Cowdin Stakes
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The Cowdin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack and at Belmont Park. First run in 1923 as the Junior Champion Stakes, it was renamed the Cowdin Stakes in 1941 to honor to John Cheever Cowdin, former president of Aqueduct Racetrack.
The race was for two-year-old horses and run over a distance of one mile prior to l935, and in both 1984 and 1995; at six and a half furlongs from l935 to l957, and from 1997 to 2005. The race was split into two divisions in l963, l973, and l976.
The Cowdin Stakes was held at:
- Belmont Park - 1956 to 1958, 1960 to 1962, from 1968 to 1990, 1998 to 2005
- Aqueduct Racetrack 1923-1956, 1959, 1962-1967, 1991-1997
At its peak, the Cowdin Stakes was one of the important East Coast races for two-year-olds, a number of which would earn the Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse.
The New York Racing Association (NYRA) elimated the Cowdin Stakes after its 2005 running.
[edit] Winners of the Cowdin Stakes
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | |
| 2005 | He's Got Grit | Jerry Bailey | Steve Asmussen | Curtis C. Green | |
| 2004 | Flamenco | Jerry Bailey | Todd Pletcher | Peachtree Stable | |
| 2003 | Smokume | Shannon Uske | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | |
| 2002 | Boston Bull | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | |
| 2001 | Sunray Spirit | Eibar Coa | Eoin Harty | Godolphin Stable | |
| 2000 | Fistfite | Richard Migliore | William Badgett, Jr. | Peter Callahan | |
| 1999 | Twilight Time | Mike Luzzi | Linda Rice | Char Mari Stable | |
| 1998 | Successful Appeal | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Starview Stable | |
| 1997 | Coronado's Quest | Mike E. Smith | Shug McGaughey | Stuart S. Janney III | |
| 1996 | Just A Cat | Joe Bravo | James T. Ryerson | Noreen Carpenito | |
| 1995 | Gator Dancer | Eddie Maple | Pat Kelly | Fox Ridge Farm | |
| 1994 | Old Tascosa | Carlos Lopez | Walter C. Reese | Noreen Carpenito | |
| 1993 | You And I | Craig Perret | Stanley Hough | Triumviri Stable | |
| 1992 | Wallenda | Herb McCauley | Frank A. Alexander | Dogwood Stable | |
| 1991 | Salt Lake | Mike E. Smith | D. Wayne Lukas | William T. Young | |
| 1990 | Scan | Jerry Bailey | Flint S. Schulhofer | William Haggin Perry | |
| 1989 | Adjudicating | Jacinto Vasquez | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Mills Phipps | |
| 1988 | Easy Goer | Pat Day | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Phipps | |
| 1987 | Tajano | Jacinto Vasquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Lloyd R. French, Jr. | |
| 1986 | Polish Navy | Randy Romero | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Phipps | |
| 1985 | Ketoh | Jorge Velasquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Helen C. Alexander | |
| 1984 | Chief's Crown | Don MacBeth | Roger Laurin | Star Crown Stable | |
| 1983 | Devil's Bag | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | |
| 1982 | What's Dat | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Hickory Tree Stable | |
| 1981 | Native Raja | Chris McCarron | Joseph R. Nash | Grandview Stables | |
| 1980 | Lord Avie | Jorge Velasquez | Daniel Perlsweig | David Simon | |
| 1979 | Rockhill Native | John Oldham | Herbert K. Stevens | Harry A. Oak | |
| 1978 | Tim The Tiger | Jeffrey Fell | John M. Veitch | Calumet Farm | |
| 1977 | Quadratic | Jorge Velasquez | Woody Stephens | August Belmont IV | |
| 1976 | Sail To Rome | Jeffrey Fell | Woody Stephens | Lucille Stephens | |
| 1976 | For The Moment | Eddie Maple | LeRoy Jolley | Gerald Robins | |
| 1975 | Honest Pleasure | Jorge Velasquez | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram Firestone | |
| 1974 | Foolish Pleasure | Jacinto Vasquez | LeRoy Jolley | John L. Greer | |
| 1973 | Protagonist | Angel Santiago | John P. Campo | Elmendorf Farm | |
| 1973 | Lord Rebeau | Heliodoro Gustines | William Hightower | Paul Cresci | |
| 1972 | Step Nicely | Angel Cordero, Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | |
| 1971 | Loquacious Don | Jorge Velasquez | John W. Jacobs | Nelson Bunker Hunt | |
| 1970 | Hoist The Flag | Jean Cruguet | Sidney Watters, Jr. | Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, Jr. | |
| 1969 | Silent Screen | John L. Rotz | J. Bowes Bond | Elberon Farm | |
| 1968 | King Emperor | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | |
| 1967 | Iron Ruler | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Edward Yowell | October House Farm | |
| 1966 | Dr. Fager | Bill Shoemaker | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | |
| 1965 | Advocator | Eldon Nelson | Clyde Trout | Ada L. Rice | |
| 1964 | Tom Rolfe | Ron Turcotte | Frank Whiteley, Jr. | Powhatan Stable | |
| 1963 | Chieftain | Bill Hartack | Frank Whiteley, Jr. | Powhatan Stable | |
| 1963 | Dunfee | Ray Broussard | Not found | Dorothy Rigney | |
| 1962 | Never Bend | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | |
| 1961 | Jaipur | Eddie Arcaro | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | |
| 1960 | Carry Back | Bill Hartack | Jack A. Price | Katherine Price | |
| 1959 | Warfare | Ismael Valenzuela | Not found | Bellehurst Stable | |
| 1958 | Crafty Skipper | Bobby Ussery | Robert L. Odom | Charfran Stable | |
| 1957 | Jewel's Reward | Bill Hartack | Ivan H. Parke | Maine Chance Farm | |
| 1956 | Mister Jive | Hedley Woodhouse | G. M. Carter | J. L. Applebaum | |
| 1955 | Noorsaga* | Eric Guerin | Not found | Mrs. C. Ulrick Bay | |
| 1954 | Summer Tan | Eric Guerin | Sherril W. Ward | Mrs. Russell A. Firestone | |
| 1953 | Fisherman | Hedley Woodhouse | Sylveter Veitch | C. V. Whitney | |
| 1952 | Invigorator | Dave Gorman | N. R. McLeod | Saxon Stable | |
| 1951 | Eternal Moon | Conn McCreary | Daverne Emery | Emerald Hill Stable | |
| 1950 | Away Away | Ovie Scurlock | Not found | Woodvale Farm | |
| 1949 | Hill Prince | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | C. T. Chenery | |
| 1948 | Algasir | Ted Atkinson | Not found | Mrs. F. A. Clark | |
| 1947 | My Request | Eddie Arcaro | James P. Conway | B. F. Whitaker | |
| 1946 | Cosmic Bomb | Roberto Donoso | Willie Booth | William Helis | |
| 1945 | Knockdown | Douglas Dodson | James W. Smith | Maine Chance Farm | |
| 1944 | Best Effort | Ted Atkinson | Not found | Claud C. Tanner | |
| 1943 | Alorter | John Deering | John H. Skirvin | A. C. Ernst | |
| 1942 | Slide Rule | Conn McCreary | Cecil Wilhelm | W. E. Boeing | |
| 1941 | Requested | Jack Westrope | J. H. McCoole | B. F. Whitaker | |
| 1940 | King Cole | James Stout | Not found | Ogden Phipps | |
| 1939 | Merry Knight | R. Nash | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | |
| 1938 | El Chico | Nick Wall | Matthew Peter Brady | William Ziegler, Jr. | |
| 1937 | Can't Wait | Lester Balaski | J. T. Taylor | Myron Selznick | |
| 1936 | Pompoon | Harry Richards | C. E. Clarke | J. H. Louchheim | |
| 1935 | Ned Reigh | Ray Workman | Henry McDaniel | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | |
| 1934 | Sailor Beware | Ray Workman | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable | |
| 1933 | First Minstrel | Silvio Coucci | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable | |
| 1932 | Repaid | Pete Walls | Not found | Quincy Stable | |
| 1931 | Faireno | Tom Malley | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | |
| 1930 | Twenty Grand | Charley Kurtsinger | James G. Rowe, Jr. | Greentree Stable | |
| 1929 | Gallant Fox | John Maiben | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | |
| 1928 | Petkins | Harold Thurber | Not found | Marshall Field | |
| 1927 | Nixie | P. Goodwin | Not found | Wheatley Stable | |
| 1926 | Bonnie Maginn | Danny McAuliffe | Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | |
| 1925 | Mars | Harry Richards | Not found | Walter Jeffords, Sr. | |
| 1924 | Star Lore | Clyde Ponce | Not found | William Ziegler, Jr. | |
| 1923 | Mr. Mutt | Harold Thurber | Albert Gordon | Bud Fisher |
- In l955, Busher Fantasy finished first, but was disqualified.
