- Sleepy Hollow Stakes
The Sleepy Hollow is an ungraded restricted stakes race for two-year-olds held in the fall at
Belmont Park ,New York . Though not restricted toNew York bred horses, this is not an open race: it is considered a race on the New York bred schedule.At a distance of one mile, and in its 14th running in 2007, it's a major step up for talented and hopeful young horses. The Sleepy Hollow offers a purse of $100,000.
The race is named for the historic village of
Sleepy Hollow, New York on the banks of theHudson River made famous by the American writer,Washington Irving in hisLegend of Sleepy Hollow starring, so to speak, Ichabod Crane.Past winners
* 2007 - Giant Moon (
Kent Desormeaux )
* 2006 - Chief's Lake
* 2005 -Sharp Humor
* 2004 - Galloping Grocer
* 2003 - Friends Lake
* 2002 -Funny Cide
* 2001 - White Ibis
* 2000 - Le Grande Danseur
* 1999 - Entepeneur
* 1998 - Shut Out Time
* 1997 - Mellow Roll
* 1996 - Kashatreya
* 1995 - Carrbine Special
* 1994 - Outlaw
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