Massachusetts Handicap

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Ungraded race
Massachusetts Handicap

Location	Suffolk Downs Boston, Massachusetts
Inaugurated	1935
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.suffolkdowns.com
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$500,000

The Massachusetts Handicap, frequently referred to as the "MassCap, " is a Thoroughbred horse race held at Suffolk Downs in Boston, Massachusetts. Set at a distance of one and one eighth miles, it was first held on October 16, 1935, and was won by Top Row.

There was no race between 1990 and 1994 and none in 2003, 2005, and 2006. Run in 2004 as a Grade II stakes, for 2005 and 2006 the Massachusetts Handicap was cancelled due to what Suffolk Downs described as financial difficulites. It will return on September 22, 2007 but because it has not been run for the past two years, the American Graded Stakes Committee has declared it ineligible for grading in 2007.

Offering a purse of $500,000, in 2007 the Massachusetts Handicap will provide a bonus of $200,000 if the winner won multiple Grade 1 or Group 1 stakes races at a mile or longer. An additional $100,000 will be awarded if the winner won one Grade 1 or Group 1 race and at least one other graded stakes race at a mile or longer in 2007.

Since inception the Massachusetts Handicap has been run at different distances:

1¼ miles : 1948, 1969
1½ miles (Turf): 1970, 1971

[edit] Records

Time record:

1⅛ miles: 1:47.27 - Skip Away (1998) (new Track Record)

Largest margin of victory:

8 lengths - Menow (1938)

Most wins:

2 - First Fiddle (1944, 1945), Air Pilot (1959, 1962), Smart (1964, 1965), Cigar (1995, 1996), Skip Away (1997, 1998)

Most wins by a jockey:

4 - Jerry D. Bailey (1995, 1996, 1998, 2001)

Most wins by a trainer:

3 - Sonny Hine (1986, 1987, 1998) and Clyde Troutt (1959, 1960, 1962)

[edit] Winners of the Massachusetts Handicap

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Brass Hat	6	Willie Martinez	William B. Bradley	Fred F. Bradley	1:49.72
2006	No race
2005	No race
2004	Offlee Wild	4	Edgar Prado	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	AZ Azalea Stables LLC	1:49.14
2002	Macho Uno	4	Gary L. Stevens	Joe Orseno	Stronach Stables	1:50.52
2001	Include	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Bud Delp	Robert E. Meyerhoff	1:48.60
2000	Running Stag	6	John R. Velazquez	Philip Mitchell	Richard J. Cohen	1:49.45
1999	Behrens	5	Jorge F. Chavez	H. James Bond	Rudlein Stable	1:49.00
1998	Skip Away	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Sonny Hine	Carolyn Hine	1:47.27
1997	Skip Away	4	Shane Sellers	Sonny Hine	Carolyn Hine	1:47.80
1996	Cigar	6	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:49.60
1995	Cigar	5	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:48.60
1989	Private Terms	4	Kent Desormeaux	Charles H. Hadry	Locust Hill Farm	1:49.40
1988	Lost Code	4	Craig Perret	L. William Donovan	Wendover Stable	1:50.20
1987	Waquoit	4	Chris McCarron	Guido Federico	Joseph Federico	1:49.00
1986	Skip Trial	4	Jean-Luc Samyn	Sonny Hine	Zelda Cohen	1:49.80
1985	Bounding Basque	5	Antonio Graell	Woody Sedlacek	Jacques D. Wimpfheimer	1:47.60
1984	Dixieland Band	4	D. J. Murphy	Charles Peoples	Mary Sharp	1:52.00
1983	Let Burn	4	J. C. Penney	William W. Perry	Scorpio Stable	1:48.80
1982	Silver Supreme	4	Eric Beitia	Richard DeStasio	Michael Berry	1:48.80
1981	Soldier Boy	5	Roger Danjean	Not Found	Not Found	1:49.40
1980	Ring of Light	5	Frank Lovato, Jr.	Pancho Martin	Viola Sommer	1:50.40
1979	Island Sultan	4	John Ruane	David Hofmans	Buckland Farm	1:48.60
1978	Big John Taylor	4	Jacinto Vasquez	Doug Peterson	Karen L. Taylor	1:48.40
1977	Blue Times	6	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Charlie Whittingham	Aaron U. Jones	1:49.40
1977	Swinging Hal	4	Steve Pagano	Not Found	Not Found	1:49.20
1976	Dancing Champ	4	Chris McCarron	Bud Delp	Windfields Farm	1:49.20
1975	Stonewalk	4	Ron Turcotte	Daniel J. Lopez	Timberland Stable	1:48.60
1974	Billy Come Lately	4	Don MacBeth	D. Michael Smithwick	Richard W. Palmer	1:48.60
1973	Riva Ridge	4	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Lauren	Meadow Stable	1:48.20
1972	Droll Role	4	Eddie Maple	Thomas J. Kelly	John M. Schiff	1:49.20
1971	Chompion	6	Jorge Velasquez	Ivor G. Balding	C. V. Whitney	2:34.40
1970	Semillant	5	Jean Cruguet	Not Found	Not Found	2:37.20
1969	Beau Marker	4	Leroy Moyers	Lucien Lauren	Reginald N. Webster	2:04.60
1968	Out Of The Way	3	John L. Rotz	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:02.80
1967	Good Knight	5	Karl Korte	Not Found	Not Found	2:02.40
1966	Fast Count	3	Mike Venezia	Ivor G. Balding	C. V. Whitney	2:01.20
1965	Smart	6	Eldon Nelson	Henry S. Clark	Christiana Stable	2:01.60
1964	Smart	5	Eldon Nelson	Henry S. Clark	Christiana Stable	2:03.20
1963	Crimson Satan	4	Herberto Hinojosa	Gordon R. Potter	Crimson King Farm	2:01.20
1962	Air Pilot	8	Leroy Moyers	Clyde Troutt	Ada L. Rice	2:01.40
1961	Polylad	5	Eddie Arcaro	Not Found	Mrs. Q. A. S. McKean	2:01.80
1960	Talent Show	5	Ray Broussard	Clyde Troutt	Ada L. Rice	2:03.60
1959	Air Pilot	5	Jack Leonard	Clyde Troutt	Ada L. Rice	2:02.40
1958	Promised Land	4	Pete D. Anderson	Hirsch Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs	2:01.80
1957	Greek Spy	4	Eric Guerin	Sherrill W. Ward	Charles U. Bay	2:03.20
1956	Midafternoon	4	William Boland	T. M. Waller	Mrs. E. E. Robbins	2:04.00
1955	Helioscope	4	Sam Boulmetis, Sr.	Frank Caltrone	William G. Helis, Jr.	2:01.00
1954	Wise Margin	4	K. Stuart	Not Found	Not Found	2:01.60
1953	Royal Vale	5	Jack Westrope	Not Found	Esther D. du Pont	2:02.20
1952	To Market	4	William Boland	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:01.40
1951	One Hitter	5	Ted Atkinson	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:02.20
1950	Cochise	4	Eddie Arcaro	Virgil W. Raines	Brandywine Stable	2:01.80
1949	First Nighter	4	Joseph Renick	William J. Hirsch	Sam A. Mason II	2:04.60
1948	Beauchef	5	Roberto Donoso	Robert L. Odom	Andes Stable	2:02.60
1947	Stymie	6	Conn McCreary	Hirsch Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs	1:50.00
1946	Pavot	4	Arnold Kirkland	Oscar White	Walter M. Jeffords	1:49.80
1945	First Fiddle	6	Johnny Longden	Eddie Mulrenan	Mrs. E. Mulrenan	1:49.40
1944	First Fiddle	5	Johnny Longden	Eddie Mulrenan	Mrs. E. Mulrenan	1:49.00
1943	Market Wise	5	Vincenzo Nodarse	George W. Carroll	Louis Tufano	1:52.00
1942	Whirlaway	4	George Woolf	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1:48.20
1941	War Relic	3	Ted Atkinson	George Conway	Glen Riddle Farm	1:48.60
1940	Eight Thirty	4	Harry Richards	Bert Mulholland	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:49.00
1939	Fighting Fox	4	James Stout	James E. Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	1:52.00
1938	Menow	3	Nick Wall	Duval A. Headley	Hal Price Headley	1:52.60
1937	Seabiscuit	4	Red Pollard	Tom Smith	Charles S. Howard	1:49.00
1936	Time Supply	5	Ray Workman	F. C. Travis	Mrs. F. A. Carreaud	1:49.80
1935	Top Row	4	George Woolf	Albert A. Baroni	Albert A. Baroni	1:49.40