Display Handicap

The Display Handicap was an American long distance Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1955 through 1990.[1] A race for 3-year-olds and up, it was run at the Jamaica Race Course from inception through 1958 at a distance of 21⁄16 miles. In 1959 the race was moved permanently to the newly renovated Aqueduct Racetrack after which the Jamaica track was closed and the property sold to real estate developers.[2][3][4] From 1959 through 1969 it was contested at 2 miles then its final two decades was run at a distance of 2+1⁄4 miles. The Display Handicap was traditionally held on the last day of racing in New York City for that calendar year.[5] It began ending the season on December 31, 1976, when year-round racing was introduced in New York.

Display Handicap
Discontinued stakes race race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack, Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1955
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance2+1⁄4 miles (18 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree years and older

The race was aptly named for Display, a son of Fair Play (as was Man o' War, elected #1 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century). Display was noted for being able to carry heavy weights over marathon distances successfully. The Display Handicap was distinctive for the fact that many horses who normally ran in claiming races (but possessed abundant stamina) would be entered in it, and a few such horses went on to win the event. In 1978, Seaney Bear nosed out Framarco, another horse who ran mostly in claiming races. They competed in one of the two divisions of the race which were run in that year, necessitated by an unusually high number of horses entered in the race. Although the race was for 3-year-olds and up, it was rare for a 3-year-old to win it; when In the Ruff won the 1983 running he became the first 3-year-old winner of the Display since Dean Carl in 1963, and the first ever at the 2+1⁄4-mile distance.[6]

The Display Handicap was run in two divisions in 1974 and 1978 but in its later years field sizes became progressively smaller, with only five starters in what would prove to be the final running on December 31, 1990.[7] The discontinuing of the Display Handicap left the Valedictory Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario (run at 1+3⁄4 miles) as the longest stakes race run on the dirt in North America.[8]

Historical notes

Mrs. Edward E. Robbins' Midafternoon came into the 1956 Display Handicap having already won two of that year's important races, the Metropolitan and Massachusetts Handicaps.[9][10] In winning the Display, Midafternoon set a new Jamaica Race Course record with a time of 3:29 3/5 for 21⁄16 miles.[11]

Primordial II was an Argentine-bred who had been racing in Venezuela for trainer Laffit Pincay Sr., father of Laffit Pincay Jr. who in 1966 would emigrate to the United States where would become one of the most successful in American racing history and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Primordial II was brought to the United States to run in the mile and one-half Washington, D.C. International Stakes. The 1962 Venezuelan Horse of the Year finished sixth to the legendary American runner Kelso but came back to win the two-mile Display Handicap by eight lengths over the heavily favored Christiana Stables runner Smart.[12]

Paraje, an Argentine-bred bought as a two-year-old by the Venezuelan-owned Stud Los Libertadores who would race him in Venezuela until being sold in late 1970 to American businessman Sigmund Sommer. Paraje won the 1971 Display Handicap in track record time then won it again in each of the next two years.[13][14] In the 1973 edition Paraje set a new American and world record time of 3:47 4/5 for 2+1⁄4 miles on dirt.[15] Paraje's owner, Sigmund Sommer, would win this race a record total five times.

The only other horse to win the race more than once was Louis R. Rowan and Wheelock Whitney Jr.'s Quicken Tree who first won it in 1967 and after not running in the 1968 race, came back to win it again in 1969, defeating Hydrologist by 7 lengths.[16]

The 1976 race was won by Frampton Delight when Cunning Trick was disqualified for interference as the two battled down the homestretch.[17]

Records

Speed record:

  • 3:47.40 @ 2+1⁄4 miles (12 runnings) – Paraje (1973)
  • 3:29.60 @ 21⁄16 miles (4 runnings) – Midafternoon (1956)
  • 3:20.20 @ 2 miles (22 runnings) – Quicken Tree (1969)

Most wins:

  • 3 – Paraje (1971, 1972, 1973)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles)		 Time
 Win$
 Gr.
1990 Blackhawk's Ghost 3 Dennis Carr William V. Terrill Aratrac Farm 21⁄4 M 4:02.60 $50,940 L
1989 Passing Ships 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Robert P. Klesaris Gold-n-Oats Stable (Marisa Anne Lizza) 21⁄4 M 3:55.60 $51,390 G3
1988 Easy N Dirty 5 Jorge Velásquez Paulino O. Ortiz Paulino O. Ortiz 21⁄4 M 3:53.40 $48,330 G3
1987 Jane's Dilemma 6 José A. Santos Richard W. Small Robert E. Meyerhoff 21⁄4 M 3:56.40 $70,290 G3
1986 Fabulous Move 4 Chris Antley Oscar S. Barrera Sr. Oscar S. Barrera Sr. 21⁄4 M 3:56.00 $54,000 G3
1985 Erin Bright 5 Frank Lovato Jr. C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Mills Phipps 21⁄4 M 4:00.80 $54,090 G3
1984 Putting Green 4 Ruben Hernandez Chester Ross Seymour Cohn 21⁄4 M 3:56.20 $57,960 G3
1983 In the Ruff 3 Robbie Davis Gasper S. Moschera Albert Davis 21⁄4 M 3:55.40 $51,570 G3
1982 Nice Pirate 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Thomas M. Walsh Margarite Kern 21⁄4 M 3:57.00 $51,030 G3
1981 Field Cat 4 Eric Beitia J. Elliott Burch Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney 21⁄4 M 3:51.80 $50,940 G3
1980 Peat Moss 5 Frank Lovato Jr. Gilbert Puentes Murray M. Garren 21⁄4 M 3:57.80 $50,580 G3
1979 Ethnarch 4 Jorge Velásquez Dominick A. Imperio 21⁄4 M 3:55.80 $50,220 G3
1978-1 Seaney Bear 4 Vincent Bracciale Jr. Vincent R. Nocella Richard R. Rand 21⁄4 M 3:53.60 $31,740 G3
1978-2 Proud Arion 4 Eddie Maple Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer 21⁄4 M 3:55.00 $31,890 G3
1977 Gallivantor 5 Jorge Velásquez Joseph A. Trovato Jack R. Hogan 21⁄4 M 3:50.80 $32,490 G3
1976 Frampton Delight 4 Jean Cruguet Everett W. King Len Ragozin 21⁄4 M 3:54.80 $33,510 G3
1975 Sharp Gary 4 Sandy Hawley Robert J. Frankel Edward R. Scharps 21⁄4 M 3:52.20 $32,520
1974-1 Outdoors 5 Daryl Montoya John W. Russell Ogden Phipps 21⁄4 M 3:51.60 $32,670
1974-2 Copte 4 Jorge Velásquez Angel Penna Sr. Daniel Wildenstein 21⁄4 M 3:50.40 $32,520
1973 Paraje 7 Jorge Velásquez Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer 21⁄4 M 3:47.40 $33,840
1972 Paraje 6 Jorge Velásquez Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer 21⁄4 M 3:56.40 $33,570
1971 Paraje 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer 21⁄4 M 3:52.00 $33,840
1970 Hitchcock 4 Eddie Belmonte Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer 2 M 3:21.20 $34,380
1969 Quicken Tree 6 Fernando Alvarez William T. Canney Louis R. Rowan & Wheelock Whitney Jr. 2 M 3:20.20 $39,130
1968 Fast Count 5 Jorge Velásquez Everett W. King Syl George Stable (Sylvia Chapman) 2 M 3:23.60 $36,205
1967 Quicken Tree 4 Fernando Alvarez Clyde Turk Louis R. Rowan & Wheelock Whitney Jr. 2 M 3:25.00 $38,025
1966 Damelo II 5 Manuel Ycaza Laz Barrera Manual R. Giberga 2 M 3:24.60 $36,660
1965 Brave Lad 4 Braulio Baeza Sylvester E. Veitch Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. 2 M 3:26.60 $37,115
1964 Primordial II 7 Laffit Pincay Sr. Santiago L. Ledwith Santiago L. Ledwith 2 M 3:28.40 $36,530
1963 Dean Carl 3 Bobby Ussery Paul Bongarzone Paul Bongarzone 2 M 3:21.80 $36,465
1962 Sensitivo 5 Manuel Ycaza Arnold N. Winick M/M Robert F. Bensinger 2 M 3:21.80 $36,920
1961 Hillsborough 4 Don Pierce Edward A. Neloy Peter D. Fuller 2 M 3:29.80 $38,010
1960 Nickel Boy 5 Manuel Ycaza Walter A. Kelley Elmendorf (Maxwell Gluck) 2 M 3:21.20 $35,935
1959 Beau Diable 6 Eric Guerin George P. "Maje" Odom Laudy L. Lawrence 2 M 3:22.60 $37,490
1958 Civet 5 Bill Peake T. F. McMahon Brynalan Stable (E. Austin Byrne) 21⁄16 M 3:34.20 $36,515
1957 Oh Johnny 4 Bobby Ussery Norman R. McLeod Mrs. Wallace Gilroy 21⁄16 M 3:32.20 $39,500
1956 Midafternoon 4 Eddie Arcaro Thomas M. Waller Mrs. Edward E. Robbins 21⁄16 M 3:29.60 $19,650
1955 War Command 5 Bill Boland H. Allen Jerkens Albert J. Mesler 21⁄16 M 3:32.60 $20,400

See also

References
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  2. Nichols, Joseph C. (October 5, 1955). "New Track Group Takes Over Today". The New York Times. p. 45. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  3. Nichols, Joseph C. (June 27, 1956). "Track to Handle Crowds of 60,000". New York Times. p. S39. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  4. Bigart, Homer (October 5, 1956). "Moses Plans Deal on Jamaica Track". The New York Times. p. 26. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
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  10. "Mrs. Robbins' 7.5 Choice Defeats Find in Massachusetts Handicap". New York Times. 1956-06-21. Section Sports, page 54. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  11. "Midafternoon Clips Record at Jamaica as New York Racing Closes". Daily Racing Form. 1956-11-16. Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2020-01-29 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  12. "Venezia Shut Out in 6 Rides at Aqueduct". New York Times. 1964-12-09. p. 68. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  13. "Paraje Wins 21/4 Mile Display by Half-Length". New York Times. 1971-12-05. Section Sports, page 1. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  14. "Paraje Takes Display". New York Times. 1972-12-17. Section Sports, page 1. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  15. "Paraje Captures Display For Third Straight Year". New York Times. 1973-12-16. p. 251. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  16. "A Roundup of the Sports Information of the Week". Sports Illustrated. 1969-12-15. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  17. "Foul by 'Winner' Places Frampton Delight First". New York Times. 1976-12-24. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
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