| Class: | Discontinued stakes |
| Horse Race: | Shevlin Stakes |
| Location: | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York United States 1925-1945, 1947-1955 Belmont Park Elmont, New York (1946, 1956-1959) |
| Inaugurated: | 1925 |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Distance: | 1 mile : 1925-1939 miles : 1940-1952 7 furlongs : 1953-1959 |
| Surface: | Dirt |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-years-old |
| Weight: | Assigned |
The Shevlin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York and at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race on dirt was inaugurated in 1925 to honor the long service of James Shevlin, the President of the Queens County Jockey Club which operated Aqueduct Racetrack[1] who had died at age 82 on November 24, 1924, at his home in Brooklyn.[2]
There was no race run from 1933 through 1935.
Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Cedar Brook | Jack Leonard | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1:23.80 |
| 1958 | Judge | Ismael Valenzuela | Clyde Troutt | 1:23.00 | |
| 1957 | Clem | Conn McCreary | William W. Stephens | Adele L. Rand | 1:22.40 |
| 1956 | Tick Tock | William Boland | Edward A. Christmas | Howell E. Jackson III | 1:23.80 |
| 1955 | Gold Box | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:23.40 |
| 1954 | Quick Lunch | Sidney Cole | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:23.60 |
| 1953 | Hueso | Basil James | Sidney Jacobs | 1:23.80 | |
| 1952 | Golden Gloves | Nick Wall | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:44.20 |
| 1951 | Battlefield | Ovie Scurlock | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:43.60 |
| 1950 | Dooly | Ted Atkinson | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:46.20 |
| 1949 | Colonel Mike | Eddie Arcaro | Eugene Jacobs | 1:45.20 | |
| 1948 | My Request | Eddie Arcaro | James P. Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 1:45.80 |
| 1947 | Blue Border | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | 1:46.20 | |
| 1946 | Hadrian | Ferril Zufelt | Sarge Swenke | Frank Frankel | 1:44.00 |
| 1945 | Wildlife | Ted Atkinson | Andy Schuttinger | Joseph M. Roebling | 1:45.80 |
| 1944 | By Jimminy | Ted Atkinson | James W. Smith | Alfred P. Parker | 1:45.40 |
| 1943 | Le Havre | Ted Atkinson | Thomas W. Murphy | Helen Murphy | 1:45.00 |
| 1942 | Dogpatch | Albert Schmidl | Roy Waldron | Milky Way Farm Stable | 1:44.40 |
| 1941 | King Cole | John Gilbert | James E. Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 1:44.20 |
| 1940 | Jacomar | Irving Anderson | H. Hugh Dufford | 1:42.80 | |
| 1939 | Volitant | Don Meade | A. J. Goldsborough | George Bull & John Morris | 1:36.80 |
| 1938 | Mythical King | Kenneth McCombs | Jack Howard | Ben F. Whitaker | 1:37.40 |
| 1937 | Rudie | Eddie Arcaro | J. L. Donovan | William H. Gallagher | 1:38.80 |
| 1936 | Gean Canach | Sam Renick | Brookmeade Stable | 1:37.60 | |
| 1935 | no race | ||||
| 1934 | no race | ||||
| 1933 | no race | ||||
| 1932 | Faireno | Hank Mills | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:38.00 |
| 1931 | Sir Ashley | Anthony Pascuma | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:38.80 |
| 1930 | Mr. Sponge | Jimmy McCoy | Henry McDaniel | Joseph E. Widener | 1:37.40 |
| 1929 | Jack High | Linus McAtee | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 1:38.80 |
| 1928 | Victorian | Raymond Workman | James G. Rowe Jr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:40.00 |
| 1927 | Sweepster | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:37.20 |
| 1926 | Macaw | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:38.40 |
| 1925 | Silver Fox | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:38.00 |