The race is an American

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held annually at

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. It was called the Aqueduct Handicap, but beginning in 2009, the name was changed to the Evening Attire Stakes in honor of the great grey

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Evening Attire. He raced until he was 10 years old, retiring in 2008. The race is an ungraded stakes event run on dirt at a distance of miles, it is open to horses three years old and up. On November 28, 2007, this Grade III stakes race was downgraded to an ungraded stakes by the

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. Originally named for the racetrack where the inaugural race took place in 1902, until recently, it was mostly run on

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but now is held in January. (It was run in late February in 2015.) The race did not take place from 1910 through 1916, 1924, 1956 through 1958, 1969 through 1972, 1974–1975, and in 1979. The 2010 edition marked its 91st running. In 1961, the Aqueduct Handicap was run at

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. The race was renamed the Aqueduct Stakes from 1962 to 1965 and in 1967 and 1968. In 1973 it was restricted to 2-year-old horses and was won by

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who went on to win the 1974

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. On January 17, 2009 it was run as the Evening Attire Stakes. The race's distance has been altered four times: * miles : 1920 through 1924 * miles : 1917 through 1919, 1926 through 1932, and from 1961 through 1973 * 1 mile : 1976 * miles : 1977 to present

Winners of the Evening Attire Stakes since 1959

* Sun Edwin (1930), Dominus (1933), King's Swan (1988), and Shots Are Ringing (1992) all finished first but were disqualified.

Earlier winners

*1955 – Icarian *1954 – Crash Drive *1953 – First Aid *1952 –

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*1951 –

*1950 – Wine List *1949 – Wine List *1948 –

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*1947 –

*1946 – Coincidence *1945 – New Moon *1944 – Alex Barth *1943 – With Regards *1942 – Pictor *1941 – Ponty *1940 – War Dog *1939 – Volitant *1938 – Isolater *1937 – Caballero II *1936 – Action *1935 – Good Gamble *1934 – Coequel *1933 – Golden Way *1932 – Blenheim III *1931 – Curate *1930 – Black Mammy *1929 –

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*1928 –

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*1927 –

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*1926 –

*1925 – Dazzler *1923 – My Play *1922 – Prince James *1921 – Damask *1920 – John P. Grier *1919 – Lucullite *1918 – Corn Tassel *1917 – Roamer *1909 – Firestone *1908 – Monfort *1907 – Brookdale Bymph *1906 – Rye *1905 – Bedouin *1904 – Israelite *1903 – Wild Thyme *1902 – Glenwater {{div col end

References

Aqueduct's official website
Open mile category horse races Previously graded stakes races in the United States Horse races in New York City Recurring sporting events established in 1902 Sports in Queens, New York Aqueduct Racetrack 1902 establishments in New York City