Winged Foot Handicap

The Winged Foot Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race open to two-year-olds of either sex. A race on dirt, it was run annually at Brighton Beach Race Course in Brighton Beach, New York from inception in 1896 through 1908 before being canceled for the next two years as a result of New York state's Hart–Agnew Law anti-betting legislation. The ensuing financial losses meant that the Brighton Beach Race Course was never able to reopen and in 1910 the race was revived at the Empire City Race Track for what would turn out to be its final running.

Winged Foot Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationEmpire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York,
United States
Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1896
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds

Historical notes

The August 1, 1896 inaugural running of the Winged Foot Handicap was won by Voter, the second choice of the betting public. Ridden by Alonzo Clayton for the very prominent owner James R. Keene, Voter would go on to a successful career that would see him recognized as the American Champion Older Male Horse of 1899.[1] [2]

In 1899, Killashandra became the first of three fillies to win the Winged Foot Handicap.[3] She continued to race successfully and in her three-year-old season was the dominant filly in her age group and would be recognized as the 1900 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.[2]

Africander's winning time in 1902 of 1:06 3/5 for the six-furlong distance was not only the fastest time for the Winged Foot Handicap but equaled the track record.[4] The following year, Africander would earn American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors. [2]

Jockey LaVerne Sewell won the 1906 edition aboard Salvidere.[3] The colt would earn recognition as that year's American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse.[2] Tragically, Salvidere's eighteen-year-old jockey Sewell would be killed on November 9 as a result of a racing accident at Aqueduct Racetrack. In their story on the accident, The Pittsburgh Press called Sewell one of the most promising riders in the East.[5]

The July 12, 1910 final running of the Winged Foot Handicap was the feature race of the day at Empire City Race Track. Newcastle Stable horses Danger Mark and Royal Meteor finished one-two in the field of five runners.[6]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:12 3/5 @ 6 furlongs: Master Robert (1907)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • No owner won this race more than once.

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
 Dist.
(Furlongs)		 Time Win $
1910 Danger Mark 2 Joe Notter Thomas Welsh Newcastle Stable 6 f 1:13.60 $925
1908 - 1909 Race not held
1907 Master Robert 2 Joe Notter Andrew G. Blakely Samuel Emery 6 f 1:12.60 $2,520
1906 Salvidere 2 LaVerne Sewell John E. Madden Thomas Hitchcock Sr. 6 f 1:15.00 $3,265
1905 George C. Bennett 2 David Nicol William E. Phillips Frederick Cook 6 f 1:13.40 $2,770
1904 Tradition 2 Tommy Burns A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget 6 f 1:13.80 $2,940
1903 Race not held
1902 Africander 2 Jack Martin Richard O. Miller Hampton Stable (Sam Deimel & Charles F. Dwyer) 5.5 f 1:06.60 $2,590
1901 Alibert 2 Willie Shaw Thomas Welsh Julius Fleischmann 5.5 f 1:07.20 $2,430
1900 Princess Pepper 2 Henry Spencer William M. Rogers James E. Pepper Stable 5 f 1:01.00 $1,690
1899 Killashandra 2 Richard Clawson Sydney Paget William C. Whitney 5 f 1:01.00 $1,820
1898 Autumn 2 Danny Maher A. Jack Joyner A. Jack Joyner 5 f 1:02.25 $1,870
1897 Don't Care 2 Frank Stanhope R. Wyndham Walden R. W. Walden & Son 6 f 1:19.75 $1,420
1896 Voter 2 Alonzo Clayton William Lakeland James R. Keene 5 f 1:01.75 $1,130

References
  1. "At Brighton Beach" (PDF). Richmond Dispatch. 1896-08-02. p. 11. Retrieved 2019-01-01 – via Library of Congress.
  2. The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Condensed History of the Winged Foot Handicap". Daily Racing Form. 1910-07-12. Retrieved 2021-02-23 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  4. "Winged Foot Handicap Won by the Colt Africander -- The Track Record Equaled". New York Times. 1902-07-30. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  5. "Rider's Mother Is Penniless". The Pittsburgh Press. 1906-11-12. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  6. "Danger Mark and Royal Meteor in Hard Race for Winged Foot Handicap". New York Times. 1910-07-13. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
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