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Waldorf Stakes, the Glossary

Index Waldorf Stakes

The Waldorf Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, New York.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: African Americans, Agile (horse), Brookdale Handicap, Clay family, Colt (horse), Daily Racing Form, Edgemere Handicap, Furlong, Gelding, Harry K. Knapp, Hart–Agnew Law, Horse racing, Horse trainer, Jockey, Kentucky Derby, Long Island Stakes, Metropolitan Handicap, Mile, New York (state), New York State Legislature, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Pittsburgh, Robert Tucker (horse trainer), Runnymede Farm, Samuel S. Brown, Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Tennessee Derby, Thomas H. Burns, Thoroughbred, Thoroughbred racing.

  2. Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1908
  3. Recurring sporting events established in 1904
  4. Sheepshead Bay Race Track

African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Agile (horse)

Agile (1902–after 1914) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1905 Kentucky Derby.

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Brookdale Handicap

The Brookdale Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in midsummer from 1887 through 1910 at Gravesend Race Track in Brooklyn, New York and from 1914 through 1933 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. Waldorf Stakes and Brookdale Handicap are discontinued horse races in New York City.

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Clay family

The Clays were an influential nineteenth-century U.S. political and business dynasty.

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Colt (horse)

A colt is a male horse, usually below the age of four years.

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Daily Racing Form

The Daily Racing Form (DRF) (referred to as the Racing Form or "Form" and sometimes "telegraph" or "telly") is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, by Frank Brunell.

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Edgemere Handicap

The Edgemere Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race. Waldorf Stakes and Edgemere Handicap are discontinued horse races in New York City.

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Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to any of 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres.

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Gelding

A gelding is a castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule.

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Harry K. Knapp

Harry Kearsarge Knapp (September 25, 1864 - January 31, 1926) was a United States financier and a prominent executive in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry in which he had been a steward, secretary-treasurer and vice-chairman of The Jockey Club.

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Hart–Agnew Law

The Hart–Agnew Law was an anti-gambling bill passed into law by the Legislature of the State of New York on June 11, 1908.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Horse trainer

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines.

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Jockey

A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession.

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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Long Island Stakes

The Long Island Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in November at Aqueduct Racetrack, in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Waldorf Stakes and Long Island Stakes are Sheepshead Bay Race Track.

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Metropolitan Handicap

The Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile", is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Mile

The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York State Legislature

The New York State Legislature consists of the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York: the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly.

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New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York is the intermediate appellate court in New York State.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Robert Tucker (horse trainer)

Robert Tucker (March 24, 1857 - March 24, 1910) was a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses best known for winning the 1905 Kentucky Derby and the Tennessee Derby with the colt Agile for owner Samuel S. Brown.

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Runnymede Farm

Runnymede Farm is an American horse breeding farm located outside Paris, Kentucky on U.S. Route 27, the Paris-Cynthiana Road.

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Samuel S. Brown

Captain Samuel Smith Brown (December 15, 1842 – December 11, 1905) was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner.

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Sheepshead Bay Race Track

The Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York.

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Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southern Brooklyn, New York City.

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Tennessee Derby

The Tennessee Derby is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race that was run annually from 1884 to 1886 and then 1890–1906 at the Montgomery Park Race Track located on the Memphis Fairgrounds in Tennessee.

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Thomas H. Burns

Thomas H. Burns (1879 – November 14, 1913) was a Canadian jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing who competed successfully in Canada, the United States, and in Europe.

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Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed for horse racing.

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Thoroughbred racing

Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.

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See also

Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1908

Recurring sporting events established in 1904

Sheepshead Bay Race Track

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_Stakes