William Penn Stakes
Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Flat racing |
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Race information | |
Distance | 5 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-old colts & geldings |
The William Penn Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run between 1942 and 1956 at Garden State Park Racetrack in Camden, New Jersey. A race for two-year-old colts and geldings on dirt, it was contested at a distance of six furlongs from inception thru 1947 after which it was shortened to five furlongs.
Garden State Park opened in 1942. The city of Camden is situated across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city with more than twenty times the population of Camden which provided an extremely important source from which to draw patrons for the racetrack. The William Penn Stakes honors the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania.
Successful from almost the beginning as a result of participation by some big-name stables, going into 1948 the William Penn Stakes had become one of the track's most popular races.[1]
When
By 1953 more and more of the major New York owned and based stables were sending their two-year-olds to compete in the William Penn Stakes. Among them were the likes of
In 1957, the track's owners dropped the William Penn Stakes to help them supplement the purse for the Garden State Stakes, also a race for two-year old colts and geldings. The purse would be the largest offered anywhere in the world.[9]
Records
Speed record:
- 0:58.80 @ 5 furlongs: Lord Putnam (1950)
- 1:11.40 @ 6 furlongs: Jobstown (1946)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Nick Wall (1943, 1950)
- 2 - John Gilbert (1945, 1949)
- 2 - Sam Boulmetis(1952, 1956)
Most wins by a trainer:
- No trainer won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner won this race more than once.
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
Win $ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | Balaklava | 2 | Sam Boulmetis
|
Thomas H. Heard Jr. | George F. Strickland | 5 f | 0:59.00 | $8,700 |
1955 | Race not held | |||||||
1954 | Right Down | 2 | Basil James | Sidney Jacobs | Sidney Jacobs | 5 f | 0:59.40 | $12,825 |
1953 | Duc de Fer | 2 | Logan Batcheller | Edgar S. Brumfield | J. Warfield Rodgers | 5 f | 1:00.40 | $11,100 |
1952 | Fort Salonga | 2 | Sam Boulmetis | E. W. King | Samuel P. Steckler | 5 f | 0:59.00 | $9,225 |
1951 | Metal Mike | 2 | Nick Combest | Winbert F. Mulholland | Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. | 5 f | 0:59.60 | $13,725 |
1950 | Lord Putnam | 2 | Nick Wall | George Riola | Sara Chait | 5 f | 0:58.80 | $ |
1949 | Quiz Show | 2 | John Gilbert | Joseph H. Pierce Sr. | Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen) | 5 f | 0:59.00 | $10,125 |
1948 | Blue Peter | 2 | Wayne D. Wright | Andy Schuttinger | Joseph M. Roebling | 5 f | 0:59.20 | $11,225 |
1947 | Dr. Almac | 2 | Charles Wahler | James V. Stewart | Mrs. James V. Stewart | 6 f | 1:12.00 | $10,575 |
1946 | Jobstown | 2 | Herb Lindberg | Willie Booth | William G. Helis Sr. | 6 f | 1:11.40 | $10,800 |
1945 | Air Hero | 2 | John Gilbert | John P. (Doc) Jones | Crispin Oglebay | 6 f | 1:14.60 | $9,650 |
1944 | Alexis | 2 | Ken Scawthorn | John A. Healey
|
Christiana Stable
|
6 f | 1:11.60 | $8,100 |
1943 | Dance Team | 2 | Nick Wall | Preston M. Burch | Longchamps Farms | 6 f | 1:13.20 | $5,830 |
1942 | Ogma | 2 | J. Boyle | Burton B. Williams | Thomas B. Cromwell | 6 f | 1:12.80 | $5,430 |
References
- ^ "William Penn Stakes Will Engage Juveniles: Large Field Expected Saturday From List of 126 Nominations". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1948-05-17. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ "Many Costly Youngsters Named for William Penn: List for Garden State Parks Juvenile Fixture Totals 131". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1949-05-06. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ^ "Blue Peter Shatters Third Camden Record". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1948-05-24. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ "Quiz Show Outraces First Glance By Length in Garden State Sprint". New York Times, Section Sports, page 28. 1949-05-31. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ "Unbeaten Lord Putnam in Brisk Trial". New York Daily News. 1950-06-30. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
- ^ "More New York Invaders for William Penn Stakes". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1953-05-22. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ "Duc De Fer Prevails in William Penn". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1953-05-25. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ "New Jersey: Balaklava II's William Penn Win Impressive". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1956-05-11. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
- ^ "Garden State Park Opens Slate Today". New York Times, Section Sports, page 61. 1957-10-09. Retrieved 2021-12-05.