In 1868 this race was known as the Sapling Stakes.

Strong Field in Sapling The $200,000 Sapling Stakes for 2-year-olds at Monmouth Park on Saturday drew a strong field of seven.

In 1946, the state legislature passed a bill providing for state regulation of horse racing and the Sapling Stakes was revived.

At Monmouth Park on Saturday, Carson City scored a 7 1/4-length victory over Mr. Nasty in the $200,000 Sapling Stakes for 2-year-olds.

At age two Hill Prince won six of the first seven races he entered, his only defeat coming when he failed to recover from a poor start in the Sapling Stakes.

Two weeks later she recorded her first win in the Sapling Stakes at Manchester.

He ran second by half a length in his debut and won the next three, including the Tyro and the Sapling Stakes.

Duchess, an 1881 bay mare, won the 1883 Sapling Stakes, the 1884 Ladies' Handicap, Monmouth Oaks, and Mermaid Stakes.

In his first race, he won the Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park by nine and three-quarter lengths.

Carson City won the Sapling Stakes as a 2-year-old last summer, then was badly bumped in the Hopeful and sidelined for nine months.