The New Orleans Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually at Fair Grounds Race Course

Fair Grounds Race Course

Fair Grounds Race Course, often known as New Orleans Fair Grounds, is a thoroughbred racetrack and racino in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is operated by Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company, LLC....

 in New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

. Open to horses four years old and up, the race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. It currently offers a purse of $500,000.

Due to flooding as a result of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

, the 2006 edition of the New Orleans Handicap was run at Louisiana Downs

Harrah's Louisiana Downs

Harrah's Louisiana Downs is a horse racing track and racino located in Bossier City, Louisiana.Louisiana Downs opened in 1974. It was built by shopping center developer Edward J. DeBartolo Sr., a longtime supporter of horse racing; it was third race track he developed, along with Thistledown and...

 in Bossier City, Louisiana

Bossier City, Louisiana

Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 61,315. Bossier City is closely tied to its larger sister city Shreveport, located on the western bank of the Red River. The Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area is the...

.

Historical notes

Wild Again

Wild Again

Wild Again was an American Thoroughbred racehorse by Icecapade out of Bushel-N-Peck . He was broken and initially trained by Tommy Akin, but for the majority of his career was trained by Vincent Timphony...

, the winner of the very first Breeders' Cup Classic

Breeders' Cup Classic

The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 year olds and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships...

, took this race in 1984, and Mineshaft

Mineshaft (horse)

Mineshaft was a multi-millionaire American thoroughbred racehorse and successful stallion. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee A.P. Indy, who in turn was a son of 1977 U.S. Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. His dam, Prospectors Delite, is by the...

 won this race during his 2003 Horse of the Year

Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year

The American Award for Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. It has been awarded since 1887 to the horse, irrespective of age, whose performance during the racing year is deemed the most outstanding....

 campaign.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)

• 1:48.13 - Phantom On Tour (1998) (new track record)

Most wins:

• 2 - Marriage (1943, 1944)
• 2 - Tenacious
  Tenacious (horse)
  Tenacious was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the most popular ever to compete in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1966, Fair Grounds Race Course inaugurated the Tenacious Handicap in his honor and on his death in 1967, a memorial plaque was installed in the track's infield and...
  
   (1958, 1959)
• 2 - Honor Medal (1987, 1988)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

:

• 4 - Ray Broussard
  Ray Broussard
  Raywood J. Broussard was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing."Ray" Broussard was born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, home to a large number of persons of Acadian ancestry and an area that would produce a number of other Cajun jockeys including Eddie Delahoussaye, Randy...
  
   (1958, 1959, 1961, 1964)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

:

• 4 - Todd Pletcher
  Todd Pletcher
  Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...
  
   (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)

Most wins by an owner:

• 6 - Dorothy Dorsett Brown (1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1983)

Winners

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| 2011
| Mission Impazible
| 4
| Garrett K. Gomez

Garrett K. Gomez

Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...

| Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...

| Twin Creeks Racing Stables
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.02
| $400,000
| II
|-
| 2010
| Battle Plan
| 5
| Javier Castellano

Javier Castellano

Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...

| Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...

| Overbrook Farm
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.33
| $300,000
| II
|-
| 2009
| Macho Again

Macho Again

Macho Again is a retired American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. He was sired by the 2000 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Macho Uno, who in turn was a son of leading sire Holy Bull. He is out of the mare Go Donna Go, who is the daughter of Wild Again.Macho Again got his start as a...

| 4
| Robby Albarado

Robby Albarado

Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...

| Dallas Stewart

Dallas Stewart

Dallas Stewart trains a string of thoroughbred horses in Kentucky from bases at Churchill Downs, Turfway Park, Keeneland Race Course, Fair Grounds Race Course, Arlington Park and Saratoga Race Course. Before venturing out on his own, he spent 12 years working under the tutelage of leading trainer...

| West Point Thoroughbreds
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.21
| $500,000
| II
|-
| 2008
| Circular Quay

Circular Quay (horse)

Circular Quay is a thoroughbred racehorse who was a 2007 Kentucky Derby contender. The son of 1995 Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Derby winner Thunder Gulch is owned by Michael Tabor and trained by Todd Pletcher....

| 4
| Garrett Gomez

Garrett K. Gomez

Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...

| Todd A. Pletcher
| Michael & Doreen Tabor

Michael Tabor

Michael B. Tabor is a businessman and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.-Thoroughbred racing career:...

| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.80
| $500,000
| II
|-
| 2007
| Master Command
| 5
| John Velazquez
| Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher

Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...

| Aaron & Marie Jones
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.89
| $500,000
| II
|-
| 2006
| Brass Hat

Brass Hat

Brass Hat is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He is out of the mare Brassy and sired by Prized, winner of the 1989 Breeders' Cup Turf and a son of the highly successful sire Kris S....

| 5
| Willie Martinez

Willie Martinez (jockey)

Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...

| William B. Bradley
| Fred F. Bradley
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:51.35
| $400,000
| II
|-
| 2005
| Badge of Silver
| 5
| Jerry Bailey
| Robert J. Frankel
| Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.78
| $500,000
| II
|-
| 2004
| Peace Rules

Peace Rules

Peace Rules , is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred race horse. By Jules Peace Rules (bred and foaled in Florida at Newchance Farm on April 26, 2000), is a multiple Grade I winning American Thoroughbred race horse. By Jules Peace Rules (bred and foaled in Florida at Newchance Farm on...

| 4
| Jerry Bailey
| Robert J. Frankel
| Edmund A. Gann

Edmund A. Gann

Edmund A. Gann is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.-Early life and career:...

| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.61
| $500,000
| II
|-
| 2003
| Mineshaft

Mineshaft (horse)

Mineshaft was a multi-millionaire American thoroughbred racehorse and successful stallion. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee A.P. Indy, who in turn was a son of 1977 U.S. Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. His dam, Prospectors Delite, is by the...

| 4
| Robby Albarado

Robby Albarado

Robby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...

| Neil J. Howard

Neil J. Howard

Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil...

| William S. Farish III et al.
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.92
| $500,000
| II
|-
| 2002
| Parade Leader
| 5
| Corey Lanerie
| Neil J. Howard

Neil J. Howard

Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil...

| W. Farish & J. Hudson, Jr.
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.44
| $500,000
| II
|-
| 2001
| Include
| 4
| Jerry Bailey
| Bud Delp

Bud Delp

Grover Greer "Bud" Delp was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best remembered for his conditioning of Hall of Fame colt, Spectacular Bid....

| Robert E. Meyerhoff
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.00
| $500,000
| II
|-
| 2000
| Allen's Oop
| 5
|Eddie Martin, Jr.
| Dallas Keen
| James D. Jackson
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.80
| $500,000
| III
|-
| 1999
| Precocity
| 5
| Willie Martinez

Willie Martinez (jockey)

Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...

| Bobby C. Barrett
| John A. Franks

John A. Franks

John Franks was an American businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. A native of Haughton, Louisiana, he earned a degree in geology from Louisiana State University. In 1962, he founded the highly successful Franks Petroleum Inc. and later invested in real estate with Franks...

| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.00
| $500,000
| III
|-
| 1998
| Phantom On Tour
| 4
| Larry Melancon

Larry Melancon

Larry J. Melancon is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who rides primarily on the Kentucky-Arkansas circuit....

| Lynn S. Whiting
| W. Cal Partee
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.13
| $500,000
| III
|-
| 1997
| Isitingood
| 6
| David Flores
| Bob Baffert

Bob Baffert

Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...

| Mike Pegram & Terry Henn
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.40
| $500,000
| III
|-
| 1996
| Scotts Scoundrel
| 4
|Ronald Ardoin

Ronald Ardoin

Ronald D. Ardoin is a retired jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He is one of a number of successful Cajun jockeys who began their careers riding in bush track races in Louisiana....

|Bret Thomas
|Virgil Huskey
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.80
|
| III
|-
| 1995
| Concern

Concern (horse)

Concern is a multi-millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by top stallion Broad Brush, who in turn was a son of Ack Ack. His dam was Fara's Team. Concern was best known for his wins in the 1994 Breeders' Cup Classic and the grade two Arkansas Derby. Born at owner Robert...

| 4
| Mike E. Smith
|Richard W. Small
|Robert E. Meyerhoff
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.40
|
| III
|-
| 1994
| Brother Brown
| 4
|Pat Day

Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...

|Ron Goodridge
|Bowline & Cohrs
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.80
|
| III
|-
| 1993
| Latin American
| 5
|Garrett Gomez

Garrett K. Gomez

Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...

|Robert Marshall
|Robert Marshall
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.20
|
| III
|-
| 1992
| Jarraar
| 5
|Bobby Walker, Jr.
|Thomas M. Amoss

Thomas M. Amoss

Thomas M. "Tom" Amoss is a trainer that trains race horses.A graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in marketing, Tom Amoss had worked with horses while in high school and after completing his education went to work for trainers Frank Brothers, Larry Robideaux, and John Parisella...

|Sapphire Reg. Stb. & R. Colton
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.80
|
| III
|-
| 1991
| Silver Survivor
| 5
| Larry Melancon

Larry Melancon

Larry J. Melancon is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who rides primarily on the Kentucky-Arkansas circuit....

| Glenn Hild
| Carolyn Manning
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.00
|
| III
|-
| 1990
| Festive
| 5
| Bobby Walker, Jr.
| Thomas M. Amoss

Thomas M. Amoss

Thomas M. "Tom" Amoss is a trainer that trains race horses.A graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in marketing, Tom Amoss had worked with horses while in high school and after completing his education went to work for trainers Frank Brothers, Larry Robideaux, and John Parisella...

| John A. Franks

John A. Franks

John Franks was an American businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. A native of Haughton, Louisiana, he earned a degree in geology from Louisiana State University. In 1962, he founded the highly successful Franks Petroleum Inc. and later invested in real estate with Franks...

| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.40
|
| III
|-
| 1989
| Galba
| 5
| Antonio Castanon

Antonio Castañon

Antonio Castanon is a Mexican businessman.-Alleged money laundering:In November, 1995, Antonio Castañon and Paulina Castañon, Raúl Salinas's wife, were arrested in Geneva, Switzerland after attempting to withdraw $84 million USD from an account owned by Raúl Salinas de Gortari, brother of Mexican...

| Neil D. Drysdale
| Clover Racing Stables
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:51.20
|
| II
|-
| 1988
| Honor Medal
| 7
|Pat Day

Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...

|Neil D. Drysdale
|Lettuce Farm
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.00
|
| II
|-
| 1987
| Honor Medal
| 6
|Russell Baze

Russell Baze

Russell Avery Baze is a horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame....

|Neil D. Drysdale
|Lettuce Farm
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:52.20
|
| II
|-
| 1986
| Herat
| 4
| Rafael Meza

Rafael Meza

Rafael Q. Meza is a retired jockey who competed in Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States.A native of Tijuana, Mexico, Meza began riding in California near the end of the 1970s. and would spend his career riding from a base in that State...

| Jack Van Berg

Jack Van Berg

John Charles "Jack" Van Berg is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his father is Hall of Fame trainer, Marion Van Berg....

| Jack Van Berg

Jack Van Berg

John Charles "Jack" Van Berg is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his father is Hall of Fame trainer, Marion Van Berg....

| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:01.80
|
| II
|-
| 1985
| Westheimer
| 4
| Larry Snyder

Larry Snyder

Larry Lloyd Snyder is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey whose career spanned thirty-five years from 1960 to 1994. In the early 1960s he began competing at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas where he would win eight riding titles...

| William I. Mott
| Mike Rutherford
| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:01.80
|
| II
|-
| 1984
| Wild Again

Wild Again

Wild Again was an American Thoroughbred racehorse by Icecapade out of Bushel-N-Peck . He was broken and initially trained by Tommy Akin, but for the majority of his career was trained by Vincent Timphony...

| 4
| Pat Day

Pat Day

Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...

| Vincent Timphony
| Black Chip Stables
| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:02.00
|
| II
|-
| 1983
| Listcapade
| 4
| E. J. Perrodin
| Dewey Smith
| Dorothy Dorsett Brown
| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:03.20
|
| II
|-
| 1982
| It's The One
| 5
| Walter Guerra
| Laz Barrera

Laz Barrera

Lazaro Sosa Barrera was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States...

| Flying Horse Stable, et al.
| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:01.80
|
| II
|-
| 1981
| Sun Catcher
| 4
| Alonzo Guajardo
| Dianne Carpenter
| Sundance Stable
| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:03.40
|
| II
|-
| 1980
| Pool Court
| 5
| Ronald Ardoin

Ronald Ardoin

Ronald D. Ardoin is a retired jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He is one of a number of successful Cajun jockeys who began their careers riding in bush track races in Louisiana....

| Harry Trotsek
| Al Wagner & Ed Seltzer
| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:04.60
|
| III
|-
| 1979
| A Letter To Harry
| 5
| Ed Delahoussaye

Eddie Delahoussaye

Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...

| John T. Oxley
| R. F. Salmon
| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:02.60
|
| III
|-
| 1978
| Life's Hope
| 5
| Chris McCarron

Chris McCarron

Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....

| John A. Nerud

John A. Nerud

John A. Nerud is an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1972.-Early years:...

| Harbor View Farm
| 1 1/4 Mile
| 2:02.20
| $122,500
| III
|-
| 1977
| Tudor Tambourine
| 4
| A. Trosdair
| Joseph E. Broussard
| C. Cohen & R. Fertel
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.80
|
| III
|-
| 1976
| Master Derby

Master Derby

Master Derby was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1975 Preakness Stakes.-Background:He was bred by Robert E. Lehmann at his Golden Chance Farm in Paris, Kentucky...

| 4
| Darrel McHargue

Darrel McHargue

Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse...

| Smiley Adams
| Golden Chance Farm
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.00
| $100,000
| III
|-
| 1975
| Lord Rebeau
| 4
| Carlos H. Marquez
| William Hightower
| Paul Cresci
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.60
| $100,000
| III
|-
| 1974
| Smooth Dancer
| 4
| Larry Adams
| John O. Meaux
| Harvey Peltier
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.60
| $75,000
| III
|-
| 1973
| Combat Ready
| 4
| Leroy Moyers
| David Erb

David Erb

David Erb is a retired jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He started riding as a young farm boy and began his professional riding career in 1938, competing at tracks in his native Nebraska...

| Albert Stall
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:51.00
|
| III
|-
| 1972
| Urgent Message
| 4
| Gene St. Leon

Gene St. Leon

Gene St. Leon is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.In 1971 he was among the recipients of the newly created Eclipse Award program when he was voted that year's Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. He was inducted in Calder Race Course Hall of Fame in 1995...

| Jose A. Martin

Jose A. Martin

Jose A. Martin was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who trained three Champions as well as multiple Grade I winner, Noble Nashua.Jose Martin was the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Frank "Pancho" Martin...

| Gustave Ring
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.80
|
|
|-
| 1971
| Rio Bravo
| 5
| Fernando Valdizan
| Dewey Smith
| T. Allie & J. E. Grissom
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.80
| $75,000
|
|-
| 1970
| Etony
| 5
| Phil Rubbico
| George Geier
| Sam Gray & George Schmeideskamp
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.20
| $75,000
|
|-
| 1969
| Miracle Hill
| 5
| Dave Whited
| Dewey Smith
| T. Allie & J. E. Grissom
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:54.80
| $70,700
|
|-
| 1968
| Diplomat Way
| 4
| Leroy Moyers
| John O. Meaux
| Harvey Peltier
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.20
| $63,800
|
|-
| 1967
| Cabildo
| 4
| Jimmy Combest
| Alcee Richard
| Dorothy Dorsett Brown
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.60
| $69,100
|
|-
| 1966
| Just About
| 4
| Leroy Moyers
| Jack M. Bradley
| Alice E. Hill
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:48.80
| $77,000
|
|-
| 1965
| Valiant Man
| 6
| Bobby Ussery

Bobby Ussery

Robert Nelson "Bobby" Ussery is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. His first race as a professional jockey came at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on November 22, 1951 where he rode Reticule to victory in the Thanksgiving Handicap. By the end of the decade...

|Joseph H. Pierce, Jr
| Ed & Harry Seltzer
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.20
| $64,000
|
|-
| 1964
| Green Hornet
| 5
| Ray Broussard

Ray Broussard

Raywood J. Broussard was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing."Ray" Broussard was born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, home to a large number of persons of Acadian ancestry and an area that would produce a number of other Cajun jockeys including Eddie Delahoussaye, Randy...

| Alcee Richard
| Dorothy Dorsett Brown
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.20
| $61,500
|
|-
| 1963
| Endymion
| 4
| |Jimmy Nichols
| Sylvester Veitch

Sylvester Veitch

Sylvester E. Veitch was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Veitch began his career in racing as a jockey and trainer in Steeplechase racing. In 1939 he moved to flat racing when he began employment as a trainer with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Kentucky...

| George D. Widener, Jr.

George D. Widener, Jr.

George Dunton Widener, Jr. was an American businessman and thoroughbred racehorse owner; one of only five people ever designated "Exemplars of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.-Biography:...

| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:51.40
|
|
|-
| 1962
| Yorktown
| 5
| |Jimmy Nichols
| Sylvester Veitch

Sylvester Veitch

Sylvester E. Veitch was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Veitch began his career in racing as a jockey and trainer in Steeplechase racing. In 1939 he moved to flat racing when he began employment as a trainer with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Kentucky...

| George D. Widener, Jr.

George D. Widener, Jr.

George Dunton Widener, Jr. was an American businessman and thoroughbred racehorse owner; one of only five people ever designated "Exemplars of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.-Biography:...

| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.60
| $50,000
|
|-
| 1961
| Greek Star
| 6
| Ray Broussard

Ray Broussard

Raywood J. Broussard was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing."Ray" Broussard was born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, home to a large number of persons of Acadian ancestry and an area that would produce a number of other Cajun jockeys including Eddie Delahoussaye, Randy...

| Charles V. Reynolds
| Sidney M. Barton
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:49.80
| $58,150
|
|-
| 1960
| Tudor Era
| 7
|Robert Stevenson
|Arnold N. Winick
| Mrs. Herbert Herff
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.80
| $58,900
|
|-
| 1959
| Tenacious

Tenacious (horse)

Tenacious was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the most popular ever to compete in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1966, Fair Grounds Race Course inaugurated the Tenacious Handicap in his honor and on his death in 1967, a memorial plaque was installed in the track's infield and...

| 5
| Ray Broussard

Ray Broussard

Raywood J. Broussard was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing."Ray" Broussard was born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, home to a large number of persons of Acadian ancestry and an area that would produce a number of other Cajun jockeys including Eddie Delahoussaye, Randy...

| John B. Theall
| Dorothy Dorsett Brown
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.20
| $62,500
|
|-
| 1958
| Tenacious

Tenacious (horse)

Tenacious was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the most popular ever to compete in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1966, Fair Grounds Race Course inaugurated the Tenacious Handicap in his honor and on his death in 1967, a memorial plaque was installed in the track's infield and...

| 4
| Ray Broussard

Ray Broussard

Raywood J. Broussard was an American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing."Ray" Broussard was born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, home to a large number of persons of Acadian ancestry and an area that would produce a number of other Cajun jockeys including Eddie Delahoussaye, Randy...

| John B. Theall
| Dorothy Dorsett Brown
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:51.00
| $61,900
|
|-
| 1957
| Kingmaker
| 4
| Sam Boulmetis, Sr.

Sam Boulmetis, Sr.

Samuel A. Boulmetis, Sr. is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1973...

| William C. Winfrey

William C. Winfrey

William C. "Bill" Winfrey was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Bill Winfrey was born Colin Dickard but after the passing of his father was adopted by Hall of Fame trainer, G. Carey Winfrey...

| Happy Hill Farm
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.20
| $60,600
|
|-
| 1956
| Find
| 6
| Eric Guerin

Eric Guerin

Oliver Eric Guerin is an American Hall of Fame jockey.Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge...

| William C. Winfrey

William C. Winfrey

William C. "Bill" Winfrey was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Bill Winfrey was born Colin Dickard but after the passing of his father was adopted by Hall of Fame trainer, G. Carey Winfrey...

| Alfred G. Vanderbilt II

Alfred G. Vanderbilt II

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, a son of the first Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who died a hero in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. His mother, Margaret Emerson, was one of America's wealthiest women and most sought-after hostesses, operating at least...

| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:52.40
| $63,900
|
|-
| 1955
| Sea O' Erin
| 4
| 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...

| Harry Trotsek
| Hasty House Farms
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:50.20
| $62,900
|
|-
| 1954
| Grover B
| 5
| Paul J. Bailey
| Thomas P. Morgan
| Thomas P. Morgan
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:52.00
| $50,000
|
|-
| 1953
| Smoke Screen
| 6
| Gerald Porch
| Conn McCreary

Conn McCreary

Conn N. McCreary was a United States Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who won four American Classic Races....

| Reverie Knolls Farm
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:44.00
| $50,000
|
|-
| 1952
| Oil Capitol

Oil Capitol

Oil Capitol was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred by the Widener family's Elmendorf Farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, he was sired by the French-bred runner Mahmoud, the 1936 winner of England's Epsom Derby...

| 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...

| Harry Trotsek
| Hasty House Farms
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:44.20
| $25,000
|
|-
| 1951
| Mount Marcy
| 6
| 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...

| Sylvester Veitch

Sylvester Veitch

Sylvester E. Veitch was a Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.Veitch began his career in racing as a jockey and trainer in Steeplechase racing. In 1939 he moved to flat racing when he began employment as a trainer with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in Kentucky...

| C. V. Whitney

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses....

| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:44.80
| $25,000
|
|-
| 1950
| Red Camelia
| 4
| Pat Milligan
| John B. Theall
| Dorothy Dorsett Brown
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:49.40
| $25,000
|
|-
| 1949
| My Request
| 4
| Claude Erickson
| James P. Conway

James P. Conway

James P. Conway was an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who trained forty-three stakes winners including five Champions and a winner of two American Classic Races....

| Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker

Ben F. Whitaker

Ben F. Whitaker was a Dallas, Texas oilman with producing properties throughout the state of Texas, an owner of the Hotel Whitmore in Dallas, and a major owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses including two Champions....

| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:44.40
| $25,000
|
|-
| 1948
| Star Reward
| 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...

| Jack C. Hodgins
| Dixiana Farm

Dixiana Farm

Dixiana Farm, founded in 1877, is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Lexington, Kentucky.-Barak G. Thomas:Formerly known as Hamilton Stud, Dixiana, owned by Barak G. Thomas, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and later Sheriff of Fayette County, Kentucky, took the breeding world by...

| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:48.80
| $25,000
|
|-
| 1947
| Earshot
| 4
| Frank S. Moon
| Arthur F. Skelton
| William G. Helis
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:44.80
| $25,000
|
|-
| 1946
| Hillyer Court
| 4
| Willie Lee Johnson
| Ken Force, Jr.
| Bernard Seroy
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:45.20
| $25,000
|
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| 1945
| no race || || || || || || || ||
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| 1944
| Marriage
| 8
| Jesse Higley
| Rene A. Coward
| Rene A. Coward & Carl L. Dupuy
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:45.00
| $25,000
|
|-
| 1943
| Marriage
| 7
| Arthur Craig
| Rene A. Coward
| Rene A. Coward & Carl L. Dupuy
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:43.80
| $28,000
|
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| 1942
| no race || || || || || || || ||
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| 1941
| no race || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 1940
| Rough Diamond
| 8
| Arnold Sorsen
| Clyde Troutt

Clyde Troutt

Clyde Troutt was an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. From Benton, Illinois, on March 15, 1938 Troutt replaced Frank Hackett as one of the trainers of the prominent John and Fannie Hertz stable...

| Clyde Troutt

Clyde Troutt

Clyde Troutt was an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. From Benton, Illinois, on March 15, 1938 Troutt replaced Frank Hackett as one of the trainers of the prominent John and Fannie Hertz stable...

| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:49.20
| $1,200
|
|-
| 1939
| Chance Sweet
| 4
| Johnny Oros
| not found
| Eugene Drillon
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:46.80
| $1,500
|
|-
| 1938
| Novelette
| 3
| Vincent Nodarse
| Clyde Troutt

Clyde Troutt

Clyde Troutt was an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. From Benton, Illinois, on March 15, 1938 Troutt replaced Frank Hackett as one of the trainers of the prominent John and Fannie Hertz stable...

| Clyde Troutt

Clyde Troutt

Clyde Troutt was an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. From Benton, Illinois, on March 15, 1938 Troutt replaced Frank Hackett as one of the trainers of the prominent John and Fannie Hertz stable...

| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:47.00
| $2,000
|
|-
| 1937
| Skeeter
| 3
| Frank Ritz
| Charles S. Bancroft
| Charles S. Bancroft
| 1 Mile
| 1:41.80
| $1,500
|
|-
| 1936
| Julia Grant
| 4
| Homer Spears
| Rene A. Coward
| Rene A. Coward
| 1m, 70 yds
| 1:47.40
|
|
|-
| 1935
| Jesting
| 5
| Young
| Chester J. Bild
| Chester J. Bild
| 1 Mile
| 1:39.40
| $600
|
|-
| 1934
| Slapped
| 4
| Leon "Buddy" Haas
| 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...

| Leonard Wilson
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:53.60
| $2,000
|
|-
| 1933
| Rocky News
| 5
| Johnny Kacala
| Joseph F. Patterson
| Audley Farm
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:52.60
| $2,000
|
|-
| 1932
| Spanish Play
| 4
| Charles Landolt
| C. H. Knebelkamp
| C. H. Knebelkamp & Richard S. Morris
| 1 1/8 Miles
| 1:54.80
| $2,000
|
|-
| 1931
| Jimmy Moran
| 4
| Eugene James

Eugene James

Eugene James was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, James was a very promising young jockey who began racing in 1930 at age seventeen. According to TIME magazine, he "made a sensation" in his first season of racing...

| Mose Goldblatt
| Mose Goldblatt
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:45.80
| $10,775
|
|-
| 1930
| Donnay
| 4
| Eddie Steffan
| Frank M. Taylor
| Rancocas Stable

Rancocas Stable

Rancocas Farm was an American thoroughbred horse racing stud farm and racing stable located on Monmouth Road in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, Jobstown, New Jersey....

| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:45.20
| $12,225
|
|-
| 1929
| Vermajo
| 3
| Anthony Pascuma
| Charles E. Durnell
| Three D's Stock Farm
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:46.40
| $42,100
|
|-
| 1928
| Justice F
| 4
| Anthony Pascuma
| Doc Riddle
| William Daniel
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:45.80
| $70,000
|
|-
| 1927
| Cotlogomor
| 5
| Charles Allen
| Al G. Woodman
| Coventry Stable
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:50.20
| $50,000
|
|-
| 1926
| Nurmi
| 3
| J. Thomas
|Clyde Phillips
| Greentree Stable

Greentree Stable

Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne...

| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:47.00
| $39,000
|
|-
| 1925
| Quatrain
| 3
| Edgar Legere
| T. J. Herman
| Frederick Johnson
| 1 1/16 Miles
| 1:44.60
| $25,000
|
|-
| 1924
| Fredericktown
| 3
| Ivan Parke
| W. H. Fizer
| Henry Stark
| 1 Mile
| 1:40.60
| $2,000
|
|-
|}