Grey Lag Handicap Explained

Class:Discontinued
Horse Race:Grey Lag Handicap
Location:Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated:1941
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance: miles (9.5 furlongs)
Surface:Dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Three-years-old & up
Weight:Assigned
Purse:$75,000

The Grey Lag Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to horses age three and older, in its final years it was contested on dirt over a distance of one and three-sixteenths miles (9.5 furlongs).

Inaugurated on May 10, 1941, at the Jamaica Race Course, the race was named in honor of 1921 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Grey Lag. It was last run in 1999 at Aqueduct Racetrack as a Grade III event.

Winners of the Grey Lag Handicap include U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Assault, Nashua, Arts and Letters, Stymie, Sword Dancer, and Tom Fool.

Records

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Most wins:

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Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwner

(Miles)
TimeWin $Gr.
1999Carta de Amor6Vladimir DiazJuan SereyJohn Rotella1 M1:56.98$49,575G3
1998Brushing Up5Julio M. PezuaVictor SimoneVictor & Phyllis Simone1 M1:56.80$49,080G3
1997More To Tell6Richard MiglioreGasper S. MoscheraBarbara J. Davis1 M1:57.88 $50,190G3
1996Iron Gavel6Frank T. AlvaradoGasper S. MoscheraJoques Farm1 M1:57.86$49,395G3
1995Danzig's Dance6Jorge F. ChavezJohn ParisellaKaren S. Zablowitz1 M1:57.23$63,720G3
1994As Indicated4Robbie DavisRichard E. SchosbergHeatherwood Farm1 M1:49.42$65,355G3
1993Conveyor5Caesar BisonoD. Wayne LukasCloyce K. Box1 M1:47.33$69,810G3
1992Shots Are Ringing5Herb McCauleyPeter FerriolaJewel E. Stable1 M1:50.40$66,930G3
1991Apple Current4Art Madrid Jr.John M. VeitchBuckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok)1 M1:47.38$66,480G3
1990Double Blush4Mike E. SmithRichard A. DeStasioSaud Bin Khaled1 M1:49.51$49,770G3
1989Lay Down5Jose A. SantosJames E. BakerOgden Mills Phipps1 M1:50.00$51,180G3
1988King's Swan8Jose A. SantosRichard E. Dutrow Sr.Alvin Akman1 M1:50.60$66,000G3
1987Proud Debonair5Jean-Luc SamynWilliam D. Curtis Jr.Sam F. Morrell1 M1:49.40$69,720G3
1986Artichoke5Richard MiglioreD. Wayne LukasTom Gentry1 M1:52.60$51,120G3
1985Imp Society4Jorge VelasquezD. Wayne LukasBrereton C. Jones1 M1:50.20$50,130G3
1984Moro5Jean-Luc SamynGasper S. MoscheraAlbert Davis1 M1:51.60$52,920G3
1983Sing Sing5Rolando Alvarado Jr.H. Allen JerkensSugartown Stable (Fred Papert)1 M1:50.20$33,483G3
1982Globe5Mike VeneziaVictor J. NickersonGlobe Syndicate (N. B. Hunt)1 M1:50.40$50,850G3
1981Irish Tower4Jeffrey FellStanley M. HoughMalcolm Winfield1 M1:51.40$51,210 G3
1980I'm It5Angel SantiagoBruce N. Levine1 M1:50.40$52,290G3
1979Special Tiger4Mike VeneziaWilliam F. SchmittAlfred Fried Jr. 1 M1:53.60$49,410 G2
1978On The Sly5Gregg McCarronMelvin W. GrossBalmak Stable (Mary Streit)1 M1:52.60$48,915G2
1977Turn and Count4Steve CauthenFrank "Pancho" MartinSigmund Sommer1 M1:50.60$49,590G2
1976Royal Glint6Michael HoleGordon R. PotterDan Lasater1 M1:49.20$49,725G2
1975Gold and Myrrh4Walter BlumWilliam B. WilmotWilliam F. Wilmot1 M2:01.60$50,895G2
1974Prove Out5Jorge VelasquezH. Allen JerkensHobeau Farm1 M2:01.20$50,625G2
1973Summer Guest4Jacinto VasquezJ. Elliott BurchRokeby Stable1 M2:01.60$52,110G2
1972Droll Role4Eddie MapleThomas J. KellyJohn M. Schiff1 M2:02.40$50,085
1971Judgable4Ron TurcotteHerbert NadlerSaul Nadler1 M1:49.60$51,420
19704Braulio BaezaJ. Elliott BurchRokeby Stable1 M1:48.40$55,022
1969Bushido3Larry AdamsAnthony J. LombardiSusan B. Fisher7 F1:22.60$37,960
1968Bold Hour4John L. RotzWinbert F. MulhollandGeorge D. Widener Jr.1 M1:48.80$55,250
1967Moontrip6Angel Cordero Jr.Kay Erik JensenEwing Kauffman1 M1:49.60$54,405
1966Selari4Johnny SellersHarold YoungValley Farm1 M1:50.40$54,697
1965Quita Dude5Ismael ValenzuelaWilliam A. ReavisSidney B. Factor1 M1:49.40$55,282
1964Saidam5Manuel YcazaMax HirschMrs. J. Deaver Alexander1 M1:48.40$53,527
1963Sunrise County4John L. RotzThomas J. KellyTownsend B. Martin1 M1:49.80$55,152
1962Ambiopoise4Bobby UsseryThomas M. WallerRobert Lehman1 M1:49.00$55,770
1961Mail Order5Larry AdamsLarry H. ThompsonModie J. Spiegel1 M1:50.20$56,420
1960Sword Dancer4Eddie ArcaroJ. Elliott BurchBrookmeade Stable1 M1:49.60$44,800
1959Vertex5Sam BoulemetisJoseph F. PiarulliFrank Brunetti & J. F. Piarulli1 M1:51.00$54,887
1958Oh Johnny5William BolandNorman R. McLeodMrs. Wallace Gilroy1 M1:50.00$37,750
1957Kingmaker4Bobby UsseryFrank I. WrightHappy Hill Farm (Cortwright & Ella Wetherill)1 M1:48.20$39,400
1956Nashua4Ted AtkinsonJames E. FitzsimmonsBelair Stud1 M1:50.60$37,100
1954- 1955align=center colspan=9Race not held
1953Find3Eric GuerinWilliam C. WinfreyAlfred Gwynne Vanderbilt1 M1:50.20$44,700
1952Tom Fool3Ted AtkinsonJohn M. Gaver Sr.Greentree Stable1 M1:49.40$42,200
1951Cochise5Ovie ScurlockBrandyine Stable1 M1:50.00$19,700
1950Lotowhite3Keith StuartFrank S. BarnettThomas G. Benson1 M1:44.40$20,350
1949Royal Governor5Ovie ScurlockJames E. RyanEsther D. du Pont Weir1 M1:44.40$20,600
1948align=center colspan=9Race not held
1947Assault4Warren MehrtensMax HirschKing Ranch1 M1:49.80$32,325
1946Stymie5Hedley WoodhouseHirsch JacobsEthel D. Jacobs1 M1:49.60$24,750
1945Stymie4Robert PermaneHirsch JacobsEthel D. Jacobs1 M1:49.80$10,700
1944First Fiddle5Johnny LongdenEdward V. MulrenanMrs. Edward V. Mulrenan1 M1:49.60$12,400
1943Boysy7Joe CavensTommy Heard Jr.Tommy Heard Jr.1 M1:50.60$14,150
1942Marriage6Johnny LongdenRene A. CowardRoy A. Coward1 M1:52.00$13,600
1941Dit4Alfred RobertsonMax HirschW. Arnold Hanger1 M1:51.40$8,075

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