Freehold Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationLong Branch Racetrack
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States
Inaugurated1882
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websiten/a
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationAll ages
WeightAssigned

The Freehold Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early August at the Monmouth Park Association's racetrack in Long Branch, New Jersey. Inaugurated in 1879, the Champion Stakes was open to horses of any age and was raced on dirt over a distance of one and one half miles (12 furlongs).

In 1891, the races at Long Branch had to be shifted to racetracks in New York when government legislation attempted to inhibit parimutuel wagering. The races were split between the Jerome Park Racetrack in Fordham, Bronx and at the nearby Morris Park Racecourse at Westchester Village.[1] The Monmouth Park Racing Association closed and the land sold after its operating license was revoked in 1893 and government legislation was enacted that banned parimutuel wagering.[2]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - William Donohue (1882, 1883, 1884)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles)		 Time
1892 Locohatchee † 3 Marty Bergen John Huggins Rancocas Stable 11⁄2 2:38.00
1891 Raceland 6 Anthony Hamilton Hardy Campbell, Jr. Michael F. Dwyer 11⁄2 2:37.75
1890 Firenze 6 Isaac Burns Murphy Matthew Byrnes James Ben Ali Haggin 11⁄2 2:33.25
1889 Firenze 5 George Taylor Matthew Byrnes James Ben Ali Haggin 11⁄2 Walkover
1888 Firenze 4 Edward H. Garrison Matthew Byrnes James Ben Ali Haggin 11⁄2 2:34.00
1887 The Bard 4 William Hayward John Huggins Alexander Cassatt 11⁄2 2:39.75
1886 The Bard 3 Sam H. Fisher John Huggins Alexander Cassatt 11⁄2 2:45.50
1885 Miss Woodford 5 Jim McLaughlin Frank McCabe Dwyer Brothers Stable 11⁄2 2:45.50
1884 Eole 6 William Donohue Evert V. Snedecker Frederick Gebhard 11⁄2 2:44.50
1883 Eole 5 William Donohue Evert V. Snedecker Frederick Gebhard 11⁄2 2:36.00
1882 Giroflé 5 William Donohue Evert V. Snedecker E. V. Snedeker & Co. 11⁄2 2:42.00
* † In 1892, Banquet won but was disqualified for interference and set back to last.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "No Races at Long Branch; Stake Dates Fixed for Morris and Jerome Park Tracks. The Monmouth Park Racing Association Abandons Hope of Racing at ITS Own Track and Prepares for ITS Summer Campaign Here". The New York Times. 29 June 1891.
  2. ↑ "MONMOUTH PArk's LICENSE REVOKED.; Action Taken by the Local Authorities in August Just Made Public". The New York Times. 26 December 1893.
  3. ↑ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/08/07/108215019.pdf

References

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