Spindrift Stakes

Spindrift Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Inaugurated1885
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned

The Spindrift Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually between 1885 and 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York City. A race for three-year-olds, it was contested on dirt over a distance of 1¼ miles (10 furlongs) from 1885 to 1892 and at 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) from 1893 through 1909.[1]

The inaugural running took place on July 11, 1885, and was won by St. Augustine, a John Alcock trained colt owned by George Lorillard.[2] The final running of the Spindrift took place on July 7, 1909, and was won by the Oneck Stable's Fashion Plate, trained by William Karrick.[3]

  1. ^ "New York Entries and Past Performances". Daily Racing Form. 1909-07-07. Retrieved 2019-07-28 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ^ "The Good-Bye and Spindrift". Breeder and Sportsman. 1885-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  3. ^ "Maskette Easily Wins The Mermaid". New York Times. 1909-07-08. Retrieved 2019-08-01.