The Endurance Gold Cup Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the latter part of November at Bowie Race Track in Bowie, Maryland. Open to two-year-old horses, it was contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth (8.5 furlongs).
Inaugurated as the Endurance Handicap at a distance of one mile, seventy yards, its name was changed in 1952 by new track President, Larry MacPhail.
Winners (partial list)
1954 - Saratoga 1953 - Permian 1952 - no race 1951 - Jampol 1951 - Orco † 1950 - Bob Considine 1949 - Greek Song 1948 - Palestinian 1947 - Hefty 1946 - Golden Bull 1945 - Lord Boswell 1944 - The Doge 1944 - Hail Victory † 1943 - no race 1942 - Chop Chop 1941 - Sweet Swinger 1940 - Magnificent 1939 - Fenelon 1938 - no race 1937 - Legal Light 1936 - Betty's Buddy 1935 - Bright Plumage 1934 - Commonwealth 1933 - Chicstraw 1932 - Projectile 1931 - Mad Frump 1930 - Sweep All 1929 - Snowflake 1928 - Soul of Honor 1927 - Sortie 1926 - Dolan 1925 - High Star 1924 - Sumpter 1923 - Tree Top 1922 - Oui Oui 1921 - Champlain
† - Second division
References November 23, 1921 New York Times article on Champlain's win in the Endurance Handicap November 26, 1954 New York Times article on Saratioga's win in the Endurance Gold Cup Stakes