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Horse race
The Manhattan Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race raced annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York . It is named for Manhattan , the principal borough of the City of New York . Currently offering a purse of $1,000,000, the Grade I Manhattan Handicap is open to 4-year-olds & up, and is run on turf over the classic distance of 1+ 1 ⁄4 miles.
Inaugurated in 1887 at the now defunct Morris Park Racetrack in The Bronx , New York , in 1905 the race was moved to Belmont Park . It was contested on dirt from inception through 1970, and again in 1977, 1979 and 1988. The race was hosted by Aqueduct Racetrack in 1959 and 1961, plus between 1963 and 1967.
There was no race held in 1897 and 1909 to 1913. Large fields in 1971, 1972, 1975 and 1977 saw the race divided into two divisions.
Since 1994, the race has been run on the undercard of the final leg of the U.S. Triple Crown , the Belmont Stakes .
Over the years, the Manhattan Handicap has been set at a variety of distances:
1887-1896, 1978 to present : 1+ 1 ⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)
1898-1908 : six furlongs
1914-1915 : seven furlongs
1916-1932 : 1 mile
1933-1958, 1960, 1962, 1963–1964, 1968–1969, 1977 : 1+ 1 ⁄2 miles (12 furlongs)
1961 : 1+ 5 ⁄16 miles (11 furlongs)
1959, 1965-1967 : 1+ 5 ⁄8 miles (13 furlongs)
1970 to 1976 : 1+ 3 ⁄8 miles (11 furlongs)
Records
Speed record:
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Most wins by an owner:
Winners
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2017
Ascend
5
Jose Ortiz
Graham Motion
Stone Farm, Madaket Stables
1:59.97
2016
Flintshire (GB)
6
Javier Castellano
Chad C. Brown
Juddmonte Farms
1:58.92
2015
Slumber (GB)
7
Irad Ortiz, Jr
Chad C. Brown
Dubb/Sheep Pond/Bethlehem Stables
2:01.23
2014
Real Solution
5
Javier Castellano
Chad C. Brown
Ken & Sarah Ramsey
1:59.27
2013
Point of Entry
5
John Velazquez
Claude R. McGaughey III
Phipps Stable
2:02.55
2012
Desert Blanc (GB)
4
Ramon Dominguez
Chad C. Brown
Swift, Vintage, Bradley Thoroughbreds/Mackie Racing
1:59.65
2011
Mission Approved
7
Jose Espinoza
Naipaul Chatterpaul
Naipaul Chatterpaul
2:06.32
2010
Winchester
5
Cornelio Velasquez
Christophe Clement
Bertram & Diana Firestone
1:59.46
2009
Gio Ponti
4
Garrett Gomez
Christophe Clement
Castleton Lyons
2:02.91
2008
Dancing Forever
5
Rene Douglas
C. R. McGaughey III
Phipps Stable
1:59.62
2007
Better Talk Now
8
Ramon A. Dominguez
H. Graham Motion
Bushwood Stable
2:02.39
2006
Cacique
5
Edgar Prado
Robert J. Frankel
Juddmonte Farms
2:04.10
2005
Good Reward
4
Jerry D. Bailey
C. R. McGaughey III
Phipps Stable
2:00.69
2004
Meteor Storm
5
Jose Valdivia, Jr.
Wallace Dollase
Horizon Stable
1:59.34
2003
Denon
5
Jerry D. Bailey
Robert J. Frankel
E. A. Gann & Flaxman Stb
2:14.16
2002
Beat Hollow
5
Alex Solis
Robert J. Frankel
Juddmonte Farms
2:01.29
2001
Forbidden Apple
6
Corey Nakatani
Christophe Clement
Arthur I. Appleton
2:00.77
2000
Manndar
4
Jerry D. Bailey
C. Beau Greely
Columbine Stable
1:59.61
1999
Yagli
6
Jerry D. Bailey
William I. Mott
Allen E. Paulson
1:58.48
1998
Chief Bearhart
5
Jose A. Santos
Mark Frostad
Sam-Son Farm
1:58.25
1997
Ops Smile
5
Robbie Davis
William Boniface
Karp Warfield et al.
1:59.00
1996
Diplomatic Jet
4
Jorge Chavez
James E. Picou
Fred W. Hooper
2:00.14
1995
Awad
5
Eddie Maple
David G. Donk
Ryehill Farm
1:58.57
1994
Paradise Creek
5
Pat Day
William I. Mott
Nishiyama Masayuki
1:57.79
1993
Star of Cozzene
5
Jose A. Santos
Mark A. Hennig
Team Valor
1:58.89
1992
Sky Classic
5
Pat Day
James E. Day
Sam-Son Farm
2:02.42
1991
Academy Award
5
Art Madrid, Jr.
Richard A. DeStasio
Peter E. Blum
1:59.78
1990
Phantom Breeze
4
Mike E. Smith
William I. Mott
Bertram R. Firestone
2:02.00
1989
Milesius
5
Richard Migliore
Thomas Skiffington
Virginia Kraft Payson
2:00.00
1988
Milesius
4
Chris Antley
Richard J. Lundy
Virginia Kraft Payson
2:04.00
1987
Silver Voice
4
Julio Pezua
Angel Penna, Jr.
Lazy F Farm
2:01.00
1986
Danger's Hour
4
Jerry D. Bailey
MacKenzie Miller
Rokeby Stable
2:02.00
1985
Cool
4
Jacinto Vasquez
Angel Penna, Jr.
Pin Oak Farm
2:02.00
1984
Win
4
Antonio Graell
Sally A. Bailie
Fredrick Ephraim
2:00.00
1983
Acaroid
5
Angel Cordero, Jr.
Jan H. Nerud
Tartan Stable
2:00.00
1982
Sprink
4
Jimmy Miranda
Gene Colandonato
Irving Paparo
2:01.00
1981
Match The Hatch
5
Jean-Luc Samyn
Philip G. Johnson
Kathy M. Johnson
2:03.00
1980
Morold
5
Eddie Maple
Michael J. Doyle
George C. Frostad
2:00.20
1979
Fluorescent Light
4
Jeffrey Fell
Angel Penna, Sr.
Ogden Mills Phipps
2:04.00
1978
Fabulous Time
4
Angel Cordero, Jr.
John W. Russell
Ogden Mills Phipps
2:01.40
1977
Gentle King
4
Steve Cauthen
W. Preston King
Canam East Stable
2:28.00
1977
Gallivantor
5
Steve Cauthen
Joseph A. Trovato
Jack R. Hogan
2:28.00
1976
Caucasus
4
Fernando Toro
Charlie Whittingham
Cardiff Stock Farm
2:14.40
1975
Salt Marsh
4
Eddie Maple
Thomas J. Kelly
Brookmeade Stable
2:16.60
1975
Snow Knight
4
Jorge Velasquez
MacKenzie Miller
Windfields Farm
2:16.20
1974
Golden Don
4
Jean Cruguet
Kay Erik Jensen
Archie Donaldson
2:19.80
1973
London Company
3
Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Leroy Jolley
Chance Hill Farm
2:15.60
1972
Star Envoy
4
Jorge Velasquez
Everett W. King
Lloyd I. Miller
2:13.00
1972
Ruritania
3
Ron Turcotte
John M. Gaver, Sr.
Greentree Stable
2:14.00
1971
Happy Way
4
Heliodoro Gustines
Nick Combest
Clinton LaGrosa
2:16.00
1971
Big Shot II
6
Jorge Tejeira
Pancho Martin
Sigmund Sommer
2:16.40
1970
Shelter Bay
4
Robert Woodhouse
Flint S. Schulhofer
Tartan Stable
2:14.60
1969
Harem Lady
5
Eddie Belmonte
H. Allen Jerkens
Hobeau Farm
2:30.20
1968
Quicken Tree
5
Bill Hartack
Clyde Turk
L. R. Rowan /W. Whitney
2:28.00
1967
Munden Point
5
Bobby Ussery
Ira Hanford
Loren P. Guy
2:41.00
1966
Moontrip
5
Eddie Belmonte
Kay Erik Jensen
Ewing Kauffman
2:42.00
1965
Roman Brother
4
Braulio Baeza
Burley Parke
Harbor View Farm
2:43.20
1964
Going Abroad
4
Ray Broussard
Joseph H. Pierce, Jr.
Edward Seltzer
2:26.20
1963
Smart
4
Eldon Nelson
Henry S. Clark
Christiana Stable
2:28.00
1962
Tutankhamen
4
Braulio Baeza
John M. Gaver, Sr.
Greentree Stable
2:28.00
1961
Nickel Boy
6
Ismael Valenzuela
Walter A. Kelley
Elmendorf Farm
2:l0.00
1960
Don Poggio
4
Sam Boulmetis
Robert L. Dotter
Gustave Ring
2:29.00
1959
Round Table
5
Bill Shoemaker
William Molter
Kerr Stable
2:42.00
1958
Warhead
3
Eddie Arcaro
Kay Erik Jensen
Mabel C. Scholtz
2:28.00
1957
Reneged
4
Bobby Ussery
Homer Pardue
Woodley Lane Farm
2:29.00
1956
Flying Fury
4
Ted Atkinson
Woody Stephens
Cain Hoy Stable
2:30.20
1955
Social Outcast
4
Eric Guerin
William C. Winfrey
Alfred G. Vanderbilt II
2:30.00
1954
High Gun
3
Eddie Arcaro
Max Hirsch
King Ranch
2:30.00
1953
Jampol
4
Jorge Contreras
Max Kahlbaum
Max Kahlbaum
2:30.00
1952
Lone Eagle
6
Con Errico
Kay Erik Jensen
Gustave Ring
2:30.00
1951
County Delight
4
Eric Guerin
James E. Ryan
Rokeby Stable
2:29.00
1950
One Hitter
4
Ted Atkinson
John M. Gaver, Sr.
Greentree Stable
2:29.20
1949
Donor
5
Warren Mehrtens
George P. Odom
Mrs. Deering Howe
2:28.00
1948
Loyal Legion
4
Ted Atkinson
Oscar White
Walter M. Jeffords
2:29.00
1947
Rico Monte
5
Eddie Arcaro
Horatio Luro
W. Arnold Hanger
2:29.00
1946
Stymie
5
Basil James
Hirsch Jacobs
Ethel D. Jacobs
2:29.00
1945
Bankrupt
4
Arnold Kirkland
Walter Burrows
Townsend B. Martin
2:31.00
1944
Devil Diver
5
Eddie Arcaro
John M. Gaver, Sr.
Greentree Stable
2:36.00
1943
Bolingbroke
6
Steve Brooks
Walter Burrows
Townsend B. Martin
2:30.00
1942
Bolingbroke
5
Herb Lindberg
Walter Burrows
Townsend B. Martin
2:27.00
1941
Fenelon
4
James Stout
James Fitzsimmons
Belair Stud
2:29.00
1940
Bolingbroke
3
Sidney Hebert
Walter Burrows
Townsend B. Martin
2:30.00
1939
Sorteado
4
Leon Haas
Tom Smith
Charles S. Howard
2:28.00
1938
Isolater
5
James Stout
James Fitzsimmons
Belair Stud
2:31.00
1937
Count Stone
4
Frank Kopel
Stephen J. Lawler
A. H. Waterman
2:30.00
1936
Action
7
John Gilbert
Hirsch Jacobs
Ethel D. Jacobs
2:31.20
1935
Count Arthur
3
Wayne D. Wright
Frank Hackett
Fannie Hertz
2:30.00
1934
Dark Secret
5
Charley Kurtsinger
George Tappen
Wheatley Stable
2:29.20
1933
Dark Secret
4
Raymond Workman
George Tappen
Wheatley Stable
2:30.00
1932
Larranaga
3
Raymond Workman
Edward J. Bennett
Anall Stable
1:36.80
1931
Mr. Sponge
4
Mack Garner
Henry McDaniel
Joseph E. Widener
1:35.80
1930
Flying Heels
3
Willie Kelsay
Henry McDaniel
Gifford A. Cochran
1:37.40
1929
Ironsides
4
Linus McAtee
George M. Odom
Robert L. Gerry, Sr.
1:36.00
1928
Victorian
3
Laverne Fator
James G. Rowe, Jr.
Harry P. Whitney
1:37.60
1927
Valorous
3
George Fields
Howard Oots
Hamilton Farm
1:37.40
1926
Croyden
3
Linus McAtee
James Rowe, Sr.
Harry Payne Whitney
1:38.80
1925
Pepp
4
Harold Thurber
Max Hirsch
George W. Loft
1:37.40
1924
Sarazen
3
John Maiben
Max Hirsch
Fair Stable
1:36.40
1923
Little Chief
4
Earl Sande
Sam Hildreth
Rancocas Stable
1:35.80
1922
Little Chief
3
Laverne Fator
Sam Hildreth
Rancocas Stable
1:38.00
1921
Yellow Hand
4
C. H. Miller
A. J. Goldsborough
Charles A. Stoneham
1:36.00
1920
Naturalist
6
Clarence Kummer
Thomas Welch
Joseph E. Widener
1:36.00
1919
Lucullite
4
Laverne Fator
Sam Hildreth
Sam Hildreth
1:36.60
1918
Naturalist
4
Willie Knapp
Thomas Welch
Joseph E. Widener
1:37.80
1917
Stargazer
3
Merritt Buxton
Walter Jennings
A. K. Macomber
1:39.20
1916
The Finn
4
Andy Schuttinger
Edward W. Heffner
Henry C. Hallenbeck
1:39.40
1915
The Finn
3
T. Davies
Edward W. Heffner
Henry C. Hallenbeck
1:26.00
1914
Stromboli
3
Clarence Turner
James Rowe, Sr.
August Belmont, Jr.
1:24.00
1908
Delirium
3
Charles Gilbert
A. Jack Joyner
Harry Payne Whitney
1:11.60
1907
Baby Wolf
3
Eddie Dugan
A. Jack Joyner
Harry Payne Whitney
1:12.20
1906
Roseben
5
Willie Shaw
Frank D. Weir
Davy C. Johnson
1:12.20
1905
Roseben
4
Frank O'Neill
Frank D. Weir
Davy C. Johnson
1:11.60
1904
Broadcloth
3
William Crimmins
Robert Tucker
Samuel S. Brown
1:10.25
1903
Castalian
3
Tommy Burns
Preston M. Burch
Francis R. Hitchcock
1:09.00
1902
King Pepper
4
Arthur Redfern
C. Davis
Pepper Stable
1:12.00
1901
Musette
4
Otto Wonderly
William Hayward, Sr.
J. S. Ferguson
1:12.00
1900
Firearm
5
Tommy Burns
Not found
John Boden
1:10.00
1899
Firearm
4
Frank O'Leary
Not found
John Boden
1:08.75
1898
Sanders
3
Henry Spencer
Charley Hill
F. V. Alexander
1:11.00
1896
Belmar
4
Tod Sloan
Edward Feakes
Preakness Stables
2:07.50
1895
Henry of Navarre
4
Henry Griffin
John J. Hyland
August Belmont, Jr.
2:07.00
1894
Sir Excess
3
Willie Simms
John W. Rogers
John W. Rogers
2:09.75
1893
Info not found
1892
Banquet
5
John Lamley
Hardy Campbell, Jr.
Michael F. Dwyer
2:07.50
1891
Bermuda
4
Tony Hamilton
Byron McClelland
Byron McClelland
2:07.50
1890
Raceland
5
Edward Garrison
James Rowe, Sr.
August Belmont
2:11.00
1889
Los Angeles
4
Pike Barnes
Robert E. Campbell
Santa Anita Stable
nf
1888
Firenze
4
Edward Garrison
Matthew Byrnes
James B. A. Haggin
2:13.25
1887
Lady Primrose
3
William Donohue
James Rowe, Sr.
August Belmont
2:13.00
References