Edgemere Handicap

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| class = Discontinued stakes

| horse race = Edgemere Handicap

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| location = Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York City,
United States

| inaugurated = 1901 - 1957

| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing

| distance = {{frac|1|1|8}} miles (9 furlongs)

| surface = Dirt

| track = left-handed

| qualification = All ages

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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.{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A07E7DC1E39EF32A25752C0A9679D946097D6CF |title=Long Odd Horses Won |work=New York Times |date=1901-11-01 |accessdate=2018-11-25}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1902103101/drf1902103101_1_4 |title=Aqueduct Form Chart |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1902-10-31|accessdate=2021-10-25}}{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908100401/drf1908100401_3_1 |title=New York Form Chart |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1908-10-04|accessdate=2021-10-11}}

On June 11, 1908, the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart-Agnew anti-betting legislation.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908011801/drf1908011801_1_7 |title=Penalties in the New York Bills |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1908-01-18|accessdate=2018-10-26}} The owners of Aqueduct Racetrack, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without income from betting.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/01/archives/keep-up-betting-ban-strict-enforcement-of-the-law-at-sheepshead-bay.html |title=Keep Up Betting Ban |work=New York Times |date=1908-09-01 |accessdate=2018-11-06}} 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. {{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1913022201/drf1913022201_1_9 |title= Oral Betting Held Legal: Appellate Division of New York Supreme Court Renders Important Decision |publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1913-02-22 |accessdate=2019-06-29}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A1FFC3E5A177B93C2AB178DD85F438585F9 |title=Admiral Vee Defeats Third Brother in Belmont Feature|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1957-06-20 |accessdate=2018-11-25}}

A new Edgemere Handicap was established at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1960 which in 1981 was renamed the Red Smith Handicap.{{cite web|url=https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/racing/stakes-schedule/red-smith/ |title=Red Smith Stakes |publisher=NYRA |date=2021-11-12 |accessdate=2021-11-12}}