The Advance Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually from 1899 through 1910 at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track

Sheepshead Bay Race Track

Sheepshead Bay Race Track was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility built on the site of the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay, New York...

 in Brooklyn, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it was raced on dirt. During its tenure, the event was contested at four different distances:

• 1899-1900 : 1¾ miles
• 1901-1902 : 1½ miles
• 1903-1907 : 1⅜ miles
• 1908-1910 : 1⁵/16 miles

The race ended with the closure of the Coney Island Jockey Club's racetrack, brought on by the State legislature's

New York Legislature

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 enactment of the Hart-Agnew Law.

Historical notes

In 1904, Irish Lad

Irish Lad

Irish Lad was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and a world record holder.Bred by H. Eugene Leigh, in the fall of 1901 he sold the yearling to John Madden for $2,550. Madden conditioned him for racing and brought him to the track in the spring of 1902 where he showed enough potential...

 set a world record

World record

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 for a mile and three furlongs on dirt in winning the Advance Stakes and in 1908 Ballot

Ballot (horse)

Ballot was an American two-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and damsire of the very important sire, Bull Lea.Bred and raced by James R...

 set a new world record for a mile and five sixteenths on dirt.

Records

Most wins:

• Ballot
  Ballot (horse)
  Ballot was an American two-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and damsire of the very important sire, Bull Lea.Bred and raced by James R...
  
   (1908, 1910)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

:

• 3 - George Odom
  George M. Odom
  George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer....
  
   (1900, 1902, 1903)
• 3 - Joe Notter
  Joe Notter
  Joseph A. Notter was an American Hall of Fame jockey and winner of two of the American Classic Races.A native of Brooklyn, New York, Joe Notter rode prominently in the first decades of the 20th century...
  
   (1907, 1908, 1910)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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:

• 3 - James G. Rowe, Sr. (1907, 1908, 1910)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - James R. Keene
  James R. Keene
  James Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852...
  
   (1907, 1908, 1910)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1910	Ballot Ballot (horse) Ballot was an American two-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and damsire of the very important sire, Bull Lea.Bred and raced by James R...	6	Joe Notter Joe Notter Joseph A. Notter was an American Hall of Fame jockey and winner of two of the American Classic Races.A native of Brooklyn, New York, Joe Notter rode prominently in the first decades of the 20th century...	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene James R. Keene James Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852...	2:10.00
1909	Fitz Herbert Fitz Herbert Fitz Herbert was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Perry Belmont, he was owned by trainer A. J. Joyner who sold him in early 1908 to Herman Brandt for $3,500 who later that year sold him to trainer Sam Hildreth....	3	Vincent Powers	Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth Samuel Clay Hildreth was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.Born in Independence, Missouri, Sam Hildreth began his training career in 1887, competing at racetracks in the Midwestern United States with such horses as the good racemare Hurley Burley, the dam of...	Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth Samuel Clay Hildreth was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.Born in Independence, Missouri, Sam Hildreth began his training career in 1887, competing at racetracks in the Midwestern United States with such horses as the good racemare Hurley Burley, the dam of...	2:11.00
1908	Ballot Ballot (horse) Ballot was an American two-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and damsire of the very important sire, Bull Lea.Bred and raced by James R...	4	Joe Notter Joe Notter Joseph A. Notter was an American Hall of Fame jockey and winner of two of the American Classic Races.A native of Brooklyn, New York, Joe Notter rode prominently in the first decades of the 20th century...	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene James R. Keene James Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852...	2:09.60
1907	Peter Pan Peter Pan I Peter Pan was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, bred and raced by prominent horseman, James R. Keene. As winner of the Belmont Stakes, the Brooklyn Derby and the Brighton Handicap, he was later inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame...	3	Joe Notter Joe Notter Joseph A. Notter was an American Hall of Fame jockey and winner of two of the American Classic Races.A native of Brooklyn, New York, Joe Notter rode prominently in the first decades of the 20th century...	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene James R. Keene James Robert Keene was a Wall Street stock broker and a major thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.-Biography:He was born in London, England in 1838. He was fourteen years of age when his family emigrated to the United States in 1852...	2:20.00
1906	Flip Flap	3	Willie Knapp Willie Knapp William "Willie" Knapp was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.-References:*...	A. J. Goldsborough	J. A. Bennett	2:17.80
1905	Agile Agile (horse) Agile was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was the winner of the 1905 Kentucky Derby. Agile won the Sapphire Stakes as a two year old and the Phoenix Stakes as a three year old....	3	Jack Martin	Robert Tucker	Samuel S. Brown Samuel S. Brown Captain Samuel Smith Brown was an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder and racetrack owner....	2:20.80
1904	Irish Lad Irish Lad Irish Lad was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and a world record holder.Bred by H. Eugene Leigh, in the fall of 1901 he sold the yearling to John Madden for $2,550. Madden conditioned him for racing and brought him to the track in the spring of 1902 where he showed enough potential...	4	Gene Hildebrand	John W. Rogers	H. B. Duryea Herman B. Duryea Herman L. B. Duryea was an American Thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.Herman Duryea built an estate in Old Westbury on Long Island, New York known as "Knole". Completed in 1903, it was designed by Carrere and Hastings...  & H. P. Whitney Harry Payne Whitney Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horsebreeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.- Early years :...	2:17.60
1903	Africander Africander (horse) Africander was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred by James Ben Ali Haggin at his Rancho Del Paso horse farm near Sacramento, he was sired by Star Ruby, a son of Hampton, the 1877 Goodwood Cup winner and the British Champion sire of 1887...	3	George Odom George M. Odom George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer....	Richard O. Miller	Hampton Stable	2:19.00
1902	Gold Heels Gold Heels Gold Heels was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse who, in a two-year period, set one new stakers record and four track records, including a world record.-Background:...	4	George Odom George M. Odom George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer....	Matthew M. Allen	Fred C. McLewee/Diamond Jim Brady	2:33.00
1901	Star Bright	4	Nash Turner	John W. Rogers	William C. Whitney	2:33.20
1900	Imp Imp (horse) Imp was a pure black Thoroughbred racing filly with a white diamond shaped star between her eyes. She was sired by Wagner out of Foundling and was foaled on March 5, 1894. Owned and bred by Daniel R. Harness of Chillicothe, Ohio, and trained by both Charles E. Brossman and Peter Wimmer , Imp's...	6	George Odom George M. Odom George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer....	Charles E. Brossman	Daniel R. Harness & Brassman	2:59.20
1899	Thomas Cat	5	Frank O'Leary	not found	W. C. Eustis	3:02.20