Foam Stakes
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The Foam Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1880 through 1910 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. An event for two-year-old horses of either sex, the race was run on dirt over a distance of five furlongs with the exception of 1896 when it was for three-year-old fillies at one mile (8 furlongs).[1][2] The inaugural running took place on June 19, 1880 and was won by Spinaway for whom the prestigious Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga Race Course was named.[3][4] The final running took place on June 21, 1910 and was won by Royal Meteor for the Newcastle Stable racing partnership headed by Life magazine publisher Andrew Miller. The Foam was the only stakes race on the card.[5]
Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Sheepshead Bay Race Track Brooklyn, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1880–1910 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 5 furlongs (0.63 mi) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |