Class: | Discontinued stakes |
Horse Race: | Washington Park Futurity |
Location: | Washington Park Race Track Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Inaugurated: | 1937 |
Race Type: | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website: | n/a |
Distance: | 6.5 furlongs |
Surface: | Dirt |
Track: | left-handed |
Qualification: | Two-year-olds |
Weight: | Assigned |
Purse: | $200,000 |
The Washington Park Futurity Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the now defunct Washington Park Race Track in Woodlawn, Chicago. A race on dirt for two-year-olds, it was first run in 1937 as a six furlong event. Placed on hiatus for two years, it returned as an annual feature in 1940.
From 1959 through 1961 the race was hosted by Chicago's Arlington Park race track where it was run at a distance of furlongs. Made permanent at Arlington Park, the Washington Park Futurity was merged with the Arlington Futurity Stakes and is known as the Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes.
During its tenure, the Washington Park Futurity hosted some of the best horses in the United States.
Speed record: (at distance of 6 furlongs)
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by an owner:
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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1961 | Ridan | Bill Hartack | LeRoy Jolley | Mrs. Moody Jolley | 1:18.00 |
1960 | Crozier | Braulio Baeza | Charles R. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:15.20 |
1959 | Venetian Way | Manuel Gonzalez | Victor J. Sovinski | Sunny Blue Farm | 1:09.60 |
1958 | Restless Wind | Bill Shoemaker | Horatio Luro | Llangollen Farm Stable | 1:09.60 |
1957 | Jewel's Reward | Bill Hartack | Ivan H. Parke | Maine Chance Farm | 1:11.20 |
1956 | Greek Game † | Bill Hartack | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:10.80 |
1955 | Swoon's Son | David Erb | Lex Wilson | E. Gay Drake | 1:09.60 |
1954 | Royal Note | Eddie Arcaro | Frank Gilpin | Wilton Stable | 1:10.80 |
1953 | Hasty Road | Eddie Arcaro | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1:12.80 |
1952 | Mr. Paradise | Eddie Arcaro | Howard C. Hoffman | Ada L. Rice | 1:10.60 |
1951 | Oh Leo | Paul J. Bailey | Milton Resseguet | James H. Dunn | 1:10.20 |
1950 | To Market | Angel Rivera | William J. Hirsch | Sam A. Mason II | 1:12.00 |
1949 | Curtice | Ovie Scurlock | Robert V. McGarvey | Jean Denemark | 1:10.20 |
1948 | Model Cadet | Anthony Skoronski | Tom Smith | Ada L. Rice | 1:12.20 |
1947 | Bewitch | Douglas Dodson | Jimmy Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:10.40 |
1946 | Education | John Adams | Ivan H. Parke | Fred W. Hooper | 1:12.20 |
1945 | Revoked | Albert Bodiou | Howard Wells | Dr. Eslie Ashbury | 1:11.80 |
1944 | Free For All | Otto Grohs | Burley Parke | John Marsch | 1:12.00 |
1943 | Occupy | Lyle Whiting | Burley Parke | John Marsch | 1:13.40 |
1942 | Lester Balaski | Burley Parke | John Marsch | 1:12.00 | |
1941 | Robert Vedder | Sarge Swenke | Albert Sabath | 1:11.00 | |
1940 | Porter's Cap | Carroll Bierman | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1:12.80 |
1937 | Tiger | Alfred Robertson | Robert V. McGarvey | Milky Way Farm Stable | 1:11.00 |