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Eugene Jacobs
Eugene Jacobs (November 9, 1912 – May 20, 1999) was an American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses who conditioned Sheilas Reward to back-to-back American Champion Sprint Horse national honors in 1950 and 1951. He was a brother to trainer Sidney Jacobs and to U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Career Jacobs began working in 1939 at age seventeen as a groom A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bridegroom's future spouse (if female) is usually referred to as the bride. A bridegroom is typically attended by a best man an ... for the stable of older brother Hirsch. In 1944 he went out on his own and over the years trained for prominent owners such as Herbert A. Allen Sr., Louis Lazare, and Perne L. Grissom. Jacobs retired from racing on September 1, 1989. References 1912 births 1999 deaths American horse trainers Deaths from Parkinson's disease in New York (stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
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Donn Handicap
The Donn Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1959 through 2016 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A race for horses age four and older, it was contested on turf from inception through 1964 at a distance of a mile and one-half. From 1965 onwards it was raced on dirt at a mile and one-eighth with the exception of 1976 when the distance was set at seven furlongs (7/8 mile). The race was named after the Donn family, who for many years owned and operated the racetrack. Three horses have won the race twice. Inaugurated at a distance of a mile and a half on turf, the only horse to ever win the race twice at that distance was One-Eyed-King who did it back-to-back in 1959 and 1960. In 1965, future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Gun Bow won the first edition at its present distance of one and one-eighth miles on dirt. Under those same race conditions, Pistols and Roses won it back-to-back in 1993 and 1994 as did another Hall of Fame inducte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iroquois Handicap
The Iroquois Handicap run at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York in the fall of the year, is a race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares, aged three and up, that are New York-bred. It offers a purse of $125,000. Set at a mile and an eighth before 1981, at a mile from 1981 to 1984, a mile and 70 yards from 1985 to 1987, at six furlongs from 1989 to 1993, it is now at seven furlongs. In 1996, it ran at Aqueduct Racetrack. The Iroquois Handicap is named for the Iroquois Indian Nation who still inhabit some of the region that now includes central New York State. Records Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs) * 1:21.87 – Cluster of Stars (2013) Most wins: * 3 – Lottsa Talc (1994, 1995, 1996) *2 – La Verdad (2014, 2015 Most wins by a jockey: * 3 – Michael Luzzi (2003, 2005, 2008) *3 – José Ortiz (2014, 2015, 2019) *3 – Javier Castellano (2011, 2013, 2016) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 – H. Allen Jerkens (1980, 1984, 1985) Most wins by an owner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True North Stakes
The True North Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged four years old and older held over a distance of six and half furlongs on dirt scheduled annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $300,000. History The True North is named for the winner of the 1945 Fall Highweight Handicap, W. Deering Howe's, True North. The event was inaugurated on 9 July 1979 as the True North Handicap and was won by the longshot Moleolus in a time of 1:10. The event was classified as Grade III in 1982 and upgraded to Grade II in 1985. The only mare to win the event was Gold Beauty in 1993. In winning the 1987 edition of the True North Handicap, Groovy earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 134. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Stakes
The New York Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four-years-old and older run over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the turf scheduled annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The current purse is $750,000. History Prior to 1962 the race was open to horses of either sex. For 1972 only, it was restricted to three-year-old fillies. Inaugurated in 1940 as the New York Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack, it was moved to Belmont Park in 1961 but returned to Aqueduct in 1963 where it remained until 1975 when it was shifted permanently to Belmont Park. Since its inception, it has been contested at various distances on both dirt and turf: * miles : 1940–1950 on dirt * miles : 1951–1954 on dirt * miles : 1959–1960 on turf * miles : 1955–1956, 1958, 1961, on turf * miles : 1963–1964, 1968–1971, on turf * miles : 1965–1967, 1977–1979, on turf * 7 furlongs : 1972, on dirt * miles : 1980 to presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champagne Stakes (United States)
The Champagne Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses. The race is run at a distance of one mile on the dirt at Belmont Park in October each year. Although the race is open to both colts and fillies, in practice it is New York's premier race for two-year-old colts and fillies enter the Frizette Stakes instead. The race is a Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season qualifying race. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby. The race is also a part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. The race was first run in 1867, and it is the oldest race of its kind in the United States. It was given the same name as the British Champagne Stakes which has been run annually since 1823 at the Doncaster Racecourse in South Yorkshire, England. There was no Champagne Stakes run from 1910 through 1913, due to a legislated ban by the State of New York on parimutuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Derby
The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Since 2005, it has been run five weeks before the Kentucky Derby, which is held on the first Saturday in May. Thus the Florida Derby is currently run either at the end of March or the beginning of April. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the Grade I race is run at miles on the dirt. The purse was increased to $1 million in 2011 but was reduced to $750,000 for 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purse was once again increased to $1 million in 2022. History The Florida Derby was first run in 1952. It has long been a prestigious prep race for the Kentucky Derby and since 2013 has been part of the official Road to the Kentucky Derby. The race was originally run in early to mid-March and Kentucky Derby hopefuls would then run in another major prep race in April. In 2005, Gulfstream Park shifted its scheduling to run the rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Derby
The American Derby is a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States run annually at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The inaugural American Derby was held at Chicago's old Washington Park Race Track on the city's South Side and raced there until 1905, when the facility was closed following the state's ban on gambling and horse racing and the track was demolished. 1893's American Derby was the 2nd richest race in the U.S. during the 19th century.Reiss, Steven A., ''Horse Racing'', Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 ''The Encyclopedia of Chicago'', pp. 390-1. The University of Chicago Press, There was no racing in Chicago in 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, and again in 1905 and 1906. The effect would be that the American Derby was not run from 1905 through 1925, except for 1916 when it was hosted by the Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney, Illinois. Revived in 1926, it evolved to become one of the important events of the American racing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Stakes
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Prince Georges Stakes
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Paumonok Handicap
The Paumonok Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A six furlong sprint race, it was open to horses aged three years and older. The race was inaugurated in 1906 at the now defunct Jamaica Racetrack in Jamaica, Queens, New York. It was hosted by the Jamaica track from 1906 to 1908 and from 1915 to 1959. Belmont Park hosted it in 1913. Due to the passage by the New York Legislature of the Hart–Agnew Law outlawing gambling in New York State, there was no race run in 1909, 1911, 1912, and 1914. The Paumonok Handicap was run in two divisions in 1943 and again in 1975. Records Speed record: * 1:08.86 Don Six (2005) * 1:08.80 Duck Dance (1972) Most wins: * 2 – Red River (1907, 1908) * 2 – Silver Fox (1926, 1927) * 2 – Devil Diver (1944, 1945) * 2 – True And Blue (1990, 1991) * 2 – Bishop Court Hill (2006, 2007) Most wins by a jockey: * 5 – Laverne Fator (1923, 1926, 1927, 1929. 1933) Most wins by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
