Nursery Handicap (Belmont Park)

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Nursery Stakes/Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
Location Belmont Park,
Elmont, New York, USA
Inaugurated1866
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds

The Nursery Stakes/Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run in New York State for the first time on October 1, 1866 at Jerome Park Racetrack. Following the closure of that track after New York City had announced its decision to build the Jerome Park Reservoir on the property, the race was taken over by the Morris Park Racecourse. When that track closed after the 1904 running, it was transferred to Belmont Park where it would remain until its final running on September 27, 1938.

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Historical notes

The 1866 inaugural running of the Nursery Stakes was won by the filly Ruthless owned by Francis Morris whose son John would own the Morris Park Racecourse. [1] The following year Ruthless would win the first edition of the Belmont Stakes, a race that would become the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, ensuring her induction into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame. [2] Through 2020, Ruthless, Tanya (1905), and Rags to Riches (2007) are the only fillies to ever win the Belmont Stakes. [3]

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Records

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Winners (1891-1938)

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Win $
1938 Johnstown James Stout James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud Stable 6 f1:10.60$
1937 Dauber Ira Hanford John A. Healey Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 6 f1:10.00$
1936Race not held
1935-1Hollyrood Willie Saunders Duval A. Headley Hal Price Headley 6 f1:11.00$
1935-2ColdstreamPaul Keester Alex Gordon Coldstream Stud (E. Dale Shaffer)6 f1:10.80$
1934Sound Advice John Gilbert James RushtonBarbara M. West6 f1:11.60$2,445
1933Kawagoe Pete Walls A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 6 f1:11.20$1,825
1932Quel JeuJ. Long George M Odom Arden Farms Stable 6 f1:10.80$3,600
1931 Faireno Anthony Pascuma James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud Stable 6 f1:11.20$5,275
1930Sunny LassieR. J. Fisher Clyde Phillips Middleburg Stable (Helen Murphy Ziegler)6 f1:11.20$6,450
1929 Flying Heels Willie Kelsay Henry McDaniel Gifford A. Cochran 6 f1:11.00$6,200
1928 Dr. Freeland John Maiben Thomas J. Healey Walter J. Salmon Sr. 6 f1:14.60$5,725
1927PrateSidney P. Hebert Clyde Phillips Greentree Stable 6 f1:12.00$6,100
1926Osmand Earl Sande G. Hamilton Keene Joseph E. Widener 6 f1:13.00$5,975
1925 Bubbling Over Albert Johnson Herbert J. Thompson Idle Hour Farm Stable 6 f1:11.40$4,925
1924RepulseEdward J. LegereWilliam S. Walker John E. Madden 6 f1:12.80$6,175
1923InfiniteMr. SmithWilliam James McKnightFrederick Johnson6 f1:11.80$3,750
1922Cherry Pie Lawrence Lyke Scott P. Harlan Greentree Stable 6 f1:11.40$4,950
1921Snob IIClifford Robinson Hollie Hughes John Sanford 6 f1:11.20$4,650
1920Hildur Clarence Kummer H. Guy Bedwell J. K. L. Ross 6 f1:10.60$4,925
1919Dr. Clark Ted Rice James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 6 f1:11.20$3,600
1918The TrumpGeorge WallsGeorge ZeiglerBeverwyck Stable (Frank J. Nolan)6 f1:11.00$2,700
1917 Jack Hare Jr. Charles Peak Frank D. Weir William E. Applegate 6 f1:11.40$1,985
1916Straight Forward John McTaggart Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 6 f1:11.00$1,645
1915Whimsy John McTaggart Frank ReganCleveland Stable (George W. Lebolt)6 f1:11.80$1,065
1914SharpshooterKenneth Karrick William H. Karrick Schuyler L. Parsons 6 f1:12.00$1,340
1914No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law.
1913
1912No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1909Fauntleroy Joe McCahey Jim McLaughlin Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin 6 f1:12.00$1,060
1908Trance Walter Miller George M. Odom George M. Odom 6 f1:10.20$6,650
1907DoranteHerbert Sumter Raleigh Colston Jr. Frederick W. Forsythe6 f1:13.60$8,200
1906W. H. DanielJoseph A. Jones Henry McDaniel Edmund S. Burke Jr.6 f1:11.80$5,875
1905Perverse Willie Shaw John W. Rogers Harry Payne Whitney 6 f1:12.40$6,950
1904Pasadena Jack Martin Jim McLaughlin Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin 6 f1:12.00$4,825
1903 Race King Willie Gannon Jim McLaughlin Orville L. Richards6 f1:10.75$7,125
1902 Eugenia Burch Henry Spencer Jim McLaughlin Libby Curtis6 f1:12.50$6,900
1901King Hanover Nash Turner John W. Rogers William C. Whitney 6 f1:11.00$6,735
1900Bellario Milton Henry Fred Burlew Newton Bennington6 f1:10.20$5,920
1899King's CourierClem J. Jenkins H. Eugene Leigh The Pepper Stable (Ella O. & James E. Pepper)6 f1:10.25$6,560
1898 Ethelbert John Cunningham Edward Feakes James Galway 6 f1:12.25$3,855
1897 Plaudit Robert "Tiny" Williams John E. Madden John E. Madden 6 f1:13.00$3,850
1896Celoso Tod Sloan Frank M. Taylor Santa Anita Stable 6 f1:14.00$3,050
1895 Ben Brush Willie Simms Hardy Campbell Jr. Michael F. Dwyer 6 f1:11.75$2,787
1894Brandywine Henry F. Griffin John W. Rogers Perry Belmont 6 f1:12.00$5,390
1893Patrician Willie Simms Frank McCabe Philip J. Dwyer 6 f1:13.00$6,980
1892Runyon John Lamley Matthew M. Allen Frank A. Ehret6 f1:13.00$4,290
1891 Yorkville Belle Isaac Burns Murphy Matthew M. Allen Fred C. McLewee6 f1:11.00$13,880

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