June Stakes
The June Stakes was a Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds of either sex run annually for sixteen years from its inauguration in 1886 through 1901 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York.
The first running in 1886 was won by the Dwyer Brothers Stable colt Tremont for whom Tremont Stakes at Belmont Park was established in 1887 at the Gravesend Race Track as a race for two-year-olds. That race is still current in 2025 and run at Belmont Park.
Dropped from the 1902 schedule, the June 28, 1901 June Stakes would turn out to be the final edition. In a field of only four starters, jockey Tommy Burns, a future United States and Canadian Hall of Fame inductee, rode the John Madden owned and trained colt Peninsula to victory.
Distances
5.5 F: 1900, 19015.75 F: 1890
6 F: 1886–1889
Records
Speed record:- at 5.5 furlongs : 1:07.00 – Peninsula
- at 5.75 furlongs : 1:12.00 – Rusher
- at 6 furlongs : 1:10.80 – La Tosca, Hazlet
- 4 - Fred Taral
- 2 - James G. Rowe Sr.
- No owner won this race more than once.
Winners