The Walden Stakes is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race run from 1906 through 1948 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Raced on dirt, the event was open to two-year-olds horses of either sex. The race was named in honor of Maryland-based trainer and owner Wyndham Walden, a Hall of Fame inductee who won eleven American Classic Races, capturing the Preakness Stakes seven times and the Belmont Stakes four times.
For the first three years the Walden Stakes was contested at a distance of six furlongs, but because it was run in November it was changed in 1909 to one mile so that the year's top class juvenile horses would be tested at a longer distance with a view to their upcoming three-year-old season when races at a mile and longer would be commonplace. Among those top class two-year-olds who won the Walden Stakes were U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Reigh Count (1927) and his son Count Fleet (1943), Whirlaway (1940), and Alsab (1941). Reigh Count went on to win the 1929 Kentucky Derby, Alsab finished second in the 1942 Kentucky Derby, and both Whirlaway and Count Fleet won the U.S. Triple Crown series. In addition, the 1930 Walden Stakes winner Mate went on to win the 1931 Preakness Stakes.
Race distances: 1 1/16 miles : 1928-1948 1 mile : 1909-1927 6 furlongs : 1906-1908
In 1923, the Walden Stakes was run in two divisions.
Records Speed record: 1 mile: 1:39 2/5, Senator Norris (1923) 1 1/16 miles: 1:43 flat, Stone Age (1948)
Most wins by a jockey: 2 - Tommy McTaggart (1912, 1915) 2 - Johnny Loftus (1917, 1918) 2 - Laverne Fator (1919, 1928) 2 - Don Meade (1932, 1933) 2 - Wayne Wright (1934, 1935) 2 - Johnny Longden (1938, 1942)
Most wins by a trainer: 3 - Sam Hildreth (1910, 1919, 1923) 3 - Max Hirsch (1926, 1931, 1947) 3 - Ben A. Jones (1938, 1940, 1946)
Most wins by an owner: 3 - George D. Widener Jr. (1916, 1933, 1943)
Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) / (Furlongs) Time1948Stone AgeNick CombestWilliam C. WinfreyAlfred G. Vanderbilt II1 M1:43.001947GasparillaWarren MehrtensMax HirschArthur J. Sackett1 M1:49.001946FerventDouglas DodsonBen A. JonesCalumet Farm1 M1:45.801945Colony BoyJohn GilbertTom SmithMaine Chance Farm1 M1:50.601944Rick's RaftNick JemasEdward L. SnyderWilliam G. Helis Sr.1 M1:45.801943PlatterConn McCrearyWinbert F. MulhollandGeorge D. Widener Jr.1 M1:48.601942Count FleetJohnny LongdenDon CameronFannie Hertz1 M1:44.801941AlsabRobert VedderSarge SwenkeAlbert Sabath1 M1:44.601940WhirlawayGeorge WoolfBen A. JonesCalumet Farm1 M1:52.201939FaymarJoseph RenickJames W. SmithDixiana Stable1 M1:46.001938InscoeldaJohnny LongdenBen A. JonesWoolford Farm1 M1:49.001937NedayrEddie ArcaroWilliam A. CrawfordWillis Sharpe Kilmer1 M1:45.801936BrooklynSilvio CoucciHerbert J. ThompsonEdward R. Bradley1 M1:47.201935Ned ReighWayne WrightHenry McDanielWillis Sharpe Kilmer1 M1:49.801934FirethornWayne WrightPreston M. BurchWalter M. Jeffords Sr.1 M1:46.201933ChicstrawDon MeadeA. Jack JoynerGeorge D. Widener Jr.1 M1:44.601932War GloryDon MeadeGeorge H. ConwayGlen Riddle Farm1 M1:50.201931On PostJoe RenickMax HirschLoma Stable (Mrs. Louis G. Kaufman)1 M1:45.401930MateGeorge EllisJames W. HealyAlbert C. Bostwick Jr.1 M1:46.601929Ned OCharlie QuattlebaumGeorge W. ForemanGeorge W. Foreman1 M1:47.601928TwinkLaverne FatorJames W. HealyLoma Stable (Mrs. Louis G. Kaufman)1 M1:46.001927Reigh CountChick LangBert S. MichellFannie Hertz1 M1:41.001926Rip RapSteve O'DonnellMax HirschSage Stable (H. W. & A. G. Sage)1 M1:41.001925MarsHarry RichardsRobert Augustus SmithWalter M. Jeffords Sr.1 M1:42.001924Single FootCharles FairbrotherHarry RitesJ. Edwin Griffith1 M1:39.801923-1StanwixMark FatorSam HildrethRancocas Stable1 M1:39.801923-2Senator NorrisBennie BreuningH. Guy BedwellKenton Stable1 M1:39.401922Oui OuiWilliam PoolWilliam D. CovingtonMontfort & B. B. Jones1 M1:40.201921RelayLewis MorrisJames E. FitzsimmonsQuincy Stable1 M1:44.201920Idle DellJohn CallahanScott P. HarlanLawrence Waterbury II1 M1:40.401919DominiqueLaverne FatorSam HildrethSam Hildreth1 M1:42.001918War PennantJohnny LoftusH. Guy BedwellJ. K. L. Ross1 M1:40.401917War CloudJohnny LoftusWalter B. JenningsA. Kingsley Macomber1 M1:41.401916ColumbineEddie AmbroseA. Jack JoynerGeorge D. Widener Jr.1 M1:41.001915Colonel Vennie ŦTommy McTaggartM. PrestonJefferson Livingston1 M1:42.001914Double EagleCharles BurlingameStephen J. LawlerQuincy Stable1 M1:40.601913SuperintendentBuddy GlassClarence MerrittJames F. Mannix1 M1:41.801912Ten PointTommy McTaggartCalvin BanksAnthony L. Aste1 M1:40.001911PenobscotJames DigginsThomas J. HealeyRichard T. Wilson Jr.1 M1:41.801910ZeusCarroll H. ShillingSam HildrethSam Hildreth1 M1:46.601909FauntleroyJoe McCaheyRobert J. WaldenMrs.R. W. Walden1 M1:40.601908TranceDavid NicolGeorge M. OdomGeorge M. Odom6 F1:13.001907JubileeBub McCabeFred LittlefieldFred Littlefield6 F1:15.001906Orphan LadJimmy DennisonWilliam M. GarthDavid Dunlop6 F1:14.25
Ŧ - In the November 6, 1915 race Celandria finished first but was disqualified.
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