Westchester

95 Running on Friday, May 05, 2023

The WESTCHESTER Handicap was first run at the old Empire City racetrack and originally was called the Yorktown Handicap. John Sanford’s 5-year-old George Smith won the inaugural running in 1920. The following year, the race became the Victory Handicap, but it was again the Yorktown 1922-39. It was permanently named the WESTCHESTER in 1940 when the Charles S. Howard’s Mioland triumphed as a 3-year-old. The County of Westchester, located to the north of Bronx County, derives its name from Chester, England. In the 2003 Westchester, Najran equaled the track-record time set by Dr. Fager on August 24, 1968. The WESTCHESTER Handicap was run at Empire City prior to 1943 and at Jamaica 1943-59. Not run in 1932-33, nor 1954-58. Run at 1 1/8 miles in 1918, 1922 to 1939, and 1951-53; at 1 ¼ miles in 1919-21; at 1 3/16 miles 1940-50; and at 1 1/16 miles in 1959, 1977=79. Run at a mile and seventy yards in 1984. For 4-year-olds and up 1959-71. Run in two divisions in 1982.

$175,000.00 1 Mile (Dirt) Grade:III

Year	Horse	Age	Weight	Time	Owner	Trainer	Jockey	Value
2023	Repo Rocks	5	122	1:34.96	Double B Racing Stables	Jamie Ness	Ruben Silvera	$96,250
2022	Cody's Wish	4	118	1:34.68	Godolphin, LLC	William I. Mott	Junior Alvarado	$110,000
2021	Dr Post	4	118	1:35.14	Cloyce C. Clark	Todd A. Pletcher	Manuel Franco	$110,000
2020	Code of Honor	4	124	1:42.39	W.S. Farish	Claude R. McGaughey III	John R. Velazquez	$55,000
2019	Nicodemus	4	117	1:35.07	Everything's Cricket Racing, Lawrence Goichman	Linda Rice	Michael J. Luzzi	$110,000
2018	Tale of Silence	4/C	115	1:36.14	Charles E. Fipke	Barclay Tagg	Dylan Davis	$200,000
2017	Connect	-	123	1:36.49	Paul P. Pompa, Jr.	Chad C. Brown	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	$200,000
2016	Anchor Down	-	115	1:35:10	Alto Racing LLC	Todd Pletcher	Jose L. Ortiz	$150,000
2015	Tonalist	-	123	1:34:07	Robert S. Evans	Christophe Clement	Joe Bravo	$150,000
2014	Palace Malice	4	123	1:35.53	Dogwood Stable	Todd A. Pletcher	John R. Velazquez	$90,000
2013	Flat Out	7	119	1:32.99	Preston Stables LLC	William I. Mott	Junior Alvarado	$90,000
2012	To Honor and Serve	4	121	1:34.84	Live Oak Plantation	William I. Mott	Jose Lezcano	$90,000
2011	Caixa Eletronica	6	117	1:34.26	Repole Stable	Todd A. Pletcher	Cornelio H. Velasquez	$60,000
2010	Le Grand Cru	5	121	1:34.89	Judson L. Streicher	H. Allen Jerkens	Cornelio H. Velasquez	$60,000
2009	Bribon (FR)	6	119	1:35.38	Marc Keller	Robert Ribaudo	Alan Garcia	$66,000
2008	Divine Park	4	115	1:32.74	James J. Barry	Kiaran P. McLaughlin	Alan Garcia	$65,460
2007	Utopia (JPN)	7	117	1:33.23	Godolphin	Saeed bin Suroor	Mike Luzzi	$64,620
2006	Sir Greeley	4	117	1:33.69	Timber Bay Farm and Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh	James A. Jerkens	Eibar Coa	$65,280
2005	Gygistar	6	118	1:33 2/5	Edward P. Evans	Mark Hennig	Javier Castellano	$65,700
2004	Gygistar	5	115	1:35 4/5	Edward P. Evans	Mark Hennig	Joe Bravo	$65,700
2003	Najran	4	113	1:32 1/5	Buckram Oak Farm	Nicholas Zito	Edgar Prado	$65,820
2002	Free of Love	4	114	1:35 2/5	Aprilante and Evans	Richard Violette Jr.	Jerry Bailey	$67,500
2001	Cat's At Home	4	114	1:33 3/5	Edward Evans	Mark Hennig	Filiberto Leon	$64,920
2000	Yankee Victor	4	115	1:34 1/5	Moreton Binn, et al.	Carlos Morales	Heberto Castillo Jr.	$66,000
1999	Mr. Sinatra	5	116	1:35	Barbara J. Davis	Gasper Moschera	C.C. Lopez	$64,202
1998	Wagon Limit	4	114	1:34	Joseph V. Shields Jr.	H. Allen Jerkens	Jean-Luc Samyn	$66,420
1997	Pacific Fleet	5	114	1:33 4/5	Robert Perez	Alfredo Callejas	Frank Alvarado	$65,940
1996	Valid Wager	4	115	1:34 3/5	Harry T. Mangurian	Bruce Levine	Julio Pezua	$66,240
1995	Mr. Shawklit	4	112	1:34 3/5	Edward & Judith Anchel	Frank Laboccetta	Mike Luzzi	$65,760
1994	Virginia Rapids	4	116	1:34 2/5	Middletown Stables	H. Allen Jerkens	Jean-Luc Samyn	$65,640
1993	Bill Of Rights	4	110	1:34 3/5	Boketo Stable	Tim D. Kelly	Jean-Luc Samyn	$72,720
1992	Rubiano	5	117	1:34 4/5	Centennial Farm	Flint S. Schulhofer	Jose Santos	$68,880
1991	Rubiano	4	111	1:34 4/5	Centennial Farm	Flint S. Schulhofer	Jerry Bailey	$71,520
1990	Once Wild	5	121	1:35	Gary Marano	John J. Lenzini Jr.	Angel Cordero Jr.	$67,800
1989	Lord of the Night	6	115	1:35 3/5	Winbound Farms	Dominick Galluscio	Jorge Velasquez	$71,040
1988	Faster Than Sound	4	113	1:34 2/5	Joseph Allen	D. Wayne Lukas	Julie Krone	$108,000
1987	King's Swan	7	122	1:36 1/5	Alvin Akman	Richard Dutrow	Jose Santos	$69,120
1986	Garthorn	6	120	1:33 4/5	Jerome S. Moss	Robert Frankel	Rafael Meza	$75,240
1985	Verbarctic	5	114	1:36 3/5	Garner H. Vinson	Garner H. Vinson	Gregg McCarron	$53,460
1984	Jacque's Tip	4	114	1:41 4/5	Theodore Sabarese	John Parisella	Angel Cordero Jr.	$55,440
1983	Singh Tu	4	109	1:35 1/5	Top The Marc Stable	H. Allen Jerkens	Jean-Luc Samyn	$33,780
1982	Fabulous Find	4	109	1:38	Top The Marc Stable	H. Allen Jerkens	Juan Cintron	$33,330
1981	Dunham's Gift	4	115	1:35	Carl Hughes Jr.	Bob G. Dunham	Michael Venezia	$33,000
1980	Nice Catch	6	120	1:36 4/5	October House Farm	Frank Wright	Jeffrey Fell	$34,020
1979	Vencedor	5	126	1:44	Armando Cosme	Luis Barrera	Ruben Hernandez	$33,060
1978	Pumpkin Moonshine	4	105	1:44 2/5	Joseph Allen	Howard M. Tesher	Dave Borden	$32,250
1977	Cinteelo	4	113	1:43 2/5	John M. Schiff	Thomas J. Kelly	Eddie Maple	$33,090
1976	Double Edge Sword	6	114	1:33 2/5	Aisquith Stable	Richard Dutrow	Angel Cordero Jr.	$34,170
1975	Step Nicely	5	126	1:34	Hobeau Farm	H. Allen Jerkens	Jorge Velasquez	$33,900
1974	Dundee Marmalade	6	113	1:36	Alfred G. Vanderbilt	Robert P. Lake	Michael Hole	$32,940
1973	North Sea	4	117	1:33 3/5	Alfred G. Vanderbilt	Robert P. Lake	Robyn C. Smith	$33,990
1972	Autobiography	4	119	1:34 1/5	Sigmund Sommer	Frank Martin	Angel Cordero Jr.	$34,560
1971	Never Bow	5	124	1:36 2/5	Sigmund Sommer	Frank Martin	Victor Tejada	$35,580
1970	Dewan	5	119	1:34 1/5	William Haggin Perry	James W. Maloney	Eddie Belmonte	$37,440
1969	Iron Ruler	4	117	1:34	October House Farm	Edward Yowell	Angel Cordero Jr.	$36,335
1968	R. Thomas	7	118	1:35 2/5	Roger W. Wilson	Dave Erb	James Nichols	$36,335
1967	Advocator	4	114	1:35 2/5	Mrs. Ada L. Rice	Clyde Troutt	Manuel Ycaza	$35,815
1966	R. Thomas	5	116	1:36 1/5	Roger W. Wilson	Dave Erb	Larry Adams	$37,375
1965	Tibaldo	5	116	1:36 3/5	J. R. H. Thouron	Thomas J. Kelly	Braulio Baeza	$39,130
1964	Rocky Link	4	113	1:35 1/5	Golden Triangle Stables	Steve DiMauro	Donald Pierce	$18,947
1963	Sunrise County	4	111	1:34 1/5	Townsend B. Martin	Thomas J. Kelly	John L. Rotz	$18,005
1962	Globemaster	4	125	1:34 3/5	Lenoard P. Sasso	Thomas J. Kelly	John L. Rotz	$18,687
1961	Mail Order	5	114	1:34	Alamode Farm	L. H. Thompson	Larry Adams	$18,655
1960	Vendetta	4	112	1:35 1/5	Mrs. Walter Wickes	-	J. Leonard	$19,005
1959	Mystic II	5	110	1:43 3/5	C. Mahlon Kline	-	M. Sorrentino	$18,452
1953	Cold Command	4	112	1:49 3/5	C. V. Whitney	-	H. Woodhouse	$33,150
1952	Battlefield	4	123	1:50 1/5	George D. Widener	-	A. Schmidl	$38,350
1951	Bryan G.	4	117	1:49 1/5	C. T. Chenery	-	O. Scurlock	$21,100
1950	Palestinian	4	123	1:57 1/5	Isidore Bieber	-	S. Boulmetis	$25,100
1949	Three Rings	4	116	1:56 4/5	Mrs. E. L. Hopkins	-	H. Woodhouse	$20,200
1948	Better Self	3	119	1:57 4/5	King Ranch	-	D. Gorman	$39,600
1947	Bridal Flower	4	108	1:59 1/5	King Ranch	-	W. Mehrtens	$39,700
1946	Assault	3	122	1:56 2/5	King Ranch	-	E. Arcaro	$38,600
1945	Stymie	4	125	1:56 4/5	Mrs. E. D. Jacobs	-	R. Permane	$38,765
1944	Seven Hearts	4	124	1:58	J. G. Brown	-	P. Keiper	$23,515
1943	Slide Rule	3	119	1:57 3/5	W. E. Boeing	-	J. Westrope	$22,700
1942	Riverland	4	114	1:56 2/5	Louisiana Farm	-	A. Robertson	$19,850
1941	Gramps	4	105	1:59 4/5	John Hay Whitney	-	H. Lindberg	$19,650
1940	Mioland	3	119	2:00 1/5	C. S. Howard	-	L. Haas	$15,950
1939	Third Degree	3	123	1:51 2/5	Greentree Stable	-	E. Arcaro	$7,250
1938	Great Union	3	107	1:52	Mrs. E. G. Lewis	-	S. Renick	$6,550
1937	Thorson	5	116	1:52	B. M. Byers	-	E. Roberts	$7,550
1936	Thorson	4	112	1:52	B. M. Byers	-	E. Arcaro	$4,790
1935	Good Harvest	3	106	1:51 4/5	Alfred G. Vanderbilt	-	S. Renick	$4,550
1934	King Saxon	3	118	1:54 2/5	C. H. Knebelkamp	T. Malley	-	$1,985
1931	Dr. Freeland	5	120	1:53 3/5	Walter J. Salmon	-	J. Bethal	$2,880
1930	Questionnaire	3	129	1:53 3/5	James Butler	-	C. Kurtsinger	$4,650
1929	Genie	4	110	1:52	G. A. Cochran	-	W. Kelsay	$4,930
1928	Arcturus	3	100	1:53	George D. Widener	-	G. Schreiner	$4,970
1927	Light Carbine	4	106	1:53 3/5	I. B. Humphrey	-	C. Zoeller	$5,390
1926	Cloudland	4	109	1:53 4/5	F. E. Brown	-	L. Fator	$4,970
1921	Yellow Hand	4	132	2:05 3/5	C. A. Stoneham	-	C. H. Miller	$4,850
1920	Mad Hatter	4	126	2:07 2/5	Rancocas Stable	-	E. Sande	$4,550
1919	Star Master	5	125	2:09 1/5	A. K. Macomber	-	C. Kummer	$2,275
1918	George Smith	5	127	1:51 3/5	John Sanford	-	F. Robinson	$2,150