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Howard Grant (jockey)
Howard Douglas Grant (c. 1939 – August 1, 2018) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he began his jockey apprenticeship as a seventeen-year-old at Wheeling Downs, West Virginia and won his first race on October 9, 1956, at Cranwood Park Race Course in Cleveland, Ohio. During his twenty-four-year career, he competed primarily at Middle Atlantic racetracks and in 1959 rode four winners on a single racecard at Bowie Race Track, repeating that feat again in 1968 at the Atlantic City Race Course. He died August 1, 2018, aged 79. Riding titles Grant won the Gulfstream Park riding title in 1963. In the early 1970s he began riding in California where he won an Oak Tree Racing Association and a Del Mar racetrack riding championship in 1971. Like many jockeys, Howard Grant battled weight gain Weight gain is an increase in body weight. This can involve an increase in muscle mass, fat deposits, excess fluids such as water or other factors. Weight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jockey
A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual who rode horses in racing. They must be light, typically around a weight of 100-120 lb., and physically fit. They are typically self-employed and are paid a small fee from the horse trainer and a percentage of the horse's winnings. Jockeys are mainly male, though there are some well-known female jockeys too. The job has a very high risk of debilitating or life-threatening injuries. Etymology The word is by origin a diminutive of ''jock'', the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name ''John'', which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compare ''Jack'', ''Dick''), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of the use of the word as a name is in "Jockey of Norfolk" in Shakespeare's ''Richard III''. v. 3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carter Handicap
The Carter Handicap is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for three-years-old and older run over a distance of seven furlongs run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack. Race history First run in 1895, the race was named for Brooklyn contractor and tugboat captain, William Carter, who put up most of the purse money and provided the trophy. The race was hosted by the old Aqueduct race track from 1895 to 1955, except for 1946 when it was held at Belmont Park. It returned to Belmont Park from 1956 to 1959, 1968 to 1974, and again in 1994. In 2020 the event was moved to Belmont Park and held in early June. There was no race held in 1909, 1911–1913, and 1933–1934. It was run in two divisions in 1977 and 1978. Race distance *1895 – miles *1896 – miles *1897 – miles *1898 – about 7 furlongs *1899–1902 furlongs *1903 onwards – 7 furlongs Historic notes The Carter Handicap is the only American Thoroughbred stakes race in which a triple dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palos Verdes Handicap
The Palos Verdes Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt track held annually in late January or early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000. History The event is named after one of the first California land grants known as Rancho San Pedro consisting today of the Pacific coast cities of Los Angeles harbor, San Pedro, the Palos Verdes Peninsula and other cities in Los Angeles County including Rancho Palos Verdes which is approximately 50 miles from Santa Anita Park. Pre World War II (1936) The first running of the event known as the Palos Verdes Handicap was on 25 February 1936. The event was for three-year-olds and older for a purse of $1,200 with seven starters. The event was won by Mars heiress Mrs. Ethel V. Mars's Milky Way Farm Stable – The Fighter, trained by Robert V. McGarvey and ridden by US Hall of Fame jocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby Trial Stakes
The Pat Day Mile Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on dirt over a distance of one mile scheduled on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The current purse is $500,000. History Race name Originally, the event was known as the Derby Trial Stakes and was held one week before the Kentucky Derby. It was first run in 1924 and every year since, with the exception of 1928. The race name was given similar to races in Britain which preceded the Epsom Derby such as the Investec Derby Trial (now Blue Riband Trial Stakes) and Lingfield Derby Trial and in Australia, the Geelong Derby Trial Stakes (now known as the ''Geelong Classic''). In 2015, this race was renamed to the Pat Day Mile Stakes (in honor of the Hall of Fame jockey, Pat Day) and moved to the undercard of Kentucky Derby day. Its purse was increased from $150,000 to $200,000. In 2016, the purse was raised to $250,000. From 2010 through 2012, it had been named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Mar Derby
The Caesars Sportsbook Del Mar Derby is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first week of September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. A Grade II race open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs). Inaugurated in 1945 as the Quigley Memorial Handicap at a distance of miles on dirt, it was renamed in 1948, modified to its present distance in 1950, and moved to turf in 1970. It was raced in two divisions in 1963, in 1970, and again in 2013. In 2013, 24 sophomores passed the entry box so the race had to be split into two divisions. In 1968 there was a dead heat for the win. In 2021, the race was presented for the first time by Caesars Sportsbook. Records Speed record: (on turf at miles) * 1:45.85 – Willow O Wisp (2005) Most wins by an owner: * 3 – Howard B. Keck (1960, 1962, 1966) * 3 – (Glen Hill Farm) (1973, 1979, 2011) Most wins by a jockey: * 5 – Laffit Pincay J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carleton F
Carleton may refer to: Education establishments *Carleton College, a liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States *Carleton School in Bradford, Massachusetts, United States *Carleton University, a university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Human names * Carleton (surname) * Baron Carleton *Carleton (given name) Places Canada * Ontario: ** Carleton (Ontario electoral district) (1867–1966, 2015–present) ** Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district) (1867–1995, 2018–present) **Carleton County, Ontario (historic) **Carleton Place, Ontario **West Carleton Township, Ontario ** Carleton Ward of Ottawa, AKA College Ward * New Brunswick: ** Carleton, New Brunswick, now part of Saint John **Carleton Parish, New Brunswick, in Kent County ** Carleton (New Brunswick federal electoral district) (1867–1914) ** Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district) (1995–present) **Mount Carleton, New Brunswick **Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senator Ken Maddy Handicap
The Senator Ken Maddy Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, two years old and older over a distance of five furlongs on the turf course scheduled in early November at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. History The event was inaugurated on 8 October 1969, opening day of the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park as the Autumn Days Stakes, an allowance stakes for age three and older of either sex over the Downhill turf course at a distance of about furlongs. The event was the first stakes race and first turf race ever run by the Oak Tree Racing Association and was won by Elizabeth Keck's entry Tell who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker defeating his stablemate Pinjara by one length in a time of 1:13. The following year, in 1970 the event was run as a handicap, Autumn Days Handicap and was won by the US Hall of Fame Champion Ack Ack who carried an imposing weight of 128 pounds as top weight to victory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vineland Handicap
The Vineland Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Open to horses age three and older, it was contested on turf over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth. Inaugurated in 1942, the Vineland Handicap was last run in 1999 when that year's American Champion Female Turf Horse, Soaring Softly won. On March 18, 2000, the ''Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Pennsy ...'' reported that the Vineland Handicap had been cancelled due to financial restraintsThe track closed in 2001. References September 13, 1942 ''New York Times'' report on the inaugural running of the Vineland Handicap Horse races in the United States Discontinued horse races in the United States Horse races in New Jersey G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinster Stakes
The Spinster Stakes (also known as the "Juddmonte Spinster" with Juddmonte Farms sponsorship) is an American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three or up run annually in early October at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Kentucky. It is set at a distance of one and one-eighth miles and is a Grade I event with a current purse of $600,000. The Spinster, sponsored by Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms beginning in 2005, is a major prep for the Breeders' Cup Distaff and one of the most important weight-for-age stakes races exclusively for fillies and mares. Now part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the Spinster Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Distaff. In time for the 2006 edition of the Spinster Stakes, Keeneland replaced its traditional dirt track with the synthetic surface, Polytrack synthetic dirt. In 2014, the Polytrack was replaced by a new dirt surface. Records ;Speed record On new dirt surface: * 1:49.44 – Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longfellow Stakes
The Longfellow Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run each year in early June at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. A six furlong sprint for either gender aged three and up, the ungraded Longfellow offers a purse of $70,000 and a trophy. The race, inaugurated in 1952, began as an eight furlong event. From 1963 to 1967 it went off at eight and a half furlongs. In 1968 it stretched out to nine furlongs and remained at that distance until 1996. In 1997, it became a six furlong race. The Longfellow is named for the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Longfellow, one of America's great racehorses as well as one of the great stallions of the 19th century. Records In 2000, Delaware Township set a new stakes record of 1:07.84 while equaling the track record set in 1992 by Gilded Time. Winners since 2000 Earlier winners * 1999 - My Jeffs Mombo * 1998 - Buffalo Dan * 1997 - Basqueian * 1996 - Ops Smile * 1995 - Boyce * 1994 - Winnetou * 1993 - First An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vosburgh Stakes
The Vosburgh Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Run at the end of September/early October, it is open to horses three-years-old and up of either gender. A Grade II sprint race, it is raced at a distance of six furlongs and is a major prep to the Breeders' Cup Sprint. First run in 1940, the Vosburgh Stakes is named in honor of Walter Vosburgh, a turf historian who was the official handicapper for The Jockey Club and various other racing associations from 1894 to 1934. The inaugural race, as well as the second running, was won by Herbert M. Woolf's colt Joe Schenck, named for the vaudeville star, Joseph Thuma Schenck. The race was run at Aqueduct Race Track in 1959, 1961 to 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985, and 1986. It was raced over a distance of seven furlongs from inception until 2003 when it was run at 6.5 furlongs for that year only. Since 2004 it has been run at its current distance of six furlongs. Prior to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
