The Futurity Stakes , commonly referred to as the Belmont Futurity , is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-September or October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York , United States. Open to two-year-old horses, it is raced on turf over a distance of six furlongs .
19-619: The creation of James G. K. Lawrence, president of the Sheepshead Bay Race Track , the Futurity was originally run with the two-year-old offspring of mares which had been nominated before their birth. This rule remained in effect until 1957, when the race was opened to all two-year-old horses. The Futurity was run as a turf race for the first time in 2018. It was added to the Breeders' Cup Challenge series for 2018 as
38-660: A "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Juvenile Turf Sprint . The first edition of the Futurity took place on Labor Day in 1888. The New York Times reported that one quarter of those in attendance were women. The richest race ever run in the United States to that time, the owners of winner Proctor Knott collected $ 41,675. Until 1956, this race had a larger purse than that of the Belmont Stakes . The New York Times reported that attendance for
57-583: A racetrack personally liable for any betting done on their premises, with or without their consent. Such an onerous liability was intolerable and meant that by 1911 all racetracks in the state ceased operations. Although a February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division paved the way for racing to resume that year, by then it was too late for horse racing at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track and it
76-522: A summary of 1909 racing, the Daily Racing Form reported that "Sheepshead Bay, which for years led the country in daily average distribution, yielded first place in 1909 to Belmont Park, which August Belmont and his associates are ambitious to make the "turf headquarters of America"." A 1910 amendment to the Hart–Agnew legislation added further restrictions that made the owners and directors of
95-574: The Manhattan Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road showing the spur that served both the club and the racetrack indicates the entrance to the club was located on the east side of Ocean Avenue between Avenues X and Y. The Sheepshead Bay Race Track station contained six tracks and three island platforms . In its first year of operations, the new Sheepshead Bay track hosted a 1½ mile match race between two of
114-787: The Saratoga Race Course for 1910 but was not raced for the next two years until the State Legislature lifted the ban. Held at Saratoga in 1913 and 1914, it was them moved to Belmont Park . In 1959 and 1960, plus from 1962 to 1967, the race was hosted by the Aqueduct Racetrack before returning to Belmont Park where it has since remained. The race's counterpart on turf is the Laurel Futurity at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland . Prior to
133-751: The Sheepshead Bay Handicap was named in honor of the old racetrack, and first run at the now-defunct Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, New York . It, too, is currently held at Belmont Park. The new owner converted the horse track to a board automobile race track . Several auto races were held from October 1915, through September 1919, including the Astor Cup Race and the Harkness Trophy Race . The Sheepshead Bay Speedway Corporation ran into financial difficulties following
152-609: The Coney Island Jockey Club opened the first turf racecourse in the United States. The Club replaced the Sheepshead Bay steeplechase course with a one-mile turf course, built inside the existing main dirt track. The Green Grass Stakes was the first race on turf and was run as part of the June 10 opening day program. A race for three-year-old horses, it was contested at a distance of a mile and an eighth and
171-537: The advent of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile , the Belmont Futurity was one of the United States' most important dirt races for two-year-olds. Some of the greatest Thoroughbreds in American racing history have won the race including Colin , Native Dancer , Man o' War and U.S. Triple Crown champions Affirmed , Secretariat , and Citation . In 2001, the race had been scheduled to be run on September 16 but
190-536: The day of the inaugural running was at least the equal of the largest crowd to ever attend a race at the Sheepshead Bay facility and that the caterer sold the following food: The Futurity Stakes was hosted by the Sheepshead Bay Race Track until the track's closure following a statewide ban on parimutuel betting through enactment of the Hart–Agnew Law by the New York Legislature . It was switched to
209-591: The death of its majority shareholder Harry Harkness in January 1919. The property was sold in 1923 for residential real estate development . No trace of the racetrack can be found today. Other defunct New York race tracks: 40°35′32″N 73°56′50″W / 40.59222°N 73.94722°W / 40.59222; -73.94722 Ocean Avenue (Brooklyn) Ocean Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn, New York that runs generally north-south and occupies
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#1732793161756228-521: The eastern edge of Prospect Park . A footbridge across Sheepshead Bay connects the two "Ocean Avenue" sections. Ocean Avenue is served by the following New York City Bus routes: There is also a New York City Subway station at Parkside/Ocean Avenues . 40°37′7.42″N 73°57′18.27″W / 40.6187278°N 73.9550750°W / 40.6187278; -73.9550750 This article relating to roads and streets in New York City
247-761: The position of East 20th Street in the Brooklyn street grid, with East 19th Street to its west and East 21st Street to its east for most of its path. It runs east of and parallel to Ocean Parkway and Coney Island Avenue for most of its route. Except for a short stretch on the Manhattan Beach peninsula, Ocean Avenue starts in the south at Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay just south of the Belt Parkway and continues north, ending at Flatbush Avenue at Willink Plaza after running for several blocks as
266-533: The top horses racing at the time in the United States. The Dwyer Brothers' Luke Blackburn was ridden by Jim McLaughlin , and Pierre Lorillard's Uncas was ridden by Tom Costello . Luke Blackburn won by twenty lengths. Sheepshead Bay had both a dirt and a turf course. Principal backers were: The new Sheepshead Bay Race Track's premier event was the Suburban Handicap , first run on June 10, 1884 and conceived by James G. K. Lawrence, who became
285-668: The track's president. Four years later Lawrence would also create the Futurity Stakes , first run on Labor Day in 1888. At the time, the Futurity was the richest race ever run in the United States. Today, both the Suburban and the Futurity are ongoing Graded stakes races held at the Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont on Long Island . The Lawrence Realization Stakes was named for James G. K. Lawrence. On June 10, 1886
304-520: Was built by a group of prominent businessmen from the New York City area who formed the Coney Island Jockey Club in 1879. Led by Leonard Jerome , James R. Keene , and the track's president, William Kissam Vanderbilt , the Club held seasonal race cards at nearby Prospect Park fairgrounds until construction of the new race course was completed. On June 19, 1880 the track hosted its first day of Thoroughbred racing . Old maps and railroad track diagrams for
323-572: Was canceled following the September 11, 2001 attacks . Over the years the race has been contested at various distances: Time record: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Sheepshead Bay Race Track The Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn , New York. The racetrack
342-591: Was ultimately sold to the Sheepshead Bay Speedway Corporation who used it for automobile racing. In December 1919, what the Daily Racing Form called one of the most famous racetracks in the history of the American turf, was purchased for real estate development . The facility was torn down and the land subdivided into building lots . Stakes race titles Ŧ One of the three Sheepshead Bay Autumn Serials. In 1959,
361-474: Was won by Emory & Cotton's Dry Monopole in a time of 157.00. In 1908, the administration of Governor Charles Evans Hughes signed into law the Hart–Agnew bill that effectively banned all racetrack betting in the state of New York . The legislation allowed for fines and up to a year in prison which was strictly enforced. Compounding matters for the Sheepshead Bay track was intense competition. In
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