Tidal Handicap

Last updated
Tidal Handicap
Discontinued Grade 2 stakes race
Location Belmont Park,
Elmont, New York
United States
Inaugurated1964
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1-3/8 miles (11 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree years old & up
Purse US$100,000

The Tidal Handicap was an American Grade 2 Thoroughbred horse race on turf run from 1964 thru 1993. A race for horses age three and older, it was inaugurated on July 18, 1964 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. It remained there thru 1974 after which it was transferred to Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

Contents

From inception, the Tidal Handicap was run in late June or early July until 1991 when it was moved to a run date in mid-October. [1]

The Tidal Handicap was the third of Belmont Park's four major summer grass races for older horses. The unofficial series began with the Red Smith Handicap (G2) in early June, followed by the Bowling Green Handicap (G1) in mid-June, and finished with the Sword Dancer Handicap (G1) at the end of July. [2]

Historical notes

The 1964 inaugural running at Aqueduct Racetrack was won by Master Dennis under jockey Fernando Alvarez for future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Burley Parke and owner Harbor View Farm, the stable that in 1978 would win the U.S. Triple Crown series. [3]

The 1966 winner Assagai went on to be voted that year's American Champion Male Turf Horse. [4]

Fort Marcy, a multiple National Champion runner, including 1970 American Horse of the Year honors, and a future Hall of Fame inductee for the Rokeby Stables of Paul Mellon, became the first horse to win the Tidal Handicap more than once. He did it for the first time in 1967 on a soft Aqueduct course with future Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte aboard. [5] Carrying high weight, Fort Marcy won it for the second time in 1969 and again over a course soft enough that it resulted in a very slow winning time. This time his jockey was Manny Yacaza, another future Hall of Fame inductee. In the winner's circle, legendary Big Band leader Duke Ellington presented a trophy to each of Fort Marcy's team made up of owner Paul Mellon, one of only five people made an Exemplar of Racing, jockey Ycaza and trainer J. Elliott Burch, a future Hall of Fame inductee and a son and grandson of Hall of Fame trainers. [6] [7]

William Haggin Perry's Tiller would be the only other horse to win the Tidal Handicap twice. Trained by David Whiteley, Tiller came into the July 2, 1978 Tidal Handicap having broken the Belmont Park turf course record with a time of 2:13 flat for the mile and three-eighths in the June 17 Bowling Green Handicap. Tiller was ridden in that race by future Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Jeffrey Fell who was also aboard for his win in the Tidal Handicap. [8] Tiller got his second win in the Tidal in 1980 under jockey Ruben Hernandez. [1]

Trainer Jose Martin, son of U.S. Hall of Fame trainer Pancho Martin of Sham fame, got his first stakes win in a New York Racing Association event when he won the 1973 Tidal Handicap with Jogging. [9]

Noble Dancer broke the Belmont Park course record in winning the 1977 Tidal Handicap. He was ridden by Steve Cauthen whose win was his first ever in a race on grass. A future U.S. Hall of Fame inductee, in 1978 Cauthen would win the U.S. Triple Crown aboard Affirmed. [10]

In 1984, the Tidal Handicap was won by a horse named Win. The race was run over the Belmont Park dirt track after rainy weather resulted in track officials determining the turf course to be unsafe. Trained by Sally Bailie, Win apparently liked the dirt as he beat the closest horse to him by 11 lengths. [11]

The Tidal Handicap of 1986 was won by Darby Dan Farm's Proud Truth. [1] In 1985 Proud Truth had won the Breeders' Cup Classic. [12]

With Approval came into the 1990 Tidal Handicap as the prior year's Canadian Triple Crown winner and Canada's Horse of the Year. The future Canadian Hall of Fame inductee did not disappoint, getting an easy win. [13] [14] Reporting on his performance, the New York Times said "With Approval confirmed his standing as the best grass horse in the East this year." [15]

Records

Speed record:

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
Grade
Win
$
1993Mio Robertino4 Walter Guerra Nicholas Zito Robert Perez1-3/8 m2:17.82$71,280G2
1992Revasser3 Thierry Jarnet Andre Fabre Juddmonte Farms 1-3/8 m2:14.52$74,280G2
1991Passagere du Soir4 Mike E. Smith Andre Fabre Paul de Moussac 1-3/8 m2:15.30$74,760G2
1990 With Approval 4 Craig Perret Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1-3/8 m2:12.23$52,560G2
1989Three Engines4 Jean-Luc Samyn Michael J. KellyAdele L. Rand1-3/8 m2:15.67$72,840G2
1988Glaros6 Robbie Davis Thomas Skiffington Jr. Mandysland Farm (Richard Eamer)1-3/8 m2:16.40$103,140G2
1987Dance of Life4 Randy Romero MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stables 1-3/8 m2:16.00$105,840G2
1986 Proud Truth 4 Jorge Velasquez John M. Veitch Darby Dan Farm 1-3/8 m2:13.00G2
1985Who's For Dinner6 Angel Cordero Jr. Jan H. Nerud Tartan Stable 1-3/8 m2:15.40$89,460G2
1984 Win †4 Antonio Graell Sally A. Bailie Sally A. Bailie, Frederick Ephraim, Paul Cornman1-3/8 m2:18.60$73,200G2
1983 Hush Dear 5 Jean-Luc Samyn J. Elliott Burch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 1-3/8 m2:12.80G2
1982 Nijinsky's Secret 4 Jeffrey Fell William J. Hirsch Jr. Hedley McDougald 1-3/8 m2:12.60G2
1981Masked Marvel5 Angel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Sr. Wildenstein Stable 1-3/8 m2:13.20$34,980G2
1980 Tiller 6 Ruben Hernandez David A. Whiteley William Haggin Perry 1-3/8 m2:12.80$34,200G2
1979Golden Reserve5 Jean-Luc Samyn Michael Kay G. Watts Humphrey 1-3/8 m2:13.20$33,150G2
1978 Tiller 4 Jeffrey Fell David A. Whiteley William Haggin Perry 1-3/8 m2:13.00G2
1977 Noble Dancer 5 Steve Cauthen Thomas J. Kelly Spring Hill Stable (Haakon Fretheim)1 3/8 m2:12.60G2
1976Erwin Boy5 Ron Turcotte James P. Conway Sea High Stable (Erwin Finsterwald & Fred Baum)1-3/8 m2:16.00$35,100G2
1975Brigand4 Heliodoro Gustines Leonard Imperio Nelson Bunker Hunt 1-3/8 m2:13.80$34,950G2
1974 Halo 5 Jorge Velasquez MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stable 1-3/16 m1:55.00$35,310G2
1973Jogging6 Angel Cordero Jr. Jose A. Martin Phillip Wise1-3/16 m1:53.40$34,920G2
1972 Droll Role 4 Eddie Maple Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 1-3/16 m1:54.00$35,460
1971 Run The Gantlet 3 Robert Woodhouse J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1 3/16 m1:51.60$36,600
1970Mr. Leader4 Chuck Baltazar MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stable 1-1/8 m1:49.80$40,040
1969 Fort Marcy 5 Manuel Ycaza J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1-1/8 m1:55.20$37,895
1968More Scents4 Angel Cordero Jr. Philip G. Johnson Meadowhill Stable (Morton Rosenthal & Alfred Green)1-1/8 m1:47.60$38,220
1967 Fort Marcy 3 Ron Turcotte J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stables 1-1/8 m1:52.20$37,365
1966 Assagai 3 Larry Adams MacKenzie Miller Charles W. Engelhard Jr. 1-1/8 m1:49.00$38,805
1965Or et Argent4 Robert Ussery Wayne StuckiColin Campbell1-1/8 m1:49.40$38,155
1964Master Dennis4Fernando Alvarez Burley Parke Harbor View Farm 1-1/8 m1:49.00$18,785

Related Research Articles

The Sheepshead Bay Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares ages four-years-old and older run over a distance of one and three-eighth miles on the turf scheduled annually in early May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

The Lexington Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses run between 1961 and 2007. A race on turf, the event was run at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York from inception through 1976 after which it was moved permanently to Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

Johren (1915–1932) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United States. His most important win came in the 1918 Belmont Stakes.

The Fort Marcy Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older run over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the turf annually in early May at Belmont Park, in Elmont, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $150,000 added.

The Gallant Fox Handicap is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race in New York City which was run annually from 1939 through 2009. Hosted by the now defunct Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, Queens from inception through 1957, it was then moved to Aqueduct Racetrack in the Borough of Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The race was open to horses age three and older and although contested on dirt at various distances for the most part it was a longer distance race.

Run the Gantlet (1968–1986) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and noted sire.

Jean-Luc Samyn is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

George M. Odom

George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer.

Personality (1967–1990) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted 1970 American Horse of the Year honors.

John Elliott Burch was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Four of his horses were inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Johnny D. is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred in Virginia by Miss Peggy Augustus and raced under the Dana Bray banner as his owner. He finished racing with a record of 7-2-6 in 17 starts with career earnings of $371,256. Johnny D. was best known for his wins in the grade one Washington, D.C. International Stakes and the grade one Turf Classic Invitational Stakes. Although he raced for several years, 1977 is when he won all but his maiden race including his two grade one turf races. That same year he was named the country's top grass equine by being voted 1977 American Champion Male Turf Horse honors.

He's A Smoothie was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion and Hall of Fame racehorse who set track records on both dirt and turf. Bred and raced by William R. Beasley, his sire was the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table. His dam was Ratine, a daughter of Bahram, the Aga Khan's 1935 British Triple Crown champion. A successful sire of two British Classic winners, Bahram was purchased in 1940 by an American syndicate led by Alfred G. Vanderbilt II, who brought him to stand at stud in Maryland.

Jeffrey J. Fell is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.

Tiller was an American thoroughbred racehorse. Racing mainly on turf he won sixteen of his forty races between February 1977 and September 1980. He was not a champion, but won many important races and defeated many of the best racehorses of his era including Exceller and John Henry.

The Sysonby Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1946 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Placed on hiatus after the 1959 edition, the race was revived in 1967 at Aqueduct Racetrack where it would run one last time. An event for horses of either sex age three and older, it was run on dirt over a distance of a mile through 1958 then the following year increased to a mile and a quarter. For the final running in 1967 it became a sprint race of seven furlongs.

The Huron Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run between 1901 and 1940 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Raced on dirt, it was run at a distance of 1 3/16 miles with the exception of 1914 when the distance was set at 1 1/4 miles.

William Henry "Harry" Blaylock was a jockey in Thoroughbred racing who met with success both in the United States and his native Canada. In 1893 he won the Queen's Plate which became Canada's most important race and is the oldest continuously run race for Thoroughbred horses in North America.

The Roamer Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. It was open to three-year-old horses of either sex and contested on dirt over a distance of 9.5 furlongs. Run forty-three times, the first ten editions were held between 1944 and 1958 at Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, Queens, New York.

Jumping Hill was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred by George Pope Jr. at his El Peco Ranch in Madera and successfully raced by him in England and the United States.

Win (1980-2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse purchased for $8,000 as a two-year-old that would retire from racing having earned more than $1.4 million.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tidal Handicap". Equibase Co LLC. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Horse Racing; Upset in the Tidal For Three Engines". New York Times, Section 8, page 5. 1989-07-09. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  3. ↑ "Master Dennis Captures Tidal". New York Daily News, page 144. 1964-07-19. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  4. ↑ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Fort Marcy, $7, Wins Tidal Handicap". New York Times, Section Sports, page 143. 1967-07-30. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  6. ↑ "Fort Marcy Is Victor in Tidal Handicap at Aqueduct". New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1969-07-27. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  7. ↑ J. Elliott Burch at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Archived July 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Tiller Romps at Belmont". New York Times, page 10. 1978-07-03. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  9. ↑ "Jose Martin,Trainer of Groovy, Dies at 63". Bloodhorse.com. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  10. ↑ "Cauthen Gets 'Triple' Again at Belmont". New York Times, page 33. 1977-06-30. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  11. ↑ "Slew o' Gold To Make '84 Debut Today". New York times, Section C, page 9. 1984-07-02.
  12. ↑ "Event By Year". Breederscup.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  13. ↑ "With Approval". Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. 1993-12-01. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  14. ↑ "With Approval coasts in Tidal 'Cap". Louisville Courier-Journal. 1990-07-08. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  15. ↑ "With Approval Wins". New York Times, Section 8, page 4. 1990-07-08. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.