Suburban Handicap
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The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses aged three and older run at the classic one-and-one-quarter mile distance on the Belmont Park dirt for a $400,000 purse. The Suburban is the final of the three races that compose the New York Handicap Triple series of races, as it follows the Metropolitan Handicap and the Brooklyn Handicap.
In Excess set the track record for the race in 1991 with a time of 1:58.33.
The Suburban will have had its 120th running in 2006. First held at Leonard Jerome's Sheepshead Bay Race Track in 1884, it stayed at that location until 1913. For 1915 alone, the Suburban was held at Empire City; afterward, it was moved to Belmont Park and there it has remained except for the races of 1961 to 1974 and 1976. During that time, the Suburban was hosted at Aqueduct Racetrack. The race was not run for three years: 1911, 1912, and 1914.
Four horse have won the Handicap Triple:
- Whisk Broom II (1913)
- Tom Fool (1953)
- Kelso (1961)
- Fit to Fight (1984)
Two racehorses have won the Suburban twice: Kelso (1961 and 1963) and Crusader (1926 and 1927).
The list of former winners is like a who's who of the race horse world, featuring some of American racing's greatest champions. The first mare to win the Suburban Handicap was the great Hall of Famer, Imp.
[edit] Winners since 2000
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2006 | Invasor | Fernando Jara | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Stable | 2:01.23 |
| 2005 | Offlee Wild | Edgar Prado | Juan Rodriguez | AZ Azalea Stables LLC | 2:00.40 |
| 2004 | Peace Rules | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:59.40 |
| 2003 | Mineshaft | Robby Albarado | Neil Howard | Farish, Elkins, Webber | 2:01.40 |
| 2002 | E Dubai | John R. Velazquez | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Stable | 2:00.80 |
| 2001 | Albert the Great | Jorge Chavez | Nick Zito | Tracy Farmer | 2:00.20 |
| 2000 | Lemon Drop Kid | Edgar Prado | Scotty Schulhofer | Jeanne G. Vance | 1:58.80 |
[edit] Earlier winners
- 1999 : Behrens
- 1998 : Frisk Me Now
- 1997 : Skip Away
- 1996 : Wekiva Springs
- 1995 : Key Contender
- 1994 : Devil His Due
- 1993 : Devil His Due
- 1992 : Pleasant Tap
- 1991 : In Excess
- 1990 : Easy Goer
- 1989 : Dancing Spree
- 1988 : Personal Flag
- 1987 : Broad Brush
- 1986 : Roo Art
- 1985 : Vanlandingham
- 1984 : Fit to Fight
- 1983 : Winter's Tale
- 1982 : Silver Buck
- 1981 : Temperence Hill
- 1980 : Winter's Tale
- 1979 : State Dinner
- 1978 : Upper Nile
- 1977 : Quiet Little Table
- 1976 : Foolish Pleasure
- 1975 : Forego
- 1974 : True Knight
- 1973 : Key to the Mint
- 1972 : Hitchcock
- 1971 : Twice Worthy
- 1970 : Barometer
- 1969 : Mr. Right
- 1968 : Dr. Fager
- 1967 : Buckpasser
- 1966 : Buffle
- 1965 : Pia Star
- 1964 : Iron Peg
- 1963 : Kelso
- 1962 : Beau Purple
- 1961 : Kelso
- 1960 : Sword Dancer
- 1959 : Bald Eagle
- 1958 : Bold Ruler
- 1957 : Traffic Judge
- 1956 : Nashua
- 1955 : Helioscope
- 1954 : Straight Face
- 1953 : Tom Fool
- 1952 : One Hitter
- 1951 : Busanda
- 1950 : Loser Weeper
- 1949 : Vulcan's Forge
- 1948 : Harmonica
- 1947 : Assault
- 1946 : Armed
- 1945 : Devil Diver
- 1944 : Aletern
- 1943 : Don Bingo
- 1942 : Market Wise
- 1941 : Your Chance
- 1940 : Eight Thirty
- 1939 : Cravat
- 1938 : Snark
- 1937 : Aneroid
- 1936 : Firethorn
- 1935 : Head Play
- 1934 : Ladysman
- 1933 : Equipoise
- 1932 : White Clover
- 1931 : Mokatam
- 1930 : Petee-Wrack
- 1929 : Bateau
- 1928 : Dolan
- 1927 : Crusader
- 1926 : Crusader
- 1925 : Sting
- 1924 : Mad Hatter
- 1923 : Grey Lag
- 1922 : Captain Alcock
- 1921 : Audacious
- 1920 : Paul Jones
- 1919 : Corn Tassel
- 1918 : Johren
- 1917 : Boots
- 1916 : Friar Rock
- 1915 : Stromboli
- 1914 : No Race
- 1913 : Whisk Broom II
- 1912 : No Race - NY State ban
- 1911 : No Race - NY State ban
- 1910 : Olambala
- 1909 : Fitz Herbert
- 1908 : Ballot
- 1907 : Nealon
- 1906 : Go Between
- 1905 : Beldame
- 1904 : Hermis
- 1903 : Africander
- 1902 : Gold Heels
- 1901 : Alcedo
- 1900 : Kinley Mack
- 1899 : Imp
- 1898 : Tillo
- 1897 : Ben Brush
- 1896 : Henry of Navarre
- 1895 : Lazzarone
- 1894 : Ramapo
- 1893 : Lowlander
- 1892 : Montana
- 1891 : Loantaka
- 1890 : Salvator
- 1889 : Raceland
- 1888 : Elkwood
- 1887 : Eurus
- 1886 : Troubadour
- 1885 : Pontiac
- 1884 : General Monroe
