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
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