Empire City Handicap
Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Empire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York, United States (1920-1942) Jamaica Race Course, Jamaica, New York, United States (1942-1953) |
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Inaugurated | 1920 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $50,000 (1953) |
The Empire City Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race inaugurated on October 22, 1900, as part of the opening day racecard at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York. Sometimes referred in newspaper reports as the Empire City Stakes, it was raced at the Empire City track through 1942 then the following year it moved to the Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, Queens where it remained until its final running on November 7, 1953.[1][2][3]
The first edition of the Empire City Handicap was open to horses age three and older. From 1937 until its final running in 1953, the race was restricted to three-year-old horses. There was no race run 1901-1906, and 1911-1913. That inaugural running was won by Charentus in a World record time of 2:04 flat for a mile and a quarter on dirt.[4]
During its tenure, the Empire City Handicap was contested at various distances:
- 1 mile : 1907
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 1908-1910, 1914–1922, 1934–1941
- 1+3⁄16 miles : 1942-1953
- 1+1⁄4 miles : 1900, 1923–1933
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1:50.00 @ 11⁄8 M : Swing And Sway (1941)
- 1:56.00 @ 13⁄16 M : Apache (1942)
- 2:03.00 @ 11⁄4 M : Sting (1924)
Most wins:
- 2 - (1926, 1927)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Laverne Fator (1922, 1925)
- 2 - Johnny Longden (1935, 1943)
- 2 - Nick Wall (1939, 1950)
- 2 - James Stout (1940, 1942)
- 2 - Eddie Arcaro (1944, 1949)
- 2 - Ted Atkinson (1945, 1952)
- 2 - Eric Guerin (1946, 1953)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - James E. Fitzsimmons (1930, 1932, 1934, 1940, 1942, 1946)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Belair Stud (1930, 1934, 1940, 1942, 1946)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
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1953 | Find | 3 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. | 13⁄16 M | 1:58.00 |
1952 | Tom Fool | 3 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:58.00 |
1951 | Counterpoint | 3 | Dave Gorman | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 13⁄16 M | 1:58.60 |
1950 | All At Once | 3 | Nick Wall | W. M. Lyons | John W. Nizlek | 13⁄16 M | 1:59.00 |
1949 | Palestinian | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Hirsch Jacobs | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.20 | |
1948 | Miss Request | 3 | Ovie Scurlock | James P. Conway | Florence Whitaker | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.40 |
1947 | Phalanx | 3 | Ruperto Donoso | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.80 |
1946 | Bonnie Beryl | 3 | Eric Guerin | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.80 |
1945 | Gallorette | 3 | Ted Atkinson | Edward A. Christmas | William L. Brann | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.80 |
1944 | Stir Up | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.20 |
1943 | Chop Chop | 3 | Johnny Longden | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.20 | ||
1942 | Apache | 3 | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.00 |
1941 | Swing And Sway | 3 | Don Meade | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.00 |
1940 | 3 | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄8 M | 1:53.00 | |
1939 | Lovely Night | 3 | Nick Wall | Henry McDaniel | Florence Clark | 11⁄8 M | 1:52.00 |
1938 | Stagehand | 3 | Jack Westrope | Earl Sande | Col. Maxwell Howard | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.00 |
1937 | Rex Flag | 3 | Robert Merritt | 11⁄8 M | 1:52.40 | ||
1936 | 4 | Russell Kastner | William Ziegler Jr. | 11⁄8 M | 1:52.60 | ||
1935 | Top Row | 4 | Johnny Longden | Albert A. Baroni | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.00 | |
1934 | Faireno | 5 | Silvio Coucci | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.80 |
1933 | Dark Secret | 4 | Wheatley Stable | 11⁄4 M | 2:05.00 | ||
1932 | Blenheim | 4 | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 11⁄4 M | 2:06.60 | |
1931 | Questionnaire | 4 | Raymond Workman | Edward J. Bennett | James Butler | 11⁄4 M | 2:07.00 |
1930 | Frisius | 4 | Whitey Abel | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄4 M | 2:06.00 |
1929 | Sun Edwin | 4 | Linus McAtee | Louis Feustel | Arden Farm | 11⁄4 M | 2:05.75 |
1928 | Recreation | 4 | Pete Goodwin | Robert A. Smith| | Jefferson Livingston | 11⁄4 M | 2:08.40 |
1927 | 5 | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry Sr. | 11⁄4 M | 2:08.00 | |
1926 | 4 | Harry Richards | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry Sr. | 11⁄4 M | 2:06.00 | |
1925 | Mad Play | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 11⁄4 M | 2:08.00 |
1924 | Sting | 3 | Jimmy Johnson | James Butler | 11⁄4 M | 2:03.00 | |
1923 | 5 | Earl Sande | Scott P. Harlan | Westmont Stable | 11⁄4 M | 2:05.40 | |
1922 | Grey Lag | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 11⁄8 M | 1:54.00 |
1921 | Yellow Hand | 4 | Charles H. Miller | Charles A. Stoneham | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.00 | |
1920 | Naturalist | 6 | Clarence Turner | Joseph E. Widener | 11⁄8 M | 1:53.00 | |
1919 | Lanius | 8 | Johnny Loftus | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.80 |
1918 | Roamer | 7 | Andrew Miller | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.00 | ||
1917 | Spur | 4 | Willie Knapp | James Butler | 11⁄8 M | 1:56.60 | |
1916 | Short Grass | 8 | Emil Herz | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.20 | ||
1915 | Gainer | 4 | James G. Rowe Sr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.60 | |
1914 | Buckhorn | 5 | Joe McCahey | Roderick J. Mackenzie | 11⁄8 M | 1:54.00 | |
1913 | Race not held | ||||||
1912 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | ||||||
1911 | |||||||
1910 | Dalmatian | 3 | George Archibald | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.00 |
1909 | Maltbie | 4 | Stanley B. Page | James Gass | George Reif | 11⁄8 M | 1:53.80 |
1908 | Pinkola | 3 | William H. Fizer | William H. Fizer | 11⁄8 M | 1:54.80 | |
1907 | Prince Ahmed | 3 | Walter Ott | John C. Ferris Jr. | John C. Ferris Jr. | 10⁄0 M | 1:40.60 |
1900 | 6 | Jim McLaughlin | Orville L. Richards | 11⁄4 M | 2:04.00 |
References[]
[citation needed]
- ^ "Naturalist Sets Pace All The Way". The New York Times. 1920-07-20. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "Tom Fool Outruns Marcador By Head". The New York Times. 1952-11-09. p. 1 Sports Section. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "Jamaica Charts (Empire City Meeting)". Brooklyn Daily Eagle, page 26. 1953-11-08. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "Hangs Up New World's Record". Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXVIII, Number 22. 1900-10-23. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- 1900 establishments in New York (state)
- 1900 in sports in New York (state)
- 1953 disestablishments in New York (state)
- 1953 in sports in New York City
- 20th century in Queens
- Defunct sports competitions in the United States
- Discontinued horse races
- Empire City Race Track
- Horse races in New York (state)
- Jamaica Race Course
- Open middle distance horse races
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1953
- Recurring sporting events established in 1900
- Sports competitions in New York City