Tidal Stakes

This article is about the horse race at Sheepshead Bay Race Track known as the Tidal Stakes. For another race with a similar name, see Tidal Handicap.
Tidal Stakes
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York
Inaugurated1880-1910
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1¼ miles (10 furlongs)
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationThree-years-old

The Tidal Stakes is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York from the 1880s through until the track closed in 1910.[1] According to a 1901 report on the race by The New York Times, the Tidal Stakes was one of the famous fixtures of the Sheepshead Bay Spring meeting.[2]

The inaugural running in 1881 was won by Luke Blackburn.[3] Ridden by Jim McLaughlin and trained by James G. Rowe Sr., following the creation of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, horse, jockey and trainer would all be inducted.[4] The final running of the Tidal Stakes took place on 1910 and was won by The Turk who recorded the fastest time in the history of the race at the mile and a quarter distance.[5]

The most significant event in the history of the Tidal Stakes was Colin's win in 1908. The future Hall of Fame horse who would be ranked 15th in the 2000 Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century,[6] retired undefeated after his fifteenth career win in the Tidal.[7]

The 1885 race resulted in a dead heat for first between James T. Williams Kentucky Derby winner Joe Cotton and Norman Kittson's colt Pardee. [8]

  1. ^ "Condensed History Of The Tidal Stakes 1882- 1908". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1908-06-21. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  2. ^ "Tidal For Watercolor". New York Times. 1901-06-26. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  3. ^ "Luke Blackburn". H. G. Crickmore. 1881-12-31. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  4. ^ "Luke Blackburn". Racingmuseum.org. 1956-01-01. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
  5. ^ "The Turk Wins Fastest Tidal - History of the Tidal Stakes 1900-1910". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1910-06-23. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  6. ^ Thoroughbred Champions: Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century. Blood Horse Publications. 2000-10-25. ISBN 9781581500240. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  7. ^ "This Week In History" (PDF). Thoroughbred Daily News. 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  8. ^ "Coney Island Races". Madison Herald from Madison, Indiana. 1885-06-17. Retrieved 2018-11-10.