Bay Shore Handicap

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Bay Shore Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, USA
Inaugurated1925 - 1955
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationThree-years & older

The Bay Shore Handicap is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race run from 1925 through 1955 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York City. The race was open to horses age three and older and run on dirt. From 1956 to 1959 there was no Bay Shore Handicap but in 1960 Aqueduct Racetrack created the Bay Shore Handicap/Stakes as a race for three-year-olds. [1] [2]

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The 1940 race was won by Jacomar, recorded as being owned by Mrs. E. Graham Lewis. [3] Better known as the highly successful cosmetics magnate Elizabeth Arden, she would establish Maine Chance Farm three years later and build it into one of the most successful breeding and racing operations of that era. [4]

The 1943 and 1944 Bay Shore Handicap winners, Wait A Bit and Brownie, were two of the three horses involved in the only triple dead heat on record in a Thoroughbred stakes race when they joined Bossuet to win the 1944 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack. [5]

Records

Speed record: (at 7 furlongs)

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(F)
Time
1955Red Hannigan4 Eddie Arcaro Homer C. Pardue Woodley Lane Farm7 F1:24.00
1954Joe Jones4 Conn McCreary Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 7 F1:23.20
1953Squared Away6 James Nichols Carey Winfrey Jan Winfrey Burke 7 F1:23.80
1952 Next Move 5 Eric Guerin Bill Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 7 F1:24.00
1951 Sheilas Reward 4Dave Gorman Gene Jacobs Mrs. Louis Lazare7 F1:23.40
1950 Piet 5 Nick Combest R. Emmett PottsBoMar Stable7 F1:23.20
1949 Loser Weeper 4 Eric Guerin Bill Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 7 F1:25.00
1948Coincidence6 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 7 F1:26.40
1947Rippey4 Ovie Scurlock William M. Booth William G. Helis 7 F1:24.00
1946 Gallorette 4 Job Dean Jessop Edward A. Christmas William L. Brann 7 F1:23.40
1945Apache6 James Stout James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 7 F1:24.00
1944Brownie5 Eric Guerin John B. Theall Joe W. Brown 7 F1:24.00
1943Wait A Bit4 Wayne Wright Matthew P. Brady William Ziegler Jr. 7 F1:22.40
1942Salto3 Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch King Ranch 7 F1:23.20
1941Pictor4 George Woolf Frank Walker William L. Brann 7 F1:23.80
1940Jacomar3 Ruperto Donoso Albert B. (Alex) Gordon Mrs. E. Graham Lewis 7 F1:24.00
1939Third Degree3 Eddie Arcaro John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 6.5 F1:16.60
1938The Fighter5 Basil James Edward L. SnyderWilliam F. Morgan6.5 F1:17.60
1937He Did4 Lester Balaski J. Thomas Taylor W. Arnold Hanger 6.5 F1:18.00
1936Emileo3 Ira Hanford C. H. "Pat" KnebelkampOrienta Stable6.5 F1:18.00
1935Miss Merriment4 Raymond Workman J. P. "Sammy" Smith Dorwood Stable (Victor Emanuel)6 F1:11.40
1934Open Range3 Eddie Litzenberger George E. Phillips William Graham6 F1:12.80
1933Dominus3 James Stout James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 8 F1:38.20
1932Halcyon4 Alfred Robertson T. J. Healey C. V. Whitney 7 F1:24.00
1931Mr. Sponge4 Mack Garner Henry McDaniel Joseph E. Widener 7 F1:25.60
1930Black Majesty3 Charles Kurtsinger Bennett W. Creech William R. Coe 7 F1:24.60
1929Distraction4James H. Burke James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 7 F1:24.20
1928Buddy Bauer4 Anthony Pascuma Herbert J. Thompson Edward R. Bradley 7 F1:24.60
1927Black Curl3 Frank Catrone Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 7 F1:26.80
1926Backbone4 Linus McAtee James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 7 F1:23.40
1925Superlette3 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 7 F1:24.20

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