Empire City Handicap

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Empire City Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
Location Empire City Race Track,
Yonkers, New York,
United States (1920-1942)
Jamaica Race Course,
Jamaica, New York,
United States (1942-1953)
Inaugurated1920
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+316 miles (9.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse $50,000 (1953)

The Empire City Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race inaugurated on October 22, 1900, as part of the opening day racecard at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York. Sometimes referred in newspaper reports as the Empire City Stakes, it was raced at the Empire City track through 1942 then the following year it moved to the Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, Queens where it remained until its final running on November 7, 1953. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The first edition of the Empire City Handicap was open to horses age three and older. From 1937 until its final running in 1953, the race was restricted to three-year-old horses. There was no race run 1901–1906, and 1911–1913. That inaugural running was won by Charentus in a World record time of 2:04 flat for a mile and a quarter on dirt. [4]

During its tenure, the Empire City Handicap was contested at various distances:

Records

Speed record:

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.
(Miles)
Time
1953Find3 Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. 1316 M1:58.00
1952 Tom Fool 3 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1316 M1:58.00
1951 Counterpoint 3 Dave Gorman Sylvester Veitch C. V. Whitney 1316 M1:58.60
1950All At Once3 Nick Wall W. M. LyonsJohn W. Nizlek1316 M1:59.00
1949 Palestinian 3 Eddie Arcaro Hirsch Jacobs Isadore Bieber 1316 M1:57.20
1948 Miss Request 3 Ovie Scurlock James P. Conway Florence Whitaker 1316 M1:57.40
1947 Phalanx 3 Ruperto Donoso Sylvester Veitch C. V. Whitney 1316 M1:57.80
1946Bonnie Beryl3 Eric Guerin James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 1316 M1:56.80
1945 Gallorette 3 Ted Atkinson Edward A. Christmas William L. Brann 1316 M1:56.80
1944Stir Up3 Eddie Arcaro John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1316 M1:56.20
1943 Chop Chop 3 Johnny Longden Harris B. Brown Josephine Douglas 1316 M1:57.20
1942Apache3 James Stout James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 1316 M1:56.00
1941Swing And Sway3 Don Meade John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 118 M1:50.00
1940 Fenelon 3 James Stout James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 118 M1:53.00
1939Lovely Night3 Nick Wall Henry McDaniel Florence Clark 118 M1:52.00
1938 Stagehand 3 Jack Westrope Earl Sande Col. Maxwell Howard118 M1:51.00
1937Rex Flag3 Robert Merritt John P. Jones Louise Viau 118 M1:52.40
1936 Esposa 4Russell Kastner Matthew P. Brady William Ziegler Jr. 118 M1:52.60
1935 Top Row 4 Johnny Longden Albert A. Baroni Albert A. Baroni118 M1:51.00
1934 Faireno 5 Silvio Coucci James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 118 M1:51.80
1933 Dark Secret 4 John Gilbert George Tappen Wheatley Stable 114 M2:05.00
1932Blenheim4 Hank Mills James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 114 M2:06.60
1931 Questionnaire 4 Raymond Workman Edward J. Bennett James Butler 114 M2:07.00
1930Frisius4 Whitey Abel James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 114 M2:06.00
1929Sun Edwin4 Linus McAtee Louis Feustel Arden Farm 114 M2:05.75
1928Recreation4Pete Goodwin Robert A. Smith|Jefferson Livingston114 M2:08.40
1927 Peanuts 5 Harold Thurber George M. Odom Robert L. Gerry Sr. 114 M2:08.00
1926 Peanuts 4 Harry Richards George M. Odom Robert L. Gerry Sr. 114 M2:06.00
1925 Mad Play 4 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 114 M2:08.00
1924 Sting 3 Benjamin Breuning Jimmy Johnson James Butler 114 M2:03.00
1923 Tryster 5 Earl Sande Scott P. Harlan Westmont Stable114 M2:05.40
1922 Grey Lag 4 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 118 M1:54.00
1921Yellow Hand4Charles H. Miller A. J. Goldsborough Charles A. Stoneham 118 M1:51.00
1920Naturalist6 Clarence Turner Thomas Welsh Joseph E. Widener 118 M1:53.00
1919Lanius8 Johnny Loftus A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 118 M1:51.80
1918 Roamer 7 Lawrence Lyke A. J. Goldsborough Andrew Miller 118 M1:51.00
1917 Spur 4 Willie Knapp James H. McCormick James Butler 118 M1:56.60
1916 Short Grass 8 Frank Keogh John J. Flanigan Emil Herz118 M1:51.20
1915Gainer4 Tommy McTaggart James G. Rowe Sr. Greentree Stable 118 M1:51.60
1914Buckhorn5 Joe McCahey Jack D. Adkins Roderick J. Mackenzie118 M1:54.00
1913Race not held
1912No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1910Dalmatian3 George Archibald Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth118 M1:51.00
1909Maltbie4Stanley B. PageJames GassGeorge Reif118 M1:53.80
1908Pinkola3 James Butler William H. Fizer William H. Fizer118 M1:54.80
1907Prince Ahmed3Walter OttJohn C. Ferris Jr.John C. Ferris Jr.100 M1:40.60
1900 Charentus 6 Willie Shaw Jim McLaughlin Orville L. Richards114 M2:04.00

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