Metropolitan Handicap

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Grade I Race
Metropolitan Handicap

Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York, USA
Inaugurated: 1891
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website: www.nyra.com
Race information
Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track Dirt, left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds and up
Weight Handicap
Purse $600,000

The Metropolitan Handicap is an American Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred horses of either gender three-years-old and above. The race is run at Belmont Park for a $600,000 purse (with $450,000 given to the winner); its one-mile distance has earned it in the moniker the "Met Mile." Run at the end of May, the Met Mile is the first of three races in the New York Handicap Triple series, followed by the Suburban Handicap and Brooklyn Handicap.

The Met Mile was first run in 1891 at Morris Park; prior to 1897, it was run at 1-1/8 mile. In 1904, its location was moved to Belmont Park. There it remained but for nine years—1960 to 1967, 1969, and 1975—when Aqueduct Racetrack hosted the event. It was not run in 1895, 1911, and 1912.

Four horses have won the Handicap Triple:

Time record:

Most wins

  • 3 - Devil Diver (1943, 1944, 1945)
  • Equipoise won the race in 1932 and 1933 then after winning again in 1934, was disqualified.
  • Four other horses have officially won the Met Mile twice: Gulch (1987, 1988); Forego (1976, 1977); Stymie (1947, 1948); and Mad Hatter (1921, 1922).

Most wins by an owner

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2007 Corinthian Kent Desormeaux James A. Jerkens Centennial Farms 1:34.77
2006 Silver Train Edgar Prado Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. Buckram Oak Farm 1:34.27
2005 Ghostzapper Javier Castellano Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stables 1:33.20
2004 Pico Central Alex Solis Paulo Lobo Gary A. Tanaka 1:35.40
2003 Aldebaran Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Flaxman Stable 1:34.00
2002 Swept Overboard Jorge Chavez Craig Dollase J. Paul Reddam 1:33.20
2001 Exciting Story Patrick Husbands Mark Casse Harry Mangurian, Jr. 1:37.00
2000 Yankee Victor Hector Castillo, Jr. Carlos Morales Moreton Binn 1:34.60
1999 Sir Bear John R. Velazquez Ralph Ziade Barbara Smollin 1:34.40
1998 Wild Rush Jerry D. Bailey Richard Mandella Stronach Stables 1:33.40
1997 Langfuhr Jorge Chavez Mike Keogh Gustav Schickedanz 1:33.00
1996 Honour and Glory John R. Velazquez D. Wayne Lukas Michael Tabor 1:32.80
1995 You And I Jorge Chavez Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1:34.60
1994 Holy Bull Mike E. Smith Warren A. Croll, Jr. Warren A. Croll, Jr. 1:33.80
1993 Ibero Laffit Pincay, Jr. Ron McAnally Frank E. Whitham 1:34.20
1992 Dixie Brass Julio Pezua Dennis J. Brida Michael Watral 1:33.60
1991 In Excess Pat A. Valenzuela Bruce L. Jackson Jack J. Munari 1:35.40
1990 Criminal Type Jose Santos D. Wayne Lukas Calumet Farm 1:34.40
1989 Proper Reality Jerry D. Bailey Robert E. Holthus Mrs. James A. Winn 1:34.00
1988 Gulch Jose Santos D. Wayne Lukas Peter M. Brant 1:34.60
1987 Gulch Pat Day Leroy Jolley Peter M. Brant 1:34.80
1986 Garthorn Rafael Meza Robert J. Frankel Jerome S. Moss 1:33.60
1985 Forzando Don MacBeth John Sullivan S. C. Chillingworth 1:34.40
1984 Fit To Fight Jerry D. Bailey MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stable 1:34.00
1983 Star Choice Jorge Velasquez John Veitch Frances A. Genter 1:33.80
1982 Conquistador Cielo Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Henryk de Kwiatkowski 1:33.00
1981 Fappiano Angel Cordero, Jr. Jan Nerud John A. Nerud 1:33.80
1980 Czaravich Laffit Pincay, Jr. William H. Turner, Jr. William L. Reynolds 1:35.80
1979 State Dinner Chris McCarron J. Elliott Burch C. V. Whitney 1:34.00
1978 Cox's Ridge Eddie Maple Joseph B. Cantey Loblolly Stable 1:34.60
1977 Forego Bill Shoemaker Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. Lazy F Ranch 1:34.80
1976 Forego Heliodoro Gustines Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. Lazy F Ranch 1:34.80
1975 Gold and Myrrh Walter Blum William F. Wilmot William F. Wilmot 1:33.60
1974 Arbees Boy Eddie Maple George W. Weckerle, Jr. Otly Stable 1:34.40
1973 Tentam Jorge Velasquez MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stable 1:35.00
1972 Executioner Eddie Belmonte Edward Yowell October House Farm 1:35.40
1971 Tunex John Ruane H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1:35.80
1970 Nodouble Jorge Tejeira J. Bert Sonnier Verna Lea Farm 1:34.60
1969 Arts and Letters Jean Cruguet Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 1:34.00
1968 In Reality John L. Rotz Melvin Calvert Frances A. Genter 1:35.00
1967 Buckpasser Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps 1:34.60
1966 Bold Lad Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Wheatley Stable 1:34.20
1965 Gun Bow Walter Blum Edward A. Neloy Gedney Farm 1:34.40
1964 Olden Times Henry Moreno Mesh Tenney Rex C. Ellsworth 1:34.40
1963 Cyrano Bobby Ussery John M. Gaver, Sr. Greentree Stable 1:35.00
1962 Carry Back John L. Rotz Jack A. Price Katherine Price 1:33.60
1961 Kelso Eddie Arcaro Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable 1:35.60
1960 Bald Eagle Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 1:33.60
1959 Sword Dancer Bill Shoemaker J. Elliott Burch Brookmeade Stable 1:35.20
1958 Gallant Man Bill Shoemaker John A. Nerud Ralph Lowe 1:35.60
1957 Traffic Judge Eddie Arcaro James W. Maloney L. P. Doherty 1:36.00
1956 Midafternoon William Boland T. M. Waller Mrs. E. E. Robbins 1:35.00
1955 High Gun Anthony DeSpirito Max Hirsch King Ranch 1:35.60
1954 Native Dancer Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1:35.20
1953 Tom Fool Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver, Sr. Greentree Stable 1:35.80
1952 Mameluke Gerald Porch Sylvester Veitch C. V. Whitney 1:36.40
1951 Casemate Dave Gorman Robert Dotter James Cox Brady 1:35.40
1950 Greek Ship Hedley Woodhouse Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 1:36.60
1949 Loser Weeper Hedley Woodhouse William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1:36.40
1948 Stymie Conn McCreary Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 1:36.80
1947 Stymie Basil James Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 1:37.40
1946 Gallorette Job Dean Jessop Edward A. Christmas William L. Brann 1:37.00
1945 Devil Diver Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver, Sr. Greentree Stable 1:36.40
1944 Devil Diver Ted Atkinson John M. Gaver, Sr. Greentree Stable 1:35.80
1943 Devil Diver George Woolf John M. Gaver, Sr. Greentree Stable 1:36.60
1942 Attention Don Meade Max Hirsch Mrs. Parker Corning 1:36.40
1941 Eight Thirty Harry Richards Bert Mulholland George D. Widener, Jr. 1:37.20
1940 Third Degree Eddie Arcaro John M. Gaver, Sr. Greentree Stable 1:35.40

  • 1939 : Knickerbocker
  • 1938 : Danger Point
  • 1937 : Snark
  • 1936 : Good Harvest
  • 1935 : King Saxon
  • 1934 : Mr. Khayyam
  • 1933 : Equipoise
  • 1932 : Equipoise
  • 1931 : Questionnaire
  • 1930 : Jack High
  • 1929 : Petee-Wrack
  • 1928 : Nimba
  • 1927 : Black Maria
  • 1926 : Sarazen
  • 1925 : Sting
  • 1924 : Laurano
  • 1923 : Grey Lag
  • 1906 : Grapple
  • 1905 : Race King & Sysonby (DH)
  • 1904 : Irish Lad
  • 1903 : Gunfire
  • 1902 : Arsenal
  • 1901 : Banastar
  • 1900 : Ethelbert
  • 1899 : Filigrane
  • 1898 : Bowling Brook
  • 1897 : Voter
  • 1896 : Counter Tenor
  • 1895 : No Race held
  • 1894 : Ramapo
  • 1893 : Charade
  • 1892 : Pessara
  • 1891 : Tristan


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