# Brighton Handicap

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Horse race

Brighton Handicap Peter Pan (2nd from left) making his stretch run to win the 1907 Brighton Handicap Class Discontinued Location Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, New York, USA (1896–1907) - and - Empire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York, USA (1910) Inaugurated 1896–1910 Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing Race information Distance 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) Surface Dirt Track left-handed Qualification Three-years-old & up Weight Assigned Purse $25,000

The **Brighton Handicap** was an American [thoroughbred horse race](/source/Thoroughbred_horse_race) run annually from 1896 through 1907 at the [Brighton Beach Race Course](/source/Brighton_Beach_Race_Course) in [Brighton Beach](/source/Brighton_Beach), [Coney Island](/source/Coney_Island), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) and in 1910 at [Empire City Race Track](/source/Yonkers_Raceway). Open to horses age three and older, it was contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and a quarter (ten [furlongs](/source/Furlong)).

A premier event, in the late 19th and early part of the 20th century the Brighton Handicap, along with the [Suburban Handicap](/source/Suburban_Handicap) at [Sheepshead Bay Race Track](/source/Sheepshead_Bay_Race_Track) and the [Metropolitan Handicap](/source/Metropolitan_Handicap) at [Morris Park Racecourse](/source/Morris_Park_Racecourse), were the big three events of the [Northeastern United States](/source/Northeastern_United_States) racing season.[1]

## Race notes

On three occasions, 1902, 1903 and 1904, a new [world record](/source/World_record) was set by the race winner. In a review of [Peter Pan's](/source/Peter_Pan_I) win in the 1907 race in front of 40,000 fans, the *[New York Morning Telegraph](/source/New_York_Morning_Telegraph)* was quoted as saying the horse "accomplished a task that completely overshadowed any previous 3-year-old performance in turf history." [2]

Following passage of the [Hart–Agnew anti-betting law](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law) by the [Legislature of New York](/source/Legislature_of_New_York), Brighton Beach Race Course closed is doors permanently by the end of 1908.[3] The Brighton Beach track had maintained the [purse](/source/Purse_distribution) level for the Brighton Handicap by reducing purse money for other minor races or by eliminating them entirely. However, to survive, racetrack operators saw no choice but to drastically reduce the purse money being paid out which by 1910 saw an [Empire City Race Track](/source/Yonkers_Raceway) edition of the Brighton Handicap offer a purse which was one-quarter of what it had been.[4]

## Records

**Speed record:**

- 2:02.80 – [Broomstick](/source/Broomstick_(horse)) (1904)

**Most wins:**

- No horse won this race more than once.

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

- 2 – [Willie Simms](/source/Willie_Simms) (1897, 1898)

- 2 – [George Odom](/source/George_M._Odom) (1902, 1903)

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

- 2 – [James G. Rowe Sr.](/source/James_G._Rowe_Sr.) (1901, 1907)

**Most wins by an owner:**

- 2 – [James R. Keene](/source/James_R._Keene) (1901, 1907)

## Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Win US$ 1910 Olambala 4 George Archibald Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson, Jr. 11⁄4 M 2:06.60 $4,800 1908 – 1909 Race not held 1907 Peter Pan 3 Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:03.40 $19,750 1906 Ram's Horn 4 LaVerne Sewell Wink S. Williams Wink S. Williams 11⁄4 M 2:03.60 $19,750 1905 Artful 3 Gene Hildebrand John W. Rogers Harry Payne Whitney 11⁄4 M 2:04.80 $21,750 1904 Broomstick 3 Tommy Burns Robert Tucker Samuel S. Brown 11⁄4 M 2:02.80 $21,750 1903 Waterboy 4 George Odom A. Jack Joyner James B. A. Haggin 11⁄4 M 2:03.20 $15,995 1902 Gold Heels 4 George Odom Matthew M. Allen Frederick C. McLewee & Jim Brady 11⁄4 M 2:03.80 $8,045 1901 Toddy 4 Lewis Smith James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 11⁄4 M 2:07.20 $8,640 1900 Jack Point 4 Milton Henry Jim McLaughlin Anthony L. Aste 11⁄4 M 2:04.60 $9,945 1899 Imp 5 Frank O'Leary Charles E. Brossman Daniel R. Harness 11⁄4 M 2:05.40 $8,420 1898 Ornament 4 Willie Simms Charles T. Patterson Charles T. Patterson 11⁄4 M 2:07.75 $2,490 1897 Ben Brush 4 Willie Simms Hardy Campbell Jr. Michael F. Dwyer 11⁄4 M 2:09.00 $1,850 1896 Nanki Pooh 4 Samuel Doggett William Donohue Erie Stable (F. D. & J. A. Beard) 11⁄4 M 2:12.75 $1,850

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*New York Times* - February 1, 1902](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/02/01/101932468.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*Montreal Gazette* – July 15, 1907](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tBEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZX8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4289,1508974&dq=brighton-handicap+peter+pan&hl=en)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*New York Times* – July 2, 1908](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/07/02/archives/brighton-stakes-off-sixteen-big-events-canceled-programme-for-five.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Striking Falling off in Value of Ten Greatest Stakes"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1910s/drf1910071601/drf1910071601_1_7). *Daily Racing Form*. 1910-07-16. Retrieved 2018-10-15 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

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