The Tidal Stakes is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York from the 1880s through until the track closed in 1910. According to a 1901 report on the race by The New York Times, 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. Ridden by Jim McLaughlin and trained by James G. Rowe Sr., following the creation of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, 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 Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, retired undefeated after his fifteenth career win in the Tidal.
The 1885 race resulted in a dead heat for first between James T. Williams Kentucky Derby winner Joe Cotton and Norman Kittson's colt 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: 8 - Jim McLaughlin (1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889)
Most wins by a trainer: 8 - James G. Rowe Sr. (1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909)
Most wins by an owner: 6 - Dwyer Brothers Stable (1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1887)
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win$1910The TurkMatt McGeeRichard O. MillerSilver Brook Farm (William S. Fanshawe)1 M2:03.80$1,4501909HilariousRichard ScovilleJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene1 M2:05.00$14,550 1908ColinJoe NotterJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene1 M2:04.00$15,0501907Peter PanWalter MillerJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene1 M2:07.40$15,0501906AccountantJack MartinMatthew M. AllenDiamond Jim Brady1 M2:10.00$14,0501905SysonbyDave NicolJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene1 M2:05.00$14,5501904Ort WellsGene HildebrandEnoch WishardJohn A. Drake1 M2:06.00$15,2501903ShorthoseWilliam HaackW. Fred PresgraveGoughacres Stable (B. F. & T. C. Clyde)1 M2:12.20$14,5501902Major DaingerfieldWillie ShawMatthew M. AllenFrederick C. McLewee & Co.1 M2:09.60$14,5751901WatercolorWillie ShawCharles N. LittlefieldCharles N. Littlefield1 M1:38.80$4,7701900McMeekinCarl MitchellWilliam M. BarrickWilliam M. Barrick1 M1:40.60$4,9001899Filon d'OrPatrick A. McCueT. J. HealeyRichard T.Wilson Jr.1 M1:41.20$4,6601898HandballRobert WilliamsFrank McCabePhilip J. Dwyer1 M1:41.40$3,7701897BuddhaWillie SimmsR. Wyndham WaldenR. C. Hall1 M1:42.20$3,0901896MargraveHenry GriffinByron McClellandBlemton Stable1 M1:43.00$5,6901895KeenanHenry GriffinJohn J. HylandJohn Daly & David Gideon1 M1:42.00$6,3801894DobbinsWillie SimmsHardy Campbell Jr.Richard Croker1 M1:40.00$7,9001893Sir WalterSamuel DoggettWalter C. RollinsOneck Stable1 M1:43.00$6.3301892CharadeWillie SimmsWilliam R. JonesWilliam R. Jones1 M1:41.25$6,6901891PortchesterAnthony HamiltonFrank McCabePhilip J. Dwyer & Sons1 M1:42.00$5,7701890BurlingtonIsaac Burns MurphyAlbert CooperHough Brothers1 M1:45.00$8,4801889SalvatorJim McLaughlinMatthew ByrnesJames B. A. Haggin1 M1:44.40$7,0001888DefenseFred LittlefieldM. Jordan1 M1:42.75$7,7201887HanoverJim McLaughlinFrank McCabeDwyer Brothers Stable1 M1:41.25$6,7401886Inspector BJim McLaughlinFrank McCabeDwyer Brothers Stable1 M1:46.75$5,8101885Joe Cotton †Jim McLaughlinAbraham PerryJames T. Williams1 M1:44.25$2,6551884Young DukeCharlie ShauerMatthew ByrnesPierre Lorillard IV1 M1:48.75$4,1801883BarnesJim McLaughlinJames G. Rowe Sr.Dwyer Brothers Stable1 M1:46.75$4,3201882RunnymedeJim McLaughlinJames G. Rowe Sr.Dwyer Brothers Stable1 M1:43.75$3,9601881HindooJim McLaughlinJames G. Rowe Sr.Dwyer Brothers Stable1 M1:43.251880Luke BlackburnJim McLaughlinJames G. Rowe Sr.Dwyer Brothers Stable1 M1:45.00
† 1885 dead heat for first between Joe Cotton and Pardee.
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