The Beverly Handicap was an American

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 Thoroughbred horse race

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 first run in 1938 at Washington Park Race Track

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 in the Chicago metropolitan area and moved to Arlington Park

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 in 1962. A race for filles and mares age three and older, the Beverly Handicap was run on dirt until 1965 when it was changed to a race on turf

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The race was run in two divisions in 1966.

In 1954, Hall of Fame

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 jockey

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 Johnny Adams won the Beverly Handicap on his fortieth birthday. Riding Good Call, he edged out runnerup Vixenfixit, ridden by his son, Ralph Adams.

In 1959, Honey's Gem won the Beverly, setting an American record of 1:34.00 for a mile on dirt. Her record was equaled by the 1961 winner, Equifun.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time
1970	Blue Rage	4	Jorge Tejeira Jorge Tejeira Jorge Enrique Tejeira is a retired Panamanian jockey in United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He rode at venues across the United States and won a number of riding titles, including seasonal/annual championships at Philadelphia Park Racetrack in Pennsylvania and in California at Del Mar...	Ronnie Warren	Mrs. Russell L. Reineman	1-1/8M	1:47.80
1969	Pattee Canyon	4	Eddie Arroyo	Stanley M. Rieser	Barbara Hunter	1-1/8M	1:48.60
1968	Spire	4	Fernando Alvarez	Horatio Luro Horatio Luro Horatio A. Luro was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States.Born in Argentina into a wealthy family that had been involved with horses for several generations, a suave young Horatio Luro grew up as something of a playboy and maintained this lifestyle after moving to the United...	George R. Wallace	1M	1:42.00
1967	Margarethen	5	Jimmy Nichols	Charles P. Sanborn	Ernest H. Woods	1-1/8M	1:50.80
1966	Short Fall	4	Ronnie Ferraro	Warren J. Pascuma	Raymond E. Karlinsky	1-1/16M	1:43.00
1966	Margarethen	4	Jimmy Nichols	Charles P. Sanborn	Ernest H. Woods	1-1/16M	1:43.00
1965	Swoonalong	4	David Kassen	Brian Ott	E. Gay Drake	1M	1:35.60
1964	Star Maggie	4	Bill Shoemaker	Joseph S. Dunn	Mr.& Mrs. John T. Jones	1M	1:37.80
1963	Patrol Woman	4	Jimmy Nichols	Kenny Noe, Sr.	Mrs. Joseph A. Goodwin	1M	1:36.20
1962	Kootenai	4	Bill Shoemaker	Stanley M. Rieser	Barbara Hunter	1-1/8M	1:40.60
1961	Equifun	5	Sidney Le Jeune	Glenn Ballenger	John E. Hughes	1M	1:34.00
1960	Indian Maid Indian Maid Indian Maid was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse who won three consecutive editions of the Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs....	4	John L. Rotz John L. Rotz John L. Rotz is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and an active World Champion in Western riding competitions....	Philip G. Johnson	Mary D. Keim	1M	1:36.80
1959	Honey's Gem	4	Johnny Longden Johnny Longden John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son...	Noble Threewitt Noble Threewitt Noble Threewitt was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who conditioned horses for seventy-five years before retiring on his ninety-sixth birthday...	Conejo Ranch	1M	1:34.00
1958	Bornastar	5	Kenneth Church Kenneth Church Kenneth Church is a retired jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.In his early teens, Church began riding ponies and in 1946 got a job as an exercise rider at Old Woodbine Race Course in Toronto, Ontario. The following year, he was offered a chance to apprentice for future U.S...	W. Graves Sparks	J. Graham Brown	1M	1:35.80
1957	Dotted Line	4	Jack Skelly Jack Skelly Johnston Hastings "Jack" Skelly was a Union soldier—a corporal in the 87th Pennsylvania—who died as a result of injuries in the Second Battle of Winchester. He was the friend, and possibly fiancé, of the only civilian to die in the Battle of Gettysburg, Ginnie Wade...	Max Hirsch Max Hirsch Maximilian J. "Max" Hirsch was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, Hirsch became one of the most successful trainers in Thoroughbred horse racing history. He spent part of his formative years working as a groom and jockey at Morris Ranch in...	King Ranch King Ranch King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches. The ranch, founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis, includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with...	1-1/8M	1:49.40
1956	Amoret	4	Bill Hartack Bill Hartack William John Hartack Jr. was a Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick...	Horace A. Jones Horace A. Jones Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an American thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A. Jones, Jimmy Jones was born in Parnell, Missouri...	Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...	1-1/8M	1:49.60
1955	Queen Hopeful	4	John H. Adams	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	1M	1:35.40
1954	Good Call	4	John H. Adams		Fairway Farm	1M
1953	Sunny Dale	5	William McKinley		Dave Piper	1M	1:36.00
1952	Real Delight Real Delight Real Delight , was an American Thoroughbred race horse bred by the famous Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky.A filly sired by one of America’s foundation stallions, the influential Bull Lea , Real Delight’s dam was the stakes winning Blue Delight Real Delight (1949-1969), was an American...	3	Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice...	Horace A. Jones Horace A. Jones Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an American thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A. Jones, Jimmy Jones was born in Parnell, Missouri...	Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...	1M	1:34.80
1951	Wistful Wistful (horse) Wistful was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. The daughter of Sun Again and granddaughter of Sun Teddy is best remembered for wins in the Kentucky Oaks, the Coaching Club American Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course...	5	Steve Brooks Steve Brooks (jockey) Steve Brooks was an American Hall of Fame jockey. The son of a horse dealer, he was born in rural Nebraska near the village of Culbertson...	Ben A. Jones Ben A. Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico...	Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...	1M	1:35.80
1950	Lithe	4	Eldon Nelson Eldon Nelson Glen Eldon Nelson is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing who competed primarily at tracks on the East Coast of the United States and who is best known for winning the 1972 Preakness Stakes....	Frank Barnett	Hal Price Headley	1-1/8M	1:50.20
1949	Bewitch	4	Steve Brooks Steve Brooks (jockey) Steve Brooks was an American Hall of Fame jockey. The son of a horse dealer, he was born in rural Nebraska near the village of Culbertson...	Ben A. Jones Ben A. Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones was a thoroughbred horse trainer.Born in Parnell, Missouri, Ben Jones went into the business of breeding and training of thoroughbreds during the first decade of the 20th century, racing his horses on small circuits in the American West and in Mexico...	Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...	1M	1:34.40
1948	Honeymoon Honeymoon (horse) Honeymoon was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the first California-bred filly to surpass the $100,000 mark in earnings and who retired with earnings of $387,760. The June 22, 1946 issue of the Los Angeles Times called Honeymoon the "best filly ever bred in California." She was bred and...	5	Jack Westrope Jack Westrope Jack Gordon Westrope was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Baker, Montana, Westrope was the son of racehorse owner/trainer W. T. Westrope. Jack was only 12 years old when he rode his first winner on a small track in Lemmon, South Dakota...	Graceton Philpot	W-L Ranch Co. W-L Ranch Co. W-L Ranch Co. was an American Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding partnership between Hollywood film studio executive, Harry M. Warner and film director, Mervyn Le Roy. Warner's daughter, Doris, was married to Mervyn Leroy....	1M	1:35.00
1947	Be Faithful	5	Jack Westrope Jack Westrope Jack Gordon Westrope was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Baker, Montana, Westrope was the son of racehorse owner/trainer W. T. Westrope. Jack was only 12 years old when he rode his first winner on a small track in Lemmon, South Dakota...	H. H. Pete Battle	Mrs. E. E. Dale Shaffer	1M	1:38.00
1946	Be Faithful	4	Jack Westrope Jack Westrope Jack Gordon Westrope was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Baker, Montana, Westrope was the son of racehorse owner/trainer W. T. Westrope. Jack was only 12 years old when he rode his first winner on a small track in Lemmon, South Dakota...	Graceton Philpot	Louis B. Mayer Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer born Lazar Meir was an American film producer. He is generally cited as the creator of the "star system" within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in its golden years. Known always as Louis B...	1-1/8M	1:49.40
1945	Durazna	4		John M. Goode	Brownell Combs	1-1/8M	1:51.40
1944	Traffic Court	6	Al Bodlou		Nick Burger	1-1/8M	1:50.20
1943	Askmenow	3	George Woolf George Woolf George Monroe Woolf , nicknamed "The Ice Man", was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey and the namesake of the annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild....	Kenneth Osborne	Hal Price Headley	1-1/8M	1:51.00
1942	Montsin	5	Frank Gill		Hyman Friedberg	1M	1:37.80
1941	Montsin	5			Hyman Friedberg	1M
1940	Busy Morn	5	Kenneth McCombs		B. F. Masterson	1M	1:38.60
1939	Smart Trick	3	Jimmy Ashcroft	Jake Lowenstein	Morris Vehon	1M,70YDS	1:44.80
1938	Novelette	3	Nunzio Pariso	Jake Lowenstein	Mrs. Jake Lowenstein	1M,70YDS	1:43.40