# Bahamas Stakes

The Bahamas Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in January at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. A seven furlong race on dirt, it was the first important test of the calendar year for newly turned three-year-olds. The race was used by prospective U.S. Triple Crown contenders as a stepping stone to the Everglades and Flamingo Stakes at the Hialeah track. Reflected Glory (1967) and Pistols and Roses (1992), swept all three events.
Inaugurated in 1934 as the Bahamas Handicap, it was run in two divisions in 1952, 1953, and 1969.
By the mid-1980s, the racing dates available to Hialeah Park track forced a rescheduling of the race and as such it would rarely be contested by Triple Crown hopefuls. Hialeah Park closed permanently after the 2001 racing season.

## Racenotes

The 1937 winner, No Sir, was owned and trained by twenty-three-year-old Mary Hirsch who on April 2, 1935 became the first female to receive a trainers license.
The great Bold Ruler equalled the track record in his 1957 win. His mark was matched by Sir Gaylord in 1962 and then broken by New Prospect in 1972.
Four horses who were beaten in the Bahamas Stakes went on to win the Kentucky Derby:
* Tim Tam (1958)
* Venetian Way (1960)
* Carry Back (1961)
* Forward Pass (1968)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time |
| 2001 | American Century | José A. Santos | Todd A. Pletcher | Peachtree Stable | 6 F | 1:09.23 |
| 2000 | Don't Tell The Kids | Jorge Tejeira | Robert J. Durso | O. Wayne Link | 7 F | 1:22.97 |
| 1999 | Sagthun | Abdiel Toribio | Carlos Morales | Maria Blanca Stable | 7 F | 1:24.68 |
| 1998 | Gallapiat's Aussie | Jose A. Rivera II | Reynaldo Nobles | Tre-Colore Stables Inc. | 7 F | 1:23.72 |
| 1997 | Michelle'sallhands | Gary Boulanger | Mario Zacco | Karon & Mario Zacco | 7 F | 1:25.53 |
| 1996 | Fortunate Review | Abdiel Toribio | Manuel Azpurua | S. J. G. Racing Stable Inc. | 7 F | 1:24.45 |
| 1995 | Koennecker | Carlos Lopez Sr. | Louis M. Goldfine | Sidney L. Port | 7 F | 1:22.53 |
| 1994 | Exclusive Praline | José A. Santos | Steve Towne | Frank C. Calabrese | 7 F | 1:23.59 |
| 1993 | Great Navigator | Heberto Castillo Jr. | John F. Mazza | Roron Stables | 7 F | 1:24.14 |
| 1992 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1991 | Pistols and Roses | Heberto Castillo Jr. | George Gianos | Willis Family Stables, Inc. | 7 F | 1:23.60 |
| 1990 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1989 | Halrose | Douglas Valiente | Frank A. Passero Jr. | A A Stable | 7 F | 1:23.00 |
| 1988 | Position Leader † | Jorge Duarte | Pepe Mendez | S. Garazi & M. Besso | 7 F | 1:24.00 |
| 1987 | Faster Than Sound | Craig Perret | Edwin K. Cleveland | H. J. Allen & Howard Kaskel | 7 F | 1:22.80 |
| 1986 | One Magic Moment | Craig Perret | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | Greyhound Stable & Herb Kligman | 7 F | 1:22.60 |
| 1984 | Bello | Earlie Fires | Joseph M. Bollero | Lois Bollero | 7 F | 1:22.00 |
| 1982 | Aloma's Ruler | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John J. Lenzini Jr. | Nathan Scherr | 7 F | 1:22.20 |
| 1981 | Well Decorated | Don MacBeth | Eugene Jacobs | Herbert Allen | 7 F | 1:22.20 |
| 1980 | Irish Tower | Jeffrey Fell | Stanley M. Hough | Malcolm H. Winfield | 7 F | 1:22.60 |
| 1978 | Quadratic | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | August Belmont IV & Jim Ryan | 7 F | 1:23.00 |
| 1977 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1976 | Proud Birdie | Jack Fieselman | Rosemary Henderson | Diamonte Stable | 7 F | 1:22.60 |
| 1975 | Ascetic | Michael Hole | Woody Stephens | Mill House Stable | 7 F | 1:22.00 |
| 1974 | Hasty Flyer | Mike Miceli | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 7 F | 1:23.00 |
| 1973 | Royal and Regal | Walter Blum | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Aisco Stable | 7 F | 1:22.00 |
| 1972 | New Prospect | Mike Manganello | Richard Fischer | Mrs. Wallace Gilroy | 7 F | 1:21.40 |
| 1971 | Jim French | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John P. Campo | Oxford Stable | 7 F | 1:24.20 |
| 1970 | Silent Screen | John L. Rotz | J. Bowes Bond | Elberon Fsrm | 7 F | 1:23.00 |
| 1969-1 | Ack Ack | Manuel Ycaza | Frank A. Bonsal | Cain Hoy Stable | 7 F | 1:22.60 |
| 1969-2 | Fast Hilarious | Ron Turcotte | Joseph M. Bollero | Dorothy C. Rigney | 7 F | 1:22.80 |
| 1968 | Verbatim | John L. Rotz | Jerry C. Meyer | Elmendorf Farm | 7 F | 1:22.20 |
| 1967 | Reflected Glory | Jorge Velásquez | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 7 F | 1:23.00 |
| 1966 | Graustark | Braulio Baeza | Loyd Gentry Jr. | Darby Dan Farm | 7 F | 1:23.60 |
| 1965 | Sparkling Johnny | Mike Venezia | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 7 F | 1:24.40 |
| 1964 | Roman Brother | Manuel Ycaza | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 7 F | 1:23.40 |
| 1963 | Sky Wonder | Steve Brooks | Budd Lepman | Mrs. Charles D. Morgan | 7 F | 1:24.60 |
| 1962 | Sir Gaylord | Ismael Valenzuela | Casey Hayes | Christopher Chenery | 7 F | 1:22.00 |
| 1961 | Vapor Whirl | Bill Hartack | Larry Thompson | Alamode Farm | 7 F | 1:23.80 |
| 1960 | Bally Ache | Bobby Ussery | Jimmy Pitt | Edgehill Farm (Leonard D. & Morris Fruchtman) | 7 F | 1:23.40 |
| 1959 | Troilus | Chris Rogers | Charles Peoples | Bayard Sharp | 7 F | 1:23.80 |
| 1958 | Olymar | Howard Grant | Charles R. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 7 F | 1:23.60 |
| 1957 | Bold Ruler | Ted Atkinson | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 7 F | 1:22.00 |
| 1956 | Eiffel Blue | Eugene Rodriguez | A. G. (Bob) Robertson | Daniel G. Arnstein | 7 F | 1:24.80 |
| 1955 | Boston Doge | Eric Guerin | Frank Andolino | Paul Andolino | 7 F | 1:24.40 |
| 1954 | Goyamo | Conn McCreary | Woody Stephens | Woodvale Farm | 7 F | 1:23.60 |
| 1953 | King Pen 1st Div | Logan Batcheller | Frank S. Barnett | Hal Price Headley | 7 F | 1:27.20 |
| 1953 | First Aid 2nd Div | Ira Hanford | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 7 F | 1:26.40 |
| 1952 | Quiet Step 1st Div | Douglas Dodson | Kay Eric Jensen | Apheim Stable (Bernard Heiman) | 7 F | 1:24.20 |
| 1952 | Trick Pilot 2nd Div | Ovie Scurlock | James W. Healy | Vera S. Bragg | 7 F | 1:25.20 |
| 1951 | Elixir | Hedley Woodhouse | David J. Schneider | David J. Schneider | 7 F | 1:25.60 |
| 1950 | Theory | Douglas Dodson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 7 F | 1:24.60 |
| 1949 | Commodore Lea | Conn McCreary | Buck Hazzard | Sidney I. Crew | 7 F | 1:23.80 |
| 1948 | Relic | Ted Atkinson | Burton B. Williams | Circle M. Farm (Edward S. Moore) | 7 F | 1:23.20 |
| 1947 | Imperator | Jimmy Reynolds | Arthur Brent | Col. R. S. McLaughlin | 7 F | 1:25.00 |
| 1946 | Cedar Creek | Eddie Arcaro | William B. Finnegan | Walter P. Chrysler Jr. | 7 F | 1:24.00 |
| 1946 | Wee Admiral | Herb Lindberg | Arthur Brent | Col. R. S. McLaughlin | 7 F | 1:24.40 |
| 1945 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1944 | Ariel Flight | Mike Caffarella | Willie Martin | Sam Fineberg | 7 F | 1:25.60 |
| 1943 | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race | No race |
| 1942 | American Wolf | Don Meade | William C. Winfrey | Alice F. Sherman | 7 F | 1:24.60 |
| 1941 | Dispose | Alfred Robertson | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 7 F | 1:22.40 |
| 1940 | Red Dock | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 7 F | 1:24.20 |
| 1939 | Royal Pam | Ira Hanford | Sherrill W. Ward | Johnson N. Camden Jr. | 7 F | 1:23.80 |
| 1938 | Lavengro | Verne Thompson | Elwood L. Fitzgerald | Norman W. Church | 7 F | 1:24.40 |
| 1937 | No Sir | Jack Westrope | Mary Hirsch | Mary Hirsch | 7 F | 1:23.80 |
| 1936 | Maeriel | Eddie Litzenberger | George E. Phillips | Maemere Farm (DeWitt Page) | 7 F | 1:25.60 |
| 1935 | Roman Soldier | Silvio Coucci | Phil Reuter | W. Sachsenmaler & P. Reuter | 7 F | 1:25.40 |
| 1934 | Time Supply | Don Meade | Frank C. Travis | Mrs. Frank A. Carreaud | 7 F | 1:23.00 |
* † Run November 28, 1987.