Massachusetts Handicap
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| Ungraded race | |
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| Massachusetts Handicap | |
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| Location | Suffolk Downs Boston, Massachusetts  |
| Inaugurated | 1935 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.suffolkdowns.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | $500,000 |
The Massachusetts Handicap, frequently referred to as the "MassCap, " is a Thoroughbred horse race held at Suffolk Downs in Boston, Massachusetts. Set at a distance of one and one eighth miles, it was first held on October 16, 1935, and was won by Top Row.
There was no race between 1990 and 1994 and none in 2003, 2005, and 2006. Run in 2004 as a Grade II stakes, for 2005 and 2006 the Massachusetts Handicap was cancelled due to what Suffolk Downs described as financial difficulites. It will return on September 22, 2007 but because it has not been run for the past two years, the American Graded Stakes Committee has declared it ineligible for grading in 2007.
Offering a purse of $500,000, in 2007 the Massachusetts Handicap will provide a bonus of $200,000 if the winner won multiple Grade 1 or Group 1 stakes races at a mile or longer. An additional $100,000 will be awarded if the winner won one Grade 1 or Group 1 race and at least one other graded stakes race at a mile or longer in 2007.
Since inception the Massachusetts Handicap has been run at different distances:
- 1¼ miles : 1948, 1969
- 1½ miles (Turf): 1970, 1971
[edit] Records
Time record:
- 1⅛ miles: 1:47.27 - Skip Away (1998) (new Track Record)
Largest margin of victory:
- 8 lengths - Menow (1938)
Most wins:
- 2 - First Fiddle (1944, 1945), Air Pilot (1959, 1962), Smart (1964, 1965), Cigar (1995, 1996), Skip Away (1997, 1998)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Jerry D. Bailey (1995, 1996, 1998, 2001)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Sonny Hine (1986, 1987, 1998) and Clyde Troutt (1959, 1960, 1962)
[edit] Winners of the Massachusetts Handicap
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2007 | Brass Hat | 6 | Willie Martinez | William B. Bradley | Fred F. Bradley | 1:49.72 |
| 2006 | No race | |||||
| 2005 | No race | |||||
| 2004 | Offlee Wild | 4 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | AZ Azalea Stables LLC | 1:49.14 |
| 2002 | Macho Uno | 4 | Gary L. Stevens | Joe Orseno | Stronach Stables | 1:50.52 |
| 2001 | Include | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Bud Delp | Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1:48.60 |
| 2000 | Running Stag | 6 | John R. Velazquez | Philip Mitchell | Richard J. Cohen | 1:49.45 |
| 1999 | Behrens | 5 | Jorge F. Chavez | H. James Bond | Rudlein Stable | 1:49.00 |
| 1998 | Skip Away | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Sonny Hine | Carolyn Hine | 1:47.27 |
| 1997 | Skip Away | 4 | Shane Sellers | Sonny Hine | Carolyn Hine | 1:47.80 |
| 1996 | Cigar | 6 | Jerry D. Bailey | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1:49.60 |
| 1995 | Cigar | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1:48.60 |
| 1989 | Private Terms | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Charles H. Hadry | Locust Hill Farm | 1:49.40 |
| 1988 | Lost Code | 4 | Craig Perret | L. William Donovan | Wendover Stable | 1:50.20 |
| 1987 | Waquoit | 4 | Chris McCarron | Guido Federico | Joseph Federico | 1:49.00 |
| 1986 | Skip Trial | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Sonny Hine | Zelda Cohen | 1:49.80 |
| 1985 | Bounding Basque | 5 | Antonio Graell | Woody Sedlacek | Jacques D. Wimpfheimer | 1:47.60 |
| 1984 | Dixieland Band | 4 | D. J. Murphy | Charles Peoples | Mary Sharp | 1:52.00 |
| 1983 | Let Burn | 4 | J. C. Penney | William W. Perry | Scorpio Stable | 1:48.80 |
| 1982 | Silver Supreme | 4 | Eric Beitia | Richard DeStasio | Michael Berry | 1:48.80 |
| 1981 | Soldier Boy | 5 | Roger Danjean | Not Found | Not Found | 1:49.40 |
| 1980 | Ring of Light | 5 | Frank Lovato, Jr. | Pancho Martin | Viola Sommer | 1:50.40 |
| 1979 | Island Sultan | 4 | John Ruane | David Hofmans | Buckland Farm | 1:48.60 |
| 1978 | Big John Taylor | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | Doug Peterson | Karen L. Taylor | 1:48.40 |
| 1977 | Blue Times | 6 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Charlie Whittingham | Aaron U. Jones | 1:49.40 |
| 1977 | Swinging Hal | 4 | Steve Pagano | Not Found | Not Found | 1:49.20 |
| 1976 | Dancing Champ | 4 | Chris McCarron | Bud Delp | Windfields Farm | 1:49.20 |
| 1975 | Stonewalk | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Daniel J. Lopez | Timberland Stable | 1:48.60 |
| 1974 | Billy Come Lately | 4 | Don MacBeth | D. Michael Smithwick | Richard W. Palmer | 1:48.60 |
| 1973 | Riva Ridge | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Lauren | Meadow Stable | 1:48.20 |
| 1972 | Droll Role | 4 | Eddie Maple | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1:49.20 |
| 1971 | Chompion | 6 | Jorge Velasquez | Ivor G. Balding | C. V. Whitney | 2:34.40 |
| 1970 | Semillant | 5 | Jean Cruguet | Not Found | Not Found | 2:37.20 |
| 1969 | Beau Marker | 4 | Leroy Moyers | Lucien Lauren | Reginald N. Webster | 2:04.60 |
| 1968 | Out Of The Way | 3 | John L. Rotz | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:02.80 |
| 1967 | Good Knight | 5 | Karl Korte | Not Found | Not Found | 2:02.40 |
| 1966 | Fast Count | 3 | Mike Venezia | Ivor G. Balding | C. V. Whitney | 2:01.20 |
| 1965 | Smart | 6 | Eldon Nelson | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 2:01.60 |
| 1964 | Smart | 5 | Eldon Nelson | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 2:03.20 |
| 1963 | Crimson Satan | 4 | Herberto Hinojosa | Gordon R. Potter | Crimson King Farm | 2:01.20 |
| 1962 | Air Pilot | 8 | Leroy Moyers | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 2:01.40 |
| 1961 | Polylad | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Not Found | Mrs. Q. A. S. McKean | 2:01.80 |
| 1960 | Talent Show | 5 | Ray Broussard | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 2:03.60 |
| 1959 | Air Pilot | 5 | Jack Leonard | Clyde Troutt | Ada L. Rice | 2:02.40 |
| 1958 | Promised Land | 4 | Pete D. Anderson | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 2:01.80 |
| 1957 | Greek Spy | 4 | Eric Guerin | Sherrill W. Ward | Charles U. Bay | 2:03.20 |
| 1956 | Midafternoon | 4 | William Boland | T. M. Waller | Mrs. E. E. Robbins | 2:04.00 |
| 1955 | Helioscope | 4 | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | Frank Caltrone | William G. Helis, Jr. | 2:01.00 |
| 1954 | Wise Margin | 4 | K. Stuart | Not Found | Not Found | 2:01.60 |
| 1953 | Royal Vale | 5 | Jack Westrope | Not Found | Esther D. du Pont | 2:02.20 |
| 1952 | To Market | 4 | William Boland | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:01.40 |
| 1951 | One Hitter | 5 | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 2:02.20 |
| 1950 | Cochise | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Virgil W. Raines | Brandywine Stable | 2:01.80 |
| 1949 | First Nighter | 4 | Joseph Renick | William J. Hirsch | Sam A. Mason II | 2:04.60 |
| 1948 | Beauchef | 5 | Roberto Donoso | Robert L. Odom | Andes Stable | 2:02.60 |
| 1947 | Stymie | 6 | Conn McCreary | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1:50.00 |
| 1946 | Pavot | 4 | Arnold Kirkland | Oscar White | Walter M. Jeffords | 1:49.80 |
| 1945 | First Fiddle | 6 | Johnny Longden | Eddie Mulrenan | Mrs. E. Mulrenan | 1:49.40 |
| 1944 | First Fiddle | 5 | Johnny Longden | Eddie Mulrenan | Mrs. E. Mulrenan | 1:49.00 |
| 1943 | Market Wise | 5 | Vincenzo Nodarse | George W. Carroll | Louis Tufano | 1:52.00 |
| 1942 | Whirlaway | 4 | George Woolf | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:48.20 |
| 1941 | War Relic | 3 | Ted Atkinson | George Conway | Glen Riddle Farm | 1:48.60 |
| 1940 | Eight Thirty | 4 | Harry Richards | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:49.00 |
| 1939 | Fighting Fox | 4 | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 1:52.00 |
| 1938 | Menow | 3 | Nick Wall | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1:52.60 |
| 1937 | Seabiscuit | 4 | Red Pollard | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1:49.00 |
| 1936 | Time Supply | 5 | Ray Workman | F. C. Travis | Mrs. F. A. Carreaud | 1:49.80 |
| 1935 | Top Row | 4 | George Woolf | Albert A. Baroni | Albert A. Baroni | 1:49.40 |
* Day Court finished first in 1959 but was disqualified and placed second.
* Raced in two divisions in 1977.
