Suburban Handicap
| Grade II race | |
| Location | Belmont Park Elmont, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1884 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.nyra.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-year-olds and up |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | $700,000 |
The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is now run at the 1 1⁄4 mile distance on dirt for a $500,000 purse.
In 2009, this race was downgraded from a Grade I to a Grade II event.[1]
The Suburban Handicap was contested at a distance of one and one half miles in 1975 and at a mile and three-sixteenths in 1976. Beginning in 1978, the race was started on Belmont Park's clubhouse turn and run at a mile and a quarter.
Named after the City and Suburban Handicap in England, the Suburban had its 132nd running in 2018. First held at Leonard Jerome's Sheepshead Bay Race Track in 1884, it stayed at that location until 1913. For 1915 alone, the Suburban was held at Empire City Race Track; afterward, it was moved to Belmont Park and there it has remained except for the races of 1961 to 1974 and 1976. During that time, the Suburban was hosted at Aqueduct Racetrack. The race was not run for three years: 1911, 1912, and 1914.
The Suburban is the final of the three races that once composed the New York Handicap Triple series of races, as it follows the Metropolitan Handicap and the Brooklyn Handicap. Four horses have won the Handicap Triple:
Whisk Broom II (1913)
Tom Fool (1953)
Kelso (1961)
Fit to Fight (1984)
The list of former winners is like a who's who of the race horse world, featuring some of American racing's greatest champions. The first mare to win the Suburban Handicap was the great Hall of Famer, Imp.
Contents
1 Records
2 Winners
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Records
Speed record:
- 1:58.33 - In Excess (1991)
- 1:46.58 - Mucho Macho Man (2012) (At distance of 1 1⁄8 mile)
Most wins:
- 2 - Crusader (1926, 1927)
- 2 - Kelso (1961, 1963)
- 2 - Winter's Tale (1980, 1983)
- 2 - Devil His Due (1993, 1994)
- 2 - Flat Out (2010, 2013)
- 2 - Effinex (2015, 2016)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 8 - Eddie Arcaro (1945, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - Sam Hildreth (1909, 1915, 1916, 1923, 1924)
- 5 - James Fitzsimmons (1922, 1938, 1951, 1956, 1958)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - Ogden Phipps (1951, 1967, 1988, 1989, 1990)
- 5 - Rokeby Stable (1973, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Diversify | 5 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Richard Violette Jr. | Lauren & Ralph Evans | 1:59.84 |
| 2017 | Keen Ice | 5 | Jose Ortiz | Todd Pletcher | Donegal Racing & Calumet Farm | 2:02.02 |
| 2016 | Effinex | 5 | Mike E. Smith | James A. Jerkens | Tri-Bone Stables | 2:01.04 |
| 2015 | Effinex | 4 | Junior Alvarado | James A. Jerkens | Tri-Bone Stables | 2:01.55 |
| 2014 | Zivo | 5 | Jose Lezcano | Chad Brown | Thomas Coleman | 2:00.43 |
| 2013 | Flat Out | 7 | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Preston Stables | 1:46.87 |
| 2012 | Mucho Macho Man | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Kathy Ritvo | Dean Reeves | 1:46.58 |
| 2011 | Flat Out | 5 | Alex Solis | Charles Dickey | Jack Preston | 1:46.64 |
| 2010 | Haynesfield | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Steve Asmussen | Turtle Bird Stable | 1:48.52 |
| 2009 | Dry Martini | 6 | Edgar Prado | Barclay Tagg | Carol Nyren | 2:00.80 |
| 2008 | Frost Giant | 5 | Rudy Rodriguez | Rick Dutrow | IEAH Stables | 2:01.58 |
| 2007 | Political Force | 4 | Cornelio Velasquez | H. Allen Jerkens | H. Joseph Allen | 2:00.50 |
| 2006 | Invasor | 4 | Fernando Jara | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Stable | 2:01.23 |
| 2005 | Offlee Wild | 5 | Edgar Prado | Juan Rodriguez | AZ Azalea Stables LLC | 2:00.40 |
| 2004 | Peace Rules | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:59.40 |
| 2003 | Mineshaft | 4 | Robby Albarado | Neil J. Howard | Farish, Elkins, Webber | 2:01.40 |
| 2002 | E Dubai | 4 | John Velazquez | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Stable | 2:00.80 |
| 2001 | Albert the Great | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Nick Zito | Tracy Farmer | 2:00.20 |
| 2000 | Lemon Drop Kid | 4 | Edgar Prado | Scotty Schulhofer | Jeanne G. Vance | 1:58.80 |
| 1999 | Behrens | 5 | Jorge F. Chavez | H. James Bond | Rudlein Stable | 2:01.06 |
| 1998 | Frisk Me Now | 4 | Edwin L. King Jr. | Robert J. Durso | Carol R. Dender | 2:00.45 |
| 1997 | Skip Away | 4 | Shane Sellers | Sonny Hine | Carolyn Hine | 2:02.20 |
| 1996 | Wekiva Springs | 5 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | D. R. Dizney & J. English | 2:02.78 |
| 1995 | Key Contender | 7 | Jerry Bailey | Jose A. Martin | Flying Zee Stables | 2:02.20 |
| 1994 | Devil His Due | 5 | Mike E. Smith | H. Allen Jerkens | Lion Crest Stable | 2:02.40 |
| 1993 | Devil His Due | 4 | Herb McCauley | H. Allen Jerkens | Lion Crest Stable | 2:01.20 |
| 1992 | Pleasant Tap | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye | Christopher Speckert | Buckland Farm | 2:00.20 |
| 1991 | In Excess | 4 | Gary Stevens | Bruce L. Jackson | Jack J. Munari | 1:58.20 |
| 1990 | Easy Goer | 4 | Pat Day | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 2:00.00 |
| 1989 | Dancing Spree | 4 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 2:02.40 |
| 1988 | Personal Flag | 5 | Pat Day | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps | 2:01.40 |
| 1987 | Broad Brush | 4 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Richard W. Small | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 2:03.00 |
| 1986 | Roo Art | 4 | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Barbara A. Holleran | 2:01.20 |
| 1985 | Vanlandingham | 4 | Don MacBeth | Shug McGaughey | Loblolly Stable | 2:01.00 |
| 1984 | Fit To Fight | 5 | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 2:00.60 |
| 1983 | Winter's Tale | 7 | Jeffrey Fell | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 2:01.60 |
| 1982 | Silver Buck | 4 | Don MacBeth | J. Elliott Burch | C. V. Whitney | 1:59.60 |
| 1981 | Temperence Hill | 4 | Don MacBeth | Joseph B. Cantey | Loblolly Stable | 2:02.00 |
| 1980 | Winter's Tale | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 2:00.60 |
| 1979 | State Dinner | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | J. Elliott Burch | C. V. Whitney | 2:01.60 |
| 1978 | Upper Nile | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable | 2:01.80 |
| 1977 | Quiet Little Table | 4 | Eddie Maple | Philip G. Johnson | Meadowhill | 2:03.00 |
| 1976 | Foolish Pleasure | 4 | Eddie Maple | Leroy Jolley | John L. Greer | 1:55.40 |
| 1975 | Forego | 5 | Heliodoro Gustines | Sherrill W. Ward | Lazy F Ranch | 2:27.80 |
| 1974 | True Knight | 5 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Lou Rondinello | Darby Dan Farm | 2:01.40 |
| 1973 | Key To The Mint | 4 | Braulio Baeza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:00.80 |
| 1972 | Hitchcock | 6 | Carlos H. Marquez | Frank Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 2:00.00 |
| 1971 | Twice Worthy | 4 | John Ruane | James P. Conway | Saddle Rock Farm | 2:02.20 |
| 1970 | Barometer | 5 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Robert J. Frankel | Marion R. Frankel | 2:01.20 |
| 1969 | Mr. Right | 6 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Evan S. Jackson | Dansar Stable | 2:04.80 |
| 1968 | Dr. Fager | 4 | Braulio Baeza | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 1:59.60 |
| 1967 | Buckpasser | 4 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 2:02.20 |
| 1966 | Buffle | 3 | Ron Turcotte | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:02.00 |
| 1965 | Pia Star | 4 | Johnny Sellers | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 2:01.00 |
| 1964 | Iron Peg | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 2:01.80 |
| 1963 | Kelso | 6 | Ismael Valenzuela | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable | 2:01.80 |
| 1962 | Beau Purple | 5 | William Boland | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 2:00.60 |
| 1961 | Kelso | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Carl Hanford | Bohemia Stable | 2:02.00 |
| 1960 | Sword Dancer | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 2:01.60 |
| 1959 | Bald Eagle | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 2:01.60 |
| 1958 | Bold Ruler | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:01.00 |
| 1957 | Traffic Judge | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | James W. Maloney | Louis P. Doherty | 2:02.60 |
| 1956 | Nashua | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | James Fitzsimmons | Leslie Combs II | 2:00.80 |
| 1955 | Helioscope | 4 | Sam Boulmetis | Howard Hausner | William G. Helis Jr. | 2:00.60 |
| 1954 | Straight Face | 4 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:03.20 |
| 1953 | Tom Fool | 4 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:00.60 |
| 1952 | One Hitter | 6 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:02.00 |
| 1951 | Busanda | 4 | Keith Stuart | James Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 2:02.60 |
| 1950 | Loser Weeper | 5 | Nick Combest | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 2:02.00 |
| 1949 | Vulcan's Forge | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Don Cameron | Isaac J. Collins | 2:03.00 |
| 1948 | Harmonica | 4 | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger | 2:03.00 |
| 1947 | Assault | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:01.80 |
| 1946 | Armed | 5 | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:02.00 |
| 1945 | Devil Diver | 6 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:04.00 |
| 1944 | Aletern | 5 | Herb Lindberg | John H. Skirvin | A. C. Ernst | 2:01.20 |
| 1943 | Don Bingo | 4 | Joseph Renick | William Post | Binglin Stock Farm | 2:01.40 |
| 1942 | Market Wise | 4 | Basil James | George W. Carroll | Louis Tufano | 2:01.80 |
| 1941 | Your Chance | 4 | Don Meade | Bert Mulholland | Jessie Widener | 2:02.60 |
| 1940 | Eight Thirty | 4 | Harry Richards | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 2:01.60 |
| 1939 | Cravat | 4 | Jack Westrope | Walter Burrows | Townsend B. Martin | 2:02.80 |
| 1938 | Snark | 5 | Johnny Longden | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:01.40 |
| 1937 | Aneroid | 4 | Charley Rosengarten | Dion K. Kerr | John A. Manfuso | 2:01.60 |
| 1936 | Firethorn | 4 | Harry Richards | Preston M. Burch | Walter M. Jeffords | 2:04.60 |
| 1935 | Head Play | 5 | Charles Kurtsinger | J. Thomas Taylor | Mrs. Silas B. Mason | 2:02.00 |
| 1934 | Ladysman | 4 | Silvio Coucci | Bud Stotler | William R. Coe | 2:02.60 |
| 1933 | Equipoise | 5 | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 2:02.00 |
| 1932 | White Clover II | 6 | Raymond Workman | Preston M. Burch | Foxcatcher Farms | 2:03.40 |
| 1931 | Mokatam | 4 | Alfred Robertson | Frank Taylor | Rancocas Stable | 2:02.40 |
| 1930 | Petee-Wrack | 5 | Earl Sande | Willie Booth | John R. Macomber | 2:07.40 |
| 1929 | Bateau | 4 | Eddie Ambrose | Scott P. Harlan | Walter M. Jeffords | 2:03.40 |
| 1928 | Dolan | 4 | John Callahan | Not found | Edward F. Cooney | 2:06.60 |
| 1927 | Crusader | 4 | Clarence Kummer | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:02.40 |
| 1926 | Crusader | 3 | John Callahan | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:03.00 |
| 1925 | Sting | 4 | Bennie Breuning | Jimmy Johnson | James Butler | 2:04.20 |
| 1924 | Mad Hatter | 8 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 2:03.60 |
| 1923 | Grey Lag | 5 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 2:03.00 |
| 1922 | Captain Alcock | 5 | Clyde Ponce | James Fitzsimmons | Quincy Stable | 2:05.40 |
| 1921 | Audacious | 5 | Clarence Kummer | Sandy McNaughton | Foreign Stable | 2:02.20 |
| 1920 | Paul Jones | 3 | Andy Schuttinger | William M. Garth | Ral Parr | 2:09.60 |
| 1919 | Corn Tassel | 5 | Lavelle Ensor | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 2:02.20 |
| 1918 | Johren | 3 | Frank Robinson | Albert Simons | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:06.00 |
| 1917 | Boots | 6 | Johnny Loftus | Walter B. Jennings | A. Kingsley Macomber | 2:05.20 |
| 1916 | Friar Rock | 3 | Mack Garner | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont Jr. | 2:05.00 |
| 1915 | Stromboli | 4 | Clarence Turner | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont Jr. | 2:05.40 |
| 1914 | no race | - | no race | no race | no race | 0:00.00 |
| 1913 | Whisk Broom II | 6 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 2:00.00 |
| 1912 | no race | - | no race | no race | no race | 0:00.00 |
| 1911 | no race | - | no race | no race | no race | 0:00.00 |
| 1910 | Olambala | 4 | George Archibald | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 2:04.40 |
| 1909 | Fitz Herbert | 3 | Eddie Dugan | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 2:03.40 |
| 1908 | Ballot | 4 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 2:03.00 |
| 1907 | Nealon | 4 | Eddie Dugan | Frank M. Taylor | Charles E. Durnell | 2:06.40 |
| 1906 | Go Between | 5 | Willie Shaw | John Shields | Alex Shields | 2:05.20 |
| 1905 | Beldame | 4 | Frank O'Neill | John J. Hyland | August Belmont Jr. | 2:05.40 |
| 1904 | Hermis | 5 | Arthur Redfern | William Shields | Edward R. Thomas | 2:05.00 |
| 1903 | Africander | 3 | Grover Fuller | Richard O. Miller | Hampton Stable | 2:10.40 |
| 1902 | Gold Heels | 4 | Otto Wonderly | Matthew M. Allen | Fred C. McLewee/Brady | 2:05.20 |
| 1901 | Alcedo | 4 | Henry Spencer | James H. McCormick | Louis V. Bell | 2:05.60 |
| 1900 | Kinley Mack | 4 | Patrick McCue | Peter Wimmer | Eastin & Larabie | 2:06.80 |
| 1899 | Imp | 5 | Nash Turner | Charles E. Brossman | D. R. Harness/Brossman | 2:05.80 |
| 1898 | Tillo | 4 | Alonzo Clayton | John W. Rogers | John W. Rogers & Robert L. Rose | 2:08.20 |
| 1897 | Ben Brush | 4 | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Michael F. Dwyer | 2:07.20 |
| 1896 | Henry of Navarre | 5 | Henry Griffin | John J. Hyland | Blemton Stable | 2:07.00 |
| 1895 | Lazzarone | 4 | Anthony Hamilton | William Donohue | Eric Stable | 2:07.80 |
| 1894 | Ramapo | 4 | Fred Taral | John J. Hyland | D. Gideon & J. Daly | 2:06.20 |
| 1893 | Lowlander | 5 | Patsy McDermott | Fred Lowe | Fred Lowe | 2:06.60 |
| 1892 | Montana | 4 | Edward Garrison | Matthew Byrnes | Marcus Daly | 2:07.40 |
| 1891 | Loantaka | 5 | Martin Bergen | David W. McConn | David W. McConn | 2:07.00 |
| 1890 | Salvator | 4 | Isaac Burns Murphy | Matthew Byrnes | James Ben Ali Haggin | 2:06.80 |
| 1889 | Raceland | 4 | Edward Garrison | James G. Rowe Sr. | August Belmont | 2:09.80 |
| 1888 | Elkwood | 5 | Willie Martin | Not found | Walter Gratz | 2:07.50 |
| 1887 | Eurus | 4 | G. Davis | John Huggins | Alexander Cassatt | 2:12.00 |
| 1886 | Troubadour | 4 | William Fitzpatrick | John W. Rogers | Samuel S. Brown | 2:12.25 |
| 1885 | Pontiac | 4 | Harris Olney | Matthew Byrnes | Rancocas Stable | 2:09.50 |
| 1884 | General Monroe | 6 | William Donohue | Walter C. Rollins | E. J. McElmeel | 2:11.75 |
See also
- Suburban Handicap top three finishers and starters
References
^ Six New Grade I Races for 2009 - bloodhorse.com
External links
- The Suburban Handicap at Pedigree Query
- June 17, 1904 New York Times article on the history of the Suburban Handicap
- Ten Things You Should Know About the Suburban Handicap at Hello Race Fans
