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Fleetwing Handicap

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| horse race = Fleetwing Handicap

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| location = Empire City Race Track (1908-1914, 1916, 1942)
Belmont Park (1915)
Jamaica Race Course 1943-1953

| inaugurated = 1908

| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing

| distance = 1 1/16 miles

| surface = Dirt

| track = left-handed

| qualification = Three-year-olds and up

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The Fleetwing Handicap was an American Thoroughbred race for horses age three and older that was run between 1908 and 1953. Inaugurated at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York it remained there through 1942 with the exception of 1915 when it was temporarily hosted by Belmont Park.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/20412385/|title=Friar Rock and Phosphor Win Stakes at Belmont Park|publisher=New York Times, Section Sports, page 4|date=1915-07-18|access-date=2020-10-14}} In 1942 the Empire City Racetrack ended Thoroughbred racing, reverting to its origins as a facility exclusively for harness racing. As such, in 1943 the Fleeting Handicap was transferred to the Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, Queens, New York.

Historical notes

The inaugural running of the Fleetwing took place on August 27, 1908 and was won by Richard Carman's Magazine who returned to win it for a second time in 1910.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908082801/drf1908082801_1_2|title=Fast Magazine Prevails|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1908-08-28|access-date=2020-10-14}} {{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910072901/drf1910072901_1_6|title=Fleetwing Not Truly Run|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1910-07-29|access-date=2020-10-14}}

Some of the top level horses of their era that won the Fleetwing include Jack Atkin (1909), Hall of Fame inductee Sarazen (1924 and 1925), Tryster (1922), Polydor (1929), Flying Heels (1931), Fighting Fox who broke the Empire City track record while winning the 1939 race, and Sheilas Reward who in his 1950 victory at Jamaica set another new track record.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1930s/drf1939071001/drf1939071001_38_1|title=Fighting Fox Lowers Record|publisher=Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives |date=1939-07-10|access-date=2020-10-04}} {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/07/06/archives/sheilas-reward-sets-jamaica-track-mark-in-fleetwing-handicap-92.html|title=Sheilas Reward Sets Jamaica Track Mark in Fleetwing Handicap|publisher=New York Times, Section Sports, page 34|date=1950-07-06|access-date=2020-10-13}}

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

  • Magazine (1908, 1910)
  • Sarazen (1924, 1925)
  • The Beasel (1930, 1932)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
style="width:30px" | Year

! style="width:110px" | Winner

! style="width:30px" | Age

! style="width:110px" | Jockey

! style="width:125px" | Trainer

! Owner

! style="width:25px" | Dist.
(furlongs)

! style="width:25px" | Time

! style="width:30px" | Win
$

align=center|1953

|Eatontown

|align=center|7

|Chris Rogers

|Betty Block Roberts

|Betty Block Roberts

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

|$14,950

align=center|1952

|Tea-Maker

|align=center|9

|Hedley Woodhouse

|J. Dallet Byers

|F. Ambrose Clark

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.20

|$14,600

align=center|1951

|More Sun

|align=center|4

|Hedley Woodhouse

|Preston M. Burch

|Brookmeade Stable

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.40

|$15,200

align=center|1950

|Sheilas Reward

|align=center|3

|Fernando Fernandez

|Eugene Jacobs

|Louis Lazare

|align=center|6 f

|1:09.40

|$15,425

align=center|1949

|Mangohick

|align=center|5

|Douglas Dodson

|Casey Hayes

|Christopher Chenery

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.20

|$15,800

align=center|1948

|Buzfuz

|align=center|6

|Conn McCreary

|Joseph B. Rosen

|Mose Rauzin

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.20

|$20,200

align=center|1947

|Brown Mogul

|align=center|4

|Eric Guerin

|John B. Theall

|Joe W. Brown

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.80

|$15,700

align=center|1946

|Scholarship

|align=center|4

|Arnold Kirkland

|Kenneth L. W. Force Jr.

|George G. Gilbert Jr.

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.40

|$8,500

align=center|1945

|First Fiddle

|align=center|6

|Johnny Longden

|Edward Mulrenan

|Mrs. Edward Mulrenan

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

|$8,025

align=center|1944

|Bossuet

|align=center|4

|James Stout

|James E. Fitzsimmons

|Belair Stud

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

|$7,617

align=center|1943

|Apache

|align=center|4

|James Stout

|James E. Fitzsimmons

|Belair Stud

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.60

|$6,225

align=center|1942

|Doublrab

|align=center|4

|Billie Thompson

|Harris Brown

|Lillian Christopher

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:07.40

|$4,575

align=center|1941

|Roman

|align=center|4

|Don Meade

|Daniel E. Stewart

|Joseph E. Widener

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.20

|$5,350

align=center|1940

|He Did

|align=center|7

|Eddie Arcaro

|J. Thomas Taylor

|W. Arnold Hanger

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.20

|$5,050

align=center|1939

|Fighting Fox

|align=center|4

|James Stout

|James E. Fitzsimmons

|Belair Stud

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:07.40

|$5,050

align=center|1938

|Preeminent

|align=center|6

|Nick Wall

|Duval A. Headley

|Hal Price Headley

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.40

|$5,850

align=center|1937

|Jay Jay

|align=center|4

|John Gilbert

|Frank Garrett

|Howard Bruce

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.40

|$5,200

align=center|1936

|Mower

|align=center|3

|Eddie Yager

|George M. Odom

|Elsie Cassatt Stewart

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.20

|$3,950

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|align=center|1933

| - 1935

|align=center colspan=7| Race not held

align=center|1932

|The Beasel

|align=center|5

|Earl Sande

|J. P. "Sammy" Smith

|J. P. "Sammy" Smith

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:10.00

|$2,320

align=center|1931

|Flying Heels

|align=center|4

|Raymond Workman

|J. Simon Healy

|John J. Curtis

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.60

|$3,420

align=center|1930

|The Beasel

|align=center|3

|Willie Kelsay

|Henry McDaniel

|Gifford A. Cochran

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.20

|$3,470

align=center|1929

|Polydor

|align=center|4

|Mack Garner

|William J. Speirs

|William Ziegler Jr.

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.20

|$3,700

align=center|1928

|Happy Argo

|align=center|5

|George Fields

|Max Hirsch

|Kershaw Stable

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.60

|$4,190

align=center|1927

|Sweepster

|align=center|3

|Laverne Fator

|Sam Hildreth

|Rancocas Stable

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.40

|$4,170

align=center|1926

|Noah

|align=center|4

|Linus McAtee

|James G. Rowe Sr.

|Harry Payne Whitney

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.80

|$3,910

align=center|1925

|Sarazen

|align=center|4

|Earl Sande

|Max Hirsch

|Virginia Fair Vanderbilt

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.40

|

align=center|1924

|Sarazen

|align=center|3

|John Maiben

|Max Hirsch

|Virginia Fair Vanderbilt

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.40

|$4,490

align=center|1923

|Runantell

|align=center|4

|Clarence Turner

|Thomas Welsh

|Joseph E. Widener

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.80

|$4,910

align=center|1922

|Tryster

|align=center|4

|Lewis Norris

|James G. Rowe Sr.

|Harry Payne Whitney

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.60

|$4,530

align=center|1921

|Dominique

|align=center|4

|Laverne Fator

|Sam Hildreth

|Rancocas Stable

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.60

|$4,230

align=center|1920

|Irish Dream

|align=center|3

|Clarence Turner

|Charles White

|Kilrane Stable

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:09.40

|$2,770

align=center|1919

|Ticklish

|align=center|3

|Charles Fairbrother

|Richard E. Watkins

|Richard E. Watkins

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:08.80

|$2,325

align=center|1918

|Old Koenig

|align=center|5

|Lavelle Ensor

|George Ziegler

|Beverwyck Stable

|align=center|5.75 f

|1:07.80

|$2,325

align=center|1917

|Top o' th' Morning

|align=center|5

|Merritt Buxton

|William Shields

|Paul Powers

|align=center|6 f (±)

|1:10.20

|$2,325

align=center|1916

|He Will

|align=center|4

|Roscoe Troxler

|Louis Feustel

|Louis Feustel

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.00

|$1,345

align=center|1915

|Phosphor

|align=center|3

|Johnny Loftus

|William H. Karrick

|Schuyler L. Parsons

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.40

|$1,250

align=center|1914

|Ten Point

|align=center|4

|James Butwell

|Anthony L. Aste

|Anthony L. Aste

|align=center|6 f

|1:13.00

|$1,355

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|align=center|1911

| - 1913

|align=center colspan=7| Race not held

align=center|1910

|Magazine

|align=center|5

|George Archibald

|Frank Ernest

|Richard F. Carman

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.00

|$1,150

align=center|1909

|Jack Atkin

|align=center|5

|Vincent Powers

|John Powers

|Barney Schreiber

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.00

|$1,165

align=center|1908

|Magazine

|align=center|3

|Dalton McCarthy

|Frank Regan

|Richard F. Carman

|align=center|6 f

|1:15.20

|$2,370

References

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Category:Empire City Race Track

Category:Jamaica Race Course

Category:Open sprint category horse races

Category:Discontinued horse races in New York (state)

Category:Sports competitions in New York City

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1908

Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1953

Category:1908 establishments in New York (state)

Category:1953 disestablishments in New York (state)