The Seagate Stakes was an American

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held annually from 1899 through 1907 at New York's

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then for a final time in 1910 with a drastically reduced purse at Empire City Race Track in

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. A race for three-year-old horses of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of a mile and one-quarter for the first two runnings then at a mile and one-eighth for the remainder.

Historical notes

The Seagate was a popular race won by quality horses of the era. Among the winners,

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won the 1907 edition in track record time which also set a new American record. The Seagate was one of three track records Charles Edward would set that year. In a 1910 history of the race, the ''

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'' wrote that Charles Edward "gave in the Seagate one of the most amazing displays of high-class speed ever witnessed." For the colt Old England, winning the 1902 Seagate was one of several stakes wins that year which included the

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, one of the American Classics that would become part of the U.S. Triple Crown series.

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came ino the Seagate Stakes having already won that year's

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, a race which would also become part of the U.S. Triple Crown series.

End of a Race and of a Racetrack

The Brighton Beach Race Course prospered until 1908 when the

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passed the

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banning gambling in

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events were held at the facility in an attempt to keep the track from closing permanently but even after horse racing returned to New York it was too late to save the business. At the time it ceased horse racing operations, the Brighton Beach Race Course was the oldest horse track in steady use in the New York City area.

Records

Speed record: * 1:50.60 @ 1 1-8 miles:

(1907) Most wins by a

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: * No jockey won this race more than once Most wins by a trainer: * 2 - Thomas Welsh (1904, 1905) Most wins by an owner: * No owner won this race more than once

Winners

References

{{reflist Discontinued horse races in New York (state) Open mile category horse races Open middle distance horse races Brighton Beach Race Course Recurring sporting events established in 1899 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1911 Horse races in New York City