The Tidal Stakes is a discontinued
Thoroughbred horse race
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for three-year-olds run at the
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, New York.
Early history
The racetrack was built by a group of prominent businessmen from the New Yo ...
in
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
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,
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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from the 1880s through until the track closed in 1910. According to a 1901 report on the race by ''
The New York Times
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'', the Tidal Stakes was one of the famous fixtures of the Sheepshead Bay Spring meeting.
The inaugural running in 1881 was won by
Luke Blackburn
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. Ridden by
Jim McLaughlin and trained by
James G. Rowe Sr.
James Gordon Rowe Sr. (1857 – August 2, 1929) was an American jockey and horse trainer elected to the Hall of Fame for Thoroughbred Horse racing. He won the Belmont Stakes twice as a jockey and 8 times as a trainer. He had 34 champion hors ...
, following the creation of the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. In 1955, the museum moved to its current location on Union Av ...
, horse, jockey and trainer would all be inducted. The final running of the Tidal Stakes took place on 1910 and was won by The Turk who recorded the fastest time in the history of the race at the mile and a quarter distance.
The most significant event in the history of the Tidal Stakes was
Colin's win in 1908. The future Hall of Fame horse who would be ranked 15th in the 2000 ''
'',
retired undefeated after his fifteenth career win in the Tidal.
The 1885 race resulted in a
dead heat
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for first between James T. Williams
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...
winner
Joe Cotton
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and
Norman Kittson's colt
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*Colt (horse), an intact (uncastrated) male horse under four years of age
People
* Colt (given name)
*Colt (surname)
Places
*Colt, Arkansas, United States
*Colt, Louisiana, an unincorporated community, United States ...
Pardee.
Records
Speed record:
* 1 ¼ miles: 2:03 4/5, The Turk (1910)
* 1 mile: 1:38 4/5, Watercolor (1901)
Most wins by a
jockey
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:
* 8 -
Jim McLaughlin (1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889)
Most wins by a
trainer:
* 8 -
James G. Rowe Sr.
James Gordon Rowe Sr. (1857 – August 2, 1929) was an American jockey and horse trainer elected to the Hall of Fame for Thoroughbred Horse racing. He won the Belmont Stakes twice as a jockey and 8 times as a trainer. He had 34 champion hors ...
(1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909)
Most wins by an owner:
* 6 -
Dwyer Brothers Stable
Dwyer Brothers Stable was an American thoroughbred horse racing
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat ...
(1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1887)
Winners
* † 1885
dead heat
A dead heat is a rare situation in various racing sports in which the performances of competitors are judged to be so close that no difference between them can be resolved. The result is declared a tie and the competitors are awarded a joint ra ...
for first between Joe Cotton and Pardee.
References
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Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Flat horse races for three-year-olds
1880 establishments in New York (state)
Discontinued horse races in New York City
Recurring sporting events established in 1880
Recurring events disestablished in 1910
1910 disestablishments in New York (state)