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unusual facts about Beverly D. Stakes



40th Virginia Infantry

Field officers were Colonel John M. Brockenbrough; Lieutenant Colonels Fleet W. Cox, Arthur S. Cunningham, and Henry H. Walker; and Majors Edward T. Stakes and William T. Taliaferro.

Beverly D. Mackereth

She represented the 196th state legislative district in York County, Pennsylvania and is a member of the Republican Party.

Bunty Lawless

After winning the King's Plate, Bunty Lawless ran second to Mona Bell in the 1938 Breeders' Stakes then won the Canadian Championship Stakes.

Hayley Turner

Most significantly in 2012, Hayley won the Beverly D. Stakes in America, becoming the first UK-based girl to ride an international Group 1 winner.

Imperial Choice

In a year when Imperial Choice won major Canadian races in British Columbia, Albeerta, and Ontario, he ran second in both the 1985 Queen's Plate and the Breeders' Stakes at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack but in between, won the Prince of Wales Stakes at the Fort Erie Racetrack.

John Musker Fillies' Stakes

It is run at Yarmouth, over a distance of one and a quarter miles (2,000 metres).

Lois Jurgens

There was a television movie broadcast in 1992 on NBC entitled A Child Lost Forever that told the story from the perspective of Jerry Sherwood (played by Beverly D'Angelo).

Murder of Dennis Jurgens

A 1992 NBC television movie, entitled A Child Lost Forever, told the story from the perspective of Jerry Sherwood (played by Beverly D'Angelo), and a theatre piece, The Jurgens File, by playwright Brian Vinero, examined the story from the perspective of the community.

St. Bass

Three days after winning the King's Plate, St. Bass and jockey Dugan won the Breeders' Stakes and on June 21, the colt won the Dominion Plate at the Hamilton racetrack.


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