Flight Stakes (United States)
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist . ( Miles ) Time Win $
1909 Jack Atkin 5 James Butwell John Powers Barney Schreiber 7 F 1:26.00 $ 1,050
1908 Baby Wolf 4 Eddie Dugan A. Jack Joyner Harry P. Whitney 7 F 1:26.00 $ 4,180
1907 Roseben 6 Willie Knapp Frank D. Weir David C. Johnson 7 F 1:25.60 $ 4,780
1906 Roseben 5 Lucien Lyne Frank D. Weir Lucien O. Appleby 7 F 1:26.20 $ 5,200
1905 Hamburg Belle 4 Willie Davis A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget † 7 F 1:25.00 $ 4,985
1904 Hamburg Belle 3 Lucien Lyne A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget † 7 F 1:25.00 $ 5,925
1903 Leonora Loring 4 Arthur Redfern John W. Rogers William C. Whitney 7 F 1:25.20 $ 3,600
1902 Smoke 5 Tommy Burns John E. Madden William C. Whitney 7 F 1:29.60 $ 3,750
1901 Voter 7 Henry Spencer James G. Rowe Sr James R. Keene 7 F 1:27.40 $ 3,350
1900 Heliobas 4 Winfield O'Connor Edward L. Graves Edward L. Graves 7 F 1:26.60 $ 2,880
1899 Bendoran 4 Henry Spencer Walter B. Jennings Walter B. Jennings 7 F 1:26.80 $ 2,740
1898 The Friar 4 Fred Littlefield R. Wyndham Walden A. H. & D. H. Morris 7 F 1:28.00 $ 2,120
1897 Requital 4 Alonzo Clayton James G. Rowe Sr Lewis S. & William P. Thompson 7 F 1:26.60 $ 1,875
1896 Clifford 6 Fred Taral H. Eugene Leigh H. Eugene Leigh 7 F 1:29.20 $ 1,875
1895 Dorian 4 Henry Griffin Byron McClelland Blemton Stable 7 F 1:27.40 $ 1,875
1894 Clifford 4 Henry Griffin H. Eugene Leigh H. Eugene Leigh & Robert L. Rose 7 F 1:23.40 $ 2,925
1893 Dr. Hasbrouck 5 R. Harris Henry Harris William M. Barrick 7 F 1:29.60 $ 3,350
1892 Kingston 8 Fred Taral Hardy Campbell Jr Michael F. Dwyer 7 F 1:26.60 $ 2,525
1891 Tenny 5 Shelby Barnes William H. Karrick David T. Pulsifer & W. H. Karrick 7 F 1:27.60 $ 2,225
1890 Kingston 6 W. Martin Hardy Campbell Jr Michael F. Dwyer 7 F walkover $ 3,175
Winners
The Flight Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1887 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. A race for horses of either sex and of all ages, it was run on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs. An annual event, the Flight Stakes was last run in September 1909 and was won by Jack Atkin. After the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart-Agnew anti-betting legislation on June 11, 1908 with penalties allowing for fines and up to a year in prison. The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without betting. Racetrack operators had no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out which by 1909 saw the Flight Stakes offering a purse that was as little as one-fifth of what it had been in earlier years. Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which deepened the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. When a Court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened.