Red Smith

63 Running on Saturday, November 11, 2023

Run as The Edgemere Handicap until 1981. The Red Smith Handicap honors the late sportswriter Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith (1905-1982). A Pulitzer Prize winner in 1976, Smith covered sports for 55 years, most notably for The New York Herald Tribune and later The New York Times, writing a widely syndicated column for both outlets. According to his obituary published in the Times: “He preferred covering sports like baseball, football, boxing and horse playing (‘not horse racing,’ he emphasized) and disdained what he called ‘back and forth’ sports like basketball and hockey." The Edgemere Handicap was also the name of a mile and a furlong race on the main track last run in 1957. Run at 1 1/16 miles in 1977; at 1 3/16 miles 1963-67; and at 1 ¼ miles 1972-76, and 1978-93. Run at Belmont Park 1960-62, and 1968-93. Run in two divisions in 1977, 1983, and 1986. Not run in 1979. Run on Belmont’s main track in 1984. Run on the main track at Aqueduct in 1997 and 2006.

$300,000.00 1 3/8 (Turf) Grade:II

Year	Horse	Age	Weight	Time	Owner	Trainer	Jockey	Value
2022	Astronaut	5	122	2:14.00	John M. B. O'Connor	Thomas Albertrani	Kendrick Carmouche	$165,000
2021	Serve the King	5	124	2:16.60	Peter M. Brant	Chad C. Brown	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	$110,000
2020	North Dakota	4	124	2:16.47	Allen Stable, Inc.	Claude R. McGaughey III	Jose Lezcano	$55,000
2019	Sadler's Joy	6	124	2:15.76	Woodslane Farm	Thomas Albertrani	Javier Castellano	$110,000
2018	Village King (ARG)	4	119	1:52.95	Angels of Catalina, Inc.	Todd A. Pletcher	Javier Castellano	$110,000
2017	Spring Quality	5	117	2:17.72	Augustin Stable	Graham Motion	Edagr Prado	$120,000
2016	Bigger Picture	-	117	2:15.46	Three Diamonds Farm	Michael J. Maker	Jose Ortiz	$120,000
2015	Mr Maybe	-	115	2:17:49	Michael Dubb, Head of Plains Partners LLC and Highclere America	Chad Brown	Irad Ortiz Jr.	$150,000
2014	Dynamic Sky	-	120	2:18:85	John C. Oxley	Mark Casse	Cornelio Velasquez	$150,000
2013	Imagining	5	118	2:18.43	Phipps Stable	Claude R. McGaughey III	Joel Rosario	$150,000
2012	Boisterous	5	122	2:19.38	Phipps Stable	Claude R. McGaughey III	Edgar S. Prado	$120,000
2011	Boisterous	4	118	2:20.26	Phipps Stable	Claude R. McGaughey III	Alan Garcia	$90,000
2010	Grassy	4	117	2:20.06	Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, Adele B.	Christophe Clement	Joe Bravo	$90,000
2009	Expansion	4	116	2:18.93	Gary and Mary West Stables, Inc.	Chad C. Brown	Channing Hill	$90,000
2008	Strike a Deal	4	117	2:23.28	Jayeff B Stables	Alan Goldberg	C.C. Lopez	$90,000
2007	Dave	6	114	2:21.45	The Three Colleens Stable and Partingglass Stable	Barclay Tagg	Joe Bravo	$90,000
2006	Naughty New Yorker	4	118	2:04.52	Fox Ridge Farm Inc.	Patrick Kelly	Jean-Luc Samyn	$90,000
2005	King's Drama	5	122	2:15 3/5	Gary Tanaka	Robert Frankel	Edgar Prado	$90,000
2004	Dreadnaught	4	115	2:18 4/5	Trillium Stable	Thomas Voss	Jean-Luc Samyn	$90,000
2003	Balto Star	5	120	2:18 4/5	Anstu Stables	Todd Pletcher	John Velazquez	$90,000
2002	Evening Attire	4	126	2:14 4/5	Grant, Grant, Kelly	Patrick Kelly	Shaun Bridgmohan	$90,000
2001	Mr. Pleasantfar (BRZ)	4	115	2:16 4/5	Raja Malek	Martin Wolfson	Jose Santos	$90,000
2000	Cetewayo	6	114	2:17 4/5	Dr. John Chandler	Michael Dickinson	Richard Migliore	$90,000
1999	Monarch's Maze	3	113	2:14 2/5	Live Oak Plantation	Patrick J. Kelly	Joe Bravo	$90,000
1998	Musical Ghost	6	115	2:15 2/5	Edward P. Evans	Mark Hennig	John Velazquez	$90,000
1997	Instant Friendship	4	123	2:17	Sultan Al Kabeer	Leo O'Brien	John Velazquez	$90,000
1996	Mr. Bluebird	5	116	2:15 1/5	Thomas R. Warfield	John Kimmel	Mike Smith	$87,750
1995	Flag Down	5	114	2:22	Allen E. Paulson	Christophe Clement	Jose Santos	$69,900
1994	Franchise Player	5	109	2:20 2/5	Austin K. Smith	Philip G. Johnson	Dale Beckner	$72,120
1993	Royal Mountain Inn	4	110	1:59 4/5	Steadfast Stable	Barclay Tagg	Julie Krone	$71,760
1992	Montserrat	4	118	2:00 1/5	Preston Madden	W. Elliot Walden	Julie Krone	$70,920
1991	Who's To Pay	5	117	1:58	Rokeby Stable	MacK. Miller	Jerry Bailey	$71,160
1990	Yankee Affair	8	122	2:00 1/5	Jujugen Stable	Henry L. Carroll	Jose Santos	$70,560
1989	Rambo Dancer	5	113	2:01	Maktoum Al Maktoum	Leroy Jolley	Jose Santos	$72,360
1988	Pay The Butler	4	110	2:01 2/5	Edmond Gann	Robert Frankel	Robbie Davis	$118,620
1987	Theatrical	5	122	2:00 4/5	Bertram Firestone	William Mott	Pat Day	$116,460
1986	Divulge	5	116	1:59	Albert Davis	Gasper S. Moschera	Jean Cruguet	$88,950
1985	Sharannpour	4	117	2:04 1/5	Jerome Moss	Robert Frankel	Angel Cordero Jr.	$101,100
1984	Hero's Honor	4	117	2:02 1/5	Rokeby Stable	MacK. Miller	Jerry Bailey	$89,400
1983	Thunder Puddles	4	117	2:06 2/5	Rockwood Stable	John Campo	Jean Luc Samyn	$67,200
1982	Highland Blade	4	124	2:06 2/5	Pen Y Bryn Farm	David A. Whiteley	Jacinto Vasquez	$69,000
1981	Match the Hatch	5	114	1:59 3/5	Kathy M. Johnson	Philip G. Johnson	Kenny Skinner	$68,160
1980	Marquee Universal	4	121	1:58 4/5	G. Freed	Alec Bullock	Hector Pilar	$67,680
1978	Tiller	4	114	2:00 1/5	William Haggin Perry	David A. Whiteley	Jeffrey Fell	$33,960
1977	Quick Card	4	114	1:39 3/5	John M. Schiff	Thomas J. Kelly	Angel Cordero Jr.	$25,687
1976	Erwin Boy	5	116	2:01 1/5	Sea High Stable	James P. Conway	Ron Turcotte	$28,110
1975	Telefonico	4	120	2:03	Roberto Barcala	Lou M. Goldfine	Craig Perret	$17,400
1974	Take Off	5	117	2:00 2/5	Mrs. Ada L. Rice	Frank Catrone	Ron Turcotte	$23,070
1973	Red Reality	7	122	2:13 1/5	Cragwood Stable	MacK. Miller	Jorge Velasquez	$16,890
1972	New Alibhai	4	113	2:02 2/5	Elcee H Stable	Ralph W. McIlvain	Frank Iannelli	$16,935
1971	Drumtop	5	123	2:16 3/5	James B. Moseley	Roger Laurin	Chuck Baltazar	$19,560
1970	Drumtop	4	121	2:20 2/5	James B. Moseley	Roger Laurin	Angel Cordero Jr.	$19,110
1969	Majetta	5	114	2:19	Gustave Ring	Angel Penna	Angel Cordero Jr.	$18,915
1968	High Hat	4	126	2:20 1/5	Mrs. Wallace Gilroy	Kay E. Jensen	Eddie Belmonte	$18,330
1967	Ginger Fizz	5	117	1:55	Mrs. John R. H. Thouron	Thomas J. Kelly	Fernando Toro	$19,825
1966	Spoon Bait	4	113	1:54 2/5	C. V. Whitney	Ivor G. Balding	John L. Rotz	$18,557
1965	Tenacle	5	115	1:55 2/5	Joseph R. Straus	Homer C. Pardue	Robert Ussery	$19,825
1964	Will I Rule	5	116	1:55 4/5	F. E. Dixon Jr.	-	B. Baeza	$18,558
1963	Vimy Ridge	4	118	1:59 2/5	Frank E. Power	-	S. Boulmetis	$18,395
1962	Wise Ship	5	122	2:16	Milton J. Ritzenberg	-	H. Gustines	$18,460
1961	Wolfram	5	128	2:15	Harbor View Farm	-	I. Valenzuela	$18,492
1960	North Pole II	4	114	2:15	J. S. Kroese	-	S. Boulmetis	$18,550