| Discontinued stakes race | |
| Location | Jamaica Race Course, Jamaica, Queens, New York |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1941 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three years old and up |
The Daingerfield Handicap was an American long distance Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1941 through 1953 at Jamaica Race Course, Jamaica, Queens, New York. Run on dirt for horses age three and older, for the first two years it was contested at two miles after which the distance was set at two and one-sixteenth miles.
The race was created to honor Algernon Daingerfield, a Secretary of The Jockey Club for many years who had died on June 10, 1941. [1] [2]
The inaugural running took place on October 25, 1941 at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York. The two-mile event was won by Marshall Field's Piping Rock and was run at a distance of two miles. [1] The race remained at Empire City for another year after which it was moved to the Jamaica Race Course in 1943 where the distance was increased to two miles and a sixteenth making it the longest race ever run at Jamaica. [3]
In the 1950 edition of the Daingerfield Handicap, Canadian-born jockey Ted Atkinson rode Royal Castle to victory in a world record time of 3:30 4/5 for two and one-sixteenth miles on dirt. [4]
The final running of the Daingerfield Handicap took place on November 11, 1953. It was won by a three-year-old colt named Guy with another Canadian-born jockey, Nick Wall, on board.
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Win$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Guy | 3 | Nick Wall | R. W. "Buster" Lilly | Mrs. Harry L. Nathenson | 21⁄16 | 3:33.60 | $19,625 |
| 1952 | Mandingo | 4 | Hedley Woodhouse | Kay Erik Jensen | Mrs. H. P. Christiansen & Bland G. Jensen | 21⁄16 | 3:35.60 | $18,025 |
| 1951 | Saxony | 3 | Conn McCreary | William Stephens | Woolford Farm | 21⁄16 | 3:33.40 | $21,250 |
| 1950 | Royal Castle | 3 | Ted Atkinson | George W. Coburn | Joe M. Seider | 21⁄16 | 3:30.40 | $16,850 |
| 1949 | Flying Missel | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 21⁄16 | 3:32.40 | $15,050 |
| 1948 | Phalanx | 4 | Shelby Clark | Sylvester Veitch | Sonny Whitney | 21⁄16 | 3:35.80 | $20,300 |
| 1947 | Reckon | 3 | Earl Knapp | Sol Rutchick | Col. Edmund P. Bixer | 21⁄16 | 3:37.20 | $19,250 |
| 1946 | Hachazo | 5 | Ruperto Donoso | Horatio Luro | Boone Hall Stable | 21⁄16 | 3:35.60 | $9,975 |
| 1945 | Eurasian | 5 | Ted Atkinson | Sol Rutchick | Havaholme Stable (Frank & Joseph Rabinovich) | 21⁄16 | 3:33.40 | $6,700 |
| 1944 | Baruna | 5 | Charles Wahler | Edward Coates | Mrs. C. E. Coates | 21⁄16 | 3:34.40 | $6,775 |
| 1943 | Resolute II | 5 | Claude Erickson | J. T. Maloney | Mrs. E. J. Maloney | 21⁄16 | 3:35.80 | $5,075 |
| 1942 | Bright Gallant | 4 | Alfred Robertson | Hirsch Jacobs | Isidor Bieber | 2 | 3:27.40 | $3,330 |
| 1941 | Piping Rock | 4 | Tommy May | George M. Odom | Marshall Field III | 2 | 3:27.00 | $3,340 |
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