Garden State Park Racetrack Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Race type
Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance
various
Surface
Dirt and Turf
Track
left-handed
Qualification
Two-years-old
The Garden State Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid November at the now defunct Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. A futurity event for two-year-olds, it is sometimes referred to as the Garden State Futurity. By 1956, the total purse offered was more than $300,000 (including all nomination and starting fees), making it the richest horse race in the world.[1]
The race was contested on dirt until 1994 when it was changed to a race on turf. It was raced at various distances:
On dirt:
Inception – 1952: 6 furlongs on dirt
1953–1972, 1993: 1+1⁄16 miles on dirt
1985–1992: 1+1⁄8 miles on dirt
1998 : 1 mile on dirt (1998 race switched from turf due to heavy rains)
On turf:
1994–1995 : 1+1⁄16 miles on turf
1996–1997, 1999 : 1 mile on turf
In 1955, the racetrack created a counterpart for fillies called the Gardenia Stakes.[2]
The Garden State Stakes was placed on hiatus in 1973 and after a fire destroyed the racetrack on April 14, 1977[3] it would not be run again until a new track was built by International Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiary, Garden State Race Track, Inc. headed by Robert E. Brennan that opened on April 1, 1985.[4] The March 18, 2000 issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Garden State Stakes had been cancelled for financial reasons.[5]
^St. Petersburg Times – October 27, 1956
^"Baltimore Sun – October 16, 1955". Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
^"Chicago Tribune – April 15, 1977". Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
^"INTERNATIONAL THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS INC, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Oct 15, 1996". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
^Philadelphia Inquirer, March 18, 2000
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