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An event that would become a popular race that regularly drew some of
America's top three-year-olds, the inaugural running of Broadway Stakes took place on June 15, 1897. It was the feature race on that day's
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In 1980 Aqueduct
Racetrack initiated another Broadway Stakes that is still being run into 2021. A sprint race at 6 furlongs, it is restricted to New York Bred fillies and mares age four and up.
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Broadway Stakes that was run at the same mile and one-sixteenth distance. It was limited to three-year-old females and non-gelded males and was run for ten years.
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On June 3, 1910, Prince
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won the 1898 race in what would be a very successful year in which he won eight stakes including the
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for the mile and one-sixteenth distance in winning the
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990:"Ormondale Was First in Track Record Time"
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433:Woodhaven Stable (Robert Forsyth Little)
232:American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse
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214:American Champion Three-Year-Old Colt
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190:. The 1901, 1902 and 1904 winners,
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216:. The 1909 Broadway Stakes winner
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168:and trained by future
941:"Racing at Gravesend"
748:Richard T. Wilson Jr.
18:Broadway Stakes (NYB)
1228:Gravesend Race Track
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598:James J. McLaughlin
272:Charles Evans Hughes
262:New York Legislature
130:Gravesend Race Track
41:Gravesend Race Track
594:James J. McLaughlin
184:future Triple Crown
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1065:The New York Times
969:The Bloodhorse.com
845:Hardy Campbell Jr.
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697:Old England
662:Tommy Burns
624:Lucien Lyne
518:Montgomery
424:Eddie Dugan
196:Old England
192:The Parader
166:Dave Morris
106:left-handed
76:Flat racing
60:Inaugurated
1212:Categories
1197:2021-04-21
1172:2021-04-19
1147:2018-11-30
1122:2018-11-30
1097:2019-06-29
1046:2018-10-26
1021:2021-04-21
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926:2021-04-20
902:References
865:The Friar
766:Sarmatian
532:Emil Herz
302:1:45 3/5:
266:Republican
241:set a new
186:race, the
23:Horse race
890:1-1/16 m
882:Alfred H.
852:1-1/16 m
818:1-1/16 m
796:Ethelbert
781:1-1/16 m
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654:Irish Lad
639:1-1/16 m
616:Bryn Mawr
601:1-1/16 m
568:1-1/16 m
550:Ormondale
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492:Guy Burns
471:1-1/16 m
459:Guy Burns
436:1-1/16 m
322:Guy Burns
304:Ormondale
281:In 1923,
239:Ormondale
228:Irish Lad
210:Ethelbert
200:Bryn Mawr
172:inductee
134:Gravesend
68:Race type
45:Gravesend
974:Archived
893:1:49.50
855:1:48.00
821:1:47.80
787:$ 2,245
784:1:49.20
758:$ 1,815
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688:$ 3,330
685:1:47.00
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642:1:49.80
607:$ 3,050
604:1:48.00
574:$ 3,540
571:1:45.60
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538:1:46.80
510:$ 3,970
507:1:45.80
477:$ 1,925
474:1:47.00
442:$ 1,900
439:1:46.60
269:Governor
237:In 1906
142:furlongs
138:New York
87:Distance
49:New York
37:Location
832:Sly Fox
582:Oxford
380:Trainer
357:Winners
331:trainer
292:Records
260:by the
180:Sly Fox
95:Surface
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376:Jockey
368:Winner
313:jockey
306:(1906)
264:under
230:, the
162:Alfred
862:1897
828:1898
792:1899
763:1900
728:1901
693:1902
650:1903
612:1904
579:1905
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515:1907
482:1908
447:1909
414:1910
395:Miles
389:Dist.
384:Owner
103:Track
1191:NYRA
1073:2017
401:Time
364:Year
338:2 -
320:2 -
198:and
194:and
164:and
158:Card
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