- Sapling Stakes
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Grade III race Sapling Stakes Location Monmouth Park
Oceanport, New Jersey USAInaugurated 1883 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website Monmouth Park Racetrack Race information Distance 6 Furlongs Track Dirt, left-handed Qualification Two-year-olds Weight Assigned Purse $150,000 The Sapling Stakes is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early September at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Open to 2-year-olds, it is raced on dirt over a distance of six furlongs for a purse of $150,000.
First run in 1883, the New Jersey Legislature passed a law in 1894 that banned parimutuel betting in the state and the track closed its doors. In 1946, the state legislature passed a bill providing for state regulation of horse racing and the Sapling Stakes was revived.
In 1952, the race was run in two divisions.
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Records
Time record:
- 1:07.84 - Gilded Time (1992)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - James Cox Brady, Jr. (1949, 1952, 1953)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Braulio Baeza (1964, 1965, 1968)
- 3 - Craig Perret (1980, 1982, 1996)
- 3 - Joe Bravo (1997, 2000, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 8 - D. Wayne Lukas (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998)
Winners of the Sapling stakes
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2011 She Digs Me Elvis Trujillo Steve Asmussen Kirk & Judy Robison 1:10.10 2010 Madman Diaries Jeffrey Sanchez Wesley A. Ward Robert Teel & Wesley A. Ward 1:11.64 2009 Western Smoke Elvis Trujillo Steve Asmussen Kirk & Judy Robison 1:09.55 2008 Silent Valor Stewart Elliot Todd Pletcher Let's Go Stable 1:10.26 2007 Lantana Mob Stewart Elliott Steve Asmussen Vinery Stables 1:09.97 2006 Xchanger Joe Bravo Mark Shuman Circle Z Stables 1:10.68 2005 He's Got Grit Aaron Gryder Steve Asmussen Curtis C. Greene 1:09.69 2004 Evil Minister Julian Pimentel Erik Juvonen Namcook Stables 1:11.21 2003 Dashboard Drummer Jose C. Ferrer Allen Iwinski Edwin Wachtel et al. 1:10.84 2002 Valid Video Chuck C. Lopez Dennis Manning Mac Fehsenfeld 1:09.88 2001 Pure Precision Eibar Coa John J. Tammaro III Kinsman Stable 1:10.82 2000 Shooter Joe Bravo John F. Dowd L. & R. Hurley & D J Stable 1:10.63 1999 Dont Tell the Kids Jorge Tejeira Robert J. Durso O. Wayne Link 1:10.18 1998 Yes It's True Shane Sellers D. Wayne Lukas Padua Stables 1:10.09 1997 Double Honor Joe Bravo D. Wayne Lukas Ahmed bin Salman 1:09.75 1996 Smoke Glacken Craig Perret Henry L. Carroll Karkenny Levy et al. 1:10.16 1995 Hennessy Donna Barton D. Wayne Lukas Bob & Beverly Lewis 1:10.84 1994 Boone's Mill Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas William T. Young 1:10.40 1993 Sacred Honour Carlos Lopez, Sr. Ben Perkins, Jr. John A. Franks 1:11.00 1992 Gilded Time Chris McCarron Darrell Vienna Milch, Silverman & Silverman 1:07.80 1991 Big Sur Richard Migliore D. Wayne Lukas Kaskel, Lukas & Young 1:10.80 1990 Deposit Ticket Gary L. Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm & Lukas 1:11.00 1989 Carson City Julie Krone D. Wayne Lukas William T. Young 1:10.40 1988 Bio Patrick A. Johnson Steve Penrod W. W. Hancock III 1:10.40 1987 Tejano Jacinto Vasquez D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French, Jr. 1:09.00 1986 Bet Twice Chris Antley Warren A. Croll, Jr. Levy & Cisley Stable 1:10.20 1985 Hilco Scamper Gary L. Stevens Mike Chambers Wright-Cross-Roch 1:10.80 1984 Doubly Clear Joseph Garcia Stephen C. Rowan Judy Bujnicki 1:10.40 1983 Smart n Slick Donald A. Miller, Jr. Jerry C. Meyer A. Hawk 1:10.80 1982 O.K. by You Craig Perret Walter Reese Timber Creek Farm 1:10.80 1981 Out of Hock Don Brumfield Stanley M. Rieser Charles J. Cella 1:10.20 1980 Travelling Music Craig Perret J. Bowes Bond Elberon Farm 1:11.00 1979 Rockhill Native John Oldham Herbert K. Stevens Harry A. Oak 1:08.80 1978 Tim the Tiger Jeffrey Fell John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 1:11.80 1977 Alydar Eddie Maple John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 1:10.60 1976 Ali Oop Larry Saumell Warren A. Croll, Jr. Jaclyn Stable 1:09.80 1975 Full Out Buck Thornburg Odie Lee Buckland Farm 1:11.60 1974 Foolish Pleasure Jacinto Vasquez LeRoy Jolley John L. Greer 1:10.40 1973 Tisab Walter Blum J. O'Bryant Mill Ridge Farm 1:10.20 1972 Assagai Jr. Joseph Imparato C. Butler Marat-Sessa 1:10.80 1971 Chevron Flight Martin Fromin Tommy Heard, Jr. Caesar P. Kimmel 1:11.80 1970 Staunch Avenger David E. Whited Gin L. Collins Annette Mann 1:11.40 1969 Ring For Nurse Michael Miceli D. Levine Red Brick Stable 1:11.80 1968 Reviewer Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps 1:10.40 1967 Subpet Ray Broussard Warren A. Croll, Jr. Tom LeClair 1:10.40 1966 Great Power Bill Shoemaker Edward A. Neloy Wheatley Stable 1:09.40 1965 Buckpasser Braulio Baeza William C. Winfrey Ogden Phipps 1:10.60 1964 Bold Lad Braulio Baeza William C. Winfrey Wheatley Stable 1:09.40 1963 Mr. Brick Larry Adams Charles A. DuBois Roy Sturgis 1:10.60 1962 Delta Judge Ray Broussard Clyde Troutt Ada L. Rice 1:10.60 1961 Sir Gaylord Ismael Valenzuela Casey Hayes Meadow Stable 1:10.60 1960 Hail To Reason Bobby Ussery Hirsch Jacobs Patrice Jacobs 1:10.40 1959 Sky Clipper Willie Harmatz Howard Hausner William G. Helis, Jr. 1:11.40 1958 Watch Your Step Eric Guerin C. W. Parish Circle M Farm 1:10.60 1957 Plion Nick Shuk Tom Jolley Edward J. Potter, Jr. 1:11.40 1956 King Hairan Eddie Arcaro Leonard H. Hunt Massey & Edwards 1:10.80 1955 Needles John Choquette Hugh L. Fontaine D-H Stables 1:10.60 1954 Royal Coinage Jack Skelly Anthony J. Pupino Clearwater Stable 1:11.00 1953 Artismo James Stout Robert L. Dotter James Cox Brady, Jr. 1:11.00 1952 Landlocked Fernando Fernandez Robert L. Dotter James Cox Brady, Jr. 1:13.00 1952 Laffango Fred Pannell Merritt Buxton Trio Stable 1:12.80 1951 Landseair James Stout J. Bowes Bond High Ground Stable 1:12.60 1950 Battlefield Eddie Arcaro Jack Creevy George D. Widener, Jr. 1:10.80 1949 Casemate John Gilbert Robert L. Dotter James Cox Brady, Jr. 1:11.60 1948 Blue Peter Eric Guerin Andy Schuttinger Joseph M. Roebling 1:12.80 1947 Task Robert J. Martin William J. Hirsch King Ranch 1:11.60 1946 Donor Job Dean Jessop Preston M. Burch W. Deering Howe 1:12.20 Earlier winners
- 1883 - Duchess (W. Donohue) 1:18.75
- 1884 - Brookwood (Edward Feakes) 1:15.50
- 1885 - Savanac (R. Olney) 1:17 .00
- 1886 - Hanover (Jim McLaughlin) 1:17.50
- 1887 - Fitz James (Edward R. Garrison) 1:16.50
- 1888 - Tipstaff (Eilke) 1:15.25
- 1889 - Devotee (W. Hayward) 1:15.25
- 1890 - Sorcerer (F. Reagan) 1:16.25
- 1891 - Air Plant (Anthony Hamilton) 1:12.75
- 1892 - Don Alonzo (Fred Taral) 1:13.75
- 1893 - Senator Grady (W. Midgley) 1:05.00
Note: the 1893 race was run at 5½ furlongs on the straight course.
References
Categories:- Horse races in the United States
- Horse races in New Jersey
- Monmouth Park Racetrack
- Flat horse races for two-year-olds
- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Recurring events established in 1883
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