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The Suburban Stakes is an American
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run annually at
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in
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. Open to horses age three and older, it is now run at the mile distance on dirt for a $700,000 purse. Named after the City and Suburban Handicap in England, the Suburban had its 133rd running in 2019. Inaugurated at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in 1884, it was run there through 1910. However, the 1908 passage of the Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation by the
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led to a state-wide shutdown of racing in 1911 and 1912. A February 21, 1913 ruling by the
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saw horse racing return in 1913. Nevertheless, it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay horse racing facility and it never reopened. The race was picked up by the operators of Belmont Park where it was run in 1913. Not run the following year it was hosted by the Empire City Race Track in 1915 before returning to Belmont Park. It has remained there except for the races of 1961 to 1974 and 1976 when it was run at
Aqueduct Racetrack Aqueduct Racetrack is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility and casino in the South Ozone Park, Queens, South Ozone Park and Jamaica, Queens, Jamaica neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, United States. Aqueduct is the only racetrack locate ...
. The Suburban Handicap was contested at a distance of one and one half miles in 1975 and at a mile and three-sixteenths in 1976. Beginning in 1978, the race was started on Belmont Park's clubhouse turn. The event was renamed from the Suburban Handicap in 2017. The race is the final of the three races that once composed the
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series of races as it follows the
Metropolitan Handicap The Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile", is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile (8 furl ...
and the Brooklyn Handicap. Four horses have won the Handicap Triple: *
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(1913) *
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(1953) * Kelso (1961) *
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(1984) The list of former winners is like a who's who of the race horse world, featuring some of American racing's greatest champions. The first mare to win the Suburban Handicap was the great
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Records

Speed record: * 1:58.33 – In Excess (1991) * 1:46.58 –
Mucho Macho Man Mucho Macho Man ( foaled June 15, 2008) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic. He was foaled in Florida and named after the Village People song " Macho Man". His breeders were Carole and John Rio of Flori ...
(2012) (At distance of miles) Most wins: * 2 – Crusader (1926, 1927) * 2 – Kelso (1961, 1963) * 2 –
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(1980, 1983) * 2 –
Devil His Due Devil His Due (April 18, 1989 – May 22, 2017) was a multimillionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire. Bred in Kentucky by Peter E. Blum and raced under the Blue Ribbon Farm banner, he had a record of 41: 11-12-3 with career ...
(1993, 1994) * 2 – Flat Out (2010, 2013) * 2 – Effinex (2015, 2016) Most wins by a
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: * 8 –
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. Tripl ...
(1945, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961) Most wins by a trainer: * 5 –
Sam Hildreth Samuel Clay Hildreth (May 16, 1866 – September 24, 1929) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer and owner.James Fitzsimmons (1922, 1938, 1951, 1956, 1958) Most wins by an owner: * 5 –
Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps (November 26, 1908 – April 21, 2002) was an American stockbroker, court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist. In 2001, he was induc ...
(1951, 1967, 1988, 1989, 1990) * 5 –
Rokeby Stable Rokeby Stables was an American thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm in Upperville, Virginia, involved with both steeplechase and flat racing. The operation was established in the late 1940s by Paul Mellon (1907–1999) who won the Eclipse Award ...
(1973, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984)


Winners


See also

* Suburban Stakes top three finishers and starters


References

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External links


Ten Things You Should Know About the Suburban Handicap at Hello Race Fans
Horse races in New York (state) Graded stakes races in the United States Open middle distance horse races Recurring events established in 1884 Belmont Park Sheepshead Bay Race Track 1884 establishments in New York (state)