# Juvenile Stakes (United States)

The Juvenile Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race run for 109 years between 1874 and 1984. First run on June 13, 1874, it was an important part of Jerome Park's "Spring Meeting." The race was designed to show which were the top two-year-olds at that point in the calendar.

## Historical notes

The Juvenile Stakes was run at four different tracks: Jerome Park Racetrack (1874–1888) Morris Park Racecourse (1889–1904) Belmont Park (1905–1959, 1968–1973, 1975, 1977–1984) Aqueduct Racetrack (1960–1967, 1974, 1976)
A field of fifteen competed in the inaugural edition won by Meco, a colt owned and trained by South Carolina native Thomas Puryear.
In 1888, French Park and Fides finished in a dead heat for first. It would remain as the only such occurrence in the 109 runnings of the event.
With the implementation of the Graded Stakes system in 1973, for that first year and again in 1974 the Juvenile Stakes was given Grade 3 status.

### Selected notable winners

The 1886 running of the Juvenile Stakes was won by Tremont who would finish the year, and career, the undefeated winner of all his thirteen starts.
Broomstick won the 1903 edition of the Juvenile and continued with a stellar career in racing. At stud, he was the Leading sire in North America three times and would be inducted into U.S. Racing Hall of Fame.
In 1919, the filly Bonnie Mary won the Juvenile in which she beat twelve male and three female competitors including the very good runner-up On Watch, a colt owned by George W. Loft and trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Max Hirsch. The third-place finisher was Upset, the only horse to ever defeat the legendary Man o' War.
Following a win in his career debut at Florida's Hialeah Park, on May 4, 1963 Raise a Native made his second start at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack. The colt, owned by Louis Wolfson and trained by Burley Parke, was ridden by future Hall of Fame jockey Bobby Ussery in an Allowance race for two-year-olds. In what the New York Times described as a breathtaking performance, Raise a Native won by eight lengths while setting a new Aqueduct track record of 57 4/5 for five furlongs on dirt. On May 31, Raise a Native equaled his own track record in winning Aqueduct's Juvenile Stakes. The colt would go on to be named that year's American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse.
Four winners of the Juvenile Stakes went on to earn American Horse of the Year honors as well as a place in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame: Blue Larkspur (1928) Equipoise (1930) Nashua (1954) Bold Ruler (1956)

## Records

Speed record:
* 0:47.25 @ 4 furlongs – Osric (1891)
* 0:53.80 @ 5 furlongs – Bally Ache (1959)
* 1:03.40 @ 5.5 furlongs – Tilt Up (1977)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 7 – Eddie Arcaro (1939, 1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 6 – James G. Rowe Sr. (1881, 1885, 1888, 1900, 1920, 1924)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – George L. Lorillard (1879, 1880, 1883, 1884)
* 4 – Dwyer Brothers Stable (1881, 1885, 1886, 1887)
* 4 – Greentree Stable (1933, 1934, 1962, 1974)
* 4 – Calumet Farm (1941, 1971, 1975, 1978)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Furlongs) | Time | Win$ |
| 1984 | Sky Command | 2 | Garth Patterson | James A. Padgett | Warren Kemper | 5.5 F | 1:05.60 | $44,640 |
| 1983 | Fight Over | 2 | Don MacBeth | John Parisella | Bwamazon Farm | 5.5 F | 1:05.60 | $33,840 |
| 1982 | Victorious | 2 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Eugene Jacobs | Herbert A. Allen Sr. | 5.5 F | 1:05.60 | $32,940 |
| 1981 | Center Cut | 2 | Gene St. Leon | Al W. Hinson | Charles Neal | 5.5 F | 1:04.00 | $33,240 |
| 1980 | Lord Avie | 2 | Jerry D. Bailey | Daniel Perlsweig | S.K.S. Stable (Michael Kay et al.) | 5.5 F | 1:04.60 | $32,280 |
| 1979 | Muckraker | 2 | Ruben Hernandez | Roger Laurin | Leone J. Peters | 5.5 F | 1:04.00 | $24,765 |
| 1978 | Tim The Tiger | 2 | Jeffrey Fell | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | 5.5 F | 1:03.80 | $21,000 |
| 1977 | Tilt Up | 2 | Jacinto Vásquez | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 5.5 F | 1:03.40 | $21,900 |
| 1976 | To The Quick | 2 | Eddie Maple | Anthony L. Basile | Bwamazon Farm | 5.5 F | 1:04.80 | $22,155 |
| 1975 | Turn To Turia | 2 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 5.5 F | 1:03.60 | $16,440 |
| 1974 | Knightly Sport | 2 | Jacinto Vásquez | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 5.5 F | 1:04.40 | $17,790 |
| 1973 | Who Duzzit | 2 | Chuck Baltazar | Reggie Cornell | Mrs. Moody Jolley | 5.5 F | 1:05.00 | $16,185 |
| 1972 | Linda's Chief | 2 | Braulio Baeza | Alfred A. Scotti | Neil Hellman | 5.5 F | 1:03.80 | $16,440 |
| 1971 | Plum Bold | 2 | Eddie Maple | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 5.5 F | 1:04.20 | $23,850 |
| 1970 | Helio Rise | 2 | Chuck Baltazar | David Erb | Roger W. & R. T. Wilson Jr. | 5.5 F | 1:05.80 | $23,667 |
| 1969 | Prize Silver | 2 | Manuel Ycaza | Ivor G. Balding | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 5.5 F | 1:05.40 | $22,928 |
| 1968 | Cicada's Pride | 2 | Braulio Baeza | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable | 5.5 F | 1:06.00 | $22,213 |
| 1967 | Kaskaskia | 2 | Bill Shoemaker | Del W. Carroll | William S. Farish III | 5 F | 0:58.00 | $24,748 |
| 1966 | Native Prince | 2 | Ray Broussard | Raymond Metcalf | Edward R. Scharps | 5 F | 0:58.20 | $24,765 |
| 1965 | Our Michael | 2 | Johnny Sellers | Jimmy Pitt | Edgehill Farm (Leonard & Morris Fruchtman) | 5 F | 0:58.20 | $23,806 |
| 1964 | Golden Joey | 2 | Bobby Ussery | Buddy Jacobson | Marion R. Frankel | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $23,010 |
| 1963 | Raise a Native | 2 | John L. Rotz | Burley Parke | Louis Wolfson | 5 F | 0:57.80 | $23,010 |
| 1962 | Catullus | 2 | Braulio Baeza | John Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 5 F | 0:58.40 | $24,001 |
| 1961 | Sunrise County | 2 | Bobby Ussery | Tommy Kelly | Townsend B. Martin | 5 F | 0:59.40 | $24,488 |
| 1960 | Iron Rail | 2 | Herb Hinojosa | Stanley M. Rieser | Donald G. Ford Sr. | 5 F | 0:58.00 | $24,082 |
| 1959 | Bally Ache | 2 | Sam Boulmetis Sr. | Jimmy Pitt | Edgehill Farm (Leonard & Morris Fruchtman) | 5 F | 0:53.80 | $22,657 |
| 1958 | First Landing | 2 | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable | 5 F | 0:57.00 | $22,360 |
| 1957 | Li'l Fella | 2 | Bill Hartack | Sidney Jacobs | Jaclyn Stable (William S. Paley & Leon Levy) | 5 F | 0:56.60 | $23,575 |
| 1956 | Bold Ruler | 2 | Eddie Arcaro | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 5 F | 0:56.00 | $21,700 |
| 1955 | Polly's Jet | 2 | Eddie Arcaro | Russell M. Downes | Barclay Stable | 5 F | 0:56.80 | $14,725 |
| 1954 | Nashua | 2 | Eddie Arcaro | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 5 F | 0:58.00 | $12,150 |
| 1953 | Catspaw | 2 | Eddie Arcaro | Sylvester Veitch | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 5 F | 0:57.20 | $11,750 |
| 1952 | Fort Salonga | 2 | Sam Boulmetis Sr. | E. W. King | Samuel P. Steckler | 5 F | 0:58.40 | $13,075 |
| 1951 | Primate | 2 | Ted Atkinson | James R. Hastie | Starmount Stable (Edward & Blanche Benjamin) | 5 F | 0:57.20 | $11,550 |
| 1950 | Liberty Rab | 2 | Patterson Milligan | Harris B. Brown | Lillian B. Christopher | 5 F | 0:57.20 | $11,800 |
| 1949 | Ferd | 2 | Basil James | Andy Schuttinger | Mary E. Schuttinger | 5 F | 0:57.80 | $11,125 |
| 1948 | Marabout | 2 | Hedley Woodhouse | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 5 F | 0:59.20 | $10,275 |
| 1947 | My Request | 2 | Ronnie Nash | Jimmy Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 5 F | 0:57.60 | $12,100 |
| 1946 | Eternal War | 2 | Eddie Arcaro | Frank Catrone | Allen T. Simmons | 5 F | 0:57.60 | $11,215 |
| 1945 | They Say | 2 | John Adams | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 5 F | 0:59.40 | $4,860 |
| 1944 | Flood Town | 2 | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | Edward J. Lasker | 5 F | 0:57.80 | $9120 |
| 1943 | Lucky Draw | 2 | Conn McCreary | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $7,925 |
| 1942 | Suncap | 2 | Don Meade | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farm | 5 F | 0:59.20 | $9,400 |
| 1941 | Sun Again | 2 | Wendell Eads | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 5 F | 0:58.20 | $8,175 |
| 1940 | High Breeze | 2 | Basil James | Anthony Pelleteri | Millsdale Stable (Anthony Pelleteri & Melvin Emerich) | 5 F | 0:57.00 | $5,975 |
| 1939 | Cockerel | 2 | Eddie Arcaro | Hugh Dufford | Alvin Untermyer | 5 F | 0:57.80 | $4,775 |
| 1938 | Maeline | 2 | John Gilbert | George E. Phillips | Maemere Farm Stable (DeWitt Page) | 5 F | 0:57.60 | $5,900 |
| 1937 | Perpetuate | 2 | James Stout | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry Sr. | 5 F | 0:57.80 | $6,665 |
| 1936 | Scintillator | 2 | Harry Richards | Hugh Dufford | Alvin Untermyer | 5 F | 1:00.80 | $6,500 |
| 1935 | Maeriel | 2 | Eddie Litzenberger | George E. Phillips | Maemere Farm Stable (DeWitt Page) | 5 F | 0:58.20 | $7,255 |
| 1934 | Plat Eye | 2 | Silvio Coucci | William Brennan | Greentree Stable | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $5,710 |
| 1933 | Black Buddy | 2 | Silvio Coucci | William Brennan | Greentree Stable | 5 F | 0:59.80 | $5,680 |
| 1932 | Happy Gal | 2 | Earl Steffen | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Stable | 5 F | 0:57.00 | $12,800 |
| 1931 | Irene's Bob | 2 | Linus McAtee | James W. Healy | James E. Gaffney | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $14,500 |
| 1930 | Equipoise | 2 | Raymond Workman | Fred Hopkins | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $15,400 |
| 1929 | Black Majesty | 2 | Virgil Peterson | Bennet W. Creech | William Robertson Coe | 5 F | 0:59.80 | $17,250 |
| 1928 | Blue Larkspur | 2 | Edgar Barnes | Herbert J. Thompson | Edward R. Bradley | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $17,750 |
| 1927 | Dice | 2 | Danny McAuliffe | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $15,700 |
| 1926 | Draconis | 2 | John Maiben | Henry McDaniel | Gifford A. Cochran | 4.5 F | 0:53.00 | $16,150 |
| 1925 | Galetian | 2 | Tommy McTaggart | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 5 F | 0:57.40 | $14,250 |
| 1924 | Arcady | 2 | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 1:01.80 | $11,000 |
| 1923 | Peter King | 2 | Clarence Turner | Fred Taral | Riviera Stable (Victor Vivadou) | 5 F | 0:58.20 | $13,250 |
| 1922 | McKee | 2 | Laverne Fator | Frank M. Taylor | John E. Madden | 5 F | 0:57.60 | $13,200 |
| 1921 | Column | 2 | Clarence Kummer | Joe Notter | Morton L. Schwartz | 5 F | 0:57.80 | $13,800 |
| 1920 | Tryster | 2 | Eddie Ambrose | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 5 F | 0:58.60 | $5,850 |
| 1919 | Bonnie Mary | 2 | Lavelle Ensor | William Hogan | Phillip A. Clark | 5 F | 0:59.40 | $5,850 |
| 1918 | Elfin Queen | 2 | Andy Schuttinger | William H. Karrick | Oneck Stable | 5 F | 0:58.60 | $7,100 |
| 1917 | Lucullite | 2 | James Butwell | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont Jr. | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $6,050 |
| 1916 | Hourless | 2 | Everett Haynes | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont Jr. | 5 F | 0:59.20 | $3,900 |
| 1915 | Lena Misha | 2 | Merritt C. Buxton | Frank Toner | Beverwyck Stable (Frank J. Nolan) | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $2,325 |
| 1914 | Hauberk | 2 | Merritt C. Buxton | H. I. Marshall | James L. Holland | 5 F | 1:00.40 | $3,020 |
| 1913 | Punch Bowl | 2 | James Butwell | Edward W. Heffner | E. F. Cooney | 5 F | 0:59.60 | $2,395 |
| 1912 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1911 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1910 | Seth | 2 | Joe Notter | Thomas Welsh | Newcastle Stable | 5 F | 1:02.00 | $2,400 |
| 1909 | Waldo | 2 | Walter Miller | Raleigh Colston Jr. | Charles L. Harrison | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $1,925 |
| 1908 | Joe Madden | 2 | Guy Garner | John E. Madden | John E. Madden | 5 F | 1:01.00 | $5,495 |
| 1907 | Smoker | 2 | Herman Radtke | John E. Madden | Francis R. Hitchcock | 5 F | 1:04.40 | $3,720 |
| 1906 | De Mund | 2 | Jack Martin | John W. May | Paul J. Rainey | 5 F | 0:59.80 | $3,780 |
| 1905 | First Water | 2 | Frank O'Neill | Fred Burlew | Newton Bennington | 5 F | 0:59.40 | $3,700 |
| 1904 | Song and Wine | 2 | Arthur Redfern | Fred Burlew | Newton Bennington | 5 F | 0:57.75 | $3,570 |
| 1903 | Broomstick | 2 | George M. Odom | Peter Wimmer | Samuel S. Brown | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $4,860 |
| 1902 | Mizzen | 2 | John Bullman | John J. Hyland | August Belmont Jr. | 5 F | 1:00.50 | $6,540 |
| 1901 | Blue Girl | 2 | Tommy Burns | John E. Madden | William C. Whitney | 5 F | 0:59.00 | $4.935 |
| 1900 | Tommy Atkins | 2 | Henry Spencer | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. & Foxhall P. Keene | 5 F | 0:59.75 | $5,900 |
| 1899 | Doublet | 2 | Henry Spencer | Frank E. Brown | James R. & Foxhall P. Keene | 5 F | 1:01.50 | $5,410 |
| 1898 | Glenheim | 2 | Willie Simms | John E. Madden | John E. Madden | 5 F | 1:01.75 | $6,050 |
| 1897 | Firearm | 2 | Samuel Doggett | John J. Hyland | August Belmont Jr. | 5 F | 1:00.00 | $4,275 |
| 1896 | Casseopia | 2 | Fred Littlefield | R. Wyndham Walden | Alfred H. & Dave H. Morris | 5 F | 1:00.00 | $3,150 |
| 1895 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1894 | Prince of Monaco | 2 | Willie Simms | Robert Tucker | C. Fleischmann & Sons | 5 F | 1:00.50 | $6,035 |
| 1893 | Senella | 2 | Lilly | Robert Tucker | C. Fleischmann & Sons | 5 F | 1:02.00 | $6,750 |
| 1892 | Dr. Rice | 2 | William J. Fitzpatrick | John J. Hyland | David Gideon & John Daly | 5 F | 1:00.00 | $5,510 |
| 1891 | Osric | 2 | Fred Taral | John Campbell | Alfred F. Walcott & John S. Campbell | 4 F | 0:47.25 | $8,260 |
| 1890 | St. Charles | 2 | Anthony Hamilton | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont Sr. | 4 F | 0:48.25 | $2,875 |
| 1889 | Druidess | 2 | Johnny Reagan | R. Wyndham Walden | John A. & Alfred H. Morris | 4 F | 0:49.25 | $1,375 |
| 1888 | French Park (DH) | 2 | William J. Fitzpatrick | Andrew Thompson | J. D. Morrissey | 4 F | 0:51.00 | $1,375 |
| 1888 | Fides (DH) | 2 | P. Godfrey | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont Sr. | 4 F | 0:51.00 | $1,375 |
| 1887 | King Fish | 2 | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 4 F | 0:51.50 | $2,425 |
| 1886 | Tremont | 2 | Jim McLaughlin | Frank McCabe | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 4 F | 0:00.00 | $2,400 |
| 1885 | Portland | 2 | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 4 F | 0:50.00 | $1,850 |
| 1884 | Triton | 2 | Brennan | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 4 F | 0:49.75 | $1,650 |
| 1883 | Reveller | 2 | L. Urall | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 4 F | 0:50.00 | $1,300 |
| 1882 | Henlopen | 2 | J. Brophy | | Charles Reed | 4 F | 0:50.00 | $2,225 |
| 1881 | Onondaga | 2 | Jim McLaughlin | James G. Rowe Sr. | Dwyer Brothers Stable | 4 F | 0:50.50 | $1,800 |
| 1880 | Spinaway | 2 | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 4 F | 0:49.75 | $2,200 |
| 1879 | Sensation | 2 | Lloyd Hughes | R. Wyndham Walden | George L. Lorillard | 4 F | 0:50.00 | $2,750 |
| 1878 | Plevna | 2 | Sayers | | Francis Morris | 4 F | 0:54.25 | $2,700 |
| 1877 | Perfection | 2 | William Barret | William Brown | Pierre Lorillard IV | 4 F | 0:51.00 | $2,700 |
| 1876 | Idalia | 2 | John Sparling | William Brown | Pierre Lorillard IV | 4 F | 0:49.50 | $2,100 |
| 1875 | Faithless | 2 | John Sparling | William Brown | Pierre Lorillard IV | 4 F | 0:50.00 | $2,450 |
| 1874 | Meco | 2 | N. Heywood | Thomas Puryear | Thomas Puryear | 4 F | 0:50.50 | $2,650 |