Grand National Handicap

The Grand National Handicap was an American Thoroughbred race horse first run in 1866 at the newly built Jerome Park Racetrack in Fordham, New York. Open to horses age three and older, the race was contested on dirt at a distance of 2+1⁄4 miles from inception through 1884. In the late 1880s, there was a growing shortage of handicap horses and track officials shortened the race in an attempt to draw more entrants. In 1885 it was run at 1+3⁄4 miles, and for its final four years from 1886 through 1889 at 1+1⁄2 miles.

Grand National Handicap
Discontinued race
LocationJerome Park Racetrack
Fordham, New York, United States
Inaugurated1866
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned

Because Jerome Park Racetrack had a number of viability problems and did not reopen in 1890, the last time the Grand National Handicap was run was in 1889.[1]

In winning the final two editions of the Grand National Handicap in 1888 and 1889, Raceland defeated the future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly, Firenze.[2][3]

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Traner
 style=Owner
 Dist.
(Miles)		 Time
1889 Raceland 4 Frank McCabe Michael F. Dwyer 11⁄2 m 2:39.25
1888 Raceland 3 Frank McCabe Michael F. Dwyer 11⁄2 m 2:39.75
1887 Linden 4 11⁄2 m 2:42.75
1886 Wickham 4 11⁄2 m 2:40.00
1885 Bob M 4 13⁄4 m 3:12.00
1884 Drake Carter 4 21⁄4 m 4:11.50
1883 George Kinney 3 21⁄4 m 4:11.00
1882 Girofle 5 21⁄4 m 4:11.00
1881 Monitor 5 21⁄4 m 4:07.75
1880 Uncas 4 21⁄4 m 4:05.25
1879 General Philips 5 21⁄4 m 4:07.50
1878 Lou Lanier 3 Harry Blaylock 21⁄4 m 4:06.75
1877 Tom Ochiltree 5 21⁄4 m 4:18.50
1876 Vigil 3 David McDaniel David McDaniel 21⁄4 m 4:11.00
1875 Aaron Pennington 4 21⁄4 m 4:15.75
1874 Mate 5 21⁄4 m 4:13.75
1873 Preakness 6 21⁄4 m 4:08.75
1872 Tubman 4 21⁄4 m 4:10.75
1871 Monarchist 3 21⁄4 m 4:09.00
1870 Niagara 4 21⁄4 m 4:09.25
1869 La Polka 4 21⁄4 m 4:18.25
1868 De Courcey 4 21⁄4 m 4:11.50
1867 Local 4 23⁄4 m 5:09.00
1866 Kentucky 5 A. Jackson Minor Annieswood Stable (Belmont/Hunter/Jerome/Cameron/Travers) 23⁄4 m 5:04.00

References
  1. "Racing Here This Week" (PDF). Timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. "The Last Day at Jerome; Raceland Beats Firenzi Quite Handily. Stockton Gives the Betting Men Quite a Surprise Party in the Fifth Race". The New York Times. 14 October 1888.
  3. "At Jerome Park.; Raceland Beats Firenzi for the Grand National Handicap". The New York Times. 13 October 1889.
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