Shevlin Stakes

Discontinued stakes race
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
Race information
Distance	1 mile : 1925-1939 1+1⁄16 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.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:36.80 - Volitant (1959) (1 mile)
• 1:42.80 - Jacomar (1940) (1+1⁄16 miles - race and track record)^[3]
• 1:22.40 - Clem - (7 furlongs)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Ted Atkinson (1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - James E. Fitzsimmons (1931, 1932, 1941, 1952, 1954)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Belair Stud (1931, 1932, 1952)

Winners

References