The Grand Union Hotel Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. A sprint race, it was open to two-year-old horses and run on dirt over a distance of six furlongs.
The Grand Union Hotel Stakes was last run in 1958.
The Grand Union Hotel was a luxury hotel in Saratoga Springs that by 1870 was the largest hotel in the world. It was the meeting place for Saratoga Race Course officials and where the wealthy elite stayed during the racing season.
The Grand Union Hotel Stakes was won by several U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horses including Colin, Man o' War, Zev, Tom Fool, Native Dancer and Nashua. When Man o' War won in 1919, the purse was $10,000.
Partial list of past winners
1958 - First Minister 1957 - Jimmer 1956 - Cohoes 1955 - Career Boy 1954 - Nashua 1953 - Artismo 1952 - Native Dancer 1951 - Tom Fool 1950 - Battle Morn 1949 - Suleiman 1948 - Magic Words 1947 - My Request 1946 - Blue Border 1945 - Manipur 1944 - Pavot 1943 - By Jimminy 1942 - Devil's Thumb 1941 - Shut Out 1940 - New World 1939 - Epatant 1938 - No Competition 1937 - Fighting Fox 1936 - Maedic 1935 - The Fighter 1934 - Chance Sun 1933 - Roustabout 1932 - Ladysman 1931 - Lucky Tom 1930 - Jamestown 1929 - Jim Dandy 1928 - Twink 1927 - Vito 1926 - Kiev 1925 - Haste 1924 - Sunsard 1923 - Big Blaze 1922 - Zev 1921 - Kai-Sang 1920 - Prudery 1919 - Man o' War 1918 - Sweep On 1917 - Sun Briar 1916 - Hourless 1915 - Puss In Boots 1914 - Garbage 1913 - Black Broom 1912 - NYS racing ban 1911 - NYS racing ban 1910 - Iron Mask 1909 - Chickasaw 1908 - Edward 1907 - Colin 1906 - Penarris 1905 - Battleaxe 1904 - Siglight 1903 - Highball 1902 - Grey Friar 1901 - King Hanover 1897 - Archduke 1895 - Hazlet 1892 - One
Notes
References The Grand Union Hotel Stakes at Pedigree Query