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| location = [[Havre de Grace Racetrack]], [[Havre de Grace, Maryland]],<br>[[United States]]
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| inaugurated = 1920
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| distance = 1 1/16 miles (8.5 [[Furlong|furlongs]])
| distance = 1 1/16 miles (8.5 [[Furlong|furlongs]])
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The '''Chesapeake Stakes''' was an important American [[Thoroughbred racing|Thoroughbred horse race]] for three-year-old horses of either sex contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and one-sixteenth at [[Havre de Grace Racetrack]] in [[Havre de Grace, Maryland]]. Run from 1920 until the track closed after the 1950 edition, the race usually run in late April race was a last major [[Glossary of North American horse racing#Prep|prep]] before the [[Kentucky Derby]]. For owners who had not nominated their horse for the Derby it was a chance to test their horse's ability against some of the best three-year-olds in the country, a number of which they would undoubtedly encounter in the ensuing [[Preakness Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1930042601/drf1930042601_1_4|title=Stars for Chesapeake Stakes|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1930-04-26|accessdate=2020-07-12}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1937040801/drf1937040801_1_2|title=Chesapeake Stakes Initial Test for Derby|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1937-04-08|accessdate=2020-06-14}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1936041701/drf1936041701_1_5|title=Chesapeake Prospects: Crack Field of Derby and Preakness Candidates to Clash Saturday|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1936-04-17|accessdate=2020-07-13}}</ref>
The '''Chesapeake Stakes''' was an important American [[Thoroughbred racing|Thoroughbred horse race]] for three-year-old horses of either sex contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and one-sixteenth at [[Havre de Grace Racetrack]] in [[Havre de Grace, Maryland]]. Run from 1920 until the track closed after the 1950 edition, the race usually run in late April race was a last major [[Glossary of North American horse racing#prep|prep]] before the [[Kentucky Derby]]. For owners who had not nominated their horse for the Derby it was a chance to test their horse's ability against some of the best three-year-olds in the country, a number of which they would undoubtedly encounter in the ensuing [[Preakness Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1930042601/drf1930042601_1_4|title=Stars for Chesapeake Stakes|work=[[Daily Racing Form]] |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1930-04-26|access-date=2020-07-12}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1937040801/drf1937040801_1_2|title=Chesapeake Stakes Initial Test for Derby|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1937-04-08|access-date=2020-06-14}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1936041701/drf1936041701_1_5|title=Chesapeake Prospects: Crack Field of Derby and Preakness Candidates to Clash Saturday|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1936-04-17|access-date=2020-07-13}}</ref>


==Historical notes==
==Historical notes==
The first two editions of the Chesapeake Stakes were run at a mile and 70 yards. The April 24, 1920 inaugural brought together a field of six runners that included [[Harry Payne Whitney|Harry Whitney's]] [[Wildair]] as well as the betting public's heavy favorite, an entry of Blazes and [[Paul Jones (horse)|Paul Jones]] owned by [[Ral Parr]]. However, the race saw a stunning upset by a 42:1 longshot named Sandy Beal who was skilfully ridden by future [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] jockey [[James Butwell]]. Paul Jones went on to win the [[1920 Kentucky Derby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1920042501/drf1920042501_1_2|title=Sandy Beal The Wrecker: Spoils the Reputations of a Band of Derby Eligibles|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1920-04-25|accessdate=2020-07-12}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1920042701/drf1920042701_2_7|title=Something Concerning Sandy Beal: Colts Defeat of Paul Jones and Other Derby Candidates Brings Him Into Prominence|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1920-04-27|accessdate=2020-07-20}}</ref>
The first two editions of the Chesapeake Stakes were run at a mile and 70 yards. The April 24, 1920 inaugural brought together a field of six runners that included [[Harry Payne Whitney|Harry Whitney's]] [[Wildair]] as well as the betting public's heavy favorite, an entry of Blazes and [[Paul Jones (horse)|Paul Jones]] owned by [[Ral Parr]]. However, the race saw a stunning upset by a 42:1 longshot named Sandy Beal who was skilfully ridden by future [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] jockey [[James Butwell]]. Paul Jones went on to win the [[1920 Kentucky Derby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1920042501/drf1920042501_1_2|title=Sandy Beal The Wrecker: Spoils the Reputations of a Band of Derby Eligibles|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1920-04-25|access-date=2020-07-12}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1920042701/drf1920042701_2_7|title=Something Concerning Sandy Beal: Colts Defeat of Paul Jones and Other Derby Candidates Brings Him Into Prominence|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1920-04-27|access-date=2020-07-20}}</ref>


The filly [[Careful (horse)|Careful]], owned by [[Walter J. Salmon Sr.|Walter Salmon]], won the second running in 1921. She would earn that year's [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly|American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]] honors and in 1922 be named [[American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse|American Champion Older Female Horse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1921042401/drf1921042401_2_7|title=Havre De Grace Form Chart|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1921-04-24|accessdate=2020-07-15}}</ref>
The filly [[Careful (horse)|Careful]], owned by [[Walter J. Salmon Sr.|Walter Salmon]], won the second running in 1921. She would earn that year's [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly|American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]] honors and in 1922 be named [[American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse|American Champion Older Female Horse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1921042401/drf1921042401_2_7|title=Havre De Grace Form Chart|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1921-04-24|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref>


Considered one of the top two-year-olds of 1921, [[Harry Payne Whitney|Harry Whitney's]] [[Bunting (American horse)|Bunting]] had won three of six starts highlighted by a win in the prestigious [[Belmont Futurity Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1921091101/drf1921091101_1_2|title=H. P. Whitney Wins the Futurity|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1921-09-11|accessdate=2020-07-20}}</ref> On April 29, 1922, Bunting made his first start of the year a winning one when he captured the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace Racetrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1922043001/drf1922043001_1_1|title=Futurity Winner Bunting: Makes Successful Three-Year-Old Debut in Chesapeake Stakes|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1922-04-30|accessdate=2020-07-15}}</ref>
Considered one of the top two-year-olds of 1921, [[Harry Payne Whitney|Harry Whitney's]] [[Bunting (American horse)|Bunting]] had won three of six starts highlighted by a win in the prestigious [[Belmont Futurity Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1921091101/drf1921091101_1_2|title=H. P. Whitney Wins the Futurity|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1921-09-11|access-date=2020-07-20}}</ref> On April 29, 1922, Bunting made his first start of the year a winning one when he captured the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace Racetrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1922043001/drf1922043001_1_1|title=Futurity Winner Bunting: Makes Successful Three-Year-Old Debut in Chesapeake Stakes|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1922-04-30|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref>


Harry Whitney got his second Chesapeake Stakes win in 1927 with [[Whiskery (horse)|Whiskery]] who went on to win the [[1927 Kentucky Derby|Kentucky Derby]] and earn [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]] honors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1927|title=1927 Kentucky Derby - Whiskery|publisher=Churchill Downs Incorporated|date=2020-07-21|accessdate=2020-07-21}}</ref> <ref>[http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf ''The Bloodhorse.com'' Champion's history charts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904120526/http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf |date=September 4, 2012}}</ref>
Harry Whitney got his second Chesapeake Stakes win in 1927 with [[Whiskery (horse)|Whiskery]] who went on to win the [[1927 Kentucky Derby|Kentucky Derby]] and earn [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]] honors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1927|title=1927 Kentucky Derby - Whiskery|publisher=Churchill Downs Incorporated|date=2020-07-21|access-date=2020-07-21}}</ref> <ref>[http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf ''The Bloodhorse.com'' Champion's history charts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904120526/http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf |date=September 4, 2012}}</ref>


[[Mr. Khayyam]], owned by the Catawba Stable of Madelaine Austin, won the 1933 Chesapeake Stakes. A son of the [[1917 Kentucky Derby]] winner [[Omar Khayyam (horse)|Omar Khayyam]], Mr. Khayyam won by six lengths while setting a new track record time of 1:44 flat for the mile and one-sixteenth on dirt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745467,00.html|title=Sport: Who Won|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]|date=|accessdate=2020-07-15}}</ref>
[[Mr. Khayyam]], owned by the Catawba Stable of Madelaine Austin, won the 1933 Chesapeake Stakes. A son of the [[1917 Kentucky Derby]] winner [[Omar Khayyam (horse)|Omar Khayyam]], Mr. Khayyam won by six lengths while setting a new track record time of 1:44 flat for the mile and one-sixteenth on dirt.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745467,00.html|title=Sport: Who Won|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=May 8, 1933|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref>


The 1934 Chesapeake Stakes was won [[Cavalcade (horse)|Cavalcade]] who defeated future Hall of Fame inductee [[Discovery (horse)|Discovery]] in a new track record time for a mile and one-sixteenth of 1:43 3/5.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/04/29/archives/cavalcade-victor-sets-track-record-leading-derby-candidate-of-mrs.html|title=Cavalcade Victor; Sets Track Record|publisher=New York Times, Section Sports, page 6|date=1934-04-29|accessdate=2020-07-22}}</ref> Owned by the [[Brookmeade Stable]] of automobile heiress [[Isabel Dodge Sloane]], Cavalcade was the second Chesapeake winner to go on to win the [[1934 Kentucky Derby|Kentucky Derby]] in which he beat Discovery for the second straight time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1934|title=1934 Kentucky Derby - Cavalcade|publisher=Churchill Downs Incorporated|date=1934-05-05|accessdate=2020-07-22}}</ref>
The 1934 Chesapeake Stakes was won [[Cavalcade (horse)|Cavalcade]] who defeated future Hall of Fame inductee [[Discovery (horse)|Discovery]] in a new track record time for a mile and one-sixteenth of 1:43 3/5.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/04/29/archives/cavalcade-victor-sets-track-record-leading-derby-candidate-of-mrs.html|title=Cavalcade Victor; Sets Track Record|work=[[The New York Times]] |department=Sports |page=6|date=1934-04-29|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> Owned by the [[Brookmeade Stable]] of automobile heiress [[Isabel Dodge Sloane]], Cavalcade was the second Chesapeake winner to go on to win the [[1934 Kentucky Derby|Kentucky Derby]] in which he beat Discovery for the second straight time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentuckyderby.com/history/year/1934|title=1934 Kentucky Derby - Cavalcade|publisher=Churchill Downs Incorporated|date=1934-05-05|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>


A 1936 ''[[Daily Racing Form]]'' article referred to the Chesapeake as a "proving ground" and the "Kentucky Derby Chances of Eligibles Hinge on Showing" in the Chesapeake Stakes.
A 1936 ''[[Daily Racing Form]]'' article referred to the Chesapeake as a "proving ground" and the "Kentucky Derby Chances of Eligibles Hinge on Showing" in the Chesapeake Stakes.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1936040901/drf1936040901_19_1|title=Chesapeake Proving Ground: Kentucky Derby Chances of Eligibles Hinge on Showing|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1942-06-27 |accessdate=2020-06-01}}</ref> A colt named [[War Admiral]] liked racing at the Havre de Grace track having won the 1936 [[Eastern Shore Handicap]] by five lengths in stakes record time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/09/20/archives/10000-added-eastern-shore-handicap-taken-by-war-admiral-in-maryland.html|title=Eastern Shore Handicap Taken by War Admiral in Maryland|publisher=New York Times, Section Sports, page 9|date=1936-09-20|accessdate=2020-07-11}}</ref> On his return to Havre de Grace on April 26, 1937, War Admiral won the Chesapeake Stakes with ease, beating [[William du Pont Jr.|William du Pont Jr.'s]] [[Santa Anita Derby]] winner Fairy Hill as well as [[Flamingo Stakes]] victor, Court Scandal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1937042701/drf1937042701_2_4|title=Here and There on the Turf: War Admiral Impresses in Chesapeake |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives|date=1937-04-27|accessdate=2020-06-15}}</ref> War Admiral went on to become the fourth horse in history to win the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|U.S. Triple Crown]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/seabiscuit-bio-war-admiral/|title=War Admiral|publisher=[[PBS]] - WGBH Educational Foundation|date=2003-04-21|accessdate=2020-07-22}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1936040901/drf1936040901_19_1|title=Chesapeake Proving Ground: Kentucky Derby Chances of Eligibles Hinge on Showing|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1942-06-27 |access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> A colt named [[War Admiral]] liked racing at the Havre de Grace track having won the 1936 [[Eastern Shore Handicap]] by five lengths in stakes record time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/09/20/archives/10000-added-eastern-shore-handicap-taken-by-war-admiral-in-maryland.html|title=Eastern Shore Handicap Taken by War Admiral in Maryland|work=The New York Times |department=Sports |page=9|date=1936-09-20|access-date=2020-07-11}}</ref> On his return to Havre de Grace on April 26, 1937, War Admiral won the Chesapeake Stakes with ease, beating [[William du Pont Jr.|William du Pont Jr.'s]] [[Santa Anita Derby]] winner Fairy Hill as well as [[Flamingo Stakes]] victor, Court Scandal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1937042701/drf1937042701_2_4|title=Here and There on the Turf: War Admiral Impresses in Chesapeake |work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives|date=1937-04-27|access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref> War Admiral went on to become the fourth horse in history to win the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)|U.S. Triple Crown]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/seabiscuit-bio-war-admiral/|title=War Admiral|publisher=[[PBS]] - WGBH Educational Foundation|date=2003-04-21|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref>


In the 1939 edition of the Chesapeake Stakes, Gilded Knight defeated future Hall of Fame inductee [[Challedon]] as well as Porter's Mite, the 1938 [[Belmont Futurity Stakes|Belmont Futurity]] winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1939042401/drf1939042401_1_7|title=Gilded Knight Triumphs in Chesapeake Stakes|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1939-04-24|accessdate=2020-07-19}}</ref>
In the 1939 edition of the Chesapeake Stakes, Gilded Knight defeated future Hall of Fame inductee [[Challedon]] as well as Porter's Mite, the 1938 [[Belmont Futurity Stakes|Belmont Futurity]] winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1939042401/drf1939042401_1_7|title=Gilded Knight Triumphs in Chesapeake Stakes|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1939-04-24|access-date=2020-07-19}}</ref>


[[World War II]] saw racing restricted in the United States and Havre de Grace Racetrack was forced to cancel all of its spring races in 1943 which included the Chesapeake Stakes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=5FwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ppwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5823,2452230&dq=racing+havre+de+grace&hl=en|title=Maryland Race Meets Reduced |publisher=Reading Eagle, page 20 |date=1943-02-11|accessdate=2020-06-22}}</ref> Due to the ongoing Federal government's wartime gasoline rationing, all four of Maryland's major racetracks had to consolidate their races into a reduced schedule at the [[Pimlico Race Course]] facility where the Chesapeake stakes would be run in 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1944042401/drf1944042401_3_5|title=Card Chesapeake at Pimlico Saturday|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1944-04-24|accessdate=2020-07-24}}</ref> The following year the consolidated racing at Pimlico continued but the Chesapeake Stakes was not held.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/05/27/archives/gay-bit-annexes-pimlico-feature-favorite-beats-lord-calvert-in.html|title=Gay Bit Annexes Pimlico Feature|publisher=New York Times, Section Sports, page 37|date=1945-05-27|accessdate=2020-07-07}}</ref>
[[World War II]] saw racing restricted in the United States and Havre de Grace Racetrack was forced to cancel all of its spring races in 1943 which included the Chesapeake Stakes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=5FwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ppwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5823,2452230&dq=racing+havre+de+grace&hl=en|title=Maryland Race Meets Reduced |work=[[Reading Eagle]] |page=20 |date=1943-02-11|access-date=2020-06-22}}</ref> Due to the ongoing federal government's wartime gasoline rationing, all four of Maryland's major racetracks had to consolidate their races into a reduced schedule at the [[Pimlico Race Course]] facility where the Chesapeake stakes would be run in 1944.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1944042401/drf1944042401_3_5|title=Card Chesapeake at Pimlico Saturday|work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1944-04-24|access-date=2020-07-24}}</ref> The following year the consolidated racing at Pimlico continued but the Chesapeake Stakes was not held.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/05/27/archives/gay-bit-annexes-pimlico-feature-favorite-beats-lord-calvert-in.html|title=Gay Bit Annexes Pimlico Feature|work=The New York Times |department=Sports |page=37|date=1945-05-27|access-date=2020-07-07}}</ref>


From the 1948 running of the Chesapeake Stakes emerged another U.S. Triple Crown Champion. [[Calumet Farm|Calumet Farm's]] [[Citation (horse)|Citation]] had lost his regular jockey when [[Albert Snider]] and two horse racing industry associates disappeared on March 5, 1948, during a sudden tropical storm while fishing in the [[Florida Keys]]. Despite a massive search effort, their bodies were never found.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasportsman.com/regions/tt/051244/|title=The Ruins |publisher=[[Florida Sportsman]] |date=2005-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403181708/http://www.floridasportsman.com/regions/tt/051244/ |accessdate=2020-07-09|archive-date=2007-04-03 }}</ref> With replacement jockey [[Eddie Arcaro]] aboard, Citation was beaten by Saggy in the 1948 Chesapeake Trial that ended the colt's seven-race win streak. In time, that loss would prove to be very important as Citation next won the Chesapeake Stakes which marked the first win of a new win streak that ended in a record setting sixteen straight wins that could instead have been twenty-four.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-saggy-beats-citation-0412-20130411-story.html|title=A Harford horse racing upset that stands for the ages|publisher=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=2013-04-14|accessdate=2020-07-22}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/04/18/archives/citation-15-first-in-the-chesapeake-calumet-derby-colt-defeats.html|title=Citation, 1-5, First in the Chesapeake |publisher=New York Times, Section Sports, page 1|date=1948-04-18 |accessdate=2020-07-18}}</ref>
From the 1948 running of the Chesapeake Stakes emerged another U.S. Triple Crown Champion. [[Calumet Farm|Calumet Farm's]] [[Citation (horse)|Citation]] had lost his regular jockey when [[Albert Snider]] and two horse racing industry associates disappeared on March 5, 1948, during a sudden tropical storm while fishing in the [[Florida Keys]]. Despite a massive search effort, their bodies were never found.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floridasportsman.com/regions/tt/051244/|title=The Ruins |work=[[Florida Sportsman]] |date=2005-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403181708/http://www.floridasportsman.com/regions/tt/051244/ |access-date=2020-07-09|archive-date=2007-04-03 }}</ref> With replacement jockey [[Eddie Arcaro]] aboard, Citation was beaten by Saggy in the 1948 Chesapeake Trial that ended the colt's seven-race win streak. In time, that loss would prove to be very important as Citation next won the Chesapeake Stakes which marked the first win of a new win streak that ended in a record setting sixteen straight wins that could instead have been twenty-four.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/ph-ag-saggy-beats-citation-0412-20130411-story.html|title=A Harford horse racing upset that stands for the ages|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=2013-04-14|access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/04/18/archives/citation-15-first-in-the-chesapeake-calumet-derby-colt-defeats.html|title=Citation, 1-5, First in the Chesapeake |work=The New York Times |department=Sports |page=1|date=1948-04-18 |access-date=2020-07-18}}</ref>


The 1949 Chesapeake Stakes was won by [[Capot (horse)|Capot]] who defeated Slam Bang by a nose. Owned by the [[Greentree Stables]] of [[Helen Hay Whitney]], Capot would have a great three-year-old campaign in which he won the 1949 [[Preakness Stakes|Preakness]] and [[1949 Belmont Stakes|Belmont Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1949051601/drf1949051601_38_1|title=Official Racing Charts |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1949-05-16 |accessdate=2019-05-30}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.belmontstakes.com/uploads/historical_races/history_pdf_1949.pdf|title=Belmont Stakes history|publisher=BelmontStakes.com|date=2005-05-06 |accessdate=2018-11-09}}</ref> He earned [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]] and ''[[Daily Racing Form|DRF]]'' [[American Horse of the Year|Horse of the Year]] honors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist0449uvic_12/page/n23/mode/2up?q=Capot|title=Capot Drives To Photo Win|publisher=[[Times Colonist|The Daily Colonist]]|date=1949-04-17|accessdate=2020-07-15}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iHgbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5654,4215464&dq=capot+horse-of-the-year&hl=en |title= Capot chosen "Horse of Year"|publisher=Pittsburgh Press |date=1949-11-27 |accessdate=2012-02-27}}</ref>
The 1949 Chesapeake Stakes was won by [[Capot (horse)|Capot]] who defeated Slam Bang by a nose. Owned by the [[Greentree Stables]] of [[Helen Hay Whitney]], Capot would have a great three-year-old campaign in which he won the 1949 [[Preakness Stakes|Preakness]] and [[1949 Belmont Stakes|Belmont Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1949051601/drf1949051601_38_1|title=Official Racing Charts |work=Daily Racing Form |via=University of Kentucky Archives |date=1949-05-16 |access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.belmontstakes.com/uploads/historical_races/history_pdf_1949.pdf|title=Belmont Stakes history|work=BelmontStakes.com|date=2005-05-06 |access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref> He earned [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse]] and ''[[Daily Racing Form|DRF]]'' [[American Horse of the Year|Horse of the Year]] honors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist0449uvic_12/page/n23/mode/2up?q=Capot|title=Capot Drives To Photo Win|work=[[Times Colonist|The Daily Colonist]]|date=1949-04-17|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iHgbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5654,4215464&dq=capot+horse-of-the-year&hl=en |title= Capot chosen 'Horse of Year'|work=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |date=1949-11-27 |access-date=2012-02-27}}</ref>


The twenty-ninth and final running of Havre de Grace's Chesapeake Stakes took place on April 15, 1950, with a field of sixteen runners. The race was won for the second time by the Brookmeade Stable with their colt Sunglow whose stablemate and [[Louisiana Derby]] winner Greek Ship finished second. Sunglow next ran fourth in the Kentucky Derby before going on to win a number of top level races.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/04/16/archives/brookmeade-entry-12-in-havre-race-the-brookmeade-stable-entry.html|title=Brookmeade Entry 1-2 in Havre Race|publisher=New York Times, Section Sports, page 1|date=1950-04-16|accessdate=2020-07-17}}</ref> However, Sunglow's most significant impact on Thoroughbred racing was as the sire of 1959 American Horse of the Year and 1977 Hall of Fame inductee [[Sword Dancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/11/archives/sunglow-17-dies-on-farm.html|title=Sunglow, 17, Dies on Farm|publisher=New York Times, page 42|date=1964-06-11|accessdate=2020-07-23}}</ref>
The twenty-ninth and final running of Havre de Grace's Chesapeake Stakes took place on April 15, 1950, with a field of sixteen runners. The race was won for the second time by the Brookmeade Stable with their colt Sunglow whose stablemate and [[Louisiana Derby]] winner Greek Ship finished second. Sunglow next ran fourth in the Kentucky Derby before going on to win a number of top level races.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/04/16/archives/brookmeade-entry-12-in-havre-race-the-brookmeade-stable-entry.html|title=Brookmeade Entry 1-2 in Havre Race|work=The New York Times |department=Sports |page=1|date=1950-04-16|access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref> However, Sunglow's most significant impact on Thoroughbred racing was as the sire of 1959 American Horse of the Year and 1977 Hall of Fame inductee [[Sword Dancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/11/archives/sunglow-17-dies-on-farm.html|title=Sunglow, 17, Dies on Farm|work=The New York Times |page=42|date=1964-06-11|access-date=2020-07-23}}</ref>


Havre de Grace Racetrack was closed permanently at the end of the spring meeting. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1269|title=Havre de Grace Racetrack public information plaque|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust & Maryland State Highway Administration|date=2020-07-22 |accessdate=2020-07-22}}</ref> The next year, Laurel Park would use the Chesapeake Stakes name for a race of their own.
Havre de Grace Racetrack was closed permanently at the end of the spring meeting. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=1269|title=Havre de Grace Racetrack public information plaque|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust & Maryland State Highway Administration|date=2020-07-22 |access-date=2020-07-22}}</ref> The next year, Laurel Park would use the Chesapeake Stakes name for a race of their own.


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Chesapeake Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationHavre de Grace Racetrack, Havre de Grace, Maryland,
United States
Inaugurated1920
Race typeThoroughbred - flat racing
Race information
Distance1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds

The Chesapeake Stakes was an important American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses of either sex contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and one-sixteenth at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Run from 1920 until the track closed after the 1950 edition, the race usually run in late April race was a last major prep before the Kentucky Derby. For owners who had not nominated their horse for the Derby it was a chance to test their horse's ability against some of the best three-year-olds in the country, a number of which they would undoubtedly encounter in the ensuing Preakness Stakes.[1] [2] [3]

Historical notes

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The first two editions of the Chesapeake Stakes were run at a mile and 70 yards. The April 24, 1920 inaugural brought together a field of six runners that included Harry Whitney's Wildair as well as the betting public's heavy favorite, an entry of Blazes and Paul Jones owned by Ral Parr. However, the race saw a stunning upset by a 42:1 longshot named Sandy Beal who was skilfully ridden by future Hall of Fame jockey James Butwell. Paul Jones went on to win the 1920 Kentucky Derby.[4] [5]

The filly Careful, owned by Walter Salmon, won the second running in 1921. She would earn that year's American Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors and in 1922 be named American Champion Older Female Horse.[6]

Considered one of the top two-year-olds of 1921, Harry Whitney's Bunting had won three of six starts highlighted by a win in the prestigious Belmont Futurity Stakes.[7] On April 29, 1922, Bunting made his first start of the year a winning one when he captured the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace Racetrack.[8]

Harry Whitney got his second Chesapeake Stakes win in 1927 with Whiskery who went on to win the Kentucky Derby and earn American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors.[9] [10]

Mr. Khayyam, owned by the Catawba Stable of Madelaine Austin, won the 1933 Chesapeake Stakes. A son of the 1917 Kentucky Derby winner Omar Khayyam, Mr. Khayyam won by six lengths while setting a new track record time of 1:44 flat for the mile and one-sixteenth on dirt.[11]

The 1934 Chesapeake Stakes was won Cavalcade who defeated future Hall of Fame inductee Discovery in a new track record time for a mile and one-sixteenth of 1:43 3/5.[12] Owned by the Brookmeade Stable of automobile heiress Isabel Dodge Sloane, Cavalcade was the second Chesapeake winner to go on to win the Kentucky Derby in which he beat Discovery for the second straight time.[13]

A 1936 Daily Racing Form article referred to the Chesapeake as a "proving ground" and the "Kentucky Derby Chances of Eligibles Hinge on Showing" in the Chesapeake Stakes. [14] A colt named War Admiral liked racing at the Havre de Grace track having won the 1936 Eastern Shore Handicap by five lengths in stakes record time.[15] On his return to Havre de Grace on April 26, 1937, War Admiral won the Chesapeake Stakes with ease, beating William du Pont Jr.'s Santa Anita Derby winner Fairy Hill as well as Flamingo Stakes victor, Court Scandal.[16] War Admiral went on to become the fourth horse in history to win the U.S. Triple Crown.[17]

In the 1939 edition of the Chesapeake Stakes, Gilded Knight defeated future Hall of Fame inductee Challedon as well as Porter's Mite, the 1938 Belmont Futurity winner.[18]

World War II saw racing restricted in the United States and Havre de Grace Racetrack was forced to cancel all of its spring races in 1943 which included the Chesapeake Stakes.[19] Due to the ongoing federal government's wartime gasoline rationing, all four of Maryland's major racetracks had to consolidate their races into a reduced schedule at the Pimlico Race Course facility where the Chesapeake stakes would be run in 1944.[20] The following year the consolidated racing at Pimlico continued but the Chesapeake Stakes was not held.[21]

From the 1948 running of the Chesapeake Stakes emerged another U.S. Triple Crown Champion. Calumet Farm's Citation had lost his regular jockey when Albert Snider and two horse racing industry associates disappeared on March 5, 1948, during a sudden tropical storm while fishing in the Florida Keys. Despite a massive search effort, their bodies were never found.[22] With replacement jockey Eddie Arcaro aboard, Citation was beaten by Saggy in the 1948 Chesapeake Trial that ended the colt's seven-race win streak. In time, that loss would prove to be very important as Citation next won the Chesapeake Stakes which marked the first win of a new win streak that ended in a record setting sixteen straight wins that could instead have been twenty-four.[23] [24]

The 1949 Chesapeake Stakes was won by Capot who defeated Slam Bang by a nose. Owned by the Greentree Stables of Helen Hay Whitney, Capot would have a great three-year-old campaign in which he won the 1949 Preakness and Belmont Stakes.[25] [26] He earned American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse and DRF Horse of the Year honors.[27] [28]

The twenty-ninth and final running of Havre de Grace's Chesapeake Stakes took place on April 15, 1950, with a field of sixteen runners. The race was won for the second time by the Brookmeade Stable with their colt Sunglow whose stablemate and Louisiana Derby winner Greek Ship finished second. Sunglow next ran fourth in the Kentucky Derby before going on to win a number of top level races.[29] However, Sunglow's most significant impact on Thoroughbred racing was as the sire of 1959 American Horse of the Year and 1977 Hall of Fame inductee Sword Dancer.[30]

Havre de Grace Racetrack was closed permanently at the end of the spring meeting. [31] The next year, Laurel Park would use the Chesapeake Stakes name for a race of their own.

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:43 3/5 @ 1 1/16 miles: Rock Man (1926) & Cavalcade (1934)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time
 Win$
1950 Sunglow 3 Jack Robertson Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 11⁄16 m 1:46.00 $18,725
1949 Capot 3 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 11⁄16 m 1:45.20 $24,550
1948 Citation 3 Eddie Arcaro Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 11⁄16 m 1:45.80 $19,750
1947 Bullet Proof 3 Wayne D. Wright Henry S. Clark Mary Elizabeth Whitney 11⁄16 m 1:44.80 $28,300
1946 Hampden 3 Eddie Arcaro Richard E. Handlen Foxcatcher Farm 11⁄16 m 1:53.00 $19,450
1945 Race not held due to wartime restrictions
1944 Gramps Image 3 Leonard Bowers Albert "Whitey" Abel Dorothy Abel 11⁄16 m 1:46.20 $24,700
1943 Race not held due to wartime restrictions
1942 Colchis 3 George Woolf Vincent G. Mara R. Sterling Clark 11⁄16 m 1:46.60 $13,350
1941 Porter's Cap 3 Buddy Haas Tom Smith Charles S. Howard 11⁄16 m 1:45.20 $12,600
1940 Pictor 3 George Woolf Louis J. Schaefer William L. Brann 11⁄16 m 1:53.00 $12,800
1939 Gilded Knight 3 Ruperto Donoso James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 11⁄16 m 1:45.60 $12,800
1938 Bourbon King 3 Raymond Workman Duval A. Headley Hal Price Headley 11⁄16 m 1:45.20 $12,700
1937 War Admiral 3 Charles Kurtsinger George H. Conway Glen Riddle Farm 11⁄16 m 1:45.00 $8,250
1936 Gold Seeker 3 Maurice Peters Richard E. Handlen William du Pont Jr. 11⁄16 m 1:46.20 $8,425
1935 Plat Eye 3 Silvio Coucci William Brennan Greentree Stable 11⁄16 m 1:46.20 $6,900
1934 Cavalcade 3 Mack Garner Robert A. Smith Brookmeade Stable 11⁄16 m 1:43.60 $6,750
1933 Mr. Khayyam 3 Pete Walls Matthew P. Brady Catawba Stable (Madelaine H. Austin) 11⁄16 m 1:44.00 $7,475
1932 Evening 3 Robert Leishman A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 11⁄16 m 1:46.40 $10,850
1931 Anchors Aweigh 3 Charles Kurtsinger James G. Rowe Jr. Greentree Stable 11⁄16 m 1:46.80 $9,950
1930 Sweet Sentiment 3 Paul McGinnis E. J. Scott Seagram Stables 11⁄16 m 1:45.80 $10,150
1929 Voltear 3 Eddie Legere Preston M. Burch Dixiana Farm Stable 11⁄16 m 1:45.80 $9,150
1928 Bobashela 3 Herb Fisher S. Miller Henderson Audley Farm Stable 11⁄16 m 1:45.20 $9,250
1927 Whiskery 3 Louis Schaefer Fred Hopkins Harry Payne Whitney 11⁄16 m 1:47.20 $9,025
1926 Rock Man 3 Frank Coltiletti Joseph H. Stotler Sagamore Stable (Mrs. Raymond T. Baker) 11⁄16 m 1:43.60 $8,000
1925 Sweeping Away 3 John Maiben Roy J. Waldron Xalapa Farm Stable 11⁄16 m 1:47.40 $8,275
1924 Nautical 3 Jimmy Wallace William M. Garth Joshua S. Cosden 11⁄16 m 1:46.80 $3,350
1923 Wilderness 3 James Butwell Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 11⁄16 m 1:47.20 $3,750
1922 Bunting 3 Lewis Morris James G. Rowe Jr. Harry Payne Whitney 11⁄16 m 1:48.20 $3,325
1921 Careful 3 Clarence Turner Eugene Wayland Walter J. Salmon Sr. 1m, 70 yds 1:47.20 $3,450
1920 Sandy Beal 3 James Butwell Nathaniel K. Beal W. S. Murray 1m, 70 yds 1:45.20 $3,550

References

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  1. ^ "Stars for Chesapeake Stakes". Daily Racing Form. April 26, 1930. Retrieved July 12, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ^ "Chesapeake Stakes Initial Test for Derby". Daily Racing Form. April 8, 1937. Retrieved June 14, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ^ "Chesapeake Prospects: Crack Field of Derby and Preakness Candidates to Clash Saturday". Daily Racing Form. April 17, 1936. Retrieved July 13, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. ^ "Sandy Beal The Wrecker: Spoils the Reputations of a Band of Derby Eligibles". Daily Racing Form. April 25, 1920. Retrieved July 12, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  5. ^ "Something Concerning Sandy Beal: Colts Defeat of Paul Jones and Other Derby Candidates Brings Him Into Prominence". Daily Racing Form. April 27, 1920. Retrieved July 20, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  6. ^ "Havre De Grace Form Chart". Daily Racing Form. April 24, 1921. Retrieved July 15, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  7. ^ "H. P. Whitney Wins the Futurity". Daily Racing Form. September 11, 1921. Retrieved July 20, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  8. ^ "Futurity Winner Bunting: Makes Successful Three-Year-Old Debut in Chesapeake Stakes". Daily Racing Form. April 30, 1922. Retrieved July 15, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  9. ^ "1927 Kentucky Derby - Whiskery". Churchill Downs Incorporated. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  10. ^ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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  12. ^ "Cavalcade Victor; Sets Track Record". Sports. The New York Times. April 29, 1934. p. 6. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
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  18. ^ "Gilded Knight Triumphs in Chesapeake Stakes". Daily Racing Form. April 24, 1939. Retrieved July 19, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  19. ^ "Maryland Race Meets Reduced". Reading Eagle. February 11, 1943. p. 20. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  20. ^ "Card Chesapeake at Pimlico Saturday". Daily Racing Form. April 24, 1944. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
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