Nursery Handicap (Belmont Park)

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| class = Discontinued stakes

| horse race = Nursery Stakes/Handicap

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| location = Belmont Park,
Elmont, New York, USA

| inaugurated = 1866

| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing

| distance = 6 furlongs

| surface = Dirt

| track = Left-handed

| qualification = Two-year-olds

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytbreeders.org/pdf/3-2018Mar.pdf|title=The Barbarous Battalion|publisher=New York Breeder, page 41|date=2018-03-01|accessdate=2020-10-25}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.belmontstakes.com/uploads/historical_races/history_pdf_1867.pdf|title=1867 Belmont Stakes|publisher=NYRA|date=1867-06-19|accessdate=2017-05-17}} Through 2020, Ruthless, Tanya (1905), and Rags to Riches (2007) are the only fillies to ever win the Belmont Stakes.{{cite web|url=https://www.americasbestracing.net/the-sport/2017-ruthless-the-first-belmont-stakes-winner|title=Ruthless: The First Belmont Stakes Winner|publisher=America's Best Racing|date=2017-04-24|accessdate=2020-08-12}}

=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)

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
style="width:30px" \| Year ! style="width:110px" \| Winner ! style="width:110px" \| Jockey ! style="width:130px" \| Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:25px" \| Dist. (Miles) ! style="width:25px" \| Time ! style="width:35px" \| Win $
align=center\|1938 \|Johnstown \|James Stout \|James E. Fitzsimmons \|Belair Stud Stable \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.60 \|$
align=center\|1937 \|Dauber \|Ira Hanford \|John A. Healey \|Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.00 \|$
bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|align=center\|1936 \|align=center colspan=7\| Race not held
align=center\|1935-1 \|Hollyrood \|Willie Saunders \|Duval A. Headley \|Hal Price Headley \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.00 \|$
align=center\|1935-2 \|Coldstream \|Paul Keester \|Alex Gordon \|Coldstream Stud (E. Dale Shaffer) \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.80 \|$
align=center\|1934 \|Sound Advice \|John Gilbert \|James Rushton \|Barbara M. West \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.60 \|$2,445
align=center\|1933 \|Kawagoe \|Pete Walls \|A. Jack Joyner \|George D. Widener Jr. \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.20 \|$1,825
align=center\|1932 \|Quel Jeu \|J. Long \|George M Odom \|Arden Farms Stable \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.80 \|$3,600
align=center\|1931 \|Faireno \|Anthony Pascuma \|James E. Fitzsimmons \|Belair Stud Stable \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.20 \|$5,275
align=center\|1930 \|Sunny Lassie \|R. J. Fisher \|Clyde Phillips \|Middleburg Stable (Helen Murphy Ziegler) \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.20 \|$6,450
align=center\|1929 \|Flying Heels \|Willie Kelsay \|Henry McDaniel \|Gifford A. Cochran \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.00 \|$6,200
align=center\|1928 \|Dr. Freeland \|John Maiben \|Thomas J. Healey \|Walter J. Salmon Sr. \|align=center\|6 f \|1:14.60 \|$5,725
align=center\|1927 \|Prate \|Sidney P. Hebert \|Clyde Phillips \|Greentree Stable \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.00 \|$6,100
align=center\|1926 \|Osmand \|Earl Sande \|G. Hamilton Keene \|Joseph E. Widener \|align=center\|6 f \|1:13.00 \|$5,975
align=center\|1925 \|Bubbling Over \|Albert Johnson \|Herbert J. Thompson \|Idle Hour Farm Stable \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.40 \|$4,925
align=center\|1924 \|Repulse \|Edward J. Legere \|William S. Walker \|John E. Madden \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.80 \|$6,175
align=center\|1923 \|Infinite \|Mr. Smith \|William James McKnight \|Frederick Johnson \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.80 \|$3,750
align=center\|1922 \|Cherry Pie \|Lawrence Lyke \|Scott P. Harlan \|Greentree Stable \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.40 \|$4,950
align=center\|1921 \|Snob II \|Clifford Robinson \|Hollie Hughes \|John Sanford \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.20 \|$4,650
align=center\|1920 \|Hildur \|Clarence Kummer \|H. Guy Bedwell \|J. K. L. Ross \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.60 \|$4,925
align=center\|1919 \|Dr. Clark \|Ted Rice \|James G. Rowe Sr. \|Harry Payne Whitney \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.20 \|$3,600
align=center\|1918 \|The Trump \|George Walls \|George Zeigler \|Beverwyck Stable (Frank J. Nolan) \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.00 \|$2,700
align=center\|1917 \|Jack Hare Jr. \|Charles Peak \|Frank D. Weir \|William E. Applegate \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.40 \|$1,985
align=center\|1916 \|Straight Forward \|John McTaggart \|Thomas J. Healey \|Richard T. Wilson Jr. \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.00 \|$1,645
align=center\|1915 \|Whimsy \|John McTaggart \|Frank Regan \|Cleveland Stable (George W. Lebolt) \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.80 \|$1,065
align=center\|1914 \|Sharpshooter \|Kenneth Karrick \|William H. Karrick \|Schuyler L. Parsons \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.00 \|$1,340
style="background:#eee;" \|align=center\|1914 \| rowspan="2" colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law.
style="background:#eee;" \|align=center\|1913
style="background:#eee;" \|align=center\|1912 \| rowspan="2" colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"\| No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.
style="background:#eee;" \|align=center\|1911
align=center\|1909 \|Fauntleroy \|Joe McCahey \|Jim McLaughlin \|Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.00 \|$1,060
align=center\|1908 \|Trance \|Walter Miller \|George M. Odom \|George M. Odom \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.20 \|$6,650
align=center\|1907 \|Dorante \|Herbert Sumter \|Raleigh Colston Jr. \|Frederick W. Forsythe \|align=center\|6 f \|1:13.60 \|$8,200
align=center\|1906 \|W. H. Daniel \|Joseph A. Jones \|Henry McDaniel \|Edmund S. Burke Jr. \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.80 \|$5,875
align=center\|1905 \|Perverse \|Willie Shaw \|John W. Rogers \|Harry Payne Whitney \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.40 \|$6,950
align=center\|1904 \|Pasadena \|Jack Martin \|Jim McLaughlin \|Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.00 \|$4,825
align=center\|1903 \|Race King \|Willie Gannon \|Jim McLaughlin \|Orville L. Richards \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.75 \|$7,125
align=center\|1902 \|Eugenia Burch \|Henry Spencer \|Jim McLaughlin \|Libby Curtis \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.50 \|$6,900
align=center\|1901 \|King Hanover \|Nash Turner \|John W. Rogers \|William C. Whitney \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.00 \|$6,735
align=center\|1900 \|Bellario \|Milton Henry \|Fred Burlew \|Newton Bennington \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.20 \|$5,920
align=center\|1899 \|King's Courier \|Clem J. Jenkins \|H. Eugene Leigh \|The Pepper Stable (Ella O. & James E. Pepper) \|align=center\|6 f \|1:10.25 \|$6,560
align=center\|1898 \|Ethelbert \|John Cunningham \|Edward Feakes \|James Galway \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.25 \|$3,855
align=center\|1897 \|Plaudit \|Robert "Tiny" Williams \|John E. Madden \|John E. Madden \|align=center\|6 f \|1:13.00 \|$3,850
align=center\|1896 \|Celoso \|Tod Sloan \|Frank M. Taylor \|Santa Anita Stable \|align=center\|6 f \|1:14.00 \|$3,050
align=center\|1895 \|Ben Brush \|Willie Simms \|Hardy Campbell Jr. \|Michael F. Dwyer \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.75 \|$2,787
align=center\|1894 \|Brandywine \|Henry F. Griffin \|John W. Rogers \|Perry Belmont \|align=center\|6 f \|1:12.00 \|$5,390
align=center\|1893 \|Patrician \|Willie Simms \|Frank McCabe \|Philip J. Dwyer \|align=center\|6 f \|1:13.00 \|$6,980
align=center\|1892 \|Runyon \|John Lamley \|Matthew M. Allen \|Frank A. Ehret \|align=center\|6 f \|1:13.00 \|$4,290
align=center\|1891 \|Yorkville Belle \|Isaac Burns Murphy \|Matthew M. Allen \|Fred C. McLewee \|align=center\|6 f \|1:11.00 \|$13,880

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"

style="width:30px" | Year

! style="width:110px" | Winner

! style="width:110px" | Jockey

! style="width:130px" | Trainer

! Owner

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

! style="width:25px" | Time

! style="width:35px" | Win $

align=center|1938

|Johnstown

|James Stout

|James E. Fitzsimmons

|Belair Stud Stable

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.60

align=center|1937

|Dauber

|Ira Hanford

|John A. Healey

|Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.00

bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|align=center|1936

|align=center colspan=7| Race not held

align=center|1935-1

|Hollyrood

|Willie Saunders

|Duval A. Headley

|Hal Price Headley

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

align=center|1935-2

|Coldstream

|Paul Keester

|Alex Gordon

|Coldstream Stud (E. Dale Shaffer)

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.80

align=center|1934

|Sound Advice

|John Gilbert

|James Rushton

|Barbara M. West

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.60

|$2,445

align=center|1933

|Kawagoe

|Pete Walls

|A. Jack Joyner

|George D. Widener Jr.

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.20

|$1,825

align=center|1932

|Quel Jeu

|J. Long

|George M Odom

|Arden Farms Stable

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.80

|$3,600

align=center|1931

|Faireno

|Anthony Pascuma

|James E. Fitzsimmons

|Belair Stud Stable

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.20

|$5,275

align=center|1930

|Sunny Lassie

|R. J. Fisher

|Clyde Phillips

|Middleburg Stable (Helen Murphy Ziegler)

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.20

|$6,450

align=center|1929

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

|$6,200

align=center|1928

|Dr. Freeland

|John Maiben

|Thomas J. Healey

|Walter J. Salmon Sr.

|align=center|6 f

|1:14.60

|$5,725

align=center|1927

|Prate

|Sidney P. Hebert

|Clyde Phillips

|Greentree Stable

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.00

|$6,100

align=center|1926

|Osmand

|Earl Sande

|G. Hamilton Keene

|Joseph E. Widener

|align=center|6 f

|1:13.00

|$5,975

align=center|1925

|Bubbling Over

|Albert Johnson

|Herbert J. Thompson

|Idle Hour Farm Stable

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.40

|$4,925

align=center|1924

|Repulse

|Edward J. Legere

|William S. Walker

|John E. Madden

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.80

|$6,175

align=center|1923

|Infinite

|Mr. Smith

|William James McKnight

|Frederick Johnson

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.80

|$3,750

align=center|1922

|Cherry Pie

|Lawrence Lyke

|Scott P. Harlan

|Greentree Stable

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.40

|$4,950

align=center|1921

|Snob II

|Clifford Robinson

|Hollie Hughes

|John Sanford

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.20

|$4,650

align=center|1920

|Hildur

|Clarence Kummer

|H. Guy Bedwell

|J. K. L. Ross

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.60

|$4,925

align=center|1919

|Dr. Clark

|Ted Rice

|James G. Rowe Sr.

|Harry Payne Whitney

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.20

|$3,600

align=center|1918

|The Trump

|George Walls

|George Zeigler

|Beverwyck Stable (Frank J. Nolan)

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

|$2,700

align=center|1917

|Jack Hare Jr.

|Charles Peak

|Frank D. Weir

|William E. Applegate

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.40

|$1,985

align=center|1916

|Straight Forward

|John McTaggart

|Thomas J. Healey

|Richard T. Wilson Jr.

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

|$1,645

align=center|1915

|Whimsy

|John McTaggart

|Frank Regan

|Cleveland Stable (George W. Lebolt)

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.80

|$1,065

align=center|1914

|Sharpshooter

|Kenneth Karrick

|William H. Karrick

|Schuyler L. Parsons

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.00

|$1,340

style="background:#eee;"

|align=center|1914

| rowspan="2" colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| No races held due to the effects of the Hart–Agnew Law.

style="background:#eee;"

|align=center|1913

style="background:#eee;"

|align=center|1912

| rowspan="2" colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"| No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.

style="background:#eee;"

|align=center|1911

align=center|1909

|Fauntleroy

|Joe McCahey

|Jim McLaughlin

|Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.00

|$1,060

align=center|1908

|Trance

|Walter Miller

|George M. Odom

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.20

|$6,650

align=center|1907

|Dorante

|Herbert Sumter

|Raleigh Colston Jr.

|Frederick W. Forsythe

|align=center|6 f

|1:13.60

|$8,200

align=center|1906

|W. H. Daniel

|Joseph A. Jones

|Henry McDaniel

|Edmund S. Burke Jr.

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.80

|$5,875

align=center|1905

|Perverse

|Willie Shaw

|John W. Rogers

|Harry Payne Whitney

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.40

|$6,950

align=center|1904

|Pasadena

|Jack Martin

|Jim McLaughlin

|Roslyn Dorothy McLaughlin

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.00

|$4,825

align=center|1903

|Race King

|Willie Gannon

|Jim McLaughlin

|Orville L. Richards

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.75

|$7,125

align=center|1902

|Eugenia Burch

|Henry Spencer

|Jim McLaughlin

|Libby Curtis

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.50

|$6,900

align=center|1901

|King Hanover

|Nash Turner

|John W. Rogers

|William C. Whitney

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

|$6,735

align=center|1900

|Bellario

|Milton Henry

|Fred Burlew

|Newton Bennington

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.20

|$5,920

align=center|1899

|King's Courier

|Clem J. Jenkins

|H. Eugene Leigh

|The Pepper Stable (Ella O. & James E. Pepper)

|align=center|6 f

|1:10.25

|$6,560

align=center|1898

|Ethelbert

|John Cunningham

|Edward Feakes

|James Galway

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.25

|$3,855

align=center|1897

|Plaudit

|Robert "Tiny" Williams

|John E. Madden

|align=center|6 f

|1:13.00

|$3,850

align=center|1896

|Celoso

|Tod Sloan

|Frank M. Taylor

|Santa Anita Stable

|align=center|6 f

|1:14.00

|$3,050

align=center|1895

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.75

|$2,787

align=center|1894

|Brandywine

|Henry F. Griffin

|John W. Rogers

|Perry Belmont

|align=center|6 f

|1:12.00

|$5,390

align=center|1893

|Patrician

|Willie Simms

|Frank McCabe

|Philip J. Dwyer

|align=center|6 f

|1:13.00

|$6,980

align=center|1892

|Runyon

|John Lamley

|Matthew M. Allen

|Frank A. Ehret

|align=center|6 f

|1:13.00

|$4,290

align=center|1891

|Yorkville Belle

|Isaac Burns Murphy

|Matthew M. Allen

|Fred C. McLewee

|align=center|6 f

|1:11.00

|$13,880

References

Category:1866 establishments in New York (state)

Category:Jerome Park Racetrack

Category:Morris Park Racecourse

Category:Belmont Park

Category:Flat horse races for two-year-olds

Category:Discontinued horse races in New York (state)

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1866