Queens County Handicap

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Queens County Handicap
Ungraded race
Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1902
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website www.nyra.com/aqueduct/Stakes/QueensCounty.shtml
Race information
Distance1+38 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$125,000 (2016)

The Queens County Handicap is an American Ungraded Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of December at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to horses age three years and older, it is contested on dirt at a distance of one and three-sixteenths miles (9.5 furlongs).

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Inaugurated in 1902, the Queens County Handicap is one of America's oldest races still running. It was hosted by Belmont Park in 1946 and at the old Jamaica Racetrack in Jamaica, Queens, New York from 1956 to 1958. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

The Queens County is, like many races at Aqueduct, named for a New York City borough. Queens is the borough that includes the Aqueduct race track. It is also the largest of New York City's five boroughs.

There was no race run in 1909, and from 1911 through 1913. The race, once a graded stakes, has lost that status.

Historical notes

In winning the 1916 Queens County Handicap, Short Grass set a new United States record of 1:36 2/5 for one mile over a dirt course with a turn. [1]

In 2001, three-year-old Evening Attire won the race. Six years later he came back to win it again at age nine, making him the oldest horse to ever win the Queens County Handicap.

Records

Speed record: (at distance of 1+316 miles)

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
Gr.
2023Law Professor5 Manuel Franco Rob AtrasTwin Creeks Racing Stables1-1/81:51.00
2022No Race
2021Forewarned6Dexter HaddockUriah St.LewisUriah St.Lewis1-1/81:51.90
2020Backsideofthemoon8 Jose Lezcano Rudy R. Rodriguez Repole Stable 1-1/81:50.72
2019Stan The Man5Dylan DavisJohn P. Terranova IILong Lake Stable LLC1-1/81:50.72
2018Name Changer5 David Cohen Alan E. Goldberg Colts Neck Stables LLC1-1/81:53.87
2017Zanotti4Jorge A. Vargas Jr.Juan Carlos GuerreroTen Strike Racing1-1/81:51.64
2016 War Story 4 Antonio A. Gallardo Mario Serey Jr. Loooch Racing Stables & Imaginary Stables et al.1-1/81:52.56
2015 Financial Modeling 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Klaravich Stables/William Lawrence1-1/81:49.60
2014 Micromanage 4 Manuel Franco Todd Pletcher Repole Stable 1-1/81:51.76
2013Jonesy Boy4 Rajiv Maragh Kelly Breen George & Lori Hall1-1/81:52.02
2012San Pablos4 Chris DeCarlo Todd Pletcher Burning Sands Stable1-1/81:51.84
2011 Ron the Greek 4 Junior Alvarado Bill Mott Brous Stable/Wachtel Stable/Hammer1-3/161:56.84G3
2010More Than a Reason5 Eddie Castro Randy Persaud Anthony Calabrese 1-3/161:57.69G3
2009Rodman4 Javier Castellano Michael E. Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 1-3/161:57.00G3
2008Researcher4 Mike Luzzi Jeff C. RuncoRutledge Farm1-3/161:55.87G3
2007 Evening Attire 9 Edgar Prado Patrick J. Kelly T. J. Kelly/Joseph & Mary Grant1-3/161:58.01G3
2006Magna Graduate4 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Elisabeth Alexander 1-3/161:55.19G3
2005Philanthropist4 Eibar Coa Claude R. McGaughey III Phipps Stable 1-3/161:56.99G3
2004Classic Endeavor6 Aaron Gryder Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Sullivan Lane, Scuderi1-3/161:57.13G3
2003Thunder Blitz5 Jorge F. Chavez Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Stronach Stable 1-3/161:55.90G3
2002Snake Mountain4 José A. Santos James A. Jerkens Berkshire Stud, et al.1-3/161:56.84G3
2001 Evening Attire 3 Shaun Bridgmohan Patrick J. Kelly Mary Grant1-3/161:55.08G3
2000Boston Party4 Norberto Arroyo Jr. Leonard Imperio Ann Fostock1-3/161:56.32G3
1999Early Warning4 Jorge F. Chavez Todd Pletcher Dogwood Stable 1-3/161:55.03G3
1998Fire King5 Frank Lovato Jr. Michael E. Hushion Schwartz & Hauman1-3/161:56.88G3
1997Mr. Sinatra3 Richard Migliore Gasper Moschera Barbara J. Davis1-3/161:55.68G3
1996Topsy Robsy4Paula-Keim Bruno H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1-3/161:55.30G3
1995Aztec Empire5 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1-3/161:55.56G3
1994Federal Funds5 Dennis Carr Murray M. GarrenMurray M. Garren1-3/161:56.42G3
1993Repletion4 Mike E. Smith William I. Mott Bud C. Hatfield1-3/161:44.35G3
1992Shots Are Ringing5 John Velazquez Peter Ferriola Jewel E. Stable1-3/161:54.90G3
1991Nome5 Eddie Maple Peter Ferriola James Riccio1-3/161:56.00G3
1990Sport View3 Craig Perret D. Wayne Lukas Edward A. Cox Jr.1-3/161:57.00G3
1989Its Academic5 Jerry D. Bailey Luis Barrera Marcus Vogel1-3/161:58.00G3
1988Lay Down4 Jean-Luc Samyn Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 1-3/161:57.20G3
1987 Personal Flag 4 Randy Romero Claude R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1-3/161:59.00G3
1986Pine Belt4 Eddie Maple George R. Arnold II Loblolly Stable 1-3/161:57.20G3
1985Late Act6 Eddie Maple Robert Reinacher Greentree Stable 1-3/161:55.80G3
1984Puntivo4 Robbie Davis Edward I. Kelly Kalmia Hill Stable1-3/161:58.00G3
1983Country Pine3 Jerry Bailey Lou Rondinello Daniel M. Galbreath 1-3/161:58.00G3
1982Bar Dexter5 Jeffrey Fell Lou Mondello Woodside Stud1-3/161:58.20G3
1981French Cut4 Don MacBeth Robert DeBonisGertrude A. Martin1-3/161:56.40
1980Fool's Prayer5 Jorge Velásquez Lou Rondinello Darby Dan Farm 1-3/161:56.00
1979Dewan Keys4 Eddie Maple Philip G. Johnson Joseph O. Morrissey1-3/161:56.80G3
1978Cum Laude Laurie4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Lou Rondinello Daniel M. Galbreath 1-3/161:55.80G3
1977 Cox's Ridge 3 Eddie Maple Joseph B. Cantey Loblolly Stable 1-3/161:55.80G3
1976It's Freezing4 Jacinto Vásquez Anthony L. Basile Bwamazon Farm 1-3/161:56.60G3
1975Hail The Pirates5 Ron Turcotte Lou Rondinello Daniel M. Galbreath 1-3/161:55.60G3
1974Free Hand4 Jose Amy Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer 1-3/161:55.00G2
1973True Knight4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Lou Rondinello Darby Dan Farm 1-3/161:55.00G2
1972Sunny And Mild3 Michael Venezia W. Preston KingHarry Rogosin1-3/161:54.40
1971Red Reality5 Jorge Velásquez MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 1-1/81:49.60
1970Best Turn4 Larry Adams Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm 1-1/81:50.00
1969Vif4 Larry Adams Clarence Meaux Harvey Peltier Sr. 1-1/81:49.20
1968Irish Dude4Sandino HernandezJack BradleyRichard W. Taylor1-1/81:49.60
1967Mr. Right4 Heliodoro Gustines Evan S. Jackson Cheray Duchin 1-1/81:49.60
1966 Amberoid 3 Walter Blum Lucien Laurin Reginald N. Webster 1-1/81:50.60
1965Prairie Schooner4 Eddie Belmonte James W. Smith High Tide Stable1-1/81:50.20
1964Third Martini5 William Boland H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1-1/81:50.60
1963Uppercut4 Manuel Ycaza Willard C. Freeman William Harmonay1-1/81:35.40
1962Grid Iron Hero3 Manuel Ycaza Laz Barrera Emil Dolce1 mile1:34.00
1961Manassa Mauler5 Braulio Baeza Pancho Martin Emil Dolce1 mile1:36.20
1960Cranberry Sauce3 Heliodoro Gustines Walter A. Kelley Elmendorf Farm 1 mile1:36.20
1959Whitley4 Eric Guerin Max Hirsch W. Arnold Hanger 1 mile1:36.40
1958Oh Johnny5 William Boland Norman R. McLeod Mrs. Wallace Gilroy1-1/161:43.40
1957 Bold Ruler 3 Eddie Arcaro James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 1-1/161:42.80
1956 Blessbull 5 Willie Lester Woody Stephens Morris Sims1-1/161:42.00
1955Fabulist4 Ted Atkinson William C. Winfrey High Tide Stable1-1/161:43.60
1954Find4 Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1-1/161:44.00
1953Flaunt4 Sidney Cole Hubert W. Williams Arnold Skjeveland1-1/161:44.20
1952County Delight5 Dave Gorman James E. Ryan Rokeby Stable 1-1/161:43.60
1951 Sheilas Reward 4 Ovie Scurlock Eugene Jacobs Mrs. Louis Lazare1-1/161:44.60
1950 Three Rings 5 Hedley Woodhouse Willie Knapp Mrs. Evelyn L. Hopkins1-1/161:44.60
1949 Three Rings 4 Ted Atkinson Willie Knapp Mrs. Evelyn L. Hopkins1-1/161:47.40
1948Knockdown5 Ferril Zufelt Tom Smith Maine Chance Farm 1-1/161:44.60
1947 Gallorette 5 Job Dean Jessop Edward A. Christmas William L. Brann 1-1/161:45.40
1946Helioptic4 Paul Miller Harris B. Brown William Goadby Loew 1-1/161:43.20
1945Olympic Zenith4 Conn McCreary William M. Booth William G. Helis 1-1/161:45.60
1944First Fiddle5 Johnny Longden Edward Mulrenan Mrs. Edward Mulrenan1-1/161:44.20
1943The Rhymer5 Conn McCreary John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1-1/161:45.00
1942Waller4 Billie Thompson A. G. "Bob" RobertsonJohn C. Clark1-1/161:44.00
1941Salford II5 Don Meade not found Ralph B. Strassburger 1-1/161:44.20
1940He Did7 Eddie Arcaro J. Thomas Taylor W. Arnold Hanger 1-1/161:43.20
1939Lovely Night3 Johnny Longden Henry McDaniel Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark 1 mile1:36.40
1938 War Admiral 4 Charles Kurtsinger George Conway Glen Riddle Farm 1 mile1:36.80
1937 Snark 4 Johnny Longden James E. Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 1 mile1:37.40
1936Good Gamble4 Sam Renick Joseph H. Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1 mile1:37.20
1935 King Saxon 4Calvin RaineyCharles Shaw Charles H. Knebelkamp 1 mile1:37.20
1934 Singing Wood 3 Robert Jones James W. Healy Liz Whitney 1 mile1:38.60
1933Kerry Patch3 Robert Wholey Joseph A. Notter Lee Rosenberg1 mile1:38.00
1932Halcyon4 Hank Mills T. J. Healey C. V. Whitney 1 mile1:38.00
1931Halcyon3G. Rose T. J. Healey C. V. Whitney 1 mile1:38.40
1930Kildare4 John Passero Norman TallmanNewtondale Stable1 mile1:38.60
1929Comstockery3 Sidney Hebert Thomas W. Murphy Greentree Stable 1 mile1:39.60
1928Kentucky II4 George Schreiner Max Hirsch A. Charles Schwartz1 mile1:38.80
1927 Light Carbine 4 James McCoy Michael Joseph DunleavyIra B. Humphreys1 mile1:36.80
1926Macaw3 Linus McAtee James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 1 mile1:37.00
1925Mad Play4 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1 mile1:36.60
1924 Mad Hatter 8 Earl Sande Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1 mile1:36.60
1923 Zev 3 Earl Sande Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1 mile1:37.00
1922 Grey Lag 4 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1 mile1:38.00
1921 John P. Grier 4 Frank Keogh James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 1 mile1:36.00
1920Cirrus4 Lavelle Ensor Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 1 mile1:38.00
1919Star Master5 Merritt C. Buxton Walter B. Jennings A. Kingsley Macomber 1 mile1:37.60
1918 Roamer 7 Lawrence Lyke A. J. Goldsborough Andrew Miller 1 mile1:36.60
1917 Old Rosebud 6 Frank Robinson Frank D. Weir F. D. Weir & Hamilton C. Applegate1 mile1:37.60
1916 Short Grass 8 Frank Keogh not foundEmil Herz1 mile1:36.40
1915 Roamer 4 James Butwell A. J. Goldsborough Andrew Miller 1 mile1:39.20
1914Flying Fairy4 Tommy Davies J. Simon Healy Edward B. Cassatt 1 mile1:42.20
1913No Race
1912No Race
1911No Race
1910Arasee5 Buddy Glass Andrew G. Blakely Samuel Emery1 mile1:39.80
1909No Race
1908Jack Atkin4 Phil Musgrave Herman R. Brandt Barney Schreiber1 mile1:39.00
1907W. H. Carey4 George Mountain James Blute Richard F. Carman 1 mile1:40.00
1906Ram's Horn4L. PerrineW. S. "Jim" WilliamsW. S. "Jim" Williams1 mile1:39.40
1905St. Valentine4 William Crimmins John Shields Alexander Shields1 mile1:39.20
1904Rosetint4 Tommy Burns James Boden John Boden1 mile1:39.20
1903Yellow Tail6 Willie Shaw Henry E. RowellJohn Hackett1m, 70 yd1:45.20
1902Margravite4 Otto Wonderly M. Wolfe Charles Fleischmann Sons 1m, 70 yd1:46.00

See also

Notes

  1. "SHORT GRASS SETS NEW MILE RECORD; Wins Queens County Handicap in 1:36 2-5, Beating Former American Mark and Roamer. CAMPFIRE TAKES JUVENILE. Wilson's Two-Year-Old is First in the Great American ;- 10,000 Persons at Aqueduct. SHORT GRASS SETS NEW MILE RECORD". The New York Times. 2 July 1916.

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