Brighton Oaks Explained

Class:Discontinued horse
Horse Race:Brighton Oaks
Location:Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, New York, United States
Inaugurated:1901
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance:9 furlongs
Surface:Dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Three-year-old fillies
Weight:Assigned
Purse:$7,500

The Brighton Oaks was an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Brighton Beach Race Course in Brighton Beach, Coney Island, New York from 1901[1] through 1906.[2] A race for three-year-old fillies, it was contested at various distances:

Records

Speed record: (at 1 mile, 1 furlong)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1906Brookdale Nymph Lucien LyneJohn W. RogersHarry Payne Whitney1:53.60
1905TraditionWillie DavisA. Jack JoynerSydney Paget1:56.40
1904Hamburg BelleGene HildebrandA. Jack JoynerSydney Paget1:47.80
1903 Birch BroomArthur RedfernS. W. StreetJames R. Keene1:45.40
1902HatasooWinfield O'ConnorJulius BauerArthur Featherstone1:40.00
1901 ReinaWinfield O'ConnorJulius BauerArthur Featherstone1:54.20

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/1901/07/19/archives/reinas-brighton-oaks-jockey-followers-had-indifferent-success-at.html New York Times - July 19, 1901 report on the Brighton Oaks
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102120110/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/764199642.html?dids=764199642:764199642&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+20,+1906&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=BROOKDALE+NYMPH+DEFEATS+POOR+FIELD&pqatl=google Hartford Courant - July 20, 1906