Grey Lag Handicap

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Grey Lag Handicap
ClassDiscontinued
Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1941
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+316 miles (9.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse $75,000

The Grey Lag Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to horses age three and older, in its final years it was contested on dirt over a distance of one and three-sixteenths miles (9.5 furlongs).

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Inaugurated on May 10, 1941, at the Jamaica Race Course, the race was named in honor of 1921 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Grey Lag. It was last run in 1999 at Aqueduct Racetrack as a Grade III event.

Winners of the Grey Lag Handicap include U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Assault, Nashua, Arts and Letters, Stymie, Sword Dancer, and Tom Fool.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwner
Dist.
(Miles)
TimeWin $ Gr.
1999Carta de Amor6 Vladimir Diaz Juan SereyJohn Rotella1316 M1:56.98$49,575G3
1998Brushing Up5Julio M. PezuaVictor SimoneVictor & Phyllis Simone1316 M1:56.80$49,080G3
1997More To Tell6 Richard Migliore Gasper S. Moschera Barbara J. Davis1316 M1:57.88$50,190G3
1996Iron Gavel6Frank T. AlvaradoGasper S. MoscheraJoques Farm1316 M1:57.86$49,395G3
1995Danzig's Dance6 Jorge F. Chavez John Parisella Karen S. Zablowitz1316 M1:57.23$63,720G3
1994 As Indicated 4 Robbie Davis Richard E. SchosbergHeatherwood Farm118 M1:49.42$65,355G3
1993Conveyor5Caesar Bisono D. Wayne Lukas Cloyce K. Box 118 M1:47.33$69,810G3
1992Shots Are Ringing5 Herb McCauley Peter FerriolaJewel E. Stable118 M1:50.40$66,930G3
1991Apple Current4 Art Madrid Jr. John M. Veitch Buckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok)118 M1:47.38$66,480G3
1990Double Blush4 Mike E. Smith Richard A. DeStasioSaud Bin Khaled118 M1:49.51$49,770G3
1989Lay Down5 Jose A. Santos James E. Baker Ogden Mills Phipps 118 M1:50.00$51,180G3
1988 King's Swan 8Jose A. Santos Richard E. Dutrow Sr. Alvin Akman118 M1:50.60$66,000G3
1987Proud Debonair5 Jean-Luc Samyn William D. Curtis Jr.Sam F. Morrell118 M1:49.40$69,720G3
1986Artichoke5Richard Migliore D. Wayne Lukas Tom Gentry 118 M1:52.60$51,120G3
1985Imp Society4 Jorge Velasquez D. Wayne Lukas Brereton C. Jones 118 M1:50.20$50,130G3
1984Moro5 Jean-Luc Samyn Gasper S. MoscheraAlbert Davis118 M1:51.60$52,920G3
1983Sing Sing5Rolando Alvarado Jr. H. Allen Jerkens Sugartown Stable (Fred Papert)118 M1:50.20$33,483G3
1982Globe5 Mike Venezia Victor J. Nickerson Globe Syndicate (N. B. Hunt)118 M1:50.40$50,850G3
1981Irish Tower4 Jeffrey Fell Stanley M. Hough Malcolm Winfield118 M1:51.40$51,210G3
1980I'm It5Angel Santiago Bruce N. Levine Bruce N. Levine118 M1:50.40$52,290G3
1979Special Tiger4Mike VeneziaWilliam F. SchmittAlfred Fried Jr.118 M1:53.60$49,410G2
1978On The Sly5 Gregg McCarron Melvin W. Gross Balmak Stable (Mary Streit)118 M1:52.60$48,915G2
1977Turn and Count4 Steve Cauthen Frank "Pancho" Martin Sigmund Sommer 118 M1:50.60$49,590G2
1976 Royal Glint 6 Michael Hole Gordon R. Potter Dan Lasater 118 M1:49.20$49,725G2
1975Gold and Myrrh4 Walter Blum William B. WilmotWilliam F. Wilmot114 M2:01.60$50,895G2
1974 Prove Out 5 Jorge Velasquez H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 114 M2:01.20$50,625G2
1973Summer Guest4 Jacinto Vasquez J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 114 M2:01.60$52,110G2
1972 Droll Role 4 Eddie Maple Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 114 M2:02.40$50,085
1971Judgable4 Ron Turcotte Herbert NadlerSaul Nadler118 M1:49.60$51,420
1970 Arts and Letters 4 Braulio Baeza J. Elliott BurchRokeby Stable118 M1:48.40$55,022
1969Bushido3 Larry Adams Anthony J. LombardiSusan B. Fisher7 F 1:22.60$37,960
1968 Bold Hour 4 John L. Rotz Winbert F. Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 118 M1:48.80$55,250
1967Moontrip6 Angel Cordero Jr. Kay Erik Jensen Ewing Kauffman 118 M1:49.60$54,405
1966Selari4 Johnny Sellers Harold YoungValley Farm118 M1:50.40$54,697
1965Quita Dude5 Ismael Valenzuela William A. ReavisSidney B. Factor118 M1:49.40$55,282
1964Saidam5 Manuel Ycaza Max Hirsch Mrs. J. Deaver Alexander118 M1:48.40$53,527
1963Sunrise County4John L. RotzThomas J. Kelly Townsend B. Martin 118 M1:49.80$55,152
1962Ambiopoise4 Bobby Ussery Thomas M. Waller Robert Lehman 118 M1:49.00$55,770
1961Mail Order5Larry AdamsLarry H. Thompson Modie J. Spiegel 118 M1:50.20$56,420
1960 Sword Dancer 4 Eddie Arcaro J. Elliott Burch Brookmeade Stable 118 M1:49.60$44,800
1959Vertex5 Sam Boulemetis Joseph F. PiarulliFrank Brunetti & J. F. Piarulli118 M1:51.00$54,887
1958Oh Johnny5 William Boland Norman R. McLeodMrs. Wallace Gilroy118 M1:50.00$37,750
1957Kingmaker4Bobby Ussery Frank I. Wright Happy Hill Farm (Cortwright & Ella Wetherill)118 M1:48.20$39,400
1956 Nashua 4 Ted Atkinson James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 118 M1:50.60$37,100
1954- 1955Race not held
1953 Find 3 Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt 118 M1:50.20$44,700
1952 Tom Fool 3Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 118 M1:49.40$42,200
1951Cochise5 Ovie Scurlock Virgil W. Raines Brandyine Stable 118 M1:50.00$19,700
1950Lotowhite3Keith Stuart Frank S. Barnett Thomas G. Benson1116 M1:44.40$20,350
1949 Royal Governor 5Ovie Scurlock James E. Ryan Esther D. du Pont Weir 1116 M1:44.40$20,600
1948Race not held
1947 Assault 4 Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch King Ranch 118 M1:49.80$32,325
1946 Stymie 5 Hedley Woodhouse Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 118 M1:49.60$24,750
1945Stymie4 Robert Permane Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 118 M1:49.80$10,700
1944 First Fiddle 5 Johnny Longden Edward V. MulrenanMrs. Edward V. Mulrenan118 M1:49.60$12,400
1943 Boysy 7Joe Cavens Tommy Heard Jr. Tommy Heard Jr.118 M1:50.60$14,150
1942Marriage6Johnny LongdenRene A. CowardRoy A. Coward118 M1:52.00$13,600
1941Dit4 Alfred Robertson Max Hirsch W. Arnold Hanger 118 M1:51.40$8,075

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