Potomac Handicap

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Potomac Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
Location Havre de Grace Racetrack
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Inaugurated1914-1948
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
TrackDirt, left-handed
QualificationThree-years-old

The Potomac Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in the latter part of September at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Open to three-year-old horses, it was raced on dirt at a distance of a mile-and-a-sixteenth.

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First run at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, it was restricted to two-year-olds and run at a distance of one mile. The 1918 running was won by Calumet Farm's two-year-old colt, Be Frank, ridden by Lavelle Ensor. The following year the race moved to the Havre de Grace Racetrack and was changed to an event for three-year-olds and set at a distance of a mile-and-a-sixteenth.

The Potomac Handicap was won by four National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductees including 1919 U.S. Triple Crown winner Sir Barton and Man o' War who won the 1920 edition. Despite being assigned highweight of 138 pounds, Man o' War set a new Havre de Grace track record for a mile-and-a-sixteenth.

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Records

Speed record: (3-year-olds)

Speed record: (2-year-olds)

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
1948Seven League3Mike BasileJames Radney Elizabeth Good Augustus 118 M1:52.80
1947Loyal Legion3 Albert Snider Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords Sr. 118 M1:50.60
1946Blue Yonder3 Albert Snider James Radney Elizabeth Good Augustus 118 M1:56.60
1945British Buddy3Johnny BreenJames McGeeMorris Wexler118 M1:51.40
1944Megogo3Ken Scawthorn John A. Healey Christiana Stable 1116 M1:49.60
1943Son of Peace3 Billie Thompson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 118 M1:52.60
1942Aletern3Jimmy ThornburgJack SkirvinAlwin C. Ernst1116 M1:47.20
1941Boston Man3 Ted Atkinson George L. ArvinH. Teller Archibald1116 M1:45.80
1940 Mioland 3 Carroll Bierman Tom Smith Charles S. Howard 1116 M1:46.60
1939Third Degree3 Wayne D. Wright John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1116 M1:44.80
1938 Menow 3 Raymond Workman Duval A. Headley Hal Price Headley 1116 M1:44.00
1937Heelfly3 George Woolf Lemuel T. WhitehillThomas Painter Morgan1116 M1:45.20
1936Tatterdemalion3 Jack Westrope Thomas J. Healey Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 1116 M1:44.80
1935Good Gamble3 Sam Renick Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1116 M1:45.40
1934 Discovery 3 John Bejshak Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1116 M1:45.20
1933Sun Archer3 Pete Walls Jack Whyte Willis Sharpe Kilmer 1116 M1:44.80
1932 Dark Secret 3 Hank Mills James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 1116 M1:45.40
1931Tambour3 Frank Coltiletti Preston M. Burch Preston M. Burch 1116 M1:45.20
1930Spinach3 Alfred Robertson Clyde S. Phillips William Ziegler Jr. 1116 M1:47.40
1929 Rose of Sharon 3Charles E. Allen Daniel E. Stewart Johnson N. Camden Jr. 1116 M1:46.40
1928 Sun Beau 3 John Craigmyle William Short Willis Sharpe Kilmer 1116 M1:46.00
1927Jock3 Eddie Ambrose John F. Schorr Edward B. McLean 1116 M1:44.60
1926 Chance Play 3 Earl Sande G. Hamilton Keene Log Cabin Stable 1116 M1:47.00
1925Senalado3Edgar Barnes Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 1116 M1:46.20
1924Donaghee3Fred Sharpe Joseph P. Smith James W. Bean1116 M1:46.20
1923Dunlin3 Chick Lang J. Woods Garth Joshua S. Cosden 1116 M1:49.00
1922Lucky Hour3 Andy Schuttinger Roy Waldron Lexington Stable 1116 M1:46.60
1921 Tryster 3 Frank Coltiletti James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 1116 M1:46.40
1920 Man o' War 3 Clarence Kummer Louis Feustel Glen Riddle Farm 1116 M1:44.80
1919 Sir Barton 3Tommy Nolan H. Guy Bedwell J. K. L. Ross 1116 M1:46.40
1918Be Frank2 Lavelle Ensor William Jennings Jr. Calumet Stable (Cornelius M. Garrison)1 M1:39.20
1917Recount2 Andy Schuttinger A. J. Goldsborough Andrew Miller 1 M1:41.60
1916Bondage2R. Ball Clyde S. Phillips James Arthur1 M1:40.00
1915King Neptune2 Clarence Turner B. B. LarrickJohn S. Tyree1 M1:43.20
1914Sharpshooter2Kenneth Karrick William H. Karrick Schuyler L. Parsons1 M1:39.40

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