Sapling Stakes Stakes was revived. In 1952, the race was run in two divisions. Its purse has been reduced from $150,000 to $100,000. This race was downgraded to a Listed Status for its 2014 running. Time record: Most wins by an owner: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: Note: the 1893 race was run at furlongs on the straight course. Sapling Stakes The Sapling Stakes is an American Ungraded Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early September at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey. Open to 2-year-olds, it was raced on dirt over a distance of six furlongs
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting