Beverly Handicap
The Beverly Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1938 at Washington Park Race Track in the Chicago metropolitan area[1] and moved to Arlington Park in 1962.[2] A race for fillies and mares age three and older, the Beverly Handicap was run on dirt until 1965 when it was changed to a race on turf.
The race was run in two divisions in 1966.
In 1954, Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Adams won the Beverly Handicap on his fortieth birthday. Riding Good Call, he edged out runnerup Vixenfixit, ridden by his son, .[3]
In 1959, won the Beverly, setting an American record of 1:34.00 for a mile on dirt. Her record was equaled by the 1961 winner, Equifun.[4]
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance |
Time |
1970 | Blue Rage | 4 | Jorge Tejeira | Mrs. Russell L. Reineman | 1-1/8M | 1:47.80 | |
1969 | Pattee Canyon | 4 | Barbara Hunter | 1-1/8M | 1:48.60 | ||
1968 | Spire | 4 | Fernando Alvarez | Horatio Luro | George R. Wallace | 1M | 1:42.00 |
1967 | Margarethen | 5 | Jimmy Nichols | Ernest H. Woods | 1-1/8M | 1:50.80 | |
1966 | Short Fall | 4 | Raymond E. Karlinsky | 1-1/16M | 1:43.00 | ||
1966 | Margarethen | 4 | Jimmy Nichols | Ernest H. Woods | 1-1/16M | 1:43.00 | |
1965 | Swoonalong | 4 | E. Gay Drake | 1M | 1:35.60 | ||
1964 | Star Maggie | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Mr.& Mrs. John T. Jones | 1M | 1:37.80 | |
1963 | Patrol Woman | 4 | Jimmy Nichols | Mrs. Joseph A. Goodwin | 1M | 1:36.20 | |
1962 | Kootenai | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Barbara Hunter | 1-1/8M | 1:40.60 | |
1961 | Equifun | 5 | John E. Hughes | 1M | 1:34.00 | ||
1960 | Indian Maid | 4 | John L. Rotz | 1M | 1:36.80 | ||
1959 | 4 | Johnny Longden | Noble Threewitt | Conejo Ranch | 1M | 1:34.00 | |
1958 | 5 | Kenneth Church | J. Graham Brown | 1M | 1:35.80 | ||
1957 | Dotted Line | 4 | Jack Skelly | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1-1/8M | 1:49.40 |
1956 | Amoret | 4 | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8M | 1:49.60 |
1955 | Queen Hopeful | 4 | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | 1M | 1:35.40 | |
1954 | Good Call | 4 | John H. Adams | Fairway Farm | 1M | ||
1953 | Sunny Dale | 5 | William McKinley | Dave Piper | 1M | 1:36.00 | |
1952 | Real Delight | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1M | 1:34.80 |
1951 | Wistful | 5 | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1M | 1:35.80 |
1950 | Lithe | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Hal Price Headley | 1-1/8M | 1:50.20 | |
1949 | Bewitch | 4 | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1M | 1:34.40 |
1948 | Honeymoon | 5 | Jack Westrope | W-L Ranch Co. | 1M | 1:35.00 | |
1947 | Be Faithful | 5 | Jack Westrope | Mrs. E. E. Dale Shaffer | 1M | 1:38.00 | |
1946 | Be Faithful | 4 | Jack Westrope | Louis B. Mayer | 1-1/8M | 1:49.40 | |
1945 | Durazna | 4 | 1-1/8M | 1:51.40 | |||
1944 | Traffic Court | 6 | Al Bodlou | Nick Burger | 1-1/8M | 1:50.20 | |
1943 | 3 | George Woolf | Hal Price Headley | 1-1/8M | 1:51.00 | ||
1942 | Montsin | 5 | Frank Gill | Hyman Friedberg | 1M | 1:37.80 | |
1941 | Montsin | 5 | Hyman Friedberg | 1M | |||
1940 | Busy Morn | 5 | Kenneth McCombs | B. F. Masterson | 1M | 1:38.60 | |
1939 | Smart Trick | 3 | Jimmy Ashcroft | Jake Lowenstein | Morris Vehon | 1M,70YDS | 1:44.80 |
1938 | Novelette | 3 | Nunzio Pariso | Jake Lowenstein | Mrs. Jake Lowenstein | 1M,70YDS | 1:43.40 |
References[]
Categories:
- Discontinued horse races
- Horse races in Illinois
- Washington Park Race Track
- Arlington Park
- Recurring sporting events established in 1938
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1970
- 1938 establishments in Illinois
- 1970 disestablishments in Illinois