Empire City Handicap
| Defunct stakes race | |
| Location |
Empire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York, United States (1920-1942) Jamaica Racetrack, Jamaica, New York, United States (1942-1953) |
|---|---|
| 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 | $50000 (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 Racetrack in Jamaica, Queens where it remained until its final running on November 7, 1953.
First run in 1900, 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.
During its tenure, the Empire City Handicap has been 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
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Find | 3 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:58.00 |
| 1952 | Tom Fool | 3 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:58.00 |
| 1951 | Counterpoint | 3 | Dave Gorman | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:58.60 |
| 1950 | All At Once | 3 | Nick Wall | not found | John W. Nizlek | nf |
| 1949 | Palestinian | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Hirsch Jacobs | Isadore Bieber | 1:57.20 |
| 1948 | Miss Request | 3 | Ovie Scurlock | James P. Conway | Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker | 1:57.40 |
| 1947 | Phalanx | 3 | Ruperto Donoso | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:57.80 |
| 1946 | Bonnie Beryl | 3 | Eric Guerin | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:56.80 |
| 1945 | Gallorette | 3 | not found | Edward A. Christmas | William L. Brann | 1:56.80 |
| 1944 | Stir Up | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:56.20 |
| 1943 | Chop Chop | 3 | Johnny Longden | Harris Brown | Barclay K. Douglas | 1:57.20 |
| 1942 | Apache | 3 | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:56.00 |
| 1941 | Swing And Sway | 3 | Don Meade | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:50.00 |
| 1940 | Fenelon | 3 | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:53.00 |
| 1939 | Lovely Night | 3 | Nick Wall | Henry McDaniel | Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark | 1:52.00 |
| 1938 | Stagehand | 3 | Jack Westrope | Earl Sande | Col. Maxwell Howard | 1:51.00 |
| 1937 | Rex Flag | 3 | Robert Merritt | John P. Jones | Louise Viau | 1:52.40 |
| 1936 | Esposa | 4 | Russell Kastner | Matthew P. Brady | William Ziegler, Jr. | 1:52.60 |
| 1935 | Top Row | 4 | Johnny Longden | Albert A. Baroni | Albert A. Baroni | 1:51.00 |
| 1934 | Faireno | 5 | Silvio Coucci | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:51.80 |
| 1933 | Dark Secret | 4 | not found | George Tappen | Wheatley Stable | 2:05.00 |
| 1932 | Blenheim | 4 | Hank Mills | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:06.60 |
| 1931 | Questionnaire | 4 | Raymond Workman | Edward J. Bennett | James Butler | 2:07.00 |
| 1930 | Frisius | 4 | Albert Abel | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:06.00 |
| 1929 | Sun Edwin | 4 | Linus McAtee | Louis Feustel | Arden Farm | 2:05.75 |
| 1928 | Recreation | 4 | Pete Goodwin | Robert A. Smith | Jefferson Livingston | 2:08.40 |
| 1927 | Peanuts | 5 | Harold Thurber | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry, Sr. | 2:08.00 |
| 1926 | Peanuts | 4 | Harry Richards | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry, Sr. | 2:06.00 |
| 1925 | Mad Play | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 2:08.00 |
| 1924 | Sting | 3 | Benjamin Breuning | Jimmy Johnson | James Butler | 2:03.00 |
| 1923 | Tryster | 5 | Earl Sande | Scott P. Harlan | Westmont Stable | 2:05.40 |
| 1922 | Grey Lag | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:54.00 |
| 1921 | Yellow Hand | 4 | Walter Miller | A. J. Goldsborough | Charles A. Stoneham | 1:51.00 |
| 1920 | Naturalist | 6 | Clarence Turner | Thomas Welsh | Joseph E. Widener | 1:53.00 |
| 1919 | Lanius | 8 | Johnny Loftus | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:51.80 |
| 1918 | Roamer | 7 | Lawrence Lyke | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller | 1:51.00 |
| 1917 | Spur | 4 | Willie Knapp | James H. McCormick | James Butler | 1:56.60 |
| 1916 | Short Grass | 8 | Frank Keogh | not found | Emil Herz | 1:51.20 |
| 1915 | Gainer | 4 | Tommy McTaggart | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:51.60 |
| 1914 | Buckhorn | 5 | Joe McCahey | not found | R. J. Mackenzie | 1:54.00 |
| 1911 -1913 |
no race | |||||
| 1910 | Dalmatian | 3 | Archibald | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1:51.00 |
| 1909 | Maltbie | 4 | Page | not found | George Reif | 1:53.80 |
| 1908 | Pinkola | 3 | James Butler | not found | W. H. Fizer | 1:54.80 |
| 1907 | Prince Ahmed | 3 | W. Ott | J. C. Ferris, Jr. | J. C. Ferris, Jr. | 1:40.60 |
| 1900 | Charentus | 6 | Willie Shaw | Jim McLaughlin | O. L. Richards | 2:04.00 |
References
- July 15, 1920 New York Times article on the inaugural running of the Empire City Handicap
- November 8, 1953 Hartfoird Courant newspaper article on the Empire City Handicap
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