# Edgemere Handicap

The Edgemere Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race. Inaugurated in 1901 at the old Aqueduct Racetrack, it was open to horses of all ages and contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and seventy yards. The following year the distance was changed to one mile and one furlong.
In 1902 and again in 1908, the race was won by a two-year-old. Allan, a colt owned and trained by Frank M. Kelly was the first then Fashion Plate won in 1908.
On June 11, 1908, the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart-Agnew anti-betting legislation. The owners of Aqueduct Racetrack, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without income from betting. The Edgemere Handicap was a victim of necessary cost cutting measures and as a result here was no race between 1909 and 1916. A February 21, 1913 ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division saw horse racing return in 1913. However, the Edgemere was not revived until 1917 and to fit horsemen's needs, the race conditions were modified to make it a contest for horses age three and older.
The Edgemere Handicap remained at Aqueduct Racetrack until 1956 when it was hosted by the Jamaica Racetrack at a mile and a sixteenth. The final edition was run on June 20, 1957 at Belmont Park.
A new Edgemere Handicap was established at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1960 which in 1981 was renamed the Red Smith Handicap.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1:48.40 @ 1-1/8 miles: Hash (1939)
Most wins:
* 2 – Peanuts (1925, 1926)
* 2 - Hash (1939, 1940)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Eddie Arcaro (1939, 1940, 1942, 1949)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - James E. Fitzsimmons (1921, 1929, 1932, 1943)
* 4 - John M. Gaver Sr. (1939, 1940, 1942, 1951)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 - Greentree Stable (1939, 1940, 1942, 1949)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Win$ |
| 1957 | Admiral Vee | 5 | Willie Lester | H. Allen Jerkens | Edward Seinfeld | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.60 | $19,300 |
| 1956 | Artismo | 5 | Hedley Woodhouse | Robert L. Dotter | James Cox Brady | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.60 | $19,800 |
| 1955 | Paper Tiger | 4 | Conn McCreary | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.40 | $19,250 |
| 1954 | Invigorator | 4 | Eric Guerin | Edward A. Neloy | Saxon Stable (Riley Allison & Max Prestridge) | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.00 | $19,950 |
| 1953 | Level Lea | 3 | Bobby Green | Max Hirsch | John S. Phipps | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.40 | $20,000 |
| 1952 | Out Point | 4 | Nick Wall | Oleg T. Dubassoff | Lazy F Ranch | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.20 | $9,150 |
| 1951 | One Hitter | 5 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/4 m | 2:03.20 | $18,900 |
| 1950 | Three Rings | 5 | Hedley Woodhouse | William J. Knapp | Evelyn L. Hopkins | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.40 | $16,125 |
| 1949 | My Request | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | James P. Conway | Ben F. Whitaker | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.80 | $15,675 |
| 1948 | Loyal Legion | 4 | Ted Atkinson | Oscar White | Walter M. Jeffords | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.40 | $19,050 |
| 1947 | Elpis | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | William M. Booth | William G. Helis Sr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.40 | $18,500 |
| 1946 | Stymie | 5 | Basil James | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.40 | $19,750 |
| 1945 | Olympic Zenith | 4 | Wayne Wright | William M. Booth | William G. Helis Sr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:51.20 | $12,050 |
| 1944 | Strategic | 4 | Francis Thacker | Sol Rutchick | Havaholme Stable (Frank & Joseph Rabinovich) | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.00 | $11,000 |
| 1943 | Apache | 4 | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.40 | $11,950 |
| 1942 | The Rhymer | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.60 | $7,875 |
| 1941 | Market Wise | 3 | Wendell Eads | George W. Carroll | Louis Tufano | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.00 | $7,975 |
| 1940 | Hash | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.40 | $8,175 |
| 1939 | Hash | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.40 | $7,450 |
| 1938 | Idle Miss | 4 | Alfred Robertson | B. Frank Christmas | B. Frank Christmas | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.20 | $6,200 |
| 1937 | Strabo | 3 | Lester Balaski | Roy Waldron | Hope Goddard Iselin | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.00 | $6,700 |
| 1936 | Action | 7 | John Gilbert | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.80 | $5,030 |
| 1933 | - 1935 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1932 | Blenhein III | 4 | Tommy Malley | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.80 | $1,700 |
| 1931 | Curate | 5 | Mack Garner | Henry McDaniel | Joseph E. Widener | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.80 | $3,080 |
| 1930 | Live Oak | 4 | Sidney P. Hebert | Walter A. Carter | Rosedale Stable (George Clarke) | 1-1/8 m | 1:51.00 | $6,250 |
| 1929 | Distraction | 4 | Danny McAuliffe | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:51.00 | $5,850 |
| 1928 | Ironsides | 3 | Linus McAtee | George P. Odom | Robert L. Gerry | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.20 | $6,300 |
| 1927 | Black Maria | 4 | Frank Coltiletti | William H. Karrick | William R. Coe | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.20 | $5,500 |
| 1926 | Peanuts | 4 | Harold Thurber | George P. Odom | Aknusti Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:48.60 | $6,050 |
| 1925 | Peanuts | 3 | Harry Richards | George P. Odom | Aknusti Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:51.60 | $5,650 |
| 1924 | Ladkin | 3 | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | August Belmont Jr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:49.60 | $7,200 |
| 1923 | Little Chief | 4 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.60 | $5,450 |
| 1922 | Lucky Hour | 3 | Andy Schuttinger | Roy Waldron | Lexington Stable (Edward F. Simms & Henry W. Oliver) | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.00 | $7.600 |
| 1921 | Captain Alcock | 4 | Linus McAtee | James E. Fitzsimmons | Quincy Stable (James Francis Johnson) | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.60 | $5,150 |
| 1920 | John P. Grier | 3 | Eddie Ambrose | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitey | 1-1/8 m | 1:51.40 | $3,150 |
| 1919 | Lucullite | 4 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.00 | $2,725 |
| 1918 | George Smith | 5 | Lawrence Lyke | Hollie Hughes | John Sanford | 1-1/8 m | 1:50.80 | $2,700 |
| 1917 | Chiclet | 5 | Frank Keogh | J. Howard Lewis | Joseph E. Widener | 1-1/16 m | 1:47.20 | $1,645 |
| 1909 | - 1916 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1908 | Fashion Plate | 2 | Jack Upton | William H. Karrick | Oneck Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:53.40 | $650 |
| 1907 | Ballot | 3 | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 1-1/8 m | 1:53.00 | $1,800 |
| 1906 | Running Water | 3 | Walter Miller | Thomas Welsh | Newcastle Stable | 1-1/8 m | 1:52.00 | $1,950 |
| 1905 | Bedouin | 3 | Willie Shaw | John Huggins | Edward W. Jewett | 1-1/8 m | 1:53.00 | $1,880 |
| 1904 | Dolly Spanker | 3 | Herman H. Phillips | T. J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 1-1/8 m | 1:57.60 | $1,410 |
| 1903 | Hermis | 4 | Arthur Redfern | William Shields | Edward R. Thomas | 1-1/8 m | 1:53.00 | $1,370 |
| 1902 | Allan | 2 | Arthur Redfern | Frank M. Kelly | Frank M. Kelly | 1-1/8 m | 1:56.00 | $920 |
| 1901 | Ethics | 3 | Harry Cochran | Richard O. Miller | Charles F. Dwyer | 1 m,70 yd. | 1:46.60 | $620 |