The June Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds of either sex run annually for sixteen years from its inauguration in 1886 through 1901 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York.
The first running in 1886 was won by the Dwyer Brothers Stable colt Tremont for whom Tremont Stakes at Belmont Park was established in 1887 at the Gravesend Race Track as a race for two-year-olds. That race is still current in 2025 and run at Belmont Park.
Dropped from the 1902 schedule, the June 28, 1901 June Stakes would turn out to be the final edition. In a field of only four starters, jockey Tommy Burns, a future United States and Canadian Hall of Fame inductee, rode the John Madden owned and trained colt Peninsula to victory.
Distances 5.5 F: 1900, 1901 5.75 F: 1890 6 F: 1886–1889
Records Speed record: at 5.5 furlongs : 1:07.00 – Peninsula (1901) at 5.75 furlongs : 1:12.00 – Rusher (1898) at 6 furlongs : 1:10.80 – La Tosca (1890), Hazlet (1895)
Most wins by a jockey: 4 - Fred Taral (1891, 1892, 1896, 1899)
Most wins by a trainer: 2 - James G. Rowe Sr. (1890, 1897)
Most wins by an owner: No owner won this race more than once.
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner (Miles) Time1901PeninsulaTommy BurnsJohn E. MaddenJohn E. Madden5.5 F1:07.001900HolsteinNash TurnerJohn W. RogersWilliam C. Whitney5.5 F1:09.001899PrestidigitatorNash TurnerWilliam C. SmithGeorge E. Smith6 F1:17.001898RusherFred TaralMichael J. DalyWilliam C. Daly5.75 F1:12.001897Blarney StoneTod SloanJames G. Rowe Sr.Lewis S. Thompson5.75 F1:12.201896Scottish ChieftainFred TaralMatthew ByrnesMarcus Daly6 F1:12.401895HazletHenry GriffinJohn J. HylandDavid Gideon & John Daly6 F1:10.801894The BlufferSamuel DoggettWalter C. RollinsOneck Stable6 F1:12.201893DobbinsJohn LamleyHardy Campbell Jr.Richard Croker6 F1:14.001892MendicantFred TaralS. W. "Doc" StreettS. W. "Doc" Streett6 F1:14.601891VictoryFred TaralWilliam LakelandWilliam Lakeland6 F1:13.801890La ToscaAnthony HamiltonJames G. Rowe Sr.August Belmont Sr.5.75 F1:10.801889CayugaFred LittlefieldR. Wyndham WaldenJohn A. & Alfred H. Morris6 F1:16.801888DiabloEdward H. GarrisonJames H. DumasCastle Stable (Mr. A. Kraemer)6 F1:17.001887TorchlightP. GodfreyAndrew ThompsonWilliam Lawrence Scott6 F1:16.501886TremontJim McLaughlin Frank McCabeDwyer Brothers Stable6 F1:18.25
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