Aqueduct Handicap

Horseraces infobox
class = Ungraded stakes
horse race = Aqueduct Handicap


caption =
location = Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, USA
inaugurated = 1902
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html Aqueduct Racetrack at NYRA]
distance = 1 ¹/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds and up
weight = Handicap
purse = $100,000 Added
bonuses = 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

Winners of the Aqueduct Handicap since 1959

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

Earlier winners

*1955 - Icarian
*1954 - Crash Drive
*1953 - First Aid
*1952 - Bryan G.
*1951 - Bryan G.
*1950 - Wine List
*1949 - Wine List
*1948 - Stymie
*1947 - Stymie
*1946 - Coincidence
*1945 - New Moon
*1944 - Alex Barth
*1943 - With Regards
*1942 - Pictor
*1941 - Ponty

*1940 - War Dog
*1939 - Volitant
*1938 - Isolater
*1937 - Caballero II
*1936 - Action
*1935 - Good Gamble
*1934 - Coequel
*1933 - Golden Way
*1932 - Blenheim III
*1931 - Curate
*1930 - Black Mammy
*1929 - Sun Beau
*1928 - Chance Play
*1927 - Black Maria
*1926 - Black Maria

*1923 - My Play
*1922 - Prince James
*1921 - Damask
*1920 - John P. Grier
*1919 - Lucullite
*1918 - Corn Tassel
*1917 - Roamer
*1909 - Firestone
*1908 - Monfort
*1907 - Brookdale Bymph
*1906 - Rye
*1905 - Bedouin
*1904 - Israelite
*1903 - Wild Thyme
*1902 - Glenwater