Suburban Handicap

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = Suburban Handicap


caption =
location = Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, USA
inaugurated = 1884
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html www.nyra.com]
distance = 1¼ miles (10 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds and up
weight = Handicap
purse = $400,000
bonuses = The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses aged three and older run at the classic one-and-one-quarter mile distance on the Belmont Park dirt for a $400,000 purse. The Suburban is the final of the three races that compose the New York Handicap Triple series of races, as it follows the Metropolitan Handicap and the Brooklyn Handicap. It is currently sponsored by Shadwell Farm.

In Excess set the track record for the race in 1991 with a time of 1:58.33.

The Suburban will have had its 120th running in 2006. First held at Leonard Jerome's Sheepshead Bay Race Track in 1884, it stayed at that location until 1913. For 1915 alone, the Suburban was held at Empire City; afterward, it was moved to Belmont Park and there it has remained except for the races of 1961 to 1974 and 1976. During that time, the Suburban was hosted at Aqueduct Racetrack. The race was not run for three years: 1911, 1912, and 1914.

Four horse have won the Handicap Triple:
* Whisk Broom II (1913)
* Tom Fool (1953)
* Kelso (1961)
* Fit to Fight (1984)

Two racehorses have won the Suburban twice: Kelso (1961 and 1963) and Crusader (1926 and 1927).

The list of former winners is like a who's who of the race horse world, featuring some of American racing's greatest champions. The first mare to win the Suburban Handicap was the great Hall of Famer, Imp.

ponsorship

On March 20, 2008, Shadwell Farm announced its sponsorship of the Suburban Handicap.cite news | url =http://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/stories/ShadwellSponsorship.shtml | title =Shadwell to Sponsor Both Travers and Suburban| publisher =NYRA | date =2008-03-20 | accessdate =2008-03-20 ]

Winners of the Suburban Handicap since 1960

Earlier winners

*1959 : Bald Eagle
*1958 : Bold Ruler
*1957 : Traffic Judge
*1956 : Nashua
*1955 : Helioscope
*1954 : Straight Face
*1953 : Tom Fool
*1952 : One Hitter
*1951 : Busanda
*1950 : Loser Weeper
*1949 : Vulcan's Forge
*1948 : Harmonica
*1947 : Assault
*1946 : Armed
*1945 : Devil Diver
*1944 : Aletern
*1943 : Don Bingo
*1942 : Market Wise
*1941 : Your Chance
*1940 : Eight Thirty
*1939 : Cravat
*1938 : Snark
*1937 : Aneroid
*1936 : Firethorn
*1935 : Head Play
*1934 : Ladysman

*1933 : Equipoise
*1932 : White Clover
*1931 : Mokatam
*1930 : Petee-Wrack
*1929 : Bateau
*1928 : Dolan
*1927 : Crusader
*1926 : Crusader
*1925 : Sting
*1924 : Mad Hatter
*1923 : Grey Lag
*1922 : Captain Alcock
*1921 : Audacious
*1920 : Paul Jones
*1919 : Corn Tassel
*1918 : Johren
*1917 : Boots
*1916 : Friar Rock
*1915 : Stromboli
*1914 : No Race
*1913 : Whisk Broom II
*1912 : No Race - NY State ban
*1911 : No Race - NY State ban
*1910 : Olambala
*1909 : Fitz Herbert

*1908 : Ballot
*1907 : Nealon
*1906 : Go Between
*1905 : Beldame
*1904 : Hermis
*1903 : Africander
*1902 : Gold Heels
*1901 : Alcedo
*1900 : Kinley Mack
*1899 : Imp
*1898 : Tillo
*1897 : Ben Brush
*1896 : Henry of Navarre
*1895 : Lazzarone
*1894 : Ramapo
*1893 : Lowlander
*1892 : Montana
*1891 : Loantaka
*1890 : Salvator
*1889 : Raceland
*1888 : Elkwood
*1887 : Eurus
*1886 : Troubadour
*1885 : Pontiac
*1884 : General Monroe

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=1575 The Suburban Handicap at Pedigree Query]