Ungraded race | |
Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1902 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+3⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | US$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).
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.
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.
Speed record: (at distance of 1+3⁄16 miles)
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Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Gr. |
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2023 | Law Professor | 5 | Manuel Franco | Rob Atras | Twin Creeks Racing Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:51.00 | |
2022 | No Race | |||||||
2021 | Forewarned | 6 | Dexter Haddock | Uriah St.Lewis | Uriah St.Lewis | 1-1/8 | 1:51.90 | |
2020 | Backsideofthemoon | 8 | Jose Lezcano | Rudy R. Rodriguez | Repole Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.72 | |
2019 | Stan The Man | 5 | Dylan Davis | John P. Terranova II | Long Lake Stable LLC | 1-1/8 | 1:50.72 | |
2018 | Name Changer | 5 | David Cohen | Alan E. Goldberg | Colts Neck Stables LLC | 1-1/8 | 1:53.87 | |
2017 | Zanotti | 4 | Jorge A. Vargas Jr. | Juan Carlos Guerrero | Ten Strike Racing | 1-1/8 | 1:51.64 | |
2016 | War Story | 4 | Antonio A. Gallardo | Mario Serey Jr. | Loooch Racing Stables & Imaginary Stables et al. | 1-1/8 | 1:52.56 | |
2015 | Financial Modeling | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Klaravich Stables/William Lawrence | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | |
2014 | Micromanage | 4 | Manuel Franco | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:51.76 | |
2013 | Jonesy Boy | 4 | Rajiv Maragh | Kelly Breen | George & Lori Hall | 1-1/8 | 1:52.02 | |
2012 | San Pablos | 4 | Chris DeCarlo | Todd Pletcher | Burning Sands Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:51.84 | |
2011 | Ron the Greek | 4 | Junior Alvarado | Bill Mott | Brous Stable/Wachtel Stable/Hammer | 1-3/16 | 1:56.84 | G3 |
2010 | More Than a Reason | 5 | Eddie Castro | Randy Persaud | Anthony Calabrese | 1-3/16 | 1:57.69 | G3 |
2009 | Rodman | 4 | Javier Castellano | Michael E. Hushion | Barry K. Schwartz | 1-3/16 | 1:57.00 | G3 |
2008 | Researcher | 4 | Mike Luzzi | Jeff C. Runco | Rutledge Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:55.87 | G3 |
2007 | Evening Attire | 9 | Edgar Prado | Patrick J. Kelly | T. J. Kelly/Joseph & Mary Grant | 1-3/16 | 1:58.01 | G3 |
2006 | Magna Graduate | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Elisabeth Alexander | 1-3/16 | 1:55.19 | G3 |
2005 | Philanthropist | 4 | Eibar Coa | Claude R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:56.99 | G3 |
2004 | Classic Endeavor | 6 | Aaron Gryder | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Sullivan Lane, Scuderi | 1-3/16 | 1:57.13 | G3 |
2003 | Thunder Blitz | 5 | Jorge F. Chavez | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Stronach Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:55.90 | G3 |
2002 | Snake Mountain | 4 | José A. Santos | James A. Jerkens | Berkshire Stud, et al. | 1-3/16 | 1:56.84 | G3 |
2001 | Evening Attire | 3 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Patrick J. Kelly | Mary Grant | 1-3/16 | 1:55.08 | G3 |
2000 | Boston Party | 4 | Norberto Arroyo Jr. | Leonard Imperio | Ann Fostock | 1-3/16 | 1:56.32 | G3 |
1999 | Early Warning | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Todd Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:55.03 | G3 |
1998 | Fire King | 5 | Frank Lovato Jr. | Michael E. Hushion | Schwartz & Hauman | 1-3/16 | 1:56.88 | G3 |
1997 | Mr. Sinatra | 3 | Richard Migliore | Gasper Moschera | Barbara J. Davis | 1-3/16 | 1:55.68 | G3 |
1996 | Topsy Robsy | 4 | Paula-Keim Bruno | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:55.30 | G3 |
1995 | Aztec Empire | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:55.56 | G3 |
1994 | Federal Funds | 5 | Dennis Carr | Murray M. Garren | Murray M. Garren | 1-3/16 | 1:56.42 | G3 |
1993 | Repletion | 4 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Bud C. Hatfield | 1-3/16 | 1:44.35 | G3 |
1992 | Shots Are Ringing | 5 | John Velazquez | Peter Ferriola | Jewel E. Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:54.90 | G3 |
1991 | Nome | 5 | Eddie Maple | Peter Ferriola | James Riccio | 1-3/16 | 1:56.00 | G3 |
1990 | Sport View | 3 | Craig Perret | D. Wayne Lukas | Edward A. Cox Jr. | 1-3/16 | 1:57.00 | G3 |
1989 | Its Academic | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Luis Barrera | Marcus Vogel | 1-3/16 | 1:58.00 | G3 |
1988 | Lay Down | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1-3/16 | 1:57.20 | G3 |
1987 | Personal Flag | 4 | Randy Romero | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 1-3/16 | 1:59.00 | G3 |
1986 | Pine Belt | 4 | Eddie Maple | George R. Arnold II | Loblolly Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:57.20 | G3 |
1985 | Late Act | 6 | Eddie Maple | Robert Reinacher | Greentree Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:55.80 | G3 |
1984 | Puntivo | 4 | Robbie Davis | Edward I. Kelly | Kalmia Hill Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:58.00 | G3 |
1983 | Country Pine | 3 | Jerry Bailey | Lou Rondinello | Daniel M. Galbreath | 1-3/16 | 1:58.00 | G3 |
1982 | Bar Dexter | 5 | Jeffrey Fell | Lou Mondello | Woodside Stud | 1-3/16 | 1:58.20 | G3 |
1981 | French Cut | 4 | Don MacBeth | Robert DeBonis | Gertrude A. Martin | 1-3/16 | 1:56.40 | |
1980 | Fool's Prayer | 5 | Jorge Velásquez | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:56.00 | |
1979 | Dewan Keys | 4 | Eddie Maple | Philip G. Johnson | Joseph O. Morrissey | 1-3/16 | 1:56.80 | G3 |
1978 | Cum Laude Laurie | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Lou Rondinello | Daniel M. Galbreath | 1-3/16 | 1:55.80 | G3 |
1977 | Cox's Ridge | 3 | Eddie Maple | Joseph B. Cantey | Loblolly Stable | 1-3/16 | 1:55.80 | G3 |
1976 | It's Freezing | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | Anthony L. Basile | Bwamazon Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:56.60 | G3 |
1975 | Hail The Pirates | 5 | Ron Turcotte | Lou Rondinello | Daniel M. Galbreath | 1-3/16 | 1:55.60 | G3 |
1974 | Free Hand | 4 | Jose Amy | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1-3/16 | 1:55.00 | G2 |
1973 | True Knight | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | 1-3/16 | 1:55.00 | G2 |
1972 | Sunny And Mild | 3 | Michael Venezia | W. Preston King | Harry Rogosin | 1-3/16 | 1:54.40 | |
1971 | Red Reality | 5 | Jorge Velásquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | |
1970 | Best Turn | 4 | Larry Adams | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | |
1969 | Vif | 4 | Larry Adams | Clarence Meaux | Harvey Peltier Sr. | 1-1/8 | 1:49.20 | |
1968 | Irish Dude | 4 | Sandino Hernandez | Jack Bradley | Richard W. Taylor | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | |
1967 | Mr. Right | 4 | Heliodoro Gustines | Evan S. Jackson | Cheray Duchin | 1-1/8 | 1:49.60 | |
1966 | Amberoid | 3 | Walter Blum | Lucien Laurin | Reginald N. Webster | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | |
1965 | Prairie Schooner | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | James W. Smith | High Tide Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.20 | |
1964 | Third Martini | 5 | William Boland | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:50.60 | |
1963 | Uppercut | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | Willard C. Freeman | William Harmonay | 1-1/8 | 1:35.40 | |
1962 | Grid Iron Hero | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Laz Barrera | Emil Dolce | 1 mile | 1:34.00 | |
1961 | Manassa Mauler | 5 | Braulio Baeza | Pancho Martin | Emil Dolce | 1 mile | 1:36.20 | |
1960 | Cranberry Sauce | 3 | Heliodoro Gustines | Walter A. Kelley | Elmendorf Farm | 1 mile | 1:36.20 | |
1959 | Whitley | 4 | Eric Guerin | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger | 1 mile | 1:36.40 | |
1958 | Oh Johnny | 5 | William Boland | Norman R. McLeod | Mrs. Wallace Gilroy | 1-1/16 | 1:43.40 | |
1957 | Bold Ruler | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:42.80 | |
1956 | Blessbull | 5 | Willie Lester | Woody Stephens | Morris Sims | 1-1/16 | 1:42.00 | |
1955 | Fabulist | 4 | Ted Atkinson | William C. Winfrey | High Tide Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:43.60 | |
1954 | Find | 4 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1-1/16 | 1:44.00 | |
1953 | Flaunt | 4 | Sidney Cole | Hubert W. Williams | Arnold Skjeveland | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | |
1952 | County Delight | 5 | Dave Gorman | James E. Ryan | Rokeby Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:43.60 | |
1951 | Sheilas Reward | 4 | Ovie Scurlock | Eugene Jacobs | Mrs. Louis Lazare | 1-1/16 | 1:44.60 | |
1950 | Three Rings | 5 | Hedley Woodhouse | Willie Knapp | Mrs. Evelyn L. Hopkins | 1-1/16 | 1:44.60 | |
1949 | Three Rings | 4 | Ted Atkinson | Willie Knapp | Mrs. Evelyn L. Hopkins | 1-1/16 | 1:47.40 | |
1948 | Knockdown | 5 | Ferril Zufelt | Tom Smith | Maine Chance Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:44.60 | |
1947 | Gallorette | 5 | Job Dean Jessop | Edward A. Christmas | William L. Brann | 1-1/16 | 1:45.40 | |
1946 | Helioptic | 4 | Paul Miller | Harris B. Brown | William Goadby Loew | 1-1/16 | 1:43.20 | |
1945 | Olympic Zenith | 4 | Conn McCreary | William M. Booth | William G. Helis | 1-1/16 | 1:45.60 | |
1944 | First Fiddle | 5 | Johnny Longden | Edward Mulrenan | Mrs. Edward Mulrenan | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | |
1943 | The Rhymer | 5 | Conn McCreary | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:45.00 | |
1942 | Waller | 4 | Billie Thompson | A. G. "Bob" Robertson | John C. Clark | 1-1/16 | 1:44.00 | |
1941 | Salford II | 5 | Don Meade | not found | Ralph B. Strassburger | 1-1/16 | 1:44.20 | |
1940 | He Did | 7 | Eddie Arcaro | J. Thomas Taylor | W. Arnold Hanger | 1-1/16 | 1:43.20 | |
1939 | Lovely Night | 3 | Johnny Longden | Henry McDaniel | Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark | 1 mile | 1:36.40 | |
1938 | War Admiral | 4 | Charles Kurtsinger | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 1 mile | 1:36.80 | |
1937 | Snark | 4 | Johnny Longden | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1 mile | 1:37.40 | |
1936 | Good Gamble | 4 | Sam Renick | Joseph H. Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1 mile | 1:37.20 | |
1935 | King Saxon | 4 | Calvin Rainey | Charles Shaw | Charles H. Knebelkamp | 1 mile | 1:37.20 | |
1934 | Singing Wood | 3 | Robert Jones | James W. Healy | Liz Whitney | 1 mile | 1:38.60 | |
1933 | Kerry Patch | 3 | Robert Wholey | Joseph A. Notter | Lee Rosenberg | 1 mile | 1:38.00 | |
1932 | Halcyon | 4 | Hank Mills | T. J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1 mile | 1:38.00 | |
1931 | Halcyon | 3 | G. Rose | T. J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1 mile | 1:38.40 | |
1930 | Kildare | 4 | John Passero | Norman Tallman | Newtondale Stable | 1 mile | 1:38.60 | |
1929 | Comstockery | 3 | Sidney Hebert | Thomas W. Murphy | Greentree Stable | 1 mile | 1:39.60 | |
1928 | Kentucky II | 4 | George Schreiner | Max Hirsch | A. Charles Schwartz | 1 mile | 1:38.80 | |
1927 | Light Carbine | 4 | James McCoy | Michael Joseph Dunleavy | Ira B. Humphreys | 1 mile | 1:36.80 | |
1926 | Macaw | 3 | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1 mile | 1:37.00 | |
1925 | Mad Play | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1 mile | 1:36.60 | |
1924 | Mad Hatter | 8 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1 mile | 1:36.60 | |
1923 | Zev | 3 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1 mile | 1:37.00 | |
1922 | Grey Lag | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1 mile | 1:38.00 | |
1921 | John P. Grier | 4 | Frank Keogh | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1 mile | 1:36.00 | |
1920 | Cirrus | 4 | Lavelle Ensor | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1 mile | 1:38.00 | |
1919 | Star Master | 5 | Merritt C. Buxton | Walter B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber | 1 mile | 1:37.60 | |
1918 | Roamer | 7 | Lawrence Lyke | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller | 1 mile | 1:36.60 | |
1917 | Old Rosebud | 6 | Frank Robinson | Frank D. Weir | F. D. Weir & Hamilton C. Applegate | 1 mile | 1:37.60 | |
1916 | Short Grass | 8 | Frank Keogh | not found | Emil Herz | 1 mile | 1:36.40 | |
1915 | Roamer | 4 | James Butwell | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller | 1 mile | 1:39.20 | |
1914 | Flying Fairy | 4 | Tommy Davies | J. Simon Healy | Edward B. Cassatt | 1 mile | 1:42.20 | |
1913 | No Race | |||||||
1912 | No Race | |||||||
1911 | No Race | |||||||
1910 | Arasee | 5 | Buddy Glass | Andrew G. Blakely | Samuel Emery | 1 mile | 1:39.80 | |
1909 | No Race | |||||||
1908 | Jack Atkin | 4 | Phil Musgrave | Herman R. Brandt | Barney Schreiber | 1 mile | 1:39.00 | |
1907 | W. H. Carey | 4 | George Mountain | James Blute | Richard F. Carman | 1 mile | 1:40.00 | |
1906 | Ram's Horn | 4 | L. Perrine | W. S. "Jim" Williams | W. S. "Jim" Williams | 1 mile | 1:39.40 | |
1905 | St. Valentine | 4 | William Crimmins | John Shields | Alexander Shields | 1 mile | 1:39.20 | |
1904 | Rosetint | 4 | Tommy Burns | James Boden | John Boden | 1 mile | 1:39.20 | |
1903 | Yellow Tail | 6 | Willie Shaw | Henry E. Rowell | John Hackett | 1m, 70 yd | 1:45.20 | |
1902 | Margravite | 4 | Otto Wonderly | M. Wolfe | Charles Fleischmann Sons | 1m, 70 yd | 1:46.00 |
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