Neptune Stakes

The Neptune Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses at Brighton Beach Race Course in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York. Inaugurated in 1900, the last edition of the race at the Brighton Beach track took place in 1907. It would be run only one more time when it was revived in 1910 at the Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York.

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Class
Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York,United States
1900
Thoroughbred - Flat racing
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Dirt
Left-handed
Two-year-olds

The Neptune Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses at Brighton Beach Race Course in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York. Inaugurated in 1900, the last edition of the race at the Brighton Beach track took place in 1907. It would be run only one more time when it was revived in 1910 at the Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York.

The 1900 inaugural running of the Neptune Stakes was won by the colt Tommy Atkins ridden by top jockey Henry Spencer for trainer James G. Rowe Sr., a future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, and owner James R. Keene and his son, Foxhall P. Keene. Trainer Rowe and the owners would win the Neptune Stakes again in 1902 and 1906. Winner Tommy Atkins, again with Henry Spencer as his jockey, also won the 1900 Juvenile Stakes at New York's Morris Park Racecourse.

The race's demise was a result of the 1908 passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes which led to a state-wide shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912.

It would be five years after Hart-Agnew became law that a February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in that year. However, operating losses were of such significance for the investors in the Brighton Beach Race Course facility that it never reopened.

Speed record:

  • 1:13.00 @ 6 furlongs - Ormonde's Right (1903)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • No jockey won this race more than once.

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - James G. Rowe Sr. (1900, 1902, 1906)
  • 3 - A. Jack Joyner (1903, 1904, 1905)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - James R. Keene (1900, 1902, 1906)
YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDist. (Furlongs)TimeWin$
1910Royal Meteor2Joe NotterThomas WelshNewcastle Stable6 F1:16.00$1,420
1908- 1909Race not held
1907Chapultepec2Eddie DuganFred BurlewFred Burlew6 F1:14.60$5,850
1906Ballot2Herman RadtkeJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene6 F1:15.00$5,850
1905Don Diego2Willie DavisA. Jack JoynerAugust Belmont Jr.6 F1:13.80$5,850
1904Tradition2Gene HildebrandA. Jack JoynerSydney Paget6 F1:14.00$5,850
1903Ormonde's Right2Frank O'NeillA. Jack JoynerSydney Paget6 F1:13.00$5,349
1902Injunction2Willie ShawJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. & Foxhall P. Keene6 F1:13.80$3,900
1901Otis2Harry CochranDick WilliamsBarney Schreiber6 F1:13.20$3,900
1900Tommy Atkins2Henry SpencerJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. & Foxhall P. Keene6 F1:14.00$3,900

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