The Brookdale Handicap was an American

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run annually in midsummer from 1887 through 1910 at

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and from 1914 through 1933 at

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. Open to horses aged three and older, it was contested on dirt over a distance of one mile, one

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. Gravesend Race Track opened on August 26, 1886, and the first Brookdale Handicap would be run during the following Spring/Summer racing season. On May 26, 1887, the inaugural running of the Brookdale Handicap was won by future Hall of Fame inductee,

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, ridden by Jim McLaughlin and trained by Frank McCabe both of whom would also be inducted in racing's Hall of Fame.May 27, 1887 ''New York Times'' report on the Brookdale Handicap
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of the Republican Party's

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. Following a Court ruling, racing resumed in New York State but by then the financial problems arising from the law's effects resulted in the Gravsend track having gone out of business. The Brookdale Handicap was revived in 1914 by the Queens County Jockey Club at its Aqueduct Racetrack. In 1933, the race was run at one mile. This was the last of the races ran for this course.

Records

Speed record: * 1:48.80 –

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(1927) Most wins: * 2 – Go Between (1905, 1906)

Winners of the Brookdale Handicap

*1933 – Flagstone *1932 – Blenheim III *1931 – Sidney Grant *1930 – Jack High *1929 – Diavolo *1928 –

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*1927 –

*1926 – Macaw *1925 – Whetstone *1924 –

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*1923 – Flagstaff *1922 – Captain Alcock *1921 – Yellow Hand *1920 – Exterminator *1919 – Trompe La Mort *1918 – Hand Grenade *1917 – Boots *1916 – Short Grass *1915 – Roamer *1914 – Flying Fairy *1913 – ''no race'' *1912 – ''no race'' *1911 – ''no race'' *1910 –

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*1909 – Joe Madden *1908 – Gretna Green *1907 – Zambesi *1906 – Go Between *1905 – Go Between *1904 – Hermis *1903 – Hunter Raine *1902 – Morningside *1901 – Carbuncle *1900 –

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*1899 – Don De Oro *1898 – Royal Stag *1897 – Lehman *1896 – St. Maxim *1895 – Stephen J *1894 – Don Alonzo *1893 – Charade *1892 – Major Domo *1891 – Eon *1890 – Grey Dawn *1889 – Inspector B *1888 – Richmond *1887 –

References

{{reflist Discontinued horse races in New York City Horse races established in 1887 Gravesend Race Track Aqueduct Racetrack Recurring events disestablished in 1933 1887 establishments in New York (state) 1933 disestablishments in New York (state)