Ladies Handicap

Horseraces infobox
class = Stakes
horse race = Ladies Handicap


caption =
location = Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1981
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html Aqueduct Racetrack at NYRA]
distance = 1¼ miles (10 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Fillies, three-years-old & up
weight = Handicap
purse = $65,000-added
bonuses = The Ladies Handicap is a historic American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies three years of age and older that is held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Inaugurated at the now defunct Jerome Park Racetrack in 1868, it is the oldest stakes race in the U.S. exclusively for fillies and mares. An unlisted stakes race, it is currently run in mid December and offers a purse of $65,000.

From its beginnings in 1868 through 1912 the race was restricted to three-year-old fillies thern from 1913 through 1938 it was made open to fillies of any age. Since 1939 it has been open to older fillies and mares. There was no race in 1895 and again in 1911 and 1912 when a New York ban on parimutuel betting shut down all racing in the state. In 2006 the race was not run due to a shortage of entrants.

The Ladies Handicap has been won by some of the great fillies in American racing history including Hall of Fame inductees Firenze, Miss Woodford, Beldame, Maskette, Top Flight and Shuvee.

The Ladies Handicap has been run at:
* Jerome Park Racetrack :1868-1890
* Morris Park Racetrack : 1890-1904
* Belmont Park : 1905-1958, 1960

Since inception, it has been raced at various distances:
* 1 mile and five furlongs : 1868-1874
* 1 mile and 1 furlong : 1889-1892
* 1,400 yards : 1890-1891
* 1 1/16 miles : 1893-1894
* 1 mile : 1896-1939
* 1 5/16 miles : 1961-1962
* 1½ miles : 1874-1885, 1940-1958, 1960, 1963, 1964
* 1¼ miles : 1965 to present

Records

Most wins:
* Black Maria (1926, 1927)
* Strolling Belle (1999, 2000)

Speed record:
* 2:01.40 - Transient Trend (1995) and Bastonera II (1976) at the current 1¼ mile distance

Most wins by an owner:
* 5 - August Belmont (1872, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1889)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 6 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1968, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1988)

Winners of the Ladies Handicap since 1979

* In 2000, Pentatonic won the race, but was disqualified and set back to second.

Earlier winners

*1978 - Ida Delia
*1977 - Sensational
*1976 - Bastonera 2nd
*1975 - Tizna
*1974 - Coraggioso *
*1973 - Wakefield Miss
*1972 - Graffiti
*1971 - Sea Saga
*1970 - Cathy Honey *
*1969 - Shuvee
*1968 - Politely
*1967 - Sweet Folly
*1966 - Destro
*1965 - Straight Deal
*1964 - Steeple Jill
*1963 - Goofed
*1962 - Royal Patrice
*1961 - Mighty Fair
*1960 - Berlo
*1959 - Tempted
*1958 - Endine
*1957 - Rare Treat
*1956 - Flower Bowl
*1955 - Manotick
*1954 - Lavender Hill
*1953 - La Carredora
*1952 - How
*1951 - Marta
*1950 - Next Move
*1949 - Gaffery
*1948 - Miss Request
*1947 - Snow Goose
*1946 - Athenia
*1945 - War Date
*1944 - Donitas First
*1943 - Stefanita

*1942 - Vagrancy
*1941 - Up The Hill
*1940 - Salamania
*1939 - Red Eye
*1938 - Idle Miss
*1937 - Genie Palantine
*1936 - Rust
*1935 - Vicaress
*1934 - Coequel
*1933 - White Lies
*1932 - Top Flight
*1931 - Valenciennes
*1930 - Snowflake
*1929 - Lace
*1928 - Twitter
*1927 - Black Maria
*1926 - Black Maria
*1925 - Whetstone
*1924 - Relentless
*1923 - Solisa
*1922 - Many Smiles
*1921 - Pen Rose
*1920 - Milkmaid
*1919 - Salvestra
*1918 - Eyelid
*1917 - Rhine Maiden
*1916 - Celandria
*1915 - Addie M.
*1914 - Flying Fairy
*1913 - Flamma
*1910 - Ocean Bound
*1909 - Maskette
*1908 - Stamina
*1907 - Yankee Girl
*1906 - Perverse
*1905 - Flinders

*1904 - Beldame
*1903 - Girdle
*1902 - Blue Girl
*1901 - Janice
*1900 - Oneck Queen
*1899 - Prestidigitatrice
*1898 - Geisha
*1897 - Divide
*1896 - Intermission
*1894 - Nahma
*1893 - Naptha
*1892 - Yorkville Belle
*1891 - Castalia
*1890 - Sinaloa II
*1889 - Fides
*1888 - Bella B.
*1887 - Firenze
*1886 - Bandala
*1885 - Miss Palmer
*1884 - Duchess
*1883 - Miss Woodford
*1882 - Hiawassa
*1881 - Aella
*1880 - Carita
*1879 - Ferida
*1878 - Invermoor
*1877 - Idalia
*1876 - Sultana
*1875 - Olitipa
*1874 - Bonaventure
*1873 - Katie Please
*1872 - Victoria
*1871 - Nellie Gray
*1870 - Annette
*1869 - Tasmania
*1868 - Bonnie Braes

* In 1974, Poker Night won the race, but was disqualified and set back to second. * In 1970, Manta won the race, but was disqualified and set back to second.