The Bay Shore Handicap is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race run from 1925 through 1955 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York City. The race was open to horses age three and older and run on dirt. From 1956 to 1959 there was no Bay Shore Handicap but in 1960 Aqueduct Racetrack created the Bay Shore Handicap/Stakes as a race for three-year-olds.New York Daily News September 17, 1925 page 158 article on the Bay Shore Handicap Retrieved October 2, 2018New York Times September 6, 1955 article titled "Red Hannigan Takes Bay Shore Handicap" Retrieved October 2, 2018
The 1940 race was won by Jacomar, recorded as being owned by Mrs. E. Graham Lewis.The Louisville, Kentucky Courier-Journal September 8, 1940 page 51 article titled "Jacomar Surprises In Bay Shore 'Cap" Retrieved October 2, 2018 Better known as the highly successful cosmetics magnate Elizabeth Arden, she would establish Maine Chance Farm three years later and build it into one of the most successful breeding and racing operations of that era.Paulick Report January 22, 2018 article on the history of Maine Chance Farm Retrieved October 3, 2018
The 1943 and 1944 Bay Shore Handicap winners, Wait A Bit and Brownie, were two of the three horses involved in the only triple dead heat on record in a Thoroughbred stakes race when they joined Bossuet to win the 1944 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack.New York Daily News June 9, 2015 article titled "Triple dead heat took place at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1944" Retrieved October 3, 2018
Records Speed record: (at 7 furlongs) 1:22.40 - Wait A Bit (1943)
Most wins: No horse ever won this race more than once
Most wins by a jockey: 3 - Eric Guerin (1944, 1949, 1952)
Most wins by a trainer: 3 - James E. Fitzsimmons (1929, 1933, 1945)
Most wins by an owner: 2 - Alfred G. Vanderbilt II (1949, 1952) 2 - Belair Stud (1933, 1945) 2 - Greentree Stable (1939, 1948) 2 - Rancocas Stable (1925, 1927) 2 - William L. Brann (1941, 1946)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (F) Time1955Red Hannigan4Eddie ArcaroHomer C. PardueWoodley Lane Farm7 F1:24.001954Joe Jones4Conn McCrearyHirsch JacobsEthel D. Jacobs7 F1:23.201953Squared Away6James NicholsCarey WinfreyJan Winfrey Burke7 F1:23.801952Next Move5Eric GuerinBill WinfreyAlfred G. Vanderbilt II7 F1:24.001951Sheilas Reward4Dave GormanGene JacobsMrs. Louis Lazare7 F1:23.401950Piet5Nick CombestR. Emmett PottsBoMar Stable7 F1:23.201949Loser Weeper4Eric GuerinBill WinfreyAlfred G. Vanderbilt II7 F1:25.001948Coincidence6Ted AtkinsonJohn M. Gaver Sr.Greentree Stable7 F1:26.401947Rippey4Ovie ScurlockWilliam M. BoothWilliam G. Helis7 F1:24.001946Gallorette4Job Dean JessopEdward A. ChristmasWilliam L. Brann7 F1:23.401945Apache6James StoutJames E. FitzsimmonsBelair Stud7 F1:24.001944Brownie5Eric GuerinJohn B. TheallJoe W. Brown7 F1:24.001943Wait A Bit4Wayne WrightMatthew P. BradyWilliam Ziegler Jr.7 F1:22.401942Salto3Warren MehrtensMax HirschKing Ranch7 F1:23.201941Pictor4George WoolfFrank WalkerWilliam L. Brann7 F1:23.801940Jacomar3Ruperto DonosoAlbert B. (Alex) GordonMrs. E. Graham Lewis7 F1:24.001939Third Degree3Eddie ArcaroJohn M. Gaver Sr.Greentree Stable6.5 F1:16.601938The Fighter5Basil JamesEdward L. SnyderWilliam F. Morgan6.5 F1:17.601937He Did4Lester BalaskiJ. Thomas TaylorW. Arnold Hanger6.5 F1:18.001936Emileo3Ira HanfordC. H. "Pat" KnebelkampOrienta Stable6.5 F1:18.001935Miss Merriment4Raymond WorkmanJ. P. "Sammy" SmithDorwood Stable (Victor Emanuel)6 F1:11.401934Open Range3Eddie LitzenbergerGeorge E. PhillipsWilliam Graham6 F1:12.801933Dominus3James StoutJames E. FitzsimmonsBelair Stud8 F1:38.201932Halcyon4Alfred RobertsonT. J. HealeyC. V. Whitney7 F1:24.001931Mr. Sponge4Mack GarnerHenry McDanielJoseph E. Widener7 F1:25.601930Black Majesty3Charles KurtsingerBennett W. CreechWilliam R. Coe7 F1:24.601929Distraction4James H. BurkeJames E. FitzsimmonsWheatley Stable7 F1:24.201928Buddy Bauer4Anthony PascumaHerbert J. ThompsonEdward R. Bradley7 F1:24.601927Black Curl3Frank CatroneSam HildrethRancocas Stable7 F1:26.801926Backbone4Linus McAteeJames G. Rowe Sr.Harry Payne Whitney7 F1:23.401925Superlette3Laverne FatorSam HildrethRancocas Stable7 F1:24.20
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