National Stallion Stakes The National Stallion Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held sixty-two times between 1898 and 1971. Inaugurated as the National Stallion Race at Morris Park Racecourse in The Bronx, the event was open to horses of either sex until 194 ...

which was first run in 1898 at

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and was open to horses of either sex until 1948 when it became a race exclusively for colts and

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s. Contested on dirt at a distance of five and one-half

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s, the filly division was hosted by

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except for 1963 through 1967 when it was run at

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. The race was restricted to fillies whose sire had been nominated for the race by its owner before the end of the foal's birth year.

Historical notes

The inaugural running of the fillies division took place on June 5, 1948. It was won by Green Baize owned by Walter M. Jeffords Sr. and ridden by future Hall of Fame jockey

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won the 1960 edition while setting a new track record of 1:04 1/5 for five and one-half furlongs on dirt.

Filly winners 1898–1947

In what would be the last year for racing at

, in 1904

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became the first filly to win the National Stallion Stakes during the time it was open to horses of either sex. Tanya went on to become just the second filly to ever win the

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, an American Classic that would eventually be the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. It would be thirty-four years until another filly was victorious in the National Stallion Stakes when New York City restaurateur Henry Lustig's Donita M won the 1938 race. Five years later Henry Lustig would own the third filly to capture the race when in 1943 his Mrs. Ames defeated the gelding Stir Up owned by the powerful

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. Sonny Whitney's Enfilade in 1945 was the last filly to win the National Stallion Stakes before the separate division was created.

Owners who won both divisions in the same year

1961:

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's Meadow Stable won the filly division with their future

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inductee

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and the colts division with

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. 1964:

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, owned by

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and her brother Ogden L. Mills, won the colts division with

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and the filly division with Queen Empress. 1971:

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won the filly division with Rondeau and the colt division with Plum Bold in what would prove to be the final running of the National Stallion races.

Records

Speed record: * 1:04.20 @ 5.5 furlongs:

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& Box The Compass (1968) * 0:56.40 @ 5 furlongs: Poly Hi (1957) Most wins by a

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: * 3 –

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(1949, 1952, 1957, 1959) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 –

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(1949, 1952, 1963, 1964) Most wins by an owner: * 4 –

(1954, 1958, 1963, 1964)

Winners

References

{{reflist Flat horse races for two-year-old fillies Discontinued horse races in New York (state) Belmont Park Aqueduct Racetrack Recurring sporting events established in 1901 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1909