Whitney Handicap

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The Whitney Handicap (often referred to as the "Whitney Stakes") is an American Grade 1 handicap race for Thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and older run at a distance of 1 1/8 miles. Held annually in August at the Saratoga Race Course near Saratoga Springs, New York, the race is named for the Whitney family, whose members have been prominent participants in thoroughbred racing and supporters of the sport.

The inaugural race took place in 1928 and was won by William R. Coe's filly, Black Maria. During World War II, the race was run at Belmont Park between 1943 and 1945, and again once in 1961. Between 1957 and 1969 the race was restricted to horses four years and older.

Some of the greatest horses in American racing history have won the Whitney Handicap including the great Kelso who won it for the third time in 1965 at the age of eight. At the same time, the legendary Secretariat, suffering from a fever, finished second in the 1973 Whitney to Allen "Giant Killer" Jerken's colt, Onion. Three fillies have won the race: Gallorette (1948), Lady's Secret (1986), and Personal Ensign (1988).

[edit] Winners of the Whitney Handicap

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer
2006	Invasor	Fernando Jara	Kiaran McLaughlin
2005	Commentator	Gary Stevens	Nick Zito
2004	Roses in May	Edgar Prado	Dale Romans
2003	Medaglia d'Oro	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel
2002	Left Bank	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher
2001	Lido Palace	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel
2000	Lemon Drop Kid	Edgar Prado	Scotty Schulhofer
1999	Victory Gallop	Jerry Bailey	Elliott Walden
1998	Awesome Again	Pat Day	Patrick B. Byrne
1997	Will's Way	Jerry Bailey	H. James Bond
1996	Mahogany Hall	José Santos	James Baker
1995	Unaccounted For	Pat Day	Scotty Schulhofer
1994	Colonial Affair	José Santos	Scotty Schulhofer
1993	Brunswick	Mike E. Smith	Anthony Margotta
1992	Sultry Song	Jerry Bailey	Patrick Kelly
1991	In Excess	Gary Stevens	Bruce Jackson
1990	Criminal Type	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas
1989	Easy Goer	Pat Day	Shug McGaughey
1988	Personal Ensign	Randy Romero	Shug McGaughey
1987	Java Gold	Pat Day	Mack Miller
1986	Lady's Secret	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas
1985	Track Barron	Angel Cordero, Jr.	LeRoy Jolley
1984	Slew o'Gold	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John O. Hertler
1983	Island Whirl	Eddie Delahoussaye	Laz Barrera
1982	Silver Buck	Don MacBeth	Elliott Burch
1981	Fio Rito	Leslie Hulet	Michael Ferraro
1980	State Dinner	Ruben Hernandez	Elliott Burch
1979	Star de Naskra	Jeff Fell	Richard D. Ferris
1978	Alydar	Jorge Velasquez	John M. Veitch
1977	Nearly On Time	Steve Cauthen	LeRoy Jolley
1976	Dancing Gun	Roger Velez	Laz Barrera
1975	Ancient Title	Sandy Hawley	Keith Stucki
1974	Tri Jet	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Charles R. Parke
1973	Onion	Jacinto Vasquez	H. Allen Jerkens
1972	Key to the Mint	Braulio Baeza	Elliott Burch
1971	Protanto	Jorge Velasquez	Mack Miller
1970	Judgable	Robert Woodhouse	Herbert Nadler
1969	Verbatim	Pete Anderson	James P. Conway
1968	Dr. Fager	Braulio Baeza	John A. Nerud
1967	Stupendous	Eddie Belmonte	Edward A. Neloy
1966	Staunchness	Ernest Cardone	Victor J. Nickerson
1965	Kelso	Ismael Valenzuela	Carl Hanford
1964	Gun Bow	Walter Blum	Edward A. Neloy
1963	Kelso	Ismael Valenzuela	Carl Hanford
1962	Carry Back	Johnny Sellers	Jack A. Price
1961	Kelso	Eddie Arcaro	Carl Hanford
1960	Warhead	W. Sorrentino	Kay Eric Jensen
1959	Plion	Manuel Ycaza	Tom Jolley
1958	Cohoes	John Ruane	John M. Gaver, Sr.
1957	Kingmaker	Bobby Ussery	F. Wright
1956	Dedicate	Bill Boland	G. Carey Winfrey
1955	First Aid	Hedley Woodhouse	Elliott Burch
1954	Social Outcast	Eric Guerin	William C. Winfrey
1953	Tom Fool	Ted Atkinson	John M. Gaver, Sr.
1952	Counterpoint	David Gorman	Sylvester Veitch
1951	One Hitter	Ted Atkinson	John M. Gaver, Sr.
1950	Piet	Nick Combest	R. E. Potts
1949	Round View	S. Perez	Hollie Hughes
1948	Gallorette	Arnold Kirkland	Edward A. Christmas
1947	Rico Monte	Ruperto Donoso	Horatio Luro
1946	Stymie	Basil James	Hirsch Jacobs
1945	Trymenow	Herb Lindberg	Oscar White
1944	Devil Diver	Eddie Arcaro	John M. Gaver, Sr.
1943	Bolingbroke	Herb Lindberg	Walter Burrows
1942	Swing and Sway	Don Meade	Richard E. Handlen
1941	Fenelon	James Stout	Richard E. Handlen
1940	Challedon	George Woolf	Louis J. Schaefer
1939	Eight Thirty	Harry Richards	Bert Mulholland
1938	War Admiral	Wayne Wright	George Conway
1937	Esposa	Nick Wall	Matthew P. Brady
1936	Discovery	John Bejshak	Bud Stotler
1935	Discovery	John Bejshak	Bud Stotler
1934	Discovery	Don Meade	Bud Stotler
1933	Caesar's Ghost	Dominick Bellizzi	J. J. Connor
1932	Equipoise	Raymond Workman	Thomas J. Healey
1931	St. Brideaux	Linus McAtee	James G. Rowe, Sr.
1930	Whichone	Raymond Workman	James G. Rowe, Sr.
1929	Bateau	Eddie Ambrose	Scott P. Harlan
1928	Black Maria	Laverne Fator	William H. Karrick