# Nursery Handicap (Belmont Park)

The Nursery Stakes/Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run in New York State for the first time on October 1, 1866 at Jerome Park Racetrack. Following the closure of that track after New York City had announced its decision to build the Jerome Park Reservoir on the property, the race was taken over by the Morris Park Racecourse. When that track closed after the 1904 running, it was transferred to Belmont Park where it would remain until its final running on September 27, 1938.

## Historical notes

The 1866 inaugural running of the Nursery Stakes was won by the filly Ruthless owned by Francis Morris whose son John would own the Morris Park Racecourse. The following year Ruthless would win the first edition of the Belmont Stakes, a race that would become the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, ensuring her induction into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame. Through 2020, Ruthless, Tanya (1905), and Rags to Riches (2007) are the only fillies to ever win the Belmont Stakes.

### Locations

* 1866 - 1889: Jerome Park
* 1890 - 1904: Morris Park
* 1905 - 1938: Belmont Park

### Distances

* 1 mile 1866 - 1876
* 3/4 mile 1877 - 1938

## Records

Speed record:
* 1:10.00 @ 6 furlongs: Dauber (1937)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 2 - Willie Simms (1893, 1895)
* 2 - John McTaggart (1915, 1916)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - Jim McLaughlin (1902, 1903, 1904, 1909)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 - John E. Madden (1897, 1924)
* 2 - Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin (1904, 1909)
* 2 - Harry Payne Whitney (1905, 1919)
* 2 - Greentree Stable (1922, 1927)
* 2 - Belair Stud Stable (1931, 1938)

## Winners (1891-1938)

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Win $ |
| 1938 | Johnstown | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Stable | 6 f | 1:10.60 | $ |
| 1937 | Dauber | Ira Hanford | John A. Healey | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 6 f | 1:10.00 | $ |
| 1936 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1935-1 | Hollyrood | Willie Saunders | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 6 f | 1:11.00 | $ |
| 1935-2 | Coldstream | Paul Keester | Alex Gordon | Coldstream Stud (E. Dale Shaffer) | 6 f | 1:10.80 | $ |
| 1934 | Sound Advice | John Gilbert | James Rushton | Barbara M. West | 6 f | 1:11.60 | $2,445 |
| 1933 | Kawagoe | Pete Walls | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener Jr. | 6 f | 1:11.20 | $1,825 |
| 1932 | Quel Jeu | J. Long | George M Odom | Arden Farms Stable | 6 f | 1:10.80 | $3,600 |
| 1931 | Faireno | Anthony Pascuma | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud Stable | 6 f | 1:11.20 | $5,275 |
| 1930 | Sunny Lassie | R. J. Fisher | Clyde Phillips | Middleburg Stable (Helen Murphy Ziegler) | 6 f | 1:11.20 | $6,450 |
| 1929 | Flying Heels | Willie Kelsay | Henry McDaniel | Gifford A. Cochran | 6 f | 1:11.00 | $6,200 |
| 1928 | Dr. Freeland | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon Sr. | 6 f | 1:14.60 | $5,725 |
| 1927 | Prate | Sidney P. Hebert | Clyde Phillips | Greentree Stable | 6 f | 1:12.00 | $6,100 |
| 1926 | Osmand | Earl Sande | G. Hamilton Keene | Joseph E. Widener | 6 f | 1:13.00 | $5,975 |
| 1925 | Bubbling Over | Albert Johnson | Herbert J. Thompson | Idle Hour Farm Stable | 6 f | 1:11.40 | $4,925 |
| 1924 | Repulse | Edward J. Legere | William S. Walker | John E. Madden | 6 f | 1:12.80 | $6,175 |
| 1923 | Infinite | Mr. Smith | William James McKnight | Frederick Johnson | 6 f | 1:11.80 | $3,750 |
| 1922 | Cherry Pie | Lawrence Lyke | Scott P. Harlan | Greentree Stable | 6 f | 1:11.40 | $4,950 |
| 1921 | Snob II | Clifford Robinson | Hollie Hughes | John Sanford | 6 f | 1:11.20 | $4,650 |
| 1920 | Hildur | Clarence Kummer | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 6 f | 1:10.60 | $4,925 |
| 1919 | Dr. Clark | Ted Rice | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 6 f | 1:11.20 | $3,600 |
| 1918 | The Trump | George Walls | George Zeigler | Beverwyck Stable (Frank J. Nolan) | 6 f | 1:11.00 | $2,700 |
| 1917 | Jack Hare Jr. | Charles Peak | Frank D. Weir | William E. Applegate | 6 f | 1:11.40 | $1,985 |
| 1916 | Straight Forward | John McTaggart | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 6 f | 1:11.00 | $1,645 |
| 1915 | Whimsy | John McTaggart | Frank Regan | Cleveland Stable (George W. Lebolt) | 6 f | 1:11.80 | $1,065 |
| 1914 | Sharpshooter | Kenneth Karrick | William H. Karrick | Schuyler L. Parsons | 6 f | 1:12.00 | $1,340 |
| 1914 | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1913 | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1912 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1911 | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. | No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law. |
| 1909 | Fauntleroy | Joe McCahey | Jim McLaughlin | Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin | 6 f | 1:12.00 | $1,060 |
| 1908 | Trance | Walter Miller | George M. Odom | George M. Odom | 6 f | 1:10.20 | $6,650 |
| 1907 | Dorante | Herbert Sumter | Raleigh Colston Jr. | Frederick W. Forsythe | 6 f | 1:13.60 | $8,200 |
| 1906 | W. H. Daniel | Joseph A. Jones | Henry McDaniel | Edmund S. Burke Jr. | 6 f | 1:11.80 | $5,875 |
| 1905 | Perverse | Willie Shaw | John W. Rogers | Harry Payne Whitney | 6 f | 1:12.40 | $6,950 |
| 1904 | Pasadena | Jack Martin | Jim McLaughlin | Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin | 6 f | 1:12.00 | $4,825 |
| 1903 | Race King | Willie Gannon | Jim McLaughlin | Orville L. Richards | 6 f | 1:10.75 | $7,125 |
| 1902 | Eugenia Burch | Henry Spencer | Jim McLaughlin | Libby Curtis | 6 f | 1:12.50 | $6,900 |
| 1901 | King Hanover | Nash Turner | John W. Rogers | William C. Whitney | 6 f | 1:11.00 | $6,735 |
| 1900 | Bellario | Milton Henry | Fred Burlew | Newton Bennington | 6 f | 1:10.20 | $5,920 |
| 1899 | King's Courier | Clem J. Jenkins | H. Eugene Leigh | The Pepper Stable (Ella O. & James E. Pepper) | 6 f | 1:10.25 | $6,560 |
| 1898 | Ethelbert | John Cunningham | Edward Feakes | James Galway | 6 f | 1:12.25 | $3,855 |
| 1897 | Plaudit | Robert "Tiny" Williams | John E. Madden | John E. Madden | 6 f | 1:13.00 | $3,850 |
| 1896 | Celoso | Tod Sloan | Frank M. Taylor | Santa Anita Stable | 6 f | 1:14.00 | $3,050 |
| 1895 | Ben Brush | Willie Simms | Hardy Campbell Jr. | Michael F. Dwyer | 6 f | 1:11.75 | $2,787 |
| 1894 | Brandywine | Henry F. Griffin | John W. Rogers | Perry Belmont | 6 f | 1:12.00 | $5,390 |
| 1893 | Patrician | Willie Simms | Frank McCabe | Philip J. Dwyer | 6 f | 1:13.00 | $6,980 |
| 1892 | Runyon | John Lamley | Matthew M. Allen | Frank A. Ehret | 6 f | 1:13.00 | $4,290 |
| 1891 | Yorkville Belle | Isaac Burns Murphy | Matthew M. Allen | Fred C. McLewee | 6 f | 1:11.00 | $13,880 |