Aqueduct Handicap

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Ungraded stakes race
Aqueduct Handicap
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, USA
Inaugurated	1902
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Aqueduct Racetrack at NYRA
Race information
Distance	1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$100,000 Added

The Aqueduct Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Currently an ungraded stakes event run on dirt at a distance of 1 ¹/16 miles, it is open to horses three years old and up.

On November 28th, 2007, this Grade III stakes race was downgraded to an ungraded stakes by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

Named for the racetrack where the inaugural race took place in 1902, until recently, it was mostly run on Labor Day but now is held in the month of January. The race was no race from l9l0 through l9l6, l924-1925, l956 through l958, l969 through l972, l974-l975, and in l979. The 2007 edition marked its 88th running.

In 1961, the Aqueduct Handicap was run at Belmont Park.

The race was renamed the Aqueduct Stakes from 1962 to 1965 and in 1967 and 1968. In 1973 it was restricted to 2-year-old horses and was won by Cannonade who went on to win the 1974 Kentucky Derby.

The race's distance has been altered four times:

• 1⁵/16 miles : l920 through l924
• 1⅛ miles : l9l7 through l9l9, l926 through l932, and from 1961 through 1973
• 1 mile : 1976
• 1¹/16 miles : 1977 to present

[edit] Winners of the Aqueduct Handicap since 1959

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Angliana	6	Alan Garcia	Kiaran McLaughlin	Alvin D. Haynes	1:43.25
2007	Liquor Cabinet	6	Ramon A. Dominguez	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	Edward P. Evans	1:43.66
2006	Happy Hunting	5	Norberto Arroyo, Jr.	C. R. McGaughey III	Phipps Stable	1:44.56
2005	Country Be Gold	8	Jose Espinoza	Steven Kappes	B. Seinfeld & E. Dodson	1:44.80
2004	Seattle Fitz	5	Aaron Gryder	Kiaran McLaughlin	West Point Stable	1:42.00
2003	Snake Mountain	5	Michael Luzzi	James A. Jerkens	Berkshire Stud et al	1:44.00
2002	Evening Attire	4	Shaun Bridgmohan	Patrick J. Kelly	Grant, Grant, Kelly	1:42.60
2001	Liberty Gold	7	Joe Bravo	George Arnold II	John Peace	1:42.20
2000	Sky Approval	6	Cornelio Velasquez	Patrick J. Kelly	Live Oak Plantation	1:44.40
1994	As Indicated	4	Robbie Davis	Richard Schosberg	Heatherwood Farm	1:45.60
1993	Shots Are Ringing	6	John Velazquez	Peter Ferriola	Jewel E Stable	1:44.40
1992	Formal Dinner	5	Julio Pezua	D. Wayne Lukas	Leonard D. Mathis	1:43.60
1991	Sports View	4	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Edward A. Cox, Jr.	1:43.40
1990	Congeleur	5	Angel Cordero Jr.	Richard O'Connell	Cap-Rus Stable	1:44.80
1989	Lord Of The Night	6	Herb McCauley	Dominick Galluscio	Winbound Farms	1:42.80
1988	Clever Secret	4	E. T. Baird	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:45.20
1987	King's Swan	7	Jose Santos	Richard E. Dutrow, Sr.	Alvin Akman	1:41.80
1986	Agressive Bid	5	Michael Venezia	Robert G. Dunham	Four Fifths Stable	1:43.80
1985	Fight Over	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John Parisella	Theodore M. Sabarese	1:42.60
1984	Moro	5	Jean-Luc Samyn	Gasper S. Moschera	Albert Davis	1:43.40
1983	Fort Monroe	4	Victor Molina	Sidney Watters, Jr.	Stephen C. Clark, Jr.	1:42.40
1982	Reef Searcher	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Jack D. Ludwig	John Franks	1:48.40
1981	Irish Tower	4	Jeffrey Fell	Stanley M. Hough	Malcolm H. Winfield	1:44.60
1980	Charlie Coast	5	Jimmy Miranda	Warren J. Pascuma	Bette S. Karlinsky	1:44.80
1978	Wise Philip	5	Jacinto Vasquez	William Boland	Domino Stable	1:43.80
1977	Magnetizer	4	Angel Santiago	H. Allen Jerkens	Peter E. Blum	1:45.40
1976	Right Mind	5	Ron Turcotte	Joseph Kronovich	Deronjo Stable	1:38.80
1973	Cannonade	2	Pete D. Anderson	Woody Stephens	John M. Olin	1:51.60
1968	Damascus	4	Braulio Baeza	Frank Y. Whiteley Jr.	Edith W. Bancroft	1:48.40
1967	Damascus	3	William Shoemaker	Frank Y. Whiteley Jr.	Edith W. Bancroft	1:48.20
1966	Tom Rolfe	4	William Shoemaker	Frank Y. Whiteley Jr.	Powhatan Stables	1:52.20
1965	Malicious III	4	Bobby Ussery	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	1:49.00
1964	Kelso	7	Ismael Valenzuela	Carl Hanford	Bohemia Stable	1:48.60
1963	Kelso	6	Ismael Valenzuela	Carl Hanford	Bohemia Stable	1:49.80
1962	Crozier	4	Braulio Baeza	J. E. Tinsley, Jr.	Fred W. Hooper	1:48.80
1961	Tompion	4	John L. Rotz	Robert L. Wheeler	C. V. Whitney	1:47.40
1960	Bald Eagle	5	Manuel Ycaza	Woody Stephens	Cain Hoy Stable	1:34.80
1959	Hillsdale	4	Tommy Barrow	Martin L. Fallon	C. W. Smith	1:36.40

* Sun Edwin (1930), Dominus (1933), King's Swan (1988), and Shots Are Ringing (1992) all finished first but were disqualified.

[edit] Earlier winners