Carter Handicap

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Carter Handicap
Grade I race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1895
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com/aqueduct/racing/stakes-schedule/carter-handicap/
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and up
WeightHandicap
Purse$250,000 (2020)

The Carter Handicap is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older run over a distance of seven furlongs run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack.[1]

Race history[edit]

First run in 1895, the race was named for Brooklyn contractor and tugboat captain, William Carter, who put up most of the purse money and provided the trophy.[2] The race was hosted by the old Aqueduct race track from 1895 to 1955, except for 1946 when it was held at Belmont Park. It returned to Belmont Park from 1956 to 1959, 1968 to 1974, and again in 1994. In 2020 the event was moved to Belmont Park and held in early June.[1]

There was no race held in 1909, 1911–1913, and 1933–1934. It was run in two divisions in 1977 and 1978.

Race distance[edit]

  • 1895 – 1+14 miles
  • 1896 – 1+18 miles
  • 1897 – 1+116 miles
  • 1898 – about 7 furlongs
  • 1899–1902 6+12 furlongs
  • 1903 onwards – 7 furlongs

Historic notes[edit]

The Carter Handicap is the only American Thoroughbred stakes race in which a triple dead heat for a win occurred when Brownie, Bossuet and Wait A Bit crossed the finish line at the same time in 1944.[2] There was another dead heat between two horses in 1977, a year when the number of entrants resulted in the race being split into two divisions.

On June 13, 1942, Lillian Christopher's trainee Doublrab defeated the 1941 U.S. Triple Crown winner Whirlaway while equaling the Aqueduct track record of 1:23 flat in winning the seven furlong Carter Handicap.[3]

Records[edit]

Time record: (at current 7 furlongs distance)

  • 1:20.04 – Artax (1999) (new race and track record)

Most wins:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Winners[edit]

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2023 Doppelganger 4 Jevian Toledo Brittany Russell SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Jay A. Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital Catherine M. Donovan, Golconda Stable & Siena Farm LLC 1:23.25
2022 Speaker's Corner 4 Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Godolphin 1:21.34
2021 Mischievous Alex 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Saffie A. Joseph Jr. Cash Is King LLC & LC Racing 1:23.97
2020 Vekoma 4 Javier Castellano George Weaver R. A. Hill Stable & Gatsas Stables 1:21.02
2019 World of Trouble 4 Manuel Franco Jason Servis Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Bethlehem Stables 1:23.28
2018 Army Mule 4 Joe Bravo Todd A. Pletcher St. Elias Stable 1:20.94
2017 Green Gratto 7 Christopher DeCarlo Gaston Grant Gaston Grant & Anthony Grant 1:23.25
2016 Salutos Amigos 6 Cornelio Velásquez David Jacobson David Jacobson & Southern Equine Stable 1:23.15
2015 Dads Caps 5 José Ortiz Rudy R. Rodriguez Vincent S. Scuderi 1:23.64
2014 Dads Caps 4 Luis Contreras Rudy R. Rodriguez Vincent S. Scuderi 1:22.02
2013 Swagger Jack 5 Irad Ortiz Jr Martin Wolfson Silverton Hill 1:21.44
2012 Jackson Bend 5 Corey Nakatani Nick Zito Robert V. LaPenta & Fred Brei 1:22.32
2011 Morning Line 4 John Velazquez Nick Zito Thoroughbred Legends Racing Stable 1:21.46
2010 Warrior's Reward 4 Julien Leparoux Ian R. Wilkes A. Stevens Miles Jr. 1:21.62
2009 Kodiak Kowboy 4 John Velazquez J. Larry Jones Vinery Stables / Fox Hill 1:22.47
2008 Bustin Stones 4 Edgar Prado Bruce N. Levine Roddy Valente 1:22.91
2007 Silver Wagon 6 Javier Castellano Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Four Roses 1:21.46
2006 Bishop Court Hill 6 José A. Santos Todd A. Pletcher Melnyk Racing Stables 1:23.27
2005 Forest Danger 4 Rafael Bejarano Todd A. Pletcher Aaron & Marie Jones 1:20.46
2004 Pico Central 5 Alex Solis Paulo Lobo Gary A. Tanaka 1:20.22
2003 Congaree 5 Gary Stevens Bob Baffert Stonerside Stable 1:21.48
2002 Affirmed Success 8 Richard Migliore Richard Schosberg Albert Fried Jr. 1:21.84
2001 Peeping Tom 4 Shaun Bridgmohan Patrick L. Reynolds Flatbird Stable 1:21.33
2000 Brutally Frank 6 Shaun Bridgmohan Mitchell Friedman Sunny Meadow Farm 1:21.66
1999 Artax 4 Jorge Chavez Louis Albertrani Paraneck Stable 1:20.04
1998 Wild Rush 4 Kent Desormeaux Richard Mandella Stronach Stables 1:21.16
1997 Langfuhr 5 Jorge Chavez Mike Keogh Gus Schickedanz 1:22.80
1996 Lite the Fuse 5 Julie Krone Richard Dutrow Sr. Richard Dutrow Sr. 1:20.80
1995 Lite the Fuse 4 Ramon Perez Richard Dutrow Sr. Richard Dutrow Sr. 1:21.40
1994 Virginia Rapids 4 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Middletown Stables 1:21.40
1993 Alydeed 4 Craig Perret Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:22.60
1992 Rubiano 5 José A. Santos Flint S. Schulhofer Centennial Farm 1:21.20
1991 Housebuster 4 Craig Perret Warren A. Croll Jr. Robert P. Levy 1:21.20
1990 Dancing Spree 5 Chris Antley Shug McGaughey Ogden Phipps 1:22.00
1989 On The Line 5 Gary Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1:21.40
1988 Gulch 4 José A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas Peter M. Brant 1:20.40
1987 Pine Tree Lane 5 Randy Romero D. Wayne Lukas Leonard Mathis 1:21.20
1986 Love That Mac 4 Eddie Maple Wayne Widmer Tatt Stables 1:21.60
1985 Mt. Livermore 4 Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French Jr. 1:21.80
1984 Bet Big 4 Jean-Luc Samyn Hubert Hine Zelda Cohen 1:21.80
1983 Vittorioso 4 Alfredo Smith Jr. Reynaldo Nobles Robert E. Brennan 1:22.80
1982 Pass The Tab 4 Antonio Graell Albert Barrera Leopoldo Villareal 1:22.40
1981 Amber Pass 4 Eddie Maple Hubert Hine Entremont 1:23.00
1980 Czaravich 4 Larry Adams William H. Turner Jr. William L. Reynolds 1:21.00
1979 Star de Naskra 4 Jeffrey Fell Richard D. Ferris Carlyle J. Lancaster 1:21.80
1978 Pumpkin Moonshine 4 Dave Borden Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 1:22.20
1978 Jaipur's Gem 5 Jean-Luc Samyn Philip G. Johnson Jacqueline Crotty 1:21.60
1977 Quiet Little Table (DH) 4 Eddie Maple Philip G. Johnson Meadowhill 1:22.00
1977 Gentle King (DH) 4 Daryl Montoya W. Preston King Canam East Stable 1:22.00
1977 Soy Numero Uno 4 Ray Broussard Homer C. Pardue Strapro Stable (Joseph R. Straus Sr. & Isadore Proler) 1:22.20
1976 Due Diligence 4 Jose Amy Lazaro S. Barrera Harbor View Farm 1:22.40
1975 Forego 5 Heliodoro Gustines Sherrill W. Ward Lazy F Ranch 1:21.60
1974 Forego 4 Heliodoro Gustines Sherrill W. Ward Lazy F Ranch 1:22.20
1973 King's Bishop 4 Eddie Maple H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1:20.40
1972 Leematt 4 Michael Venezia Joseph P. Considine C. Oliver Goldsmith 1:22.40
1971 Native Royalty 4 John L. Rotz John T. Davis Harbor View Farm 1:22.80
1970 Tyrant 4 Bobby Ussery Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. Locust Hill Farm 1:21.40
1969 Promise 4 Bobby Ussery Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. Locust Hill Farm 1:22.60
1968 In Reality 4 Jorge Velásquez Melvin Calvert Frances A. Genter 1:21.80
1967 Tumiga 3 Ben Feliciano Lucien Laurin George E. Robb 1:23.80
1966 Davis 2nd 6 Calvin Stone Arnold N. Winick Herman Harris 1:22.80
1965 Viking Spirit 5 Kenneth Church James I. Nazworthy Dorothy Ann Currie Brittingham 1:21.40
1964 Ahoy 4 Howard Grant J. Bowes Bond Jaclyn Stable 1:21.60
1963 Admiral's Voyage 4 Ray Broussard Charles R. Parke Fred W. Hooper 1:22.40
1962 Merry Ruler 4 Johnny Sellers Edward J. Yowell Harry Freylinghuysen 1:22.00
1961 Chief of Chiefs 4 Jack Leonard Clyde Troutt Ada L. Rice 1:22.80
1960 Yes You Will 4 Larry Adams Jack A. Price Edith L. Price 1:22.40
1959 Jimmer 4 John Ruane Harold Goodwin Myron N. Goodwin 1:22.60
1958 Bold Ruler 4 Eddie Arcaro James Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 1:22.60
1957 Portersville 5 Ted Atkinson Alphonse J. Pupino Clearwater Stable F.L. Leatherbury E.A. Roberts 1:23.00
1956 Red Hannigan 5 Paul J. Bailey Homer C. Pardue Woodley Lane Farm 1:23.20
1955 Bobby Brocato 4 Ray Broussard William Molter Joe W. Brown 1:23.40
1954 White Skies 5 James Stout Tommy Root William. M. Wickham 1:23.60
1953 Tom Fool 4 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:22.00
1952 Northern Star 4 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:22.00
1951 Arise 5 Eric Guerin James C. Bentley Addison Stable (Harry & W. Jack Addison) 1:23.40
1950 Guillotine 3 Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:23.20
1949 Better Self 4 Dave Gorman Max Hirsch King Ranch 1:25.20
1948 Gallorette 6 Job Dean Jessop Edward A. Christmas William L. Brann 1:23.40
1947 Rippey 4 Ovie Scurlock Willie Booth William G. Helis 1:23.00
1946 Flood Town 4 Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch Edward J. Lasker 1:23.60
1945 Apache 6 James Stout James Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 1:24.60
1944 Bossuet 4 James Stout James Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 1:23.40
1944 Wait A Bit 5 Gayle Smith Matthew P. Brady William Ziegler Jr. 1:23.40
1944 Brownie 5 Eric Guerin John B. Theall Joe W. Brown 1:23.40
1943 Devil Diver 4 George Woolf John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:24.00
1942 Doublrab 4 Billie Thompson Harris B. Brown Lillian Christopher 1:23.00
1941 Parasang 4 Basil James Edward L. Snyder Cornelius V. Whitney 1:23.00
1940 He Did 7 George Woolf J. Thomas Taylor W. Arnold Hanger 1:23.80
1939 Fighting Fox 4 James Stout James Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 1:22.80
1938 Airflame 4 Raymond Workman Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1:23.60
1937 Aneroid 4 Charley Rosengarten Dion Kerr John A. Manfuso 1:23.60
1936 Clang 4 Eddie Litzenberger William R. Sallee John F. Clark Jr. 1:24.00
1935 King Saxon 4 Calvin Rainey Charles H. Knebelkamp Charles H. Knebelkamp 1:23.80
1934 Open Range 3 Eddie Litzenberger George E. Phillips William Graham 1:18.00
1933 Caterwaul 3 Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey Cornelius V. Whitney 1:20.20
1932 Happy Scot 4 Alfred Robertson Preston M. Burch Cary T. Grayson 1:24.80
1931 Flying Heels 4 Charley Kurtsinger J. Simon Healy John J. Curtis 1:24.20
1930 Flying Heels 3 Willie Kelsay Henry McDaniel Gifford A. Cochran 1:24.40
1929 Osmand 5 Willie Garner Pete Coyne Joseph E. Widener 1:26.60
1928 Osmand 4 Earl Sande Pete Coyne Joseph E. Widener 1:25.00
1927 Happy Argo 4 Fritz Weiner Max Hirsch Kershaw Stable 1:24.20
1926 Macaw 3 Linus McAtee James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 1:24.60
1926 Nedana 4 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1:24.60
1925 Silver Fox 3 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1:24.40
1924 Sarazen 3 Earl Sande Max Hirsch Fair Stable 1:25.60
1923 Little Colt 3 Clarence Turner Sandy McNaughton Sandy McNaughton 1:25.40
1922 Knobbie 4 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1:24.40
1921 Audacious 5 Clarence Kummer Sandy McNaughton Foreign Stable 1:23.00
1920 Audacious 4 Frank Keogh John J. Hastings Morton L. Schwartz 1:25.00
1919 Naturalist 5 Charles Fairbrother Thomas Welsh Joseph E. Widener 1:23.00
1918 Old Koenig 5 George Byrne George Ziegler Beverwyck Stable 1:23.80
1917 Old Rosebud 6 Andy Schuttinger Frank D. Weir Hamilton C. Applegate 1:25.40
1916 Trial by Jury 4 E. Campbell J. Simon Healy Edward B. Cassatt 1:25.40
1915 Phosphor 3 Johnny Loftus William H. Karrick Schuyler L. Parsons 1:30.00
1914 Roamer 3 Merritt C. Buxton A. J. Goldsborough Andrew Miller 1:24.80
1911 -1913 no race
1910 Gretna Green 6 Guy Burns Albert Simons John W. Schorr 1:27.00
1909 no race
1908 Jack Atkin 4 Phil Musgrave Herman R. Brandt Barney Schreiber 1:27.80
1907 Glorifier 5 George Mountain James H. McCormick James H. McCormick 1:28.20
1906 Roseben 5 Lucien Lyne Frank D. Weir Davy C. Johnson 1:26.40
1905 Ormonde's Right 4 Willie Davis A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget 1:26.80
1904 Beldame 3 Frank O'Neill Fred Burlew Newton Bennington 1:27.00
1903 Ahumada 3 Jack Martin John A. Kyle John A. Kyle 1:33.00
1902 Ethics 4 Harry Cochran Richard O. Miller Charles F. Dwyer 1:28.20
1901 Motley 4 Willie Shaw William Lakeland William Lakeland 1:28.00
1900 Box 6 Danny Maher E. L. Graves W. Showalter 1:26.00
1899 Duke of Middleburg 3 John Sullivan R. Wyndham Walden G. W. Graydon 1:26.60
1898 The Manxman 4 Harry Lewis William Oliver J. J. Harrison 1:29.60
1897 Premier 4 W. Coylie Jim McLaughlin Jim McLaughlin 1:49.00
1896 Deerslayer 4 Samuel Doggett Walter C. Rollins Walter C. Rollins 1:55.00
1895 Charade 6 Samuel Doggett William R. Jones William R. Jones 2:11.60

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Carter Handicap Profile". equibase.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Nichols, Joseph C. (31 May 1958). "Bold Ruler Beats Tick Tock as Gallant Man Runs Third in Carter Handicap; ARCARO TRIUMPHS ON WHEATLEY COLT Gains Triple, First Carter Score With Bold Ruler -Guerin Wins 3 Races". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Doublrab Takes Carter Handicap; Whirlaway Third". New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1942-06-14. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-13.