Ladies Stakes
Non-graded stakes race | |
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Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1868 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 Mile 70 yards (8.32 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies and Mares, four-years-old & up |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | $100,000 |
The Ladies Handicap is a historic American Thoroughbred horse race for Fillies and Mares four years of age and older that is held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Inaugurated at the Jerome Park Racetrack in 1868, it is the oldest stakes race in the U.S. exclusively for fillies and mares. An unlisted stakes race, it is currently run on New Year's Day (or near enough) and currently offers a purse of $100,000 added.[1] From its beginnings in 1868 through 1912 the race was restricted to three-year-old fillies then from 1913 through 1938, it was made open to fillies of any age. Since 1939, it has been open to older fillies and mares. There was no race in 1895 and also none in 1911 and 1912, as New York ban on parimutuel betting shut down all racing in the state. In 2006, the race was not run due to the shortage of entrants and as a result of NYRA financial reorganization, neither was it run in 2009.
The Ladies Handicap has been won by some notable females in American racing history including Hall of Fame inductees Firenze, Miss Woodford, Beldame, Maskette, Top Flight and Shuvee.
The Ladies Handicap has also been run at:
- Jerome Park Racetrack :1868–1890
- Morris Park Racecourse : 1890–1904
- Belmont Park : 1905–1958, 1960
Since inception, it has been raced at various distances:
- 1 mile and 70 yards : 2016, 2017
- 1 mile and five furlongs : 1868–1874
- 1 mile and 1 furlong : 1889, 1892, 2010–2015, 2018–present
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 2010–2015
- 1,400 yards : 1890–1891
- 1+1⁄16 miles : 1893–1894
- 1 mile : 1896–1939
- 1+5⁄16 miles : 1961–1962
- 1+1⁄2 miles : 1874–1885, 1940–1958, 1960, 1963, 1964
- 1+1⁄4 miles : 1965–2008
Records
Speed record:
- 2:01.40 – Transient Trend (1995) and Bastonera II (1976) at the previous 1+1⁄4 mile distance
Most wins:
- Black Maria (1926, 1927)
- Strolling Belle (1999, 2000)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 – August Belmont (1872, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1889)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 – Ángel Cordero Jr. (1968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1988)
Winners of the Ladies Handicap since 1940
Earlier winners
- 1939 – Red Eye
- 1938 – Idle Miss
- 1937 – Genie Palantine
- 1936 – Rust
- 1935 – Vicaress
- 1934 – Coequel
- 1933 – White Lies
- 1932 – Top Flight
- 1931 – Valenciennes
- 1930 – Snowflake
- 1929 – Lace
- 1928 – Twitter
- 1927 – Black Maria
- 1926 – Black Maria
- 1925 – Whetstone
- 1924 – Relentless
- 1923 – Solisa
- 1922 – Many Smiles
- 1921 – Pen Rose
- 1920 – Milkmaid
- 1919 – Salvestra
- 1918 – Eyelid
- 1917 – Rhine Maiden
- 1916 – Celandria
- 1915 – Addie M.
- 1914 – Flying Fairy
- 1913 – Flamma
- 1910 – Ocean Bound
- 1909 – Maskette
- 1908 – Stamina
- 1907 – Yankee Girl
- 1906 – Perverse
- 1905 – Flinders
- 1904 – Beldame
- 1903 – Girdle
- 1902 – Blue Girl
- 1901 – Janice
- 1900 – Oneck Queen
- 1899 – Prestidigitatrice
- 1898 – Geisha
- 1897 – Divide
- 1896 – Intermission
- 1895 – no race
- 1894 – Nahma
- 1893 – Naptha
- 1892 – Yorkville Belle
- 1891 – Castalia
- 1890 – Sinaloa II
- 1889 – Fides
- 1888 – Bella B.
- 1887 – Firenze
- 1886 – Bandala
- 1885 – Miss Palmer
- 1884 – Duchess
- 1883 – Miss Woodford
- 1882 – Hiawasse
- 1881 – Aella
- 1880 – Carita
- 1879 – Ferida
- 1878 – Invermoor
- 1877 – Idalia
- 1876 – Sultana
- 1875 – Olitipa
- 1874 – Bonaventure
- 1873 – Katie Please
- 1872 – Victoria
- 1871 – Nellie Gray
- 1870 – Annette
- 1869 – Tasmania
- 1868 – Bonnie Braes
- In 1974, Poker Night won the race, but was disqualified and set back to second.
- In 1970, Manta won the race, but was disqualified and set back to second.
References
- ^ "Ladie Handicap". NYRA. 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2019-04-19.