The Washington Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Open to horses age three and older, it was contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and a quarter (10 furlongs).
At one time the Washington Handicap was an important event that drew many of the top horses. Winners include several U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees including U.S. Triple Crown champions, War Admiral[1] and Whirlaway. Ridden by James Butwell, Roamer, another Hall of Fame inductee, set a new World Record of 1:49 3/5 in winning the 1914 edition.[2]
The race was last run on October 20, 1951, and was won by Charles B. Bohn's gelding, Blue Hills.[3]
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Blue Hills | 5 | Lois C. Cook | Roy B. Dickman | Charles B. Bohn | 2:02.80 | |
| 1950 | Abstract | 4 | Edward Campbell | Jerry McNally | Louis J. Shaw | 2:02.20 | |
| 1949 | High Trend | 5 | Abelardo DeLara | Albert F. East | Samuel Greenfield | 2:04.40 | |
| 1948 | Quarter Pole | 3 | N. L. Pierson | Michael E. Millerick | Frank Frankel | 2:03.60 | |
| 1947 | Loyal Legion | 3 | Albert Snider | Oscar White | Walter M. Jeffords Sr. | 2:03.40 | |
| 1946 | Seven Hearts | 6 | William Hanka | W. Graves Sparks | J. Graham Brown | 2:03.00 | |
| 1945 | Armed | 4 | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:04.40 | |
| 1944 | Megogo | 3 | Ken Scawthorn | John A. Healey | Christiana Stable | 2:06.00 | |
| 1943 | Anticlimax | 4 | Nick Jemas | Kenneth Osborne | Hal Price Headley | 1:58.00 | |
| 1942 | Whirlaway | 3 | George Woolf | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:03.40 | |
| 1941 | Pictor | 4 | George Woolf | Frank Walker | William L. Brann | 2:03.40 | |
| 1940 | Can't Wait | 5 | Alfred Robertson | J. Thomas Taylor | Myron Selznick | 2:05.00 | |
| 1939 | Masked General | 5 | Nick Wall | William Mulholland | Brandywine Stable | 2:05.40 | |
| 1938 | Jacola | 3 | Johnny Leyland | Selby L. Burch | Nancy Carr Friendly | 2:06.00 | |
| 1937 | War Admiral | 3 | Charles Kurtsinger | George H. Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:04.80 | |
| 1936 | Roman Soldier | 4 | Jack Westrope | Phil Reuter | Elwood Sachsenmaier & Phil Reuter | 2:02.60 | |
| 1935 | Firethorn | 3 | Harry Richards | Preston M. Burch | Walter M. Jeffords Sr. | 2:02.60 | |
| 1934 | Azucar | 6 | Raymond Workman | Alexis G. Wilson | Frederick M. Alger Jr. | 2:02.40 | |
| 1933 | Dark Secret | 4 | Hank Mills | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:02.80 | |
| 1932 | Tred Avon | 4 | Pat Remillard | William Irvine | Sylvester W. Labrot | 2:05.60 | |
| 1931 | Clock Tower | 3 | Pete Walls | Max Hirsch | Morton L. Schwartz | 2:04.20 | |
| 1930 | Sun Beau | 5 | Frank Coltiletti | William A. Crawford | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 2:02.80 | |
| 1929 | Sun Beau | 4 | Frank Coltiletti | William Irvine | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 2:02.80 | |
| 1928 | Mike Hall | 4 | Lawrence McDermott | Walter W. Taylor | Hal Price Headley | 2:03.60 | |
| 1927 | Display | 4 | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon Sr. | 2:02.40 | |
| 1926 | Mars | 3 | Frank Coltiletti | Robert A. Smith | Walter M. Jeffords Sr. | 2:03.00 | |
| 1925 | Joy Smoke | 4 | James Butwell | James W. Healy | Edward F. Whitney | 2:09.80 | |
| 1924 | Big Blaze | 3 | Ivan Parke | Gwyn R. Tompkins | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:04.20 | |
| 1923 | Rialto | 3 | Linus McAtee | James G. Rowe Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:04.00 | |
| 1922 | Oceanic | 3 | Benny Marinelli | Gwyn R. Tompkins | Glen Riddle Farm | 2:04.80 | |
| 1919 | - 1921 | align=center colspan=9 | Race not held | ||||
| 1918 | Midway | 4 | Harold Thurber | John S. Ward | James W. Parrish | 1:51.40 | |
| 1917 | King Neptune | 4 | Roscoe Troxler | B. B. Larrick | John S. Tyree | 1:59.00 | |
| 1916 | Boots | 5 | Charles Fairbrother | Walter C. Jennings | Oscar Lewisohn | 1:51.20 | |
| 1915 | Gainer | 4 | Tommy McTaggart | James G. Rowe Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:04.60 | |
| 1914 | Roamer | 3 | James Butwell | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller | 1:49.60 | |
| 1913 | Lahore | 5 | Charles Burlingame | Walter S. House | John O. Talbott | 1:54.00 | |
| 1912 | The Manager | 3 | George Byrne | Thomas C. McDowell | Thomas C. McDowell | 1:51.80 | |
| 1911 | Sir John Johnson | 6 | Phil Goldstein | David Woodford | Beverwyck Stable | 1:55.00 | |