Fall Highweight Handicap

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Ungraded race
Fall Highweight Handicap
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York
Inaugurated	1914
Race type	Thoroughbred, Flat racing
Website	Aqueduct Racetrack
Race information
Distance	6 furlongs
Track	Dirt, Left-handed
Qualification	Three years old & up
Weight	Handicap (top-weighted horse assigned minimum 140 lbs.)
Purse	$100,000-added

The Fall Highweight Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Currently run at a distance of 6 furlongs, it is open to horses three years of age and older. The race is a real test for speed and strength in that the top-weighted horse is assigned a minimum of 140 pounds (63.5 kgs).

Run at Belmont Park from its inception in 1914 to 1959 and again from 1963 to 1993, the race was open to horses of any age until 1959 when it was changed to its present format. It was raced on a straight course prior to 1921, from 1926 to 1939, and again from 1942 to 1957. A large field resulted in the 1976 edition being run in two divisions.

The first edition of the Fall Highweight Handicap was a remarkable victory for Comely who was not only a filly that defeated male rivals, but the only two-year-old to ever win the race. The Comely Stakes were named in honor of her achievement.

[edit] Records

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Eddie Arcaro, Jorge Chavez
• 4 - Angel Cordero, Jr., John L. Rotz, Raymond Workman

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 - Joseph E. Widener (1919, 1929, 1931, 1941)
• 3 - Brookfield Farm (1956, 1957, 1958)

[edit] Winners of the Fall Highweight Handicap

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Grand Champion	4	Eibar Coa	James A. Jerkens	Susan & John Moore	1:09.90
2006	Afrashad	4	Richard Migliore	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	1:11.05
2005	Attila's Storm	3	Pablo Morales	Richard Schosberg	Barry K. Schwartz	1:09.20
2004	Thunder Touch	3	Rafael Bejarano	Kiaran McLaughlin	Stronach Stables	1:09.80
2003	Bossanova	3	Edgar Prado	H. James Bond	L. & R. Rodriguez	1:10.00
2002	True Direction	3	Javier Castellano	Carlos Morales	Morton & Marisol Binn	1:09.60
2001	Yonaguska	3	Jose Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	Michael Tabor	1:09.60
2000	Kashatreya	6	Octavio Vergara	John O. Hertler	Seymour Cohn	1:11.00
1999	Richter Scale	5	Jorge Chavez	Mary Jo Lohmeier	Nancy & Richard Kaster	1:09.00
1998	Punch Line	8	Jorge Chavez	William H. Turner, Jr.	Althea R. Richards	1:10.60
1997	Royal Haven	5	Richard Migliore	Gasper Moschera	Barbara Davis	1:10.60
1996	Victor Avenue	3	Jorge Chavez	Dale Romans	Greg James	1:09.20
1995	Jess C's Whirl	5	Jorge Chavez	John H. Forbes	Ted & Larry Oleck	1:09.80
1994	Chimes Band	3	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Fares Farms	1:11.20
1993	Fly So Free	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Flint S. Schulhofer	Tommy Valando	1:09.40
1992	Salt Lake	3	Mike E. Smith	D. Wayne Lukas	William T. Young	1:09.00
1991	Senor Speedy	4	Jorge Chavez	Alfredo Callejas	Robert Perez	1:08.60
1990	Carson City	3	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	William T. Young	1:09.80
1989	Sewickley	4	Randy Romero	Flint S. Schulhofer	Robert S. Evans	1:09.60
1988	Parlay Me	3	Randy Romero	James E. Picou	Marshall E. Sigel	1:09.60
1987	Purple Mountain	5	Richard Migliore	Woodrow Sedlacek	Jacques Wimpfheimer	1:08.80
1986	Funistrada	3	Robbie Davis	Jan H. Nerud	John A. Nerud	1:09.40
1985	Mt. Livermore	4	Jorge Velasquez	D. Wayne Lukas	Lloyd R. French, Jr.	1:10.60
1984	Mamaison	4	Chris McCarron	Richard Mandella	Harold P. Oliver	1:10.20
1983	Chas Conerly	3	Jimmy Miranda	Allen H. Jerkens	Hobeau Farm	1:10.40
1982	Gold Beauty	3	Don Brumfield	William D. Curtis	Mrs. Philip Hoffman	1:09.20
1981	Piedmont Pete	5	Kenny Black	Ron Alfano	Mel Hewitt	1:10.40
1980	King's Fashion	5	Jean-Luc Samyn	H. Allen Jerkens	Bohemia Stable	1:10.60
1979	Whatsyourpleasure	6	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John W. Russell	Murty Farm	1:09.60
1978	What A Summer	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Leroy Jolley	Diana M. Firestone	1:09.40
1977	What A Summer	4	Jacinto Vasquez	Leroy Jolley	Diana M. Firestone	1:10.00
1976	Relent	5	Ruben Hernandez	Sidney Watters, Jr.	Stephen C. Clark	1:09.80
1976	Honorable Miss	6	Bill Shoemaker	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	1:10.00
1975	Honorable Miss	5	Jacinto Vasquez	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	1:09.80
1974	Piamem	4	Miguel A. Rivera	Lazaro S. Barrera	Miguel Alfonzo	1:10.40
1973	King's Bishop	4	Eddie Maple	H. Allen Jerkens	Bohemia Stable	1:09.40
1972	Chou Croute	4	John L. Rotz	Bob Dunham	E.V. Benjamin III	1:10.00
1971	Shut Eye	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Jack M. Bradley	Kev-Hill Stable	1:10.80
1970	Ta Wee	4	John L. Rotz	Flint S. Schulhofer	Tartan Stable	1:10.40
1969	Ta Wee	3	John L. Rotz	Flint S. Schulhofer	Tartan Stable	1:10.20
1968	More Scents	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Philip G. Johnson	Meadowhill	1:11.80
1967	Indulto	4	John L. Rotz	Max Hirsch	Jane Greer	1:12.60
1966	Impressive	3	Kenneth Knapp	Edward A. Neloy	Little M Farm	1:10.40
1965	Pack Trip	5	Manuel Ycaza	John A. Nerud	Joseph M. Roebling	1:13.80

[edit] Earlier winners

* In 1918, Fairy Wand finished first, but was disqualified.