The Iroquois Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses that was run six times from 1901 through 1907 at Brighton Beach Race Course in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn,New York.
The race and the racetrack’s demise came in 1908 as a result of the passage that year of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature under Republican Governor Charles Evans Hughes.
The loss of income from wagering, left racetrack operators no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out which resulted in the Iroquois Stakes cutting the purse in 1908 down to one-quarter of what it had been in recent years. These small purses made horse racing unprofitable and impossible for even the most successful horse owners to continue in business.
At the time the Brighton Beach Race Course ceased Thoroughbred racing operations, it was the oldest horse track in steady use in the New York City area.
Records Speed record: 2:05.00 @ 1/1/4 miles – Ballot 1:54.00 @ 1 1/8 miles – Old England
Most wins by a jockey: 2 – Willie Shaw (1902, 1906)
Most wins by a trainer: no trainer won this race more than once
Most wins by an owner: no owner won this race more than once
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner (Miles) Time Win $1907BallotJoe NotterJames G. Rowe Sr.James R. Keene1 M2:05.00$5,8501906SamsonWillie ShawFred BurlewFred Burlew1 M2:07.00$5,8501905 * Race not held1904St. ValentineArthur RedfernWilliam ShieldsEdward R. Thomas1 M1:56.50$4,0051903Fire EaterJohn BullmanA. Jack JoynerAugust Belmont Jr.1 M1:58.60$3,9001902Old EnglandWillie ShawGreen B. MorrisGreen B. Morris1 M1:54.00$3,9001901WatercolorHenry SpencerCharles N. LittlefieldCharles N. Littlefield1 M2:07.00$3,850
The table of winners as per the reference, shows "no race" in 1905. The same source contradicts this in an article on the horse Sysonby, not on the actual race, stating in a summary of his career wins that he won the 1905 Iroquois Stakes at Brighton Beach.
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