| Class | Discontinued stakes |
|---|---|
| Location | Empire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York, United States Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, New York, United States |
| Inaugurated | 1896 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 furlongs |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Two-year-olds |
The Winged Foot Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race open to two-year-olds of either sex. A race on dirt, it was run annually at Brighton Beach Race Course in Brighton Beach, New York from inception in 1896 through 1908 before being canceled for the next two years as a result of New York state's Hart–Agnew Law anti-betting legislation. The ensuing financial losses meant that the Brighton Beach Race Course was never able to reopen and in 1910 the race was revived at the Empire City Race Track for what would turn out to be its final running.
The August 1, 1896 inaugural running of the Winged Foot Handicap was won by Voter, the second choice of the betting public. Ridden by Alonzo Clayton for the very prominent owner James R. Keene, Voter would go on to a successful career that would see him recognized as the American Champion Older Male Horse of 1899.[1][2]
In 1899, Killashandra became the first of three fillies to win the Winged Foot Handicap.[3] She continued to race successfully and in her three-year-old season was the dominant filly in her age group and would be recognized as the 1900 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.[2]
Africander's winning time in 1902 of 1:06 3/5 for the six-furlong distance was not only the fastest time for the Winged Foot Handicap but equaled the track record.[4] The following year, Africander would earn American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse honors.[2]
Jockey LaVerne Sewell won the 1906 edition aboard Salvidere.[3] The colt would earn recognition as that year's American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse.[2] Tragically, Salvidere's eighteen-year-old jockey Sewell would be killed on November 9 as a result of a racing accident at Aqueduct Racetrack. In their story on the accident, The Pittsburgh Press called Sewell one of the most promising riders in the East.[5]
The July 12, 1910 final running of the Winged Foot Handicap was the feature race of the day at Empire City Race Track. Newcastle Stable horses Danger Mark and Royal Meteor finished one-two in the field of five runners.[6]
Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Dist. (Furlongs) |
Time | Win $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Danger Mark | 2 | Joe Notter | Thomas Welsh | Newcastle Stable | 6 f | 1:13.60 | $925 |
| 1908 | - 1909 | Race not held | ||||||
| 1907 | Master Robert | 2 | Joe Notter | Andrew G. Blakely | Samuel Emery | 6 f | 1:12.60 | $2,520 |
| 1906 | Salvidere | 2 | LaVerne Sewell | John E. Madden | Thomas Hitchcock Sr. | 6 f | 1:15.00 | $3,265 |
| 1905 | George C. Bennett | 2 | David Nicol | William E. Phillips | Frederick Cook | 6 f | 1:13.40 | $2,770 |
| 1904 | Tradition | 2 | Tommy Burns | A. Jack Joyner | Sydney Paget | 6 f | 1:13.80 | $2,940 |
| 1903 | Race not held | |||||||
| 1902 | Africander | 2 | Jack Martin | Richard O. Miller | Hampton Stable (Sam Deimel & Charles F. Dwyer) | 5.5 f | 1:06.60 | $2,590 |
| 1901 | Alibert | 2 | Willie Shaw | Thomas Welsh | Julius Fleischmann | 5.5 f | 1:07.20 | $2,430 |
| 1900 | Princess Pepper | 2 | Henry Spencer | William M. Rogers | James E. Pepper Stable | 5 f | 1:01.00 | $1,690 |
| 1899 | Killashandra | 2 | Richard Clawson | Sydney Paget | William C. Whitney | 5 f | 1:01.00 | $1,820 |
| 1898 | Autumn | 2 | Danny Maher | A. Jack Joyner | A. Jack Joyner | 5 f | 1:02.25 | $1,870 |
| 1897 | Don't Care | 2 | Frank Stanhope | R. Wyndham Walden | R. W. Walden & Son | 6 f | 1:19.75 | $1,420 |
| 1896 | Voter | 2 | Alonzo Clayton | William Lakeland | James R. Keene | 5 f | 1:01.75 | $1,130 |
