First Flight Handicap

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First Flight Handicap
Grade II race
Location Belmont Racetrack
Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated1978
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website www.nyra.com/Belmont/Stakes/FirstFlight.shtml
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies & Mares, three-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$150,000

The First Flight Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late June/early July at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade II event open to fillies and Mares, ages three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs.

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The race is named in honor of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney's American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1946. First Flight won the Matron Stakes, and beat male opponents in winning the Belmont Futurity Stakes.

Inaugurated in 1978, the race has been hosted by Aqueduct Racetrack and Belmont Park:

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
Time
2009Porte Bonheur4 Ramon Domínguez David DugganJohanna Murphy-Leopoldsberger1:22.45
2008Any Limit5 Cornelio Velásquez H. Allen Jerkens Joseph V. Shields Jr.1:23.86
2007 Ginger Punch 4 Rafael Bejarano Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stable 1:22.64
2006Carmandia4 Chris DeCarlo Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Four Roses Thoroughbreds1:22.91
2005Great Intentions4 Edgar Prado Michael E. Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 1:23.98
2004Bending Strings3 Shaun Bridgmohan Kiaran McLaughlin John D. Gunther1:22.13
2003Randaroo3 Heberto Castillo Jr. Kiaran McLaughlin H. Joseph Allen 1:23.65
2002Shine Again5 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1:23.75
2001Shine Again4 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1:23.21
2000Country Hideaway4 Jose Espinoza C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:22.60
1999Country Hideaway3 Heberto Castillo Jr. C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:23.00
1998Catinca3 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel Robert K. Waxman1:22.14
1997Dixie Flag3 Mike Luzzi H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1:22.84
1996Thunder Achiever3 Robbie Davis Carlos F. Martin Flying Zee Stables1:21.59
1995Twist Afleet4 Gary Stevens John C. Kimmel Lucille Conover1:22.95
1994Twist Afleet3 Jerry Bailey John C. Kimmel Lucille Conover1:23.02
1993Raise Heck5 Roger I. Velez H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1:23.51
1992Shared Interest4 Jerry Bailey Flint S. Schulhofer Robert S. Evans 1:20.65
1991Missy's Mirage3 Eddie Maple H. Allen Jerkens Middletown Stables1:21.98
1990 Queena 4 Jerry Bailey C. R. McGaughey III Emory G. Alexander1:22.40
1989 Grecian Flight 5 Craig Perret Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Henry C. B. Lindh1:22.00
1988Cagey Exuberance4 Joseph Imparato Robert W. Camac Lindsey D. Burbank1:24.40
1987Al's Helen4 Jerry Bailey Jack Van Berg Kinsman Stable 1:21.80
1986Chaldea6 Jean-Luc Samyn Thomas J. Skiffington R. Lewis Mangum1:22.40
1985Alabama Nana4 Jorge Velásquez D. Wayne Lukas Leonard D. Mathis1:22.20
1984Shortly4 Mario G. Pino James W. Murphy Sam O. Graham1:22.60
1983Pert4 Frank Lovato Jr. Stephen A. DiMauro Harold I. Snyder1:25.20
1982Number3 Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Claiborne Farm 1:22.20
1981Island Charm4 Richard Migliore Stephen A. DiMauro David A. McKibbin1:23.60
1980Samarta Dancer4 Cash Asmussen Carlos A. Garcia Gustave Ring 1:25.60
1979Gladiolus5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Freeman E. McMillan Sea Spray Farms1:22.40
1978 What A Summer 5 Jeffrey Fell LeRoy Jolley Diana M. Firestone 1:22.20

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