Carter Handicap

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = Carter Handicap


caption =
location = Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1895
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html Aqueduct Racetrack at the NYRA]
distance = 7 furlongs
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds and up
weight = Handicap
purse = $300,000
bonuses = The Carter Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack. Open to horses three-years-old and up, it is raced over a distance of seven furlongs.

First run in 1895, the race was named for Brooklyn contractor and tugboat captain, William Carter, who put up most of the purse money. The race was hosted by the old Aqueduct race track from 1895 to 1955, except for 1946 when it was held at Belmont Park. It returned to Belmont Park from l956 to l959, 1968 to l974, and again in 1994.

The Carter Hansicap is the only American Thoroughbred horserace in which a triple dead heat for a win occurred when Brownie, Bossuet and Wait A Bit crossed the finish line at the same time in 1944. There was another dead heat between two horses in 1977, a year when the number of entrants resulted in the race being split into two divisions.

Contested at seven furlongs since 1903, prior to that the race was run at various distances:
* 1¼ miles - 1895
* 1 mile, 1 furlong - l896
* 11/16 miles - 1897
* About 7 furlongs - l898
* 6½ furlongs - 1899-1902 There was no race held in 1909, 1911-1913, and 1933-1934.

Records

Time record: (at current 7 furlongs distance)
* 1:20.04 - Artax (1999) (new race and track record) Most wins:
* 2 - Audacious (1920, 1921)
* 2 - Osmand (1928, 1929)
* 2 - Flying Heels (1930, 1931)
* 2 - Forego (1974, 1975)
* 2 - Lite the Fuse (1995, 1996) Most wins by an owner:
* 4 - Greentree Stable (1943, 1950,1952, 1953) Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - James Stout (1939, 1944, 1945, 1954)
* 4 - Eddie Maple (1973, 1977, 1981, 1986)

Winners of the Carter Handicap since 1965

* Run in two divisions in l977 and l978.

Earlier winners (age)

*1964 - Ahoy (4)
*1963 - Admiral's Voyage (4)
*1962 - Merry Ruler (4)
*1961 - Chief of Chiefs (4)
*1960 - Yes You Will (4)
*1959 - Jimmer (4)
*1958 - Bold Ruler (4)
*1957 - Portersville (5)
*1956 - Red Hannigan (5)
*1955 - Bobby Brocato (4)
*1954 - White Skies (5)
*1953 - Tom Fool (4)
*1952 - Northern Star (4)
*1951 - Arise (5)
*1950 - Guillotine (3)
*1949 - Better Self (4)
*1948 - Gallorette (6)
*1947 - Rippey (4)
*1946 - Flood Town (4)
*1945 - Apache (6)
*1944 - Bossuet (4) (DH)
*1944 - Wait A Bit (5) (DH)
*1944 - Brownie (5) (DH)

*1943 - Devil Diver (4)
*1942 - Doublrab (4)
*1941 - Parasang (4)
*1940 - He Did (7)
*1939 - Fighting Fox (4)
*1938 - Airflame (4)
*1937 - Aneroid (4)
*1936 - Clang (4)
*1935 - King Saxon (4)
*1932 - Happy Scot (4)
*1931 - Flying Heels (4)
*1930 - Flying Heels (3)
*1929 - Osmand (5)
*1928 - Osmand (4)
*1927 - Happy Argo (4)
*1926 - Macaw (3)
*1926 - Nedana (4)
*1925 - Silver Fox (3)
*1924 - Sarazen (3)
*1923 - Little Colt (3)
*1922 - Knobbie (4)
*1921 - Audacious (5)
*1920 - Audacious (4)

*1919 - Naturalist (5)
*1918 - Old Koenig (5)
*1917 - Old Rosebud (6)
*1916 - Trial by Jury (4)
*1915 - Phosphor (3)
*1914 - Roamer (3)
*1910 - Gretna Greenz (6)
*1908 - Jack Atkin (4)
*1907 - Glorified (5)
*1906 - Roseben (5)
*1905 - Ormonde's Right (4)
*1904 - Beldame (3)
*1903 - Ahumada (3)
*1902 - Ethics (4)
*1901 - Motley (4)
*1900 - Box (6)
*1899 - Duke of Middleburg (3)
*1898 - The Manxman (4)
*1897 - Premier (4)
*1896 - Deerslayer (4)
*1895 - Charade (6)