# Evan Shipman Handicap

The Evan Shipman Handicap (NYB) is a race restricted to New York bred Thoroughbred horses, age three-years-old and up, run at Belmont Park in the state of New York. (In 2014 & 2015, it was run at Saratoga Race Course.)

## Origin

The race, which was run for the 36th time in 2015, is named for Evan Shipman, long a racing columnist for the New York Morning Telegraph and one of the world's authorities on Thoroughbred and harness racing and breeding. Shipman died in 1957, and is buried in the Gilkey Cemetery beside the family estate in Plainfield, New Hampshire. He was a friend of Ernest Hemingway and a chapter is devoted to Shipman in A Moveable Feast, Scribner's, 1964.

## History

Until 2013, the race was set at a distance of one and one/sixteenth miles on the dirt, the ungraded stakes event offers a purse of $100,000 added.
The Evan Shipman was run at one mile in the years 1981 and 1982. It was run at 1 1/8th miles in 2014 & 2015.
Due to the troubled economy in 2008, the Evan Shipman was canceled by the NYRA as they adjusted races to meet the new Grade I standard purse of $300,000.
The race began again in 2010 with a purse of $75,000 at the distance of 9 furlongs. By 2013 the purse was again up to $100,000.

## Records

Most wins:
* 2 – Richmond Runner (1994, 1997)
* 2 – Spite The Devil (2004, 2006)
* 2 – Royal Posse (2015, 2016)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Robbie Davis (1987, 1994, 1997, 1998)
* 4 – Edgar Prado (2003, 2004, 2005, 2010)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 3 – H. Allen Jerkens (1995, 2004, 2005)
* 3 – Rudy R. Rodriguez (2015, 2016, 2024)
Most wins by an owner:
* 3 – Chester Broman Sr. & Mary Broman (2013, 2018, 2019)

## Past winners

| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2024 | Bank Frenzy | Flavien Prat | Rudy R. Rodriguez | LSU Stables | 1:37.27 |
| 2023 | Dr. Ardito | Manuel Franco | Chad C. Brown | Michael Dubb & Michael J. Caruso | 1:37.77 |
| 2022 | Bankit | Joel Rosario | Steven M. Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds & Willis Horton Racing | 1:39.24 |
| 2021 | Sea Foam | Joel Rosario | Michelle Giangiulio | Ten Strike Racing & Four Corners Racing Stable | 1:50.91 |
| 2019 | Mr. Buff | Junior Alvarado | John C. Kimmel | Chester Broman Sr. & Mary Broman | 1:51.65 |
| 2018 | Can You Diggit | Junior Alvarado | James A. Jerkens | Chester Broman Sr. & Mary Broman | 1:49.93 |
| 2017 | Diversify | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Richard Violette Jr. | Lauren Evans & Ralph M. Evans | 1:47.48 |
| 2016 | Royal Posse | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Rudy R. Rodriguez | Michael Dubb, Bethleham Stables & Gary Aisquith | 1:49.44 |
| 2015 | Royal Posse | Javier Castellano | Rudy R. Rodriguez | Michael Dubb, Bethleham Stables & Gary Aisquith | 1:49.91 |
| 2014 | Sinistra | Rosie Napravnik | Karl M. Grusmark | Chevalier Stable | 1:51.96 |
| 2013 | Bigger is Bettor | Joseph Rocco Jr. | Rodrigo A. Ubillo | Chester Broman Sr. & Mary Broman | 1:51.07 |
| 2012 | Lunar Victory | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Juddmonte Farm | 1:49.30 |
| 2011 | Icabad Crane | Rajiv Maragh | H. Graham Motion | Earle I. Mack | 1:51.42 |
| 2010 | Giant Moon | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Schosberg | Albert Fried Jr. | 1:49.31 |
| 2007 | Shuffling Maddnes | Cornelio Velásquez | Del Carroll | Trinacria USA Stable | 1:41.54 |
| 2006 | Spite The Devil | Javier Castellano | H. Allen Jerkens | Hardwicke Stable | 1:43.79 |
| 2005 | Yankee Mon | Edgar Prado | Juan Rodriguez | Windmill Manor Farm | 1:43.52 |
| 2004 | Spite The Devil | Edgar Prado | H. Allen Jerkens | Hardwicke Stable | 1:41.89 |
| 2003 | Well Fancied | Edgar Prado | Richard Dutrow, Jr. | Sanford Goldfarb | 1:40.94 |
| 2002 | Sherpa Guide | José A. Santos | Thomas M. Bush | Berkshire Stud | 1:42.71 |
| 2001 | Fourth and Six | Jorge Chavez | Gerald Brooks | Richard Englander | 1:43.68 |
| 2000 | Gander | Jerry Bailey | John Terranova II | Gatsas Stables | 1:42.07 |
| 1999 | Sophisticated Man | Aaron Gryder | William I. Mott | John Franks | 1:43.68 |
| 1998 | Saratoga Sunrise | Robbie Davis | Richard E. Schosberg | Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey | 1:43.69 |
| 1997 | Richmond Runner | Robbie Davis | Frank A. Alexander | Frank A. Alexander & David P. Reynolds | 1:39.81 |
| 1996 | Ormsby | Julie Krone | Sue Alpers | Woodside Stud | 1:41.66 |
| 1995 | Patsyprospect | Julie Krone | H. Allen Jerkens | Black Marlin Stable | 1:42.69 |
| 1994 | Richmond Runner | Robbie Davis | Frank A. Alexander | David P. Reynolds | 1:42.67 |
| 1993 | Liver Stand | Jorge Chavez | Stanley Shapoff | Mine Hill Stable | 1:42.67 |
| 1992 | Corax | Julie Krone | Thomas M. Bush | Joseph T. Sequra | 1:42.74 |
| 1991 | Packett's Landing | Mike E. Smith | Dennis J. Brida | Michael Watral | 1:42.75 |
| 1990 | Tinchen's Prince | Jacinto Vásquez | Richard A. DeStasio | Albert Fried Jr. | 1:43.81 |
| 1989 | Whodam | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | Robert J. Bauer | 1:42.72 |
| 1988 | Claramount | Chris Antley | Howard M. Tesher | Edwin Wachtel | 1:41.73 |
| 1987 | Easy n Dirty | Robbie Davis | Paulino Ortiz | Paulino Ortiz | 1:43.78 |
| 1986 | Romancer | Antonio Graell | Patrick J. Kelly | Live Oak Plantation | 1:42.71 |
| 1985 | Judge Costa | Jean Cruguet | Flint S. Schulhofer | Letsbelucky Stable | 1:41.66 |
| 1984 | Mugatea | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John O. Hertler | Paul Hoffman | 1:42.68 |
| 1983 | Shy Groom | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Stephen A. DiMauro | Dogwood Stable | 1:44.76 |
| 1982 | Prosper | Eddie Maple | Willard C. Freeman | Mrs. Charles H. Thieriot | 1:37.72 |
| 1981 | Fio Rito | Leslie Hulet | Michael Ferraro | Raymond LeCasse | 1:35.69 |