Everglades Stakes

Everglades Stakes

Defunct Grade III Stakes race
Location	Hialeah Park Race Track Hialeah, Florida, United States
Inaugurated	1939
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.hialeahparkracing.com
Race information
Distance	1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old
Purse	$100,000

The Everglades Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida. For three-year-old horses, the  1 ¹⁄₈ mile race was run on dirt until 1994 when it was converted to a race on turf. It was elevated to Grade III status in 1999.

Raced for two-year-old fillies in 1939 and 1940, as a result of World War II, there was no race run between 1941 and 1945. On its return in 1946, it was changed to a race for three-year-olds as an important prep race for the Flamingo Stakes that would attract some of the very best horses in the United States.^[1]

In 2000, the race was held on the dirt at Gulfstream Park^[2] then was run for the last time ever back at Hialeah in 2001 after which the track closed.^[3]

The Everglades Stakes was run in two divisions in 1951.^[4]

Records

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Bill Hartack (1956, 1957, 1958)
• 3 - Michael Hole (1972, 1973, 1975)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - Horace A. Jones (1948, 1956, 1957, 1958)

Most wins by an owner:

• 5 - Calumet Farm (1948, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1968)

Winners

References