The Sport Page Handicap was an American
thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...
run annually at
Aqueduct Race Track
Aqueduct Racetrack is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility and casino in the South Ozone Park and Jamaica neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, United States. Aqueduct is the only racetrack located within New York City limits. Its racing ...
in
Ozone Park, Queens
Ozone Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens, New York, United States. It is next to the Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, a popular spot for Thoroughbred racing and home to the Resorts W ...
,
New York for three-year-olds and up. Formerly a
Grade III event, it's set at a distance of 7
furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres. It is now mostly confined to use in hor ...
s on the dirt and offers a purse of $150,000 added.
The Sport Page is named in honor of the horse who won the East View Stakes at
Jamaica, New York
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is mainly composed of a large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis to the east; St. Albans, Springf ...
in 1948.
Run at Jamaica prior to 1959; at
Belmont Park in 1968, 1971, 1995, 2001 and 2003, this race has been run at Aqueduct in all other years.
Open to all ages prior to 1959, and run at the distance of six furlongs from 1953 to 1993, then at seven furlongs from 1994 to 2000.
Due to the troubled economy in 2008, the Sport Page was canceled by the NYRA as they adjusted races to meet the new Grade I standard purse of $300,000. The race was not eligible for grading in 2011.
Blood Horse: 2011 Graded Stakes: 13 Fewer Than '10
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Past winners
* 2008 – Kodiak Kowboy ( Gabriel Saez)
* 2007 – Tasteyville ( Mike Luzzi)
* 2006 – Silver Wagon ( Joe Bravo)
* 2005 – Gotaghostofachance (Jon Court
Jon Kenton Court (born November 26, 1960 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.
Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980. He rode in Louisian ...
)
* 2004 – Mass Media (Javier Castellano
Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977, in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
Castellano began his riding career in 1996 at Santa Rita and La Rinconada racecourses in Venezuela. In June 1997 ...
)
* 2003 – Voodoo ( Jorge F. Chavez)
* 2002 – Multiple Choice (Victor Carrero)
* 2001 – Yonaguska (Chris McCarron
Christopher John McCarron (born March 27, 1955, Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He mounted his first horse ever at 16.5 years old and was racing professionally by 18. At only 19 years o ...
)
* 2000 – Stalwart Member (Norberto Arroyo Jr.)
* 1999 – Scatmandu (Aaron Gryder
Aaron Tod Gryder (born June 5, 1970, in West Covina, California) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
Career
At age 16 in 1986, Gryder began his career as a professional jockey in Tijuana, Mexico at Agua Caliente Racetrack. His fi ...
)
* 1998 – Stormin Fever (Richard Migliore
Richard Migliore (born March 14, 1964 in Babylon, New York) is a retired American jockey. He now works as a racing analyst for XBTV. He was nicknamed "The Mig," which is a type of Russian fighter jet, for his tenacious style of riding. He lives ...
)
* 1997 – Stalwart Member (Aaron Gryder)
* 1996 – Valid Expectations (Cash Asmussen
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From a Texas horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marily ...
)
* 1995 – Siphon (Kent Desormeaux
Kent Jason Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year with 598 wins in 1989. He has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes ...
)
* 1994 – Man's Hero ( Mike Luzzi)
* 1993 – Boom Towner (Frank Lovato Jr.)
* 1992 – R.D. Wild Whirl (Robbie Davis
Robbie Glen Davis (born July 18, 1961 in Pocatello, Idaho) is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
Early life
Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his l ...
)
* 1991 – Senor Speedy (Jorge F. Chavez)
* 1990 – Senor Speedy (Angel Santiago)
* 1989 – Garemma (Jorge F. Chavez)
* 1988 – High Brite ( Ángel Cordero Jr.)
* 1987 – Vinnie The Viper (Julie Krone
Julieann Louise Krone (born July 24, 1963), is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first (and so far only) female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair. In 2000, she became t ...
)
* 1986 – Best By Test (Frank Lovato Jr.)
* 1985 – Raja's Shark (Ángel Cordero Jr.)
* 1984 – Tarantara (Richard Migliore)
* 1983 – Fast As the Breeze (Melvin Toro)
* 1982 – Maudlin (Jerry D. Bailey
Jerry D. Bailey (born August 29, 1957 in Dallas, Texas) is an NBC Sports thoroughbred racing analyst and a retired American Hall of Fame jockey.
Early years
Bailey was born in Dallas but raised in El Paso. He had a pony as a child and became ...
)
* 1981 – Well Decorated (Ruben Hernandez)
* 1980 – Dave's Friend ( Vince Bracciale Jr.)
* 1979 – Amadevil (Herb McCauley
W. Herbert McCauley (born May 2, 1957 in Durham, North Carolina) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who has been called "one of the most talented and aggressive riders of his generation" by John Piesen, an odds-maker for the ''New Y ...
)
* 1978 – Topsider ( Michael Venezia)
* 1977 – Affiliate (Ángel Cordero Jr.)
* 1976 – Amerrico (Sandy Hawley
Desmond Sandford "Sandy" Hawley, (born April 16, 1949 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey.
Sandy Hawley decided to be a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking, grooming and excise horses at a Woodbine racetrack in To ...
)
* 1975 – Lonetree (Eddie Maple
Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple (born November 8, 1948, in Carrollton, Ohio) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight siblings, he is an older brother to jockey Sam Maple, who won more than 2,500 races.
Maple began riding h ...
)
* 1974 – Startahemp (Jorge Velásquez
Jorge Velásquez (born December 28, 1946 in Chepo, Panama) is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.
Jorge Velasquez's career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States. In 1967 he won ...
)
* 1973 – Timeless Moment (Braulio Baeza
Braulio Baeza (born March 26, 1940) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey and one of the master Thoroughbred jockeys of our time. In 1963, he was the first Latin American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. Baeza began his ra ...
)
* 1972 – Petrograd (Eddie Maple
Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple (born November 8, 1948, in Carrollton, Ohio) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight siblings, he is an older brother to jockey Sam Maple, who won more than 2,500 races.
Maple began riding h ...
)
* 1971 – Lonesome River (Robert Woodhouse
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Biography Early life and education
Robert Woodhouse was born on 28 April 1773 in Norwich, Norfolk, the son of Robert Woodhouse, linen draper, and Judi ...
)
* 1970 – Fresh N' Foolish (Jorge Velásquez)
* 1969 – King Emperor (Braulio Baeza
Braulio Baeza (born March 26, 1940) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey and one of the master Thoroughbred jockeys of our time. In 1963, he was the first Latin American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. Baeza began his ra ...
)
* 1968 – Kissin' George (Braulio Baeza)
* 1967 – R. Thomas ( Eddie Belmonte) †
* 1967 – Sun Gala ( Laffit Pincay Jr.) †
* 1966 – Impressive (Ron Turcotte
Ronald Joseph Morel "Ronnie" Turcotte, (born July 22, 1941) is a retired Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973.
Career
Turcotte began his career in Toronto as a ...
)
* 1965 – Ornamento (William Boland
William Norris "Bill" Boland (born July 16, 1933 at Corpus Christi, Texas) is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing.
Boland began his riding career in 1949 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. While s ...
)
* 1964 – Affectionately
Affectionately (April 26, 1960 – 1979) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Background
She was sired by 1956 American Horse of the Year Swaps, out of the racing mare Searching. Searching's dam was Big Hurry, by Black Toney out of La ...
(Bill Shoemaker
William Lee Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. For 29 years he held the world record for total professional jockey victories.
Early life
Referred to as "Bill", "Willie," and "The Shoe", William Lee Sho ...
)
* 1963 – Merry Ruler ( Johnny Sellers)
* 1962 – Misty Day (William Boland)
* 1961 – Intentionally (Manuel Ycaza
Manuel Ycaza (born Carlos Manuel De Ycaza; February 1, 1938 – July 16, 2018) was a Panamanian American jockey who led the way for Latin American jockeys in the United States.
De Ycaza began riding ponies at age six and by age fourteen was ridi ...
)
* 1960 – April Skies (J. Leonard)
* 1959 – Ole Fols (William Boland)
* 1958 – Nahodah (Joe Culmone
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Joe Culmone was born in Delia, Sicily, where he lived in a farming area and learned to ride horses. His mother died dur ...
)
* 1957 – Tick Tock (Bobby Ussery
Robert Nelson "Bobby" Ussery (born September 3, 1935 in Vian, Oklahoma) is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing hall of fame jockey. His first race as a professional jockey came at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on November 22, ...
)
* 1956 – Joe Jones (Conn McCreary
Conn N. McCreary (June 17, 1921 - June 29, 1979) was a United States Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who won four American Classic Races.
Riding career
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Conn McCreary began his professio ...
)
* 1955 – Squared Away (Eddie Arcaro
George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997), was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple ...
)
* 1954 – Joe Jones (Conn McCreary
Conn N. McCreary (June 17, 1921 - June 29, 1979) was a United States Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing who won four American Classic Races.
Riding career
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Conn McCreary began his professio ...
)
* 1953 – White Skies (James Stout
James Stout (May 6, 1914 - July 12, 1976) was an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won four Triple Crown races.
Known as "Jimmy," he began working at a racetrack as a stable boy then in 1930 became a professional jock ...
)
* † There was a dead heat
A dead heat is a rare situation in various racing sports in which the performances of competitors are judged to be so close that no difference between them can be resolved. The result is declared a tie and the competitors are awarded a joint ra ...
in 1967.
References
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Discontinued horse races in New York (state)
Ungraded stakes races in the United States
Open mile category horse races
Aqueduct Racetrack
Belmont Park
Recurring sporting events established in 1953
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008
1953 establishments in New York City
2008 disestablishments in New York (state)