# Bay Ridge Handicap

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Horse race

Bay Ridge Handicap Class Discontinued stakes Location Sheepshead Bay Race Track Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United States Inaugurated 1887–1910 Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing Race information Distance 1 1/16 miles: 1910 1 1/4 miles: 1901–1909 Surface Dirt Track left-handed Qualification Three years old & up

The **Bay Ridge Handicap** was an American [Thoroughbred horse race](/source/Thoroughbred_racing) run from 1901 through 1910 at [Sheepshead Bay Race Track](/source/Sheepshead_Bay_Race_Track) in [Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn](/source/Sheepshead_Bay%2C_Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)). A race for horses age three and older of either sex, it was run on dirt over a distance of a mile and a quarter until 1910 when it was reduced to a mile and a sixteenth.

## The end of a race and of a racetrack

The Bay Ridge Handicap was last run on June 18, 1910 after the [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))-controlled [New York Legislature](/source/New_York_Legislature) under [Governor](/source/Governor_of_New_York) [Charles Evans Hughes](/source/Charles_Evans_Hughes) passed the [Hart–Agnew anti-betting legislation](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law) on June 11, 1908. The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without betting.[1] Racetrack operators had no choice but to drastically reduce the [purse money](/source/Purse_distribution) being paid out which resulted in the Bay Ridge Handicap offering a purse in 1910 that was one-fifth of what it had been in earlier years. These small purses made horse racing unprofitable and impossible for even the most successful horse owners to continue in business.[2] Further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which resulted in the deepening of the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. When a Court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay facility and it never reopened.[3][4]

## Records

**Speed record:**

- 1 ¼ miles: 2:04.40 – [Effendi](/source/Effendi_(horse)) (1909)

**Most wins by a [jockey](/source/Jockey):**

- 2 – [Willie Shaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willie_Shaw_(jockey)&action=edit&redlink=1) (1901, 1906)

**Most wins by a [trainer](/source/Horse_trainer):**

- no trainer won this race more than once

**Most wins by an owner:**

- 2 – no owner won this race more than once

## Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win$ 1910 Hampton Court 3 Carroll H. Shilling Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 11⁄16 M 1:54.40 $580 1909 Effendi 3 William F. Doyle Frank C. Frisbie W. T. Ryan 11⁄4 M 2:04.40 $485 1908 Old Honesty 4 Joe Notter Andrew J. Gorey Andrew J. Gorey 11⁄4 M 2:06.20 $510 1907 Gallavant 4 Guy Garner T. J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 11⁄4 M 2:07.00 $3,025 1906 Ram's Horn 4 Willie Shaw W. S. (Wink) Williams W. S. (Wink) Williams 11⁄4 M 2:05.60 $3,225 1905 Cairngorm 3 Willie Davis A. Jack Joyner Sydney Paget 11⁄4 M 2:08.20 $3,150 1904 Proper 4 Gene Hildebrand Walter B. Jennings Walter B. Jennings 11⁄4 M 2:06.20 $3,250 1903 Blues 5 John J. Hoar Frank D. Weir Frank J. Farrell 11⁄4 M 2:10.20 $1,630 1902 Advance Guard 5 Otto Wonderly Alexander Shields James Carruthers & Alexander Shields 11⁄4 M 2:07.20 $1,080 1901 Kamara 4 Willie Shaw Charles F. Hill Clarence H. Mackay 11⁄4 M 2:06.40 $1,085

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Keep Up Betting Ban"](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/01/archives/keep-up-betting-ban-strict-enforcement-of-the-law-at-sheepshead-bay.html). *New York Times*. 1908-09-01. Retrieved 2018-11-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Coney Island Clubs Sturdy Stand"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908081101/drf1908081101_1_6). *Daily Racing Form*. 1908-08-11. Retrieved 2019-02-03 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Destruction Wrought by Hughes"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908121501/drf1908121501_1_7). *Daily Racing Form*. 1908-12-15. Retrieved 2018-11-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Famous Old Track is Sold"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1914111701/drf1914111701_1_2). *Daily Racing Form*. 1914-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

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