Flash Stakes
ClassDiscontinued Stakes
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1869
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance5 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightWeight-For-Age
PurseVaried over the years

The Flash Stakes was a race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses and one of the longest running horse racing events in America. Run before races were graded, the Flash was won by a host of starry names.[1] Begun before the United States Hotel Stakes (also now removed from racing's roster), it was the oldest race for juveniles of either gender in the United States.[2]

Once a historic fixture in Saratoga Springs, New York at the Saratoga Race Course,[3] it was eliminated in 2005 by the New York Racing Association (NYRA), which feared bankruptcy.

Moved from its home in Saratoga after a long absence, the Grade III Flash had raced on at Belmont Park as a five furlong sprint on the main track for a $100,000 added purse until the NYRA's 2005 decision.

Winners since 1999

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2005 Beacon Shine[4] Javier Castellano William I. Mott Kinsman Stable 0:58.39
2004 Primal Storm Shane Sellers Steve Asmussen Keith Asmussen 0:57.49
2003 Chapel Royal John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Derrick Smith & Michael Tabor 0:57.02
2002 Whywhywhy Edgar Prado Patrick Biancone Fabien Ouaki 0:57:10
2001 Busters Daydream Edgar Prado Timothy Tullock Jr. S J Bee Stable 0:56.93
2000 Yonaguska Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Michael Tabor 0:57.86
1999 More Than Ready John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher James T. Scatuorchio 0:57.10

Earlier winners

  • 1983 : 1998 - Not Run
  • 1982 – Victorious
  • 1981 – Ringaro
  • 1972 : 1980 – Not Run
  • 1971 – Riva Ridge
  • 1969 – Pontifex
  • 1967 – Forward Pass
  • 1966 – Bold Hour
  • 1965 – Indulto
  • 1964 – New Act
  • 1963 – Irvkup
  • 1962 – Catullus
  • 1961 – Jaipur
  • 1960 – Not Run
  • 1959 – Greek Page
  • 1958 – First Minister
  • 1957 – Wing Jet
  • 1956 – Missile
  • 1955 – Reneged
  • 1954 – Laugh
  • 1953 – Card Trick
  • 1952 – Native Dancer
  • 1951 – Cousin
  • 1950 – Northern Star
  • 1949 – Greek Ship
  • 1948 – Algasir
  • 1947 – Star Bout
  • 1946 – Gestapo
  • 1945 – Assault
  • 1944 – Plebiscite
  • 1943 – Tropea
  • 1942 – Breezing Home
  • 1941 – Amphitheater
  • 1940 – Overdrawn
  • 1939 – Epatant
  • 1938 – Eight Thirty
  • 1937 – Maetall
  • 1936 – Maedic
  • 1935 – Red Rain
  • 1934 – Pitter Pat
  • 1933 – Elylee
  • 1932 – Happy Gal
  • 1931 – Irenes Bob
  • 1930 – Jamestown
  • 1929 – Gallant Fox
  • 1928 – Jack High
  • 1927 – Distraction
  • 1926 – Osmand
  • 1925 – Sarmaticus
  • 1924 – Felix
  • 1923 – Lord Baltimore
  • 1922 – Dust Flower
  • 1921 – Miss Joy
  • 1920 – Moody
  • 1919 – Miss Jemima
  • 1918 – Billy Kelly
  • 1917 – Papp
  • 1916 – Rickety
  • 1915 – Prince of Como
  • 1914 – Trial By Jury
  • 1913 – Old Rosebud
  • 1912 – Not Run
  • 1911 – Not Run
  • 1910 – Semproius
  • 1909 – Waldo
  • 1908 – Edward
  • 1907 – Fair Play
  • 1906 – Peter Pan
  • 1905 – Burgomaster
  • 1904 – Sysonby
  • 1902 – Judith Campbell
  • 1901 – Goldsmith
  • 1900 – Not Run
  • 1899 – Not Run
  • 1898 – Not Run
  • 1897 – Hamburg
  • 1896 – Not Run
  • 1895 – Oranetto
  • 1894 – Lisa II
  • 1893 – Galilee
  • 1892 – Nick
  • 1890 – Sir John
  • 1889 – Protection
  • 1888 – Princess Bowling
  • 1887 – King Fish
  • 1886 – Agnes
  • 1885 – Primero
  • 1884 – Volante
  • 1883 – Burton
  • 1882 – George Kinney
  • 1881 – Memento
  • 1879 – Sensation
  • 1878 – Harold
  • 1877 – Duke of Magenta
  • 1875 – Faithless
  • 1874 – Olitapa
  • 1873 – Regardless
  • 1872 – Tom Bowling
  • 1870 – Ratan
  • 1869 – Remorseless

References

  1. ^ Nicholls, Joe (August 4, 1964). "New Act Takes Flash Stakes at Spa". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Condensed History Of The Flash Stakes (1869-1907)., Daily Racing Form, 1908-07-30". drf.uky.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  3. ^ Ryall, G. F. T. (1965-08-06). "Kelso Takes the Waters". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  4. ^ "Flashy Win For Beacon Shine in 3-Way Photo". Blood Horse. Retrieved 10 June 2005.