The Poker Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years old and older held over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs ) on the turf held annually in mid June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York .
12-398: The event is named in honor of Poker who defeated champions Assagai and his stablemate Buckpasser in the 1967 Bowling Green Handicap at Belmont Park . More importantly Poker became a Champion Broodmare Sire. Poker was a son of the top-class sire and broodmare sire Round Table . Poker's daughters produced numerous champions including champion sire Seattle Slew . The latter twice topped
24-483: A quarter on the turf. The following year the event was not held but in 1985 it was run over the 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles distance. The event was classified as Grade III in 1988 and has held this class since. The event was not held in 2010. Several fine horses have appeared in this event including Volponi who won the event in 2007 and later won the Breeders' Cup Classic in the same year. Also Kip Deville winner of
36-484: Is a course record for Belmont's Widener Turf Course, and ties the North American record for one mile on the turf. Margins: Most wins: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Legend: Turf Notes: § Ran as part of an entry ƒ Filly or Mare Assagai (horse) Assagai (1963–1986) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse . Assagai
48-541: The Breeders' Cup Mile in 2007 featured in this event 2008 winning easily as the short odds on favorite and giving up to eleven pounds to his competitors. Caress and the Australian bred mare Oleksandra are the only mares to have won this race. Oleksandra was having her last start in her career due to being in foal to the sire Into Mischief. In 2024 the event was moved to Saratoga Racetrack due to infield tunnel and redevelopment work at Belmont Park. Speed record: This time
60-664: The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse . Sent back to the track at age four, Assagai's most important win of 1967 came in the Long Island Handicap . He also finished second to Poker in the 1967 Bowling Green Handicap but ahead of the future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion , Buckpasser . Retired to stud duty, Assagai met with some success. His son Big Whippendeal won the G1 Century Handicap at Hollywood Park and another of his colts, Almost Grown , won
72-566: The Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap at Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago . In 1986, at Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, Louisiana , the twenty-three-year-old Assagai was humanely euthanized due to laminitis . Folsom, Louisiana Folsom is a village in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana , United States. The population was 716 at the 2010 census , and 769 in 2020. The town is named after
84-512: The 197 households 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 24.4% of households were one person and 10.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.18. The age distribution was 27.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% 65 or older. The median age
96-605: The US broodmare sires list, and his daughters have produced a host of champions. Poker is also the maternal grandsire of US champion, Silver Charm , as well as the useful sire, Lomond (himself a champion sire in Italy). The inaugural running of the Poker Stakes was on 25 September 1983 and was won by the Gasper S. Moshera trained Freon in a time of 2:03 1 ⁄ 5 over the distance of a mile and
108-399: The village. The population density was 344.0 inhabitants per square mile (132.8/km ). There were 222 housing units at an average density of 145.4 per square mile (56.1/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 72.95% White, 24.95% African American, 0.57% Native American, 0.38% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.43% of the population. Of
120-585: The wife of Grover Cleveland , Frances Folsom . It is part of the New Orleans – Metairie – Kenner metropolitan statistical area . Folsom is located along Louisiana Highway 25 approximately 12 miles north-northwest of Covington . According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km ), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 525 people, 197 households, and 142 families in
132-843: Was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males. The median household income was $ 33,889 and the median family income was $ 42,500. Males had a median income of $ 24,167 versus $ 19,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 14,982. About 13.6% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 17.3% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over. St. Tammany Parish Public Schools serves Folsom residents. Folsom Elementary School in Folsom serves grades K-5. Folsom Middle School in Folson serves grades 6-8. Covington High School serves residents in grades 9-12. St. Tammany Parish Library operates
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#1733086082905144-588: Was a bay horse bred in Kentucky , he was sired by Warfare and out of the mare , Primary. Purchased by the international business tycoon Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. , he was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, MacKenzie Miller . At age three, Assagai was the top turf horse in the U.S. whose wins in 1966 in the United Nations Handicap at Atlantic City Race Course and Man o' War Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack resulted in him being voted
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