The Clover Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run forty-one times at New York State's Gravesend and Aqueduct racetracks between 1888 and 1932. A race for two-year-old fillies, it was contested over a distance of five furlongs on dirt.

The first Clover Stakes was hosted by Gravesend Race Track from inception in 1888 and run through 1908 and then for a last time in 1910. Passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes led to a compete shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912 in the state. A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913. However, it was too late for the Gravesend horse racing facility and it never reopened.

Picked up by the operators of the Aqueduct Racetrack, the Clover Stakes returned in 1914 and would run continuously through 1932. The valuable race then fell victim to the effects of the Great Depression in the United States which forced track owners to cut costs dramatically and eliminate some events in order to provide funding support for others.

The final edition was run on June 15, 1932, and was won by Sonny Whitney's Disdainful, stablemate of his Champion and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Top Flight who won the 1931 running of the Clover Stakes.

Records Speed record: 0:58 flat @ 5 furlongs : Top Flight (1931) 0:55 2/5 @ 4.5 furlongs : Sweet Lavender (1900)

Most wins by a jockey: 3 – Fred Littlefield (1890, 1894, 1900)

Most wins by a trainer: 6 – James G. Rowe Sr. (1888, 1907, 1908, 1916, 1917, 1923)

Most wins by an owner: 6 – Harry Payne Whitney (1916, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1929)

Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win$1932Disdainful2Raymond WorkmanFred Hopkins Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney5 F0:59.60$4,5001931Top Flight2Alfred RobertsonT. J. HealeyCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney5 F0:58.00$5,7751930Ladana2Laverne FatorFrank M. TaylorRancocas Stable5 F1:01.20$6,6001929Murky Cloud2Raymond WorkmanFred Hopkins Harry Payne Whitney5 F1:00.00$6,2001928Orissa2Laverne FatorSam HildrethRancocas Stable5 F1:00.40$6,1501927Princess Tina2George FieldsRobert Augustus SmithAudley Farm Stable5 F0:59.60$5,6751926Pandera2Linus McAteeFred Hopkins Harry Payne Whitney5 F1:00.40$5,6751925Friar's Carse2Albert Johnson Gwyn R. TompkinsGlen Riddle Farm5 F1:00.40$4,8501924Maud Muller2John MaibenFred Hopkins Harry Payne Whitney5 F0:58.60$4,6501923Initiate2Linus McAteeJames G. Rowe Sr.Harry Payne Whitney5 F0:58.60$5,2251922Sally's Alley2Albert JohnsonEugene WaylandWillis Sharpe Kilmer5 F0:59.00$4,8751921Budana2Earl SandeSam HildrethRancocas Stable5 F0:59.80$4,7251920Careful2Willie KelsayEugene WaylandWalter J. Salmon Sr.5 F0:59.00$3,1501919Panoply2Eddie AmbroseAlbert Simons Harry Payne Whitney5 F0:59.80$2,8251918Elfin Queen2Lawrence LykeWilliam H. KarrickOneck Stable5 F0:58.40$2,8251917Rosie O'Grady2Frank RobinsonJames G. Rowe Sr.Lewis S. Thompson5 F1:00.40$2,8501916Bonnie Witch2Lee MinkJames G. Rowe Sr.Harry Payne Whitney5 F0:59.00$1,9251915Celandria2Merritt C. BuxtonJames A. McLaughlinElkwood Park Stable5 F1:04.40$1,5251914Coquette2Merritt C. BuxtonGeorge M. OdomBrookside Stable5 F1:00.40$1,1601913 Racetrack ceased operations due to the Hart–Agnew Law.1912 No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.19111910Horizon2Stanley H. DavisFrank ErnestRichard F. Carman5 F1:01.00$1,9001909 Race not held1908Melisande2Joe NotterJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene5 F1:00.00$2,4951907Meggs Hill2Joe NotterJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene5 F1:01.00$2,6951906Adoration2Walter MillerT. J. HealeyRichard T. Wilson Jr.5 F1:01.80$2,0151905Transmute2Tommy BurnsSam HildrethEdward E. Smathers5 F1:03.00$2,5251904Chrysitis2Frank O'Neill Fred BurlewPierre Lorillard IV5 F1:02.80$2,7101903Contentious2Willie GannonR. Wyndham WaldenR. Wyndham Walden5 F1:01.00$2,2751902Martie Lewis2George M. OdomPeter G. WimmerSamuel S. Brown5 F1:00.60$1,8501901Disadvantage2Lewis SmithArthur CarterJ. W. Smythe5 F1:03.20$1,4501900Sweet Lavender2Fred LittlefieldCharles S. Littlefield Jr.Charles Sr. & Barry Littlefield4.5 F0:55.40$1,4501899Oneck Queen2Alonzo ClaytonWalter C. RollinsOneck Stable4.5 F0:56.00$1,4501898High Degree2Tod SloanDavid GideonJohn Daly & David Gideon4.5 F0:56.75$1,4501897Fayida2Skeets MartinAlbert CooperWilliam A. Chanler4.5 F0:57.00$1,4201896Winged Foot2John J. McCaffertyJohn J. McCaffertyJohn J. McCafferty4.5 F0:55.50$2,5501895Axiom2John LamleyFrank McCabePhilip J. Dwyer5 F1:03.00$1,7901894Ridicule2Fred LittlefieldR. Wyndham WaldenJohn A., Alfred H., Dave H. Morris5 F1:05.00$1,5501893Kentigerna2Willie SimmsMadison Stable (Ed Kelly)5 F1:03.75$2,9501892Rain Drop2Fred TaralBrookwood Stable5 F1:05.00$2,2651891Mount Vernon2Fred TaralC. Thomas Jr.Northampton Stable (William L. Scott)5 F1:04.00$2,3751890Correction2Fred LittlefieldR. Wyndham WaldenJohn A. & Alfred H. Morris5 F1:06.75$3,4451889Reclare2Johnny ReaganHenry Warnke Jr.Warnke & Son5 F1:04.75$3,0401888Fides2P. GodfreyJames G. Rowe Sr.August Belmont Sr.5 F1:03.75$2,100

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