Queens County Handicap

The Queens County Handicap is an American Grade III race for Thoroughbred race horses run each December on the dirt at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.

Open to horses three years-old and up, it is set at a distance of one and one three-sixteenth of a mile and offers a purse of $100,000 added.

One of America's oldest races still running, the Queens County has been set at various lengths over the years. It took place at Belmont Park in 1946 and at the old Jamaica Racetrack in Jamaica, Queens, New York from 1956 to 1958.

The Queens County is, like many races at Aqueduct, named for a New York City borough. Queens is the borough that includes the Aqueduct race track. It is also the largest of New York's five boroughs.

The Queens County will be in its 103nd running in 2008.

Past winners

* 2007 – Evening Attire (9) (Edgar Prado)
* 2006 – Magna Graduate (4) (John Velazquez)
* 2005 – Philanthropist (4) (Eibar Coa)
* 2004 – Classic Endeavor (6) (Aaron Gryder)
* 2003 – Thunder Blitz (5) (Jorge F. Chavez)
* 2002 – Snake Mountain (4) (Jose A. Santos)
* 2001 – Evening Attire (3) (Shaun Bridgmohan)
* 2000 – Boston Party (4) (Norberto Arroyo, Jr.)
* 1999 – Early Warning (4) (Jorge F. Chavez)
* 1998 – Fire King (5) (Frank Lovato, Jr.)
* 1997 – Mr. Sinatra (3) (Richard Migliore)
* 1996 – Topsy Robsy (4) (Paula-Keim Bruno)
* 1995 – Aztec Empire (5) (Jean-Luc Samyn)
* 1994 – Federal Funds (5) (Dennis Carr)
* 1993 - Repletion (4) (Mike E. Smith)
* 1992 – Shots Are Ringing (5) (John R. Velazquez)
* 1991 – Nome (5) (Eddie Maple)
* 1990 – Sport View (4) (Craig Perret)
* 1989 – Its Academic (5) (Jerry Bailey)
* 1988 – Lay Down (4) (Jean Luc Samyn)
* 1987 – Personal Flag (4) (Randy Romero)
* 1986 – Pine Belt (4) (Eddie Maple)
* 1985 – Late Act (6) (Eddie Maple)
* 1984 - Puntivo (4) (Robbie Davis)
* 1983 – Country Pine (3) (Jerry D. Bailey)
* 1982 – Bar Dexter (5) (Jeffery Fell)
* 1981 – French Cut (4) (Don MacBeth)
* 1980 – Fool’s Prayer (5) (Jorge Velasquez)
* 1979 - Dewan Keys (4) (Eddie Maple)
* 1978 - Cum Laude Laurie (4) (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
* 1977 – Cox’s Ridge (3) (Eddie Maple)
* 1976 – It’s Freezing (4) (Jacinto Vasquez)
* 1975 – Hail The Pirates (5) (Ron Turcotte)
* 1974 – Free Hand (4) (Jose Amy)
* 1973 – True Knight (4) (Angel Cordero, Jr.)

* 1972 – Sunny and Mild (3) (Mike Venezia)
* 1971 – Red Reality (5) (Jorge Velasquez)
* 1970 – Best Turn (4) (Larry Adams)
* 1969 - Vif (4) (Larry Adams)
* 1968 – Irish Dude (4) (Sandino Hernandez)
* 1967 – Mr. Right (4) (Heliodoro Gustines)
* 1966 - Amberoid (3) (Eddie Belmonte)
* 1965 - Prairie Schooner (4) (Eddie Belmonte)
* 1964 – Third Martini (5) (William Boland)
* 1963 – Uppercut (4) (Manuel Ycaza)
* 1962 – Grid Iron Hero (3) (Manuel Ycaza)
* 1961 - Manassa Mauler (5) (Braulio Baeza)
* 1960 – Cranberry Sauce (3) (Heliodoro Gustines)
* 1959 - Whitley (4) (Eric Guerin)
* 1958 – Oh Johnny (5) (William Boland)
* 1957 – Bold Ruler (3) (Eddie Arcaro)
* 1956 - Blessbull (5) (W. Lester)
* 1955 – Fabulist (4) (Ted Atkinson)
* 1954 – Find (4) (E. Guerin)
* 1953 – Flaunt (4) (S. Cole)
* 1952 – County Delight (5) (Dave Gorman)
* 1951 - Sheilas Reward (4) (Ovie Scurlock)
* 1950 – Three Rings (5) (Hedley Woodhouse)
* 1949 – Three Rings (4) (Ted Atkinson)
* 1948 – Knock Down (5) (F. Zufelt)
* 1947 – Gallorette (5) (Job Dean Jessop)
* 1946 - Heliopic (4) (P. Miller)
* 1945 – Olympic Zenith (4) (Conn McCreary)
* 1944 – First Fiddle (5) (Johnny Longden)
* 1943 – The Rhymer (5) (Conn McCreary)
* 1942 - Waller (4) (B. Thompson)
* 1941 - Salford II (5) (Don Meade)
* 1940 – He Did (7) (Eddie Arcaro)
* 1939 – Lovely Night (3) (Johnny Longden)

* 1938 – War Admiral (4) (Charles Kurtsinger)
* 1937 – Snark (4) (Johnny Longden)
* 1936 – Good Gamble (4) (Samuel Renick)
* 1935 – King Saxon (4) (C. Rainey)
* 1934 – Singing Wood (3) (R. Jones)
* 1933 – Kerry Patch (3) (R. Wholey)
* 1932 - Halcyon (4) (H. Mills)
* 1931 – Halcyon (3) (G. Rose)
* 1930 – Kildare (4) (John Passero)
* 1929 - Comstockery (3) (S. Hebert)
* 1928 – Kentucky II (4) (G. Schreiner)
* 1927 – Light Carbine (4) (J. McCoy)
* 1926 – Macaw (3) (Linus McAtee)
* 1925 – Mad Play (4) (Laverne Fator)
* 1924 – Mad Hatter (8) (Earl Sande)
* 1923 – Zev (3) (E. Sande)
* 1922 – Grey Lag (4) (Laverne Fator)
* 1921 – John P. Grier (4) (F. Keogh)
* 1920 - Cirrus (4) (Lavelle Ensor)
* 1919 – Star Master (5) (Merritt Buxton)
* 1918 – Roamer (7) (Lucien Lyke)
* 1917 – Old Rosebud (6) (F. Robinson)
* 1916 – Short Grass (8) (Frank Keogh)
* 1915 – Roamer (4) (James H. Butwell)
* 1914 – Flying Fairy (4) (T. Davies)
* 1910 to 1913 – NOT RUN
* 1909 - Arasee (5) (J. Glass)
* 1908 – Jack Atkin (4) (P. Musgrave)
* 1907 - W. H. Carey (4) (M. Mountain)
* 1906 – Ram’s Horn (4) (L. Perrine)
* 1905 – St. Valentine (4) (M. Crimmins)
* 1904 – Rosetint (4) (T. Burns)
* 1903 – Yellowtail (6) (W. Shaw)
* 1902 - Margravite (4) (O. Wonderly)

References

* [http://www.nyra.com/ Aqueduct’s official site]