Wilson Stakes


The Wilson Stakes/Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run for twenty-nine years between 1930 and 1958. Inaugurated at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, it was named In honor of Richard Thornton Wilson, Jr., a prominent Thoroughbred owner and president of Saratoga Race Course.
Inaugurated as the Wilson Plate at a distance of one mile, the first running in 1930 was won by Battleship Gray, a son of Man o' War. In July 1954, the race was shifted to the Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, New York as part of three weeks of racing that was called the "Saratoga-at-Jamaica" race meeting. Renamed the Wilson Handicap and raced as a six furlong sprint, the event remained at the Jamaica track through 1958 and was then canceled due to the closure of the Jamaica facility on August 1, 1959.
Eight winners of the Wilson Stakes have been inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Winners