Toboggan Handicap
| Grade III race | |
| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1890 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Aqueduct Racetrack at NYRA |
| Race information | |
| Distance | Seven furlong sprint |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The Toboggan Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first week of March at Aqueduct Race Track in Queens, New York. Open to horses aged three and older, the Grade III event is contested over at a distance of six furlongs on the dirt and offers a purse of $150,000 added.
The 123rd running of The Toboggan Handicap was run in 2016. Before 1896, it was called the Toboggan Slide because it took place on the downhill Eclipse course at Morris Park Racecourse in the Bronx. The Toboggan Slide was not run in 1891 or 1895. The Toboggan Handicap was not run in 1911 and 1912.
In 2015, it was run in early February.
Since inception, the Toboggan Handicap has been contested at two different distances:
- 6 furlongs : 1890-1993, 2005–present
- 7 furlongs : 1995-2004,2018
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 6 furlongs)
- 1:08.40 - Nance's Lad (1956)
Most wins:
- 2 - Octagon (1897, 1898)
- 2 - Banastar (1899, 1901)
- 2 - High Noon (1915, 1916)
- 2 - Osmand (1928, 1929)
- 2 - Okapi (1933, 1934)
- 2 - Eight Thirty (1940, 1941)
- 2 - Devil Diver (1943, 1944)
- 2 - Rippey (1948, 1949)
- 2 - Boom Towner(1992, 1995)
- 2 - Affirmed Success (2002, 2003)
- 2 - Calibrachoa (2011, 2012)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Richard Migliore (1985, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - James G. Rowe, Sr. (1890, 1900, 1913, 1922)
- 4 - John J. Hyland (1896, 1897, 1898, 1903)
- 4 - H. Allen Jerkens (1957, 1963, 1969, 1970)
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 - August Belmont, Jr. and/or Blemton Stable (1896, 1897, 1898, 1903, 1914)
Winners of the Toboggan Handicap
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Great Stuff | 6 | Dylan Davis | David Jacobson | Bruce Golden Racing | 1:23.15 |
| 2017 | Green Gratto | 7 | Kendrick Carmouche | Gaston Grant | Grant, Gaston and Grant, Anthony | 1:10.74 |
| 2016 | Sassicaia | 5 | John Bisono | Rudy R. Rodriguez | Robert V. LaPenta | 1:10.56 |
| 2015 | Salutos Amigos | 5 | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | David Jacobson | Jacobson/Southern Equine Stable | 1:09.53 |
| 2014 | Candyman E | 7 | Charles C. Lopez | David Jacobson | Gold Square/Jacobson | 1:10.34 |
| 2013 | Head Heart Hoof | 7 | Cornelio Velasquez | Rudy R. Rodriguez | Dubb/Grant//Aisquith/Akman | 1:09.86 |
| 2012 | Calibrachoa | 5 | Cornelio Velasquez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:09.47 |
| 2011 | Calibrachoa | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:09.74 |
| 2010 | Wall Street Wonder | 4 | Channing Hill | John Terranova II | Stetson Stables | 1:09.88 |
| 2009 | Ah Day | 6 | Sheldon Russel | King T. Leatherbury | King T. Leatherbury | 1:10.28 |
| 2008 | Sir Greeley | 6 | Eibar Coa | James A. Jerkens | Timber Bay Farm et al. | 1:10.22 |
| 2007 | Attila's Storm | 5 | Ramon Dominguez | Richard Schosberg | Schwartz, Wachtel | 1:10.02 |
| 2006 | Kazoo | 8 | Richard Migliore | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | IEAH Stables et al. | 1:09.22 |
| 2005 | Primary Suspect | 4 | Pablo Fragoso | Mark A. Hennig | Lee Lewis | 1:09.40 |
| 2004 | Well Fancied | 6 | Eibar Coa | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Sanford Goldfarb et al. | 1:22.00 |
| 2003 | Affirmed Success | 9 | Richard Migliore | Richard Schosberg | Albert Fried, Jr. | 1:09.00 |
| 2002 | Affirmed Success | 8 | Richard Migliore | Richard Schosberg | Albert Fried, Jr. | 1:22.80 |
| 2001 | Peeping Tom | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Patrick L. Reynolds | Flatbird Stable | 1:21.20 |
| 2000 | Brutally Frank | 6 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Mitchell Friedman | Sunny Meadow Farm | 1:20.60 |
| 1999 | Wouldn't We All | 5 | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Kimmel & Solondz | 1:23.20 |
| 1998 | Home On The Ridge | 4 | Herb McCauley | Pancho Martin | Viola Sommer | 1:23.00 |
| 1997 | Royal Haven | 5 | Richard Migliore | Gasper Moschera | Barbara Davis | 1:22.40 |
| 1996 | Placid Fund | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Dominic Galluscio | Team Valor | 1:22.80 |
| 1995 | Boom Towner | 7 | Frank Lovato, Jr. | Michael E. Hushion | Barry K. Schwartz | 1:23.60 |
| 1994 | Blare of Trumpets | 5 | Dennis Carr | Michael E. Hushion | Dominick Salzano | 1:09.60 |
| 1993 | Argyle Lake | 7 | Dennis Carr | Peter Ferriola | James Riccio | 1:10.00 |
| 1992 | Boom Towner | 4 | Diane Nelson | John J. Lenzini, Jr. | Anthony Demarco | 1:10.00 |
| 1991 | Bravely Bold | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Robert P. Lake | Arthur I. Klein | 1:10.60 |
| 1990 | Sunny Blossom | 5 | Eddie Maple | Edwin J. Gregson | Martin Bauer | 1:09.60 |
| 1989 | Lord Of The Night | 6 | Jorge Velasquez | Dominick Galluscio | Winbound Farms | 1:10.40 |
| 1988 | Afleet | 4 | Gary Stahlbaum | Phil England | Richard R. Kennedy | 1:09.20 |
| 1987 | Play The King | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farm | 1:09.60 |
| 1986 | Rexson's Bishop | 4 | Rudy Baez | Ronald M. Perez | Sheila P. Arnold | 1:11.40 |
| 1985 | Fighting Fit | 6 | Richard Migliore | Robert J. Frankel | Jerry Moss | 1:09.60 |
| 1984 | Top Avenger | 6 | Antonio Graell | Jack D. Ludwig | John A. Franks | 1:10.40 |
| 1983 | Mouse Corps | 5 | Rolando Alvarado, Jr. | Michael Sedlacek | Glenn E. Lane | 1:09.40 |
| 1982 | Always Run Lucky | 4 | Jimmy Miranda | John P. Campo | Rockwood Stable | 1:10.00 |
| 1981 | Dr. Blum | 4 | Ruben Hernandez | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 1:11.20 |
| 1980 | Tilt Up | 5 | Jeffrey Fell | Leroy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1:11.00 |
| 1979 | Vencedor | 5 | Miguel A. Rivera | Luis Barrera | Armando Cosme | 1:10.00 |
| 1978 | Barrera | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1:08.80 |
| 1977 | Great Above | 5 | Steve Cauthen | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1:09.40 |
| 1976 | Due Diligence | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1:10.20 |
| 1975 | Honorable Miss | 5 | Jacinto Vasquez | Frank Whiteley, Jr. | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 1:09.00 |
| 1974 | Mike John G. | 4 | Vincent Bracciale, Jr. | Kay Erik Jensen | Alfred J. Giordano | 1:08.60 |
| 1973 | Tentam | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables | 1:09.40 |
| 1972 | Leematt | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Joseph Considine | C. Oliver Goldsmith | 1:09.40 |
| 1971 | Shut Eye | 5 | Larry Adams | Jack M. Bradley | Key-Hill Stable | 1:10.60 |
| 1970 | Duck Dance | 3 | John Ruane | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:09.60 |
| 1969 | Beaukins | 4 | Jean Cruguet | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:09.80 |
| 1968 | Jim J. | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Edward J. Yowell | Harold Polk | 1:09.80 |
| 1967 | Advocator | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 1:10.20 |
| 1966 | Time Tested | 4 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1:09.80 |
| 1965 | Affectionately | 5 | Walter Blum | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1:09.40 |
| 1964 | Scythe | 4 | Bill Hartack | LeRoy Jolley | Claiborne Farm | 1:10.20 |
| 1963 | Kilmoray | 4 | John L. Rotz | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:10.60 |
| 1962 | Merry Ruler | 4 | Ismael Valenzuela | Edward J. Yowell | Harry Freylinghuysen | 1:11.20 |
| 1961 | April Skies † | 4 | Jack Fieselman | Gene Semler | Jerome De Renzo | 1:10.00 |
| 1960 | Intentionally | 4 | Bill Hartack | Edward Kelly, Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1:10.60 |
| 1959 | Tick Tock | 6 | Bobby Ussery | Edward A. Christmas | Howell E. Jackson III | 1:10.80 |
| 1958 | Bold Ruler | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | James Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1:09.00 |
| 1957 | Decimal | 5 | Willie Lester | H. Allen Jerkens | Edward Seinfeld | 1:09.40 |
| 1956 | Nance's Lad | 4 | John Choquette | Hilton Dabson | Hilton Dabson | 1:08.40 |
| 1955 | Sailor II | 3 | Hedley Woodhouse | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 1:08.80 |
| 1954 | White Skies | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Tommy Root | William M. Wickham | 1:09.20 |
| 1953 | Tuscany | 5 | Nick Shuk | J. Bowes Bond | Samuel M. Pistorio | 1:10.00 |
| 1952 | Dark Peter | 4 | Al Widman | Anthony J. Pupino | Harborvale Stables | 1:09.20 |
| 1951 | Hyphasis | 4 | Robert Bernhardt | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:09.40 |
| 1950 | Piet | 5 | Jimmy Nichols | R. Emmitt Potts | Peter A. Markey | 1:10.60 |
| 1949 | Rippey | 6 | Eric Guerin | Willie Booth | William G. Helis | 1:09.40 |
| 1948 | Rippey | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | Willie Booth | William G. Helis | 1:09.60 |
| 1947 | Buzfuz | 5 | Basil James | Joe Rosen | Sunshine Stable | 1:11.00 |
| 1946 | Polynesian | 4 | Wayne D. Wright | Morris H. Dixon | Gertrude T. Widener | 1:13.00 |
| 1945 | Apache | 6 | James Stout | James Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:11.00 |
| 1944 | Devil Diver | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:12.60 |
| 1943 | Devil Diver | 4 | George Woolf | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:10.00 |
| 1942 | Omission | 4 | John Gilbert | Joseph P. Smith | Victor Emanuel | 1:10.80 |
| 1941 | Eight Thirty | 5 | Harry Richards | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:11.20 |
| 1940 | Eight Thirty | 4 | Harry Richards | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:09.80 |
| 1939 | Entracte | 3 | Nick Wall | Henry McDaniel | A. G. C. Stage | 1:11.00 |
| 1938 | Deliberator | 5 | Wayne D. Wright | Sherrill W. Ward | Everglade Stable | 1:11.00 |
| 1937 | Preeminent | 5 | Harry Richards | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1:11.20 |
| 1936 | Singing Wood | 5 | John Gilbert | James W. Healy | Liz Whitney | 1:10.80 |
| 1935 | Identify | 4 | Sammy Renick | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:11.60 |
| 1934 | Okapi | 4 | Mack Garner | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1:10.60 |
| 1933 | Okapi | 3 | Dominick Bellizzi | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1:11.40 |
| 1932 | Equipose | 4 | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 1:09.60 |
| 1931 | Caruso | 4 | J. Meek | Bennet Creech | William R. Coe | 1:14.80 |
| 1930 | Balko | 5 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Sagamore Stable | 1:11.40 |
| 1929 | Osmand | 5 | Willie Garner | Pete Coyne | Joseph E. Widener | 1:10.60 |
| 1928 | Osmand | 4 | Earl Sande | Pete Coyne | Joseph E. Widener | 1:11.40 |
| 1927 | Chance Play | 4 | Earl Sande | John I. Smith | Log Cabin Stable | 1:11.00 |
| 1926 | Sarmaticus | 3 | Harry Richards | George M. Odom | Robert L. Gerry, Sr. | 1:12.20 |
| 1925 | Worthmore | 4 | Albert Johnson | John S. Ward | Everglade Stable | 1:11.00 |
| 1924 | Sheridan | 3 | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:11.60 |
| 1923 | Mad Hatter | 7 | Earl Sande | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:10.60 |
| 1922 | Rocket | 8 | L. Penman | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:11.00 |
| 1921 | Gladiator | 4 | Clarence Kummer | William Shields | Redstone Stable | 1:08.80 |
| 1920 | Lion d'Or | 4 | Eddie Ambrose | Thomas J. Healey | T. J. Healey/W. B. Jennings | 1:09.60 |
| 1919 | Billy Kelly | 3 | Johnny Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1:10.80 |
| 1918 | Naturalist | 4 | Merritt C. Buxton | Thomas Welsh | Joseph E. Widener | 1:10.00 |
| 1917 | Campfire | 3 | John McTaggart | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1:11.20 |
| 1916 | High Noon | 4 | Johnny Loftus | James H. McCormack | James Butler | 1:10.80 |
| 1915 | High Noon | 3 | Charles Borel | James H. McCormack | James Butler | 1:09.60 |
| 1914 | Rock View | 4 | James Butwell | Sam Hildreth | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:12.20 |
| 1913 | Iron Mask | 5 | Roscoe Troxler | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:10.00 |
| 1912 | no race | |||||
| 1911 | no race | |||||
| 1910 | Mary Davis | 4 | J. H. Glass | Not found | R. H. Davis | 1:13.00 |
| 1909 | De Mund | 5 | James Butwell | Ed Peters | Paul J. Rainey | 1:11.00 |
| 1908 | Berry Maid | 3 | H. Shreve | Raleigh Colston | Fred A. Forsythe | 1:11.60 |
| 1907 | Ben Ban | 4 | Charles Garner | John Huggins | Herman B. Duryea | 1:16.40 |
| 1906 | Clark Griffith | 3 | Walter Miller | Frank D. Weir | Frank J. Farrell | 1:11.60 |
| 1905 | Roseben | 4 | Frank O'Neill | Charles Oxx | David C. Johnson | 1:13.00 |
| 1904 | Hurst Park | 4 | George M. Odom | J. D. Odom | Matthew Corbett | 1:14.00 |
| 1903 | Mizzen | 3 | John Bullman | John J. Hyland | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:11.50 |
| 1902 | Old England | 3 | Johnny Woods | Green B. Morris | Green B. Morris | 1:12.75 |
| 1901 | Banastar | 6 | George M. Odom | Charles F. Hill | Clarence H. Mackay | 1:13.50 |
| 1900 | Voter | 6 | Henry Spencer | James G. Rowe, Sr. | James R. Keene | 1:12.25 |
| 1899 | Banastar | 4 | Danny Maher | Matthew M. Allen | William H. Clark | 1:09.00 |
| 1898 | Octagon | 4 | Willie Simms | John J. Hyland | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:15.25 |
| 1897 | Octagon | 3 | E. Hewitt | John J. Hyland | August Belmont, Jr. | 1:12.00 |
| 1896 | Hastings | 3 | Henry Griffin | John J. Hyland | Blemton Stable | 1:12.75 |
| 1895 | no race | |||||
| 1894 | Correction | 6 | Fred Littlefield | R. Wyndham Walden | J.A./ A.H. & D. H. Morris | 1:10.50 |
| 1893 | Prince George | 3 | John Lamley | Hardy Campbell, Jr. | Richard Croker | 1:11.50 |
| 1892 | Madstone | 6 | Edward Garrison | Gus Hannen | Empire Stable | 1:13.00 |
| 1891 | no race | |||||
| 1890 | Fides | 4 | Anthony Hamilton | James G. Rowe, Sr. | August Belmont | 1:10.25 |
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* † In 1961, Chief of Chiefs finished first, but was disqualified.
