| Discontinued race | |
| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1941 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $75,000 |
The Grey Lag Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to horses age three and older, in its final years it was contested on dirt over a distance of one and three-sixteenths miles (9.5 furlongs).
Inaugurated on May 10, 1941, at the Jamaica Race Course, the race was named in honor of 1921 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Grey Lag. It was last run in 1999 at Aqueduct Racetrack as a Grade III event.
Winners of the Grey Lag Handicap include U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Assault, Nashua, Arts and Letters, Stymie, Sword Dancer, and Tom Fool.
Records
Speed record:
- 1 1/8 miles: 1:47.33 - Conveyor (1993)
- 1 3/16 miles: 1:56.98 80 - Brushing Up (1998)
Most wins:
- 2 - Stymie (1945, 1946)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Johnny Longden (1942, 1944)
- 2 - Ted Atkinson (1952, 1956)
- 2 - Bobby Ussery (1957, 1962)
- 2 - Larry Adams (1961, 1969)
- 2 - John L. Rotz (1963, 1968)
- 2 - Jorge Velasquez (1974, 1985)
- 2 - Mike Venezia (1979, 1982)
- 2 - Jean-Luc Samyn (1984, 1987)
- 2 - Richard Migliore (1986, 1997)
- 2 - Jose A. Santos (1988, 1989)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Max Hirsch (1941, 1947, 1964)
- 3 - J. Elliott Burch (1960, 1970, 1973)
- 3 – Gasper S. Moschera (1984, 1996, 1997)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Ethel D. Jacobs (1945, 1946)
- 2 - Rokeby Stable (1970, 1973)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time | Win $ | Gr. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Carta de Amor | 6 | Vladimir Diaz | Juan Serey | John Rotella | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.98 | $49,575 | G3 | |
| 1998 | Brushing Up | 5 | Julio M. Pezua | Victor Simone | Victor & Phyllis Simone | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.80 | $49,080 | G3 | |
| 1997 | More To Tell | 6 | Richard Migliore | Gasper S. Moschera | Barbara J. Davis | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.88 | $50,190 | G3 | |
| 1996 | Iron Gavel | 6 | Frank T. Alvarado | Gasper S. Moschera | Joques Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.86 | $49,395 | G3 | |
| 1995 | Danzig's Dance | 6 | Jorge F. Chavez | John Parisella | Karen S. Zablowitz | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.23 | $63,720 | G3 | |
| 1994 | As Indicated | 4 | Robbie Davis | Richard E. Schosberg | Heatherwood Farm | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.42 | $65,355 | G3 | |
| 1993 | Conveyor | 5 | Caesar Bisono | D. Wayne Lukas | Cloyce K. Box | 11⁄8 M | 1:47.33 | $69,810 | G3 | |
| 1992 | Shots Are Ringing | 5 | Herb McCauley | Peter Ferriola | Jewel E. Stable | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.40 | $66,930 | G3 | |
| 1991 | Apple Current | 4 | Art Madrid Jr. | John M. Veitch | Buckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok) | 11⁄8 M | 1:47.38 | $66,480 | G3 | |
| 1990 | Double Blush | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Richard A. DeStasio | Saud Bin Khaled | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.51 | $49,770 | G3 | |
| 1989 | Lay Down | 5 | Jose A. Santos | James E. Baker | Ogden Mills Phipps | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.00 | $51,180 | G3 | |
| 1988 | King's Swan | 8 | Jose A. Santos | Richard E. Dutrow Sr. | Alvin Akman | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.60 | $66,000 | G3 | |
| 1987 | Proud Debonair | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | William D. Curtis Jr. | Sam F. Morrell | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.40 | $69,720 | G3 | |
| 1986 | Artichoke | 5 | Richard Migliore | D. Wayne Lukas | Tom Gentry | 11⁄8 M | 1:52.60 | $51,120 | G3 | |
| 1985 | Imp Society | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Brereton C. Jones | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.20 | $50,130 | G3 | |
| 1984 | Moro | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Gasper S. Moschera | Albert Davis | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.60 | $52,920 | G3 | |
| 1983 | Sing Sing | 5 | Rolando Alvarado Jr. | H. Allen Jerkens | Sugartown Stable (Fred Papert) | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.20 | $33,483 | G3 | |
| 1982 | Globe | 5 | Mike Venezia | Victor J. Nickerson | Globe Syndicate (N. B. Hunt) | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.40 | $50,850 | G3 | |
| 1981 | Irish Tower | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | Stanley M. Hough | Malcolm Winfield | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.40 | $51,210 | G3 | |
| 1980 | I'm It | 5 | Angel Santiago | Bruce N. Levine | Bruce N. Levine | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.40 | $52,290 | G3 | |
| 1979 | Special Tiger | 4 | Mike Venezia | William F. Schmitt | Alfred Fried Jr. | 11⁄8 M | 1:53.60 | $49,410 | G2 | |
| 1978 | On The Sly | 5 | Gregg McCarron | Melvin W. Gross | Balmak Stable (Mary Streit) | 11⁄8 M | 1:52.60 | $48,915 | G2 | |
| 1977 | Turn and Count | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Frank "Pancho" Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.60 | $49,590 | G2 | |
| 1976 | Royal Glint | 6 | Michael Hole | Gordon R. Potter | Dan Lasater | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.20 | $49,725 | G2 | |
| 1975 | Gold and Myrrh | 4 | Walter Blum | William B. Wilmot | William F. Wilmot | 11⁄4 M | 2:01.60 | $50,895 | G2 | |
| 1974 | Prove Out | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 11⁄4 M | 2:01.20 | $50,625 | G2 | |
| 1973 | Summer Guest | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 11⁄4 M | 2:01.60 | $52,110 | G2 | |
| 1972 | Droll Role | 4 | Eddie Maple | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 11⁄4 M | 2:02.40 | $50,085 | ||
| 1971 | Judgable | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Herbert Nadler | Saul Nadler | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.60 | $51,420 | ||
| 1970 | Arts and Letters | 4 | Braulio Baeza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 11⁄8 M | 1:48.40 | $55,022 | ||
| 1969 | Bushido | 3 | Larry Adams | Anthony J. Lombardi | Susan B. Fisher | 7 F | 1:22.60 | $37,960 | ||
| 1968 | Bold Hour | 4 | John L. Rotz | Winbert F. Mulholland | George D. Widener Jr. | 11⁄8 M | 1:48.80 | $55,250 | ||
| 1967 | Moontrip | 6 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Kay Erik Jensen | Ewing Kauffman | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.60 | $54,405 | ||
| 1966 | Selari | 4 | Johnny Sellers | Harold Young | Valley Farm | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.40 | $54,697 | ||
| 1965 | Quita Dude | 5 | Ismael Valenzuela | William A. Reavis | Sidney B. Factor | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.40 | $55,282 | ||
| 1964 | Saidam | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | Max Hirsch | Mrs. J. Deaver Alexander | 11⁄8 M | 1:48.40 | $53,527 | ||
| 1963 | Sunrise County | 4 | John L. Rotz | Thomas J. Kelly | Townsend B. Martin | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.80 | $55,152 | ||
| 1962 | Ambiopoise | 4 | Bobby Ussery | Thomas M. Waller | Robert Lehman | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.00 | $55,770 | ||
| 1961 | Mail Order | 5 | Larry Adams | Larry H. Thompson | Modie J. Spiegel | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.20 | $56,420 | ||
| 1960 | Sword Dancer | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.60 | $44,800 | ||
| 1959 | Vertex | 5 | Sam Boulemetis | Joseph F. Piarulli | Frank Brunetti & J. F. Piarulli | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.00 | $54,887 | ||
| 1958 | Oh Johnny | 5 | William Boland | Norman R. McLeod | Mrs. Wallace Gilroy | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.00 | $37,750 | ||
| 1957 | Kingmaker | 4 | Bobby Ussery | Frank I. Wright | Happy Hill Farm (Cortwright & Ella Wetherill) | 11⁄8 M | 1:48.20 | $39,400 | ||
| 1956 | Nashua | 4 | Ted Atkinson | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.60 | $37,100 | ||
| 1954 | - 1955 | Race not held | ||||||||
| 1953 | Find | 3 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.20 | $44,700 | ||
| 1952 | Tom Fool | 3 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.40 | $42,200 | ||
| 1951 | Cochise | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | Virgil W. Raines | Brandyine Stable | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.00 | $19,700 | ||
| 1950 | Lotowhite | 3 | Keith Stuart | Frank S. Barnett | Thomas G. Benson | 11⁄16 M | 1:44.40 | $20,350 | ||
| 1949 | Royal Governor | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | James E. Ryan | Esther D. du Pont Weir | 11⁄16 M | 1:44.40 | $20,600 | ||
| 1948 | Race not held | |||||||||
| 1947 | Assault | 4 | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.80 | $32,325 | ||
| 1946 | Stymie | 5 | Hedley Woodhouse | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.60 | $24,750 | ||
| 1945 | Stymie | 4 | Robert Permane | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.80 | $10,700 | ||
| 1944 | First Fiddle | 5 | Johnny Longden | Edward V. Mulrenan | Mrs. Edward V. Mulrenan | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.60 | $12,400 | ||
| 1943 | Boysy | 7 | Joe Cavens | Tommy Heard Jr. | Tommy Heard Jr. | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.60 | $14,150 | ||
| 1942 | Marriage | 6 | Johnny Longden | Rene A. Coward | Roy A. Coward | 11⁄8 M | 1:52.00 | $13,600 | ||
| 1941 | Dit | 4 | Alfred Robertson | Max Hirsch | W. Arnold Hanger | 11⁄8 M | 1:51.40 | $8,075 | ||
References
- May 11, 1941 Hartford Courant report on Dit winning the inaugural edition of the Grey Lag Handicap
- March 6, 1999 Associated Press report on Carta de Amor winning the Grey Lag Handicap