Flash Stakes

Horseraces infobox
class = Defunct
horse race = Flash Stakes


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location = Saratoga Race Course
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inaugurated = 1869
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
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distance = 5 furlongs
track = Dirt
qualification = Two-year-olds
weight = Weight-For-Age
purse = Varied over the years
bonuses = The Flash Stakes was an important and prestigious race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses and one of the longest running horse racing events in America. Run before races were graded, the Flash was won by a host of starry names. Begun before the United States Hotel Stakes (also now removed from racing's roster), it was the oldest race for juveniles of either gender in the US.

Once a historic fixture in Saratoga, New York at the Saratoga Race Course, it was eliminated in 2005 by the New York Racing Association (NYRA), which feared bankruptcy.

Moved from its home in Saratoga after a long absence, the Grade III Flash had raced on at Belmont Park as a five furlong sprint on the main track for a $100,000 added purse until the NYRA's 2005 decision.

Past winners

* 2005 – Beacon Shine (Javier Castellano) (105th and last Flash Stakes)
* 2004 – Primal Storm
* 2003 – Chapel Royal
* 2002 - Whywhywhy
* 2001 – Buster’s Daydream
* 2000 - Yonaguska
* 1999 – More Than Ready(From here, run at Belmont Park)
* 1983 to 1998 – Not Run

* 1982 – Victorious
* 1981 – Ringaro

* 1972 to 1980 – Not Run

* 1971 – Riva Ridge (Ron Turcotte)
* 1969 – Pontifex (by Jaipur, winner in 1961)
* 1967 – Forward Pass
* 1966 – Bold Hour (by Bold Ruler)
* 1965 – Indulto
* 1964 – New Act (by Tom Fool)
* 1963 – Irvkup
* 1962 - Catullus
* 1961 – Jaipur (by Nasrullah)
* 1960 – Not Run
* 1959 – Greek Page
* 1958 – First Minister
* 1957 – Wing Jet
* 1956 – Missile
* 1955 – Reneged
* 1954 – Laugh (by Bimelech)
* 1953 – Card Trick
* 1952 – Native Dancer
* 1951 – Cousin
* 1950 – Northern Star
* 1949 – Greek Ship
* 1948 – Algasir
* 1947 – Star Bout
* 1946 – Gestapo
* 1945 – Assault
* 1944 – Plebiscite
* 1943 – Tropea

* 1942 – Breezing Home
* 1941 – Amphitheater
* 1940 – Overdrawn (by Jack High, winner in 1928)
* 1939 – Epatant
* 1938 – Eight Thirty
* 1937 – Maetall
* 1936 – Maedic
* 1935 – Red Rain
* 1934 – Pitter Pat
* 1933 – Elylee
* 1932 – Happy Gal
* 1931 – Irenes Bob
* 1930 – Jamestown
* 1929 – Gallant Fox
* 1928 – Jack High (by John P. Grier)
* 1927 – Distraction
* 1926 – Osmand
* 1925 – Sarmaticus
* 1924 – Felix (by Fair Play, sire of Man o' War)
* 1923 – Lord Baltimore
* 1922 – Dust Flower
* 1921 – Miss Joy
* 1920 – Moody (by Broomstick)
* 1919 – Miss Jemima (by Black Toney)
* 1918 – Billy Kitty
* 1917 – Papp
* 1916 – Rickety (by Broomstick)
* 1915 – Prince of Como
* 1914 – Trial By Jury (by Fair Play)
* 1913 – Old Rosebud
* 1912 – Not Run
* 1911 – Not Run
* 1910 – Semproius
* 1909 – Waldo
* 1908 - Edward
* 1907 – Fair Play (by Hastings)
* 1906 – Peter Pan (by Commando)
* 1905 – Burgomaster (by Hamburg, winner in 1897)
* 1904 – Sysonby
* 1902 – Judith Campbell
* 1901 – Goldsmith (by Meddler)
* 1900 – Not Run

* 1899 – Not Run
* 1898 – Not Run
* 1897 – Hamburg (by Hanover)
* 1896 – Not Run
* 1895 – Oranetto
* 1894 – Lisa II
* 1893 – Galilee
* 1892 – Nick
* 1890 – Sir John
* 1889 – Protection
* 1888 – Princess Bowling
* 1887 – King Fish
* 1886 – Agnes
* 1885 – Primero
* 1884 – Volante
* 1883 – Burton
* 1882 – George Kinney (by Bonnie Scotland)
* 1881 – Memento
* 1879 – Sensation (by Leamington)
* 1878 – Harold (by Leamington)
* 1877 – Duke of Magenta (by Lexington) (Run at Jerome Park Racetrack)
* 1875 – Faithless (by Leamington)
* 1874 – Olitapa (by Leamington)
* 1873 – Regardless
* 1872 – Tom Bowling (by Lexington)
* 1870 – Ratan (by Lexington)
* 1869 – Remorseless