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The ”’Coney Island Handicap”’ was an American [[Thoroughbred racing|Thoroughbred horse race]] held annually from 1894 through 1910 at [[Sheepshead Bay Race Track]] in [[New York (state)|New York state]]. An event that always attracted a quality field, the conditions for entry allowed horses of either sex, aged three and older. Both the inaugural 1894 and the 1895 running’s were on the track’s Futurity Course at a distance of 5¾ [[furlong]]s after which it was moved to the main track and run at 6 furlongs each year thereafter except for 1909 when it was run at 6½ furlongs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Armitage Won the Handicap |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1894/06/24/archives/a-race-for-steeplechasers-gonfallon-won-the-coney-island-geand.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Applegate and Domino |
The ”’Coney Island Handicap”’ was an American [[Thoroughbred racing|Thoroughbred horse race]] held annually from 1894 through 1910 at [[Sheepshead Bay Race Track]] in [[New York (state)|New York state]]. An event that always attracted a quality field, the conditions for entry allowed horses of either sex, aged three and older. Both the inaugural 1894 and the 1895 running’s were on the track’s Futurity Course at a distance of 5¾ [[furlong]]s after which it was moved to the main track and run at 6 furlongs each year thereafter except for 1909 when it was run at 6½ furlongs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Armitage Won the Handicap |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1894/06/24/archives/a-race-for-steeplechasers-gonfallon-won-the-coney-island-geand.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Applegate and Domino |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1895/06/23/archives/—–.html |website=[[New York Times]] page |access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sheepshead Bay June 27, 1896 race charts Image 10 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84031792/1896-06-28/ed-1/?sp=10&st=text&r=0.695,0.269,0.292,0.234,0 |website=Sheepshead Bay June 27, 1896 race charts [[New York Journal-American|The journal| (New York City)]] |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:05, 12 November 2025
Horse race
The Coney Island Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1894 through 1910 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in New York state. An event that always attracted a quality field, the conditions for entry allowed horses of either sex, aged three and older. Both the inaugural 1894 and the 1895 running’s were on the track’s Futurity Course at a distance of 5¾ furlongs after which it was moved to the main track and run at 6 furlongs each year thereafter except for 1909 when it was run at 6½ furlongs.[1][2][3]
While James R. Keene’s Voter set the race record with three wins that came in 1897, 1900, and 1901, he only earned National Championship honors for 1899 when he would be recognized as the American Champion Older Male Horse.[4][5][6]
For the Osceola Stable of Thomas L. Watt, Lady Uncas finished second in both the 1900 and 1902 editions of the Coney Island Handicap but then won the next two in 1903 and 1904.
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In 1908, the administration of Governor Charles Evans Hughes signed into law the Hart–Agnew bill that effectively banned all racetrack betting in the state of New York. The legislation allowed for fines and up to a year in prison which was strictly enforced.[8][9]
A 1910 amendment to the Hart–Agnew legislation added further restrictions that made the owners and directors of a racetrack personally liable for any betting done on their premises, with or without their consent. Such an onerous liability was intolerable and meant that by 1911 all racetracks in the state ceased operations.[10] Although a February 21, 1913, ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division paved the way for racing to resume that year, by then it was too late for horse racing at Sheepshead Bay Race Track and it went out of business.[11]
Speed record:
- 1:12.00 @ 6 furlongs – Dreamer (1908)
Most wins:
- 3 – Voter (1897, 1900, 1901)
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) |
Time | Win$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Restigouche | 5 | Carroll H. Shilling | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 6 F | 1:14.80 | $1,470 |
| 1909 | Lady Bedford | 3 | Eddie Dugan | John E. Madden | John E. Madden | 6.5 F | 1:19.00 | $460 |
| 1908 | Dreamer | 6 | Dalton McCarthy | John Huggins | Herman B. Duryea | 6 F | 1:12.00 | $3,680 |
| 1907 | Tony Faust | 3 | Carroll H. Shilling | Sam Hildreth | Sam Hildreth | 6 F | 1:13.80 | $3,490 |
| 1906 | King’s Daughter | 3 | Jack Martin | John Gaines | Thomas Clay McDowell | 6 F | 1:12.40 | $3,400 |
| 1905 | Hamburg Belle | 4 | Willie Davis | A. Jack Joyner | Sidney Paget | 6 F | 1:12.60 | $3,200 |
| 1904 | Lady Uncas | 7 | Eddie Kunz | Barry D. Woods | Osceola Stable (Thomas L. Watt) | 6 F | 1:13.80 | $3,630 |
| 1903 | Lady Uncas | 6 | Arhur Redfern | Barry D. Woods | Osceola Stable (Thomas L. Watt) | 6 F | 1:17.00 | $2,850 |
| 1902 | Hatasoo | 3 | Winfield O’Connor | Julius J. Bauer | Arthur Featherstone | 6 F | 1:14.20 | $1,450 |
| 1901 | Voter | 7 | Henry Spencer | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 6 F | 1:12.40 | $1,450 |
| 1900 | Voter | 6 | Henry Spencer | James G. Rowe Sr. | James R. Keene | 6 F | 1:13.80 | $1,450 |
| 1899 | Bendoran | 4 | Nash Turner | Walter B. Jennings | Walter B. Jennings | 6 F | 1:13.40 | $1,200 |
| 1898 | Maceo | 4 | Isaac Burns Murphy | Byron McClelland | Sallie McClelland | 6 F | 1:15.40 | $1,200 |
| 1897 | Voter | 3 | Tod Sloan | William Lakeland | James R. Keene | 6 F | 1:14.75 | $1,200 |
| 1896 | Hanwell | 4 | Henry Griffin | Orson J. Decker | M. F. Stephenson | 6 F | 1:15.00 | $1,200 |
| 1895 | Domino | 4 | Fred Taral | William Lakeland | James R. Keene & Foxhall P. Keene | 5.75 F | 1:10.00 | $1,200 |
| 1894 | Armitage | 3 | Carter | John V. Elliott | Manhattan Stable | 5.75 F | 1:10.00 | $1,500 |
