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Washington Park Futurity Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1937

Surface
  
Dirt

Distance
  
1,308 m

Purse
  
200,000 USD

Website
  
n/a

Qualification
  
Two-year-olds

Distance
  
Furlong

Track
  
left-handed

Location
  
Washington Park Race Track Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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 six and a half 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.

Records

Speed record: (at distance of 6 furlongs)

  • 1:09.60 - Swoon's Son (1955), Restless Wind (1958), Venetian Way (1959)
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Bill Hartack (1956, 1957, 1961)
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - John Marsch (1942, 1943, 1944)
  • 3 - Fred W. Hooper (1946, 1956, 1960)
  • References

    Washington Park Futurity Stakes Wikipedia