Nursery Handicap (Belmont Park)

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Nursery Stakes/Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationBelmont Park,
Elmont, New York, USA
Inaugurated1866
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds

The Nursery Stakes/Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run in New York State for the first time on October 1, 1866 at Jerome Park Racetrack. Following the closure of that track after New York City had announced its decision to build the Jerome Park Reservoir on the property, the race was taken over by the Morris Park Racecourse. When that track closed after the 1904 running, it was transferred to Belmont Park where it would remain until its final running on September 27, 1938.

Historical notes[]

The 1866 inaugural running of the Nursery Stakes was won by the filly Ruthless owned by whose son John would own the Morris Park Racecourse.[1] The following year Ruthless would win the first edition of the Belmont Stakes, a race that would become the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, ensuring her induction into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame.[2] Through 2020, Ruthless, Tanya (1905), and Rags to Riches (2007) are the only fillies to ever win the Belmont Stakes.[3]

Locations[]

  • 1866 - 1889: Jerome Park
  • 1890 - 1904: Morris Park
  • 1905 - 1938: Belmont Park

Distances[]

  • 1 mile 1866 - 1876
  • 3/4 mile 1877 - 1938

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 1:10.00 @ 6 furlongs: Dauber (1937)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners (1891-1938)[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time
 Win $
1938 Johnstown James Stout James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud Stable 6 f 1:10.60 $
1937 Dauber Ira Hanford John A. Healey Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 6 f 1:10.00 $
1936 Race not held
1935-1 Hollyrood Willie Saunders Hal Price Headley 6 f 1:11.00 $
1935-2 Coldstream Paul Keester (E. Dale Shaffer) 6 f 1:10.80 $
1934 Sound Advice James Rushton Barbara M. West 6 f 1:11.60 $2,445
1933 Kawagoe A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 6 f 1:11.20 $1,825
1932 Quel Jeu J. Long Arden Farms Stable 6 f 1:10.80 $3,600
1931 Faireno James E. Fitzsimmons Belair Stud Stable 6 f 1:11.20 $5,275
1930 Sunny Lassie R. J. Fisher Clyde Phillips Middleburg Stable (Helen Murphy Ziegler) 6 f 1:11.20 $6,450
1929 Flying Heels Willie Kelsay Henry McDaniel Gifford A. Cochran 6 f 1:11.00 $6,200
1928 Dr. Freeland John Maiben Thomas J. Healey Walter J. Salmon Sr. 6 f 1:14.60 $5,725
1927 Prate Sidney P. Hebert Clyde Phillips Greentree Stable 6 f 1:12.00 $6,100
1926 Osmand Earl Sande Joseph E. Widener 6 f 1:13.00 $5,975
1925 Bubbling Over Albert Johnson Herbert J. Thompson Idle Hour Farm Stable 6 f 1:11.40 $4,925
1924 Repulse Edward J. Legere William S. Walker John E. Madden 6 f 1:12.80 $6,175
1923 Infinite Mr. Smith William James McKnight Frederick Johnson 6 f 1:11.80 $3,750
1922 Cherry Pie Scott P. Harlan Greentree Stable 6 f 1:11.40 $4,950
1921 Snob II Clifford Robinson Hollie Hughes John Sanford 6 f 1:11.20 $4,650
1920 Hildur Clarence Kummer H. Guy Bedwell J. K. L. Ross 6 f 1:10.60 $4,925
1919 Dr. Clark Ted Rice James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 6 f 1:11.20 $3,600
1918 The Trump George Walls George Zeigler Beverwyck Stable (Frank J. Nolan) 6 f 1:11.00 $2,700
1917 Jack Hare Jr. Charles Peak Frank D. Weir William E. Applegate 6 f 1:11.40 $1,985
1916 Straight Forward John McTaggart Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 6 f 1:11.00 $1,645
1915 Whimsy John McTaggart Frank Regan Cleveland Stable (George W. Lebolt) 6 f 1:11.80 $1,065
1914 Sharpshooter Kenneth Karrick 6 f 1:12.00 $1,340
1914 No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law.
1913
1912 No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
1911
1909 Fauntleroy Joe McCahey Jim McLaughlin Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin 6 f 1:12.00 $1,060
1908 Trance Walter Miller George M. Odom George M. Odom 6 f 1:10.20 $6,650
1907 Dorante Herbert Sumter Frederick W. Forsythe 6 f 1:13.60 $8,200
1906 W. H. Daniel Joseph A. Jones Henry McDaniel Edmund S. Burke Jr. 6 f 1:11.80 $5,875
1905 Perverse Harry Payne Whitney 6 f 1:12.40 $6,950
1904 Pasadena Jim McLaughlin Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin 6 f 1:12.00 $4,825
1903 Jim McLaughlin Orville L. Richards 6 f 1:10.75 $7,125
1902 Jim McLaughlin Libby Curtis 6 f 1:12.50 $6,900
1901 King Hanover Nash Turner William C. Whitney 6 f 1:11.00 $6,735
1900 Bellario Fred Burlew Newton Bennington 6 f 1:10.20 $5,920
1899 King's Courier Clem J. Jenkins H. Eugene Leigh The Pepper Stable (Ella O. & James E. Pepper) 6 f 1:10.25 $6,560
1898 John Cunningham James Galway 6 f 1:12.25 $3,855
1897 Plaudit Robert "Tiny" Williams John E. Madden John E. Madden 6 f 1:13.00 $3,850
1896 Celoso Tod Sloan Frank M. Taylor Santa Anita Stable 6 f 1:14.00 $3,050
1895 Ben Brush Willie Simms Hardy Campbell Jr. Michael F. Dwyer 6 f 1:11.75 $2,787
1894 Brandywine Perry Belmont 6 f 1:12.00 $5,390
1893 Patrician Willie Simms Frank McCabe Philip J. Dwyer 6 f 1:13.00 $6,980
1892 Runyon Frank A. Ehret 6 f 1:13.00 $4,290
1891 Isaac Burns Murphy Fred C. McLewee 6 f 1:11.00 $13,880

References[]

  1. ^ "The Barbarous Battalion" (PDF). New York Breeder, page 41. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  2. ^ "1867 Belmont Stakes" (PDF). NYRA. 1867-06-19. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  3. ^ "Ruthless: The First Belmont Stakes Winner". America's Best Racing. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
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