The Spring Juvenile Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first part of May from 1917 through 1930 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. A race for two-year-olds of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of four and one-half furlongs. At the time the Spring Juvenile Stakes was created Pimlico already had the Nursery Stakes which was run under the exact same terms and distance. Careful in 1920 and Lord Baltimore in 1921 marked the only two times the Spring Juvenile winner also won the Pimlico Nursery Stakes.
Historical notes The inaugural running of the Spring Juvenile Stakes took place on May 12, 1917, and was won by Edward McBride's colt Charlie Leydecker who defeated Quietude, the betting favorite owned by Alfred H. Morris.
In 1920 Walter J. Salmon Sr.'s Careful won the race under Hall of Fame jockey James Butwell. Careful would be named that year's American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, sharing the honor with Harry Payne Whitney's Prudery. Careful went on to earn a second national title as the American Champion Older Female Horse of 1922.The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Lord Baltimore set a new track record time in winning the 1921 race. In so doing, the Daily Racing Form noted he had beaten the best two-year-olds at Pimlico. Careful and Lord Baltimore were the only winners of the Spring Juvenile who also won the Pimlico Nursery Stakes.
Demise The Wall Street crash of 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression which would soon force racetrack owners to cut purse money for all races and to cancel others. Pimlico already had the Nursery Stakes open to all, and the Home-Bred Stakes for Maryland-bred two-year-olds, both of which were at the same distance as the Spring Juvenile Stakes. Because the Nursery Stakes had the higher profile as a stakes first run in 1909, and the importance of promoting breeding in the state of Maryland, it would be the Spring Juvenile Stakes that would be dropped from the schedule. Daily Racing Form "Tom Melton's Stake Race: Wins The Nursery Stakes At Pimlico" Retrieved July 24, 2018Daily Racing Form "Equibit Finishes Fast on Outside To Annex Pimlico Nursery Stakes" Retrieved July 24, 2018
Records Speed record: 53 3/5 – Up (1930)
Most wins by a jockey: 2 – Edgar Barnes (1924, 1925)
Most wins by a trainer: No trainer won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner: 2 – Walter J. Salmon Sr. (1920, 1928)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win$1930Up2Frank ColtilettiPreston M. BurchJames Nugent Crofton0:53.604.5 F$5,6101929Mint Olga2George FieldsAndrew G. BlakelyWillis Sharpe Kilmer0:55.004.5 F$6,2801928Dunkirk2Louis SchaeferThomas J. HealeyWalter J. Salmon Sr.0:56.204.5 F$6,2201927All Callao2Ovila BourassaClyde PhillipsGreentree Stable0:54.604.5 F$5,7401926The Heathen2John Callahan William R. Midgley Sr.C. Harvey Pierce0:54.004.5 F$4,8401925Silver Finn2Edgar BarnesWilliam DurnanFlamingo Stable0:54.404.5 F$4,8201924Extreme2Edgar BarnesMatthew SmartSamuel Ross0:55.804.5 F$3,7501923June Flower2Andy SchuttingerRoy WaldronXalapa Farm Stable0:54.204.5 F$4,0501922St. Valentine2Frank KeoghHarry RitesJ. Edwin Griffith0:54.004.5 F$2,0501921Lord Baltimore2Ted RiceWilliam M. GarthJoshua S. Cosden0:53.604.5 F$2,1501920Careful2Willie KelsayEugene WaylandWalter J. Salmon Sr.0:54.404.5 F$2,1501919Kallipolis2George CoreyNathaniel K. BealJohn H. Shreeve0:55.004.5 F$2,2001918Madam Byng2Lawrence LykeArthur BrentW. A. Gamble0:54.804.5 F$3,2501917Charlie Leydecker2John MetcalfWilliam LivingstonEdward McBride0:59.604.5 F$1,680
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