The Dash Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1887 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race for two-year-old horses of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of 5¾ furlongs.
An annual event, the Dash Stakes had its final running as an overnight purse on September 1, 1909 after the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation on June 11, 1908 with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison. The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without betting. Racetrack operators had no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out; by 1909 the Dash Stakes offered a purse that was as little as one twelfth of what it had been in earlier years. Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which deepened the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. When a court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay facility and it never reopened.
Records Speed record: 5.75 furlongs: 1:11.80 – Miss Kearney (1908) 5 furlongs: 0:58.60 – Jacobite (1905)
Most wins by a jockey: 3 – Danny Maher (1897, 1898, 1900)
Most wins by a trainer: Ŧ 2 – A. Jack Joyner (1902, 1905) 2 – Byron McClelland (1893, 1898)
Most wins by an owner: 2 – Byron McClelland (1893, 1898) Ŧ based on 20 of the 23 years the race was run.
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win$1909Billiard Ball2Eddie DuganJames BluteE. H. Jennings5.75 F1:12.60$3301908Miss Kearney2Cal ShillingJohn E. MaddenJohn E. Madden5.75 F1:11.80$1,0501907Lawrence P. Daly2Dave NicolWilliam E. PhillipsFred Cook5 F1:01.00$2,9001906W. H. Daniel2Joseph A. JonesHenry McDanielE. S. Burke Jr.5 F1:00.60$3,3501905Jacobite2Willie DavisA. Jack JoynerSydney Paget5 F0:58.60$4,0501904Wild Mint2Tommy BurnsJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene5 F1:00.00$3,1751903Lady Amelia2Grover FullerWoodford Clay Woodford Clay5 F1:00.00$3,1001902Invincible2Lucien LyneA. Jack JoynerAlbemarle Stable5 F0:59.00$3,1201901Heno2Tommy BurnsCharles F. HillClarence Mackay5 F0:59.60$2,5401900Bellario2Danny MaherFred BurlewNewton Bennington5 F1:00.40$2,3701899Mesmerist2Winfield O'ConnorJulius J. BauerBromley & Co. (Joseph E. Bromley & Arthur Featherstone)5 F1:00.60$2,1901898Ways and Means2Danny MaherByron McClellandByron McClelland5 F1:01.00$1,8501897Alice Farley2Danny MaherJames O. GrayJames O. Gray5 F1:01.00$1,4301896The Friar2Fred LittlefieldR. Wyndham WaldenA. H. & D. H. Morris5 F1:01.00$1,4251895 Crescendo2Felix CarrPueblo Stable (J. Naglee Burk)5 F1:02.00$1,6001894Brandywine2Alonzo ClaytonJohn W. RogersPerry Belmont5 F1:01.60$1,9701893Henry of Navarre2Clarence BryantByron McClellandByron McClelland5 F1:01.40$2,1451892Runyon2Joaquin NarvaezMatthew M. AllenFrank A. Ehret5 F1:02.60$2,2601891Dashing Belle2Marty BergenHardy Campbell Jr.Michael F. Dwyer5 F1:03.00$2,3601890Eclipse2W. SteppeSennett & Warn5 F1:02.40$2,4451889Reclare2DalyHenry Warnke Jr.Henry Warnke & Son5 F1:02.00$2,7051888Champagne Charley2JohnsonW. P. MaxwellW. P. Maxwell5 F1:01.40$2,0601887Van Leland2Reginald HarrisPhil GillmanDan Honig5 F1:02.00$2,125
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