Southampton Handicap

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Southampton Handicap
Location Jamaica Race Course, Jamaica, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1904
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1 1/16 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds

The Southampton Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race first run on October 19, 1904 at Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, New York. A race for three-year-old horses it was contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth through to its last edition on May 10, 1932. There was no race held in 1908, 1910-1912, and 1914 due to the effects of the 1908 passage of the Hart-Agnew anti-betting legislation by the New York Legislature. [1]

Contents

For 1913 only, the Southampton Handicap was hosted by Belmont Park.

Records

Speed record: 1:44.00 – Samaritan 1924 ; Bright Steel 1925 (both on a track rated fast)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwner
Dist.
(Miles)
TimeWin $
1932Pompeius Lavelle Ensor Bennett W. Creech Bennett W. Creech1116 M1:46.80$3,925
1931Clock Tower Pete Walls Max Hirsch Morton L. Schwartz 1116 M1:45.00$4,100
1930CesareAlfred SchenkBennett W. Creech William R. Coe 1116 M1:46.40$4,050
1929BegorraDonald LyonsBennett W. CreechWilliam R. Coe1116 M1:44.60$4,200
1928Mowlee Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1116 M1:45.40$4,850
1927Premier Linus McAtee George M. Odom Aknusti Stable 1116 M1:45.60$5,650
1926NavigatorGeorge Ellis Clyde S. Phillips Greentree Stable 1116 M1:45.00$5,850
1925Bright Steel Frank Coltiletti John Johnson James Butler 1116 M1:44.00$5,600
1924Samaritan John Maiben Hollie Hughes Sanford Stud Farms 1116 M1:44.00$5,900
1923Carol John D. Mooney James E. Fitzsimmons Quincy Stable (James Francis Johnson)1116 M1:48.20$6,350
1922RelayClyde Ponce James E. Fitzsimmons Quincy Stable (James Francis Johnson)1116 M1:44.80$6,200
1921KnobbieJohn D. Mooney James E. Fitzsimmons Quincy Stable (James Francis Johnson)1116 M1:45.00$5,650
1920GladiatorNewton Barrett William J. Booth Redstone Stable 1116 M1:47.40$3,625
1919Purchase [2] Lawrence Lyke Sam HildrethSam Hildreth1116 M1:46.60$3,850
1918 Jack Hare Jr. Lawrence Lyke Frank D. Weir William E. Applegate1116 M1:47.20$2,825
1917 Hourless James Butwell Sam Hildreth August Belmont Jr. 1116 M1:45.60$3,625
1916 Spur Johnny Loftus John H. McCormack James Butler1116 M1:48.00$2,075
1915 The Finn George Byrne Edward W. Heffner Harry C. Hallenbeck1116 M146.40$2,325
1914Race not held
1913Strenuous [3] Kenneth Karrick William H. Karrick Oneck Stable 1116 M1:47.00$1,580
1910- 1912Race not held
1909May RiverA. Nicolai Thomas J. Healey Montpelier Stable 1116 M1:48.20$1,050
1908Race not held
1907Faust Guy Burns Frank E. BrownFrank E. Brown1116 M1:47.00$1,530
1906Hot Toddy Walter Miller Kimball PattersonW. Hopson Laudeman1116 M1:48.20$1,505
1905Gamara [4] W. G. PerrineRoger MintonMorris L. Hayman1116 M1:47.20$1,690
1904 Dolly Spanker Arthur Redfern Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 1116 M1:46.80$1,475

References

  1. "Penalties in the New York". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. "The Condensed History of the Southampton Handicap since 1904". Daily Racing Form @ University of Kentucky Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  3. "Flying Fairy Set Back: Captain Cassatt Loses A Stake As A Result Of His Jockeys Tactics.; His Filly Finishes First in Southampton Handicap, but Stewards Award Race to Strenuous". Daily Racing Form @ University of Kentucky Archives. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  4. "COY MAID WAS SET BACK AND GAMARA GOT RACE". The New York Times, Page 11. Retrieved 9 March 2025.