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The 'Brooklyn Handicap' is an annual American race for thoroughbred horses first held at Gravesend Race Track on Coney Island, New York in 1887. It is currently held at Belmont Park on Long Island. The race is the second part of what is sometimes referred to as the New York Handicap Triple series of races. It is preceded by the Metropolitan Handicap and followed by the Suburban Handicap.
Four horse have won the Handicap Triple:

★ Whisk Broom II (1913)

★ Tom Fool (1953)

★ Kelso (1961)

★ Fit to Fight (1984)
At one time the Brooklyn Handicap was one of the top attractions on the New York racing cicuit, drawing some of the best Thoroughbreds. It currently is a Grade II event open to three-year-olds and up willing to race the one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. Offering a purse of $150,000, and usually a spring event, it is now raced in the fall due to the Grade I Woodward Stakes being moved to Saratoga Race Course. Because of its fall running, the Brooklyn will be raced as a Breeders' Cup race series event beginning with the 2006 Belmont fall meet.

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Winners of the Brooklyn Handicap

Winners of the Brooklyn Handicap

'Year'	'Winner'	'Jockey'	'Trainer'	'Owner'	'Time'
2006	Wanderin Boy	Javier Castellano	Nick Zito	Arthur Hancock III	1:47.80
2005	Limehouse	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Dogwood Stable	1:46.60
2004	Seattle Fitz	Richard Migliore	Kiaran McLaughlin	West Point Stable	1:46.20
2003	Iron Deputy	Richard Migliore	James Jerkens	Susan and John Moore	1:47.80
2002	Seeking Daylight	Edgar Prado	Mark Hennig	Edward P. Evans	1:46.20
2001	Albert the Great	Jorge Chavez	Nick Zito	Tracy Farmer	1:47.40
2000	Lemon Drop Kid	Edgar Prado	Scotty Schulhofer	Jeanne G. Vance	1:49.80
1999	Running Stag	Shane Sellers	Philip Mitchell	Richard J. Cohen	1:46.20
1998	Subordination	Eibar Coa	Gary Sciacca	Klaravich Stables	1:46.60
1997	Formal Gold	Jerry Bailey	William Perry	John D. Murphy	1:46.20
1996	Wekiva Springs	Mike E. Smith	William I. Mott	D. Dizney & J. English	1:46.60
1995	You And I	Jorge Chavez	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:49.00
1994	Devil His Due	Mike E. Smith	H. Allen Jerkens	Lion Crest Stable	1:46.60
1993	Living Vicariously	Robbie Davis	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Mills Phipps	2:17.80
1992	Chief Honcho	Randy Romero	William I. Mott	Matthew K. Firestone	2:16.80
1991	Timely Warning	Mike Luzzi	Virgil W. Raines	Anderson Fowler	2:14.00
1990	Montubio	Jacinto Vasquez	Angel Penna	Dogwood Stable	2:28.60
1989	Forever Silver	Jacinto Vasquez	Stanley R. Shapoff	Chevalier Stable	2:28.60
1988	Waquoit	Jose Santos	Guido Federico	Joseph Federico	2:28.80
1987	Waquoit	Chris McCarron	Guido Federico	Joseph Federico	2:28.40
1986	Little Missouri	Jean-Luc Samyn	George R. Arnold II	Loblolly Stable	2:26.40
1985	Bounding Basque	Antonio Graell	Woody Sedlacek	Jacques Wimpfheimer	2:28.40
1984	Fit To Fight	Jerry Bailey	Mack Miller	Rokeby Stables	2:27.40
1983	Highland Blade	Jacinto Vasquez	David A. Whiteley	Pen-Y-Bryn Farm	2:31.00
1982	Silver Supreme	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Richard DeStasio	Michael Berry	2:29.40
1981	Hechizado	Ruben Hernandez	H. Allen Jerkens	Charles Schmidt, Jr.	2:26.00
1980	Winter's Tale	Jeffrey Fell	Mack Miller	Rokeby Stables	2:28.60
1979	The Liberal Member	Ramon Encinas	Angel Penna	Ogden Phipps	2:28.80
1978	Nasty And Bold	Jean-Luc Samyn	Philip G. Johnson	Meadow Hill Lane Farm	2:26.00
1977	Great Contractor	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Roger Laurin	Howard Wilson	2:26.20
1976	Forego	Heliodoro Gustines	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Lazy F Ranch	2:01.20
1975	Forego	Heliodoro Gustines	Sherrill W. Ward	Lazy F Ranch	1:59.80
1974	Forego	Heliodoro Gustines	Sherrill W. Ward	Lazy F Ranch	1:54.80
1973	Riva Ridge	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable	1:52.40
1972	Key To The Mint	Braulio Baeza	Elliott Burch	Rokeby Stables	1:54.80
1971	Never Bow	Bobby Ussery	Frank Martin	Sigmund Sommer	2:03.60
1970	Dewan	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	James W. Maloney	William Haggin Perry	2:02.80
1969	Nodouble	Eddie Belmonte	J. Bert Sonnier	Verna Lea Farm	2:00.40
1968	Damascus	Manuel Ycaza	Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr.	Edith W. Bancroft	1:59.20
1967	Handsome Boy	Eddie Belmonte	H. Allen Jerkens	Hobeau Farm	2:00.20
1966	Buckpasser	Braulio Baeza	Edward A. Neloy	Ogden Phipps	2:01.80
1965	Pia Star	Johnny Sellers	Clyde Trout	Ada L. Rice	2:00.60
1964	Gun Bow	Walter Blum	Edward A. Neloy	Gedney Farms	1:59.60
1963	Cyrano	Bobby Ussery	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:01.60
1962	Beau Purple	William Boland	H. Allen Jerkens	Hobeau Farm	2:00.00
1961	Kelso	Eddie Arcaro	Carl Hanford	Bohemia Stable	2:01.60
1960	On-and-On	Ismael Valenzuela	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:03.00
1959	Babu	Conn McCreary	Not found	William C. Partee	1:56.40
1958	Cohoes	John Ruane	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	1:55.60
1957	Portersville	Eldon Nelson	A. J. Pupino	Clearwater Stable	1:55.20
1956	Dedicate	Eddie Arcaro	G. Carey Winfrey	Mrs. Jan Burke	1:55.80
1955	High Gun	Eddie Arcaro	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:03.00
1954	Invigorator	Eddie Arcaro	Norman R. McLeod	Saxon Stables	2:04.40
1953	Tom Fool	Ted Atkinson	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:04.40
1952	Crafty Admiral	Eric Guerin	Robert L. Odom	Charfran Stable	2:01.80
1951	Palestinian	Sam Boulmetis, Sr.	Hirsch Jacobs	Isador Bieber	2:03.80
1950	My Request	Ted Atkinson	James P. Conway	B. F. Whitaker	2:03.00
1949	Assault	Dave Gorman	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:02.80
1948	Conniver	Ted Atkinson	William Post	Harry La Montague	2:05.80
1947	Assault	Eddie Arcaro	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:03.60
1946	Gallorette	Job Dean Jessop	Edward A. Christmas	William L. Brann	2:05.00
1945	Stymie	Robert Permane	Max Hirsch	Ethel D. Jacobs	2:02.20
1944	Four Freedoms	Eddie Arcaro	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:02.80
1943	Devil Diver	Steve Brooks	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:03.40
1942	Whirlaway	George Woolf	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:02.40
1941	Fenelon	James Stout	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:03.60
1940	Isolater	James Stout	Jim Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:03.00
1939	Cravat	Basil James	Walter Burrows	Townsend B. Martin	1:48.20
1938	The Chief	Johnny Longden	Earl Sande	Maxwell Howard	1:48.40
1937	Seabiscuit	John "Red" Pollard	Tom Smith	Charles S. Howard	1:50.20
1936	Discovery	L. Fallon	J. H. "Bud" Stotler	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1:50.00
1935	Discovery	John Bejshak	J. H. "Bud" Stotler	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1:48.20
1934	Discovery	John Bejshak	J. H. "Bud" Stotler	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1:49.80
1933	Dark Secret	Hank Mills	Jim Fitzsimmons	Wheatley Stable	1:51.20
1932	Blenheim III	Hank Mills	Jim Fitzsimmons	Wheatley Stable	1:51.20
1931	Questionairre	Ray Workman	Not found	James Butler	1:49.00
1930	Sortie	Pete Walls	Not found	A. C. Schwartz	1:49.80
1929	Light Carbine	G. Rose	M. J. Dunlevy	I. B. Humphrey	1:50.60
1928	Black Panther	John Maiben	Thomas J. Healey	Walter J. Salmon, Sr.	1:51.20
1927	Peanuts	Harold Thurber	Jim Fitzsimmons	Aknusti Stable	1:48.80
1926	Single Foot	Clarence Turner	H. Rites	J. E. Griffith	1:50.40
1925	Mad Play	Laverne Fator	Sam Hildreth	Rancocas Stable	1:50.00
1924	Hephaistos	John Maiben	Not found	F. E. Brown	1:50.80
1923	Little Chief	Earl Sande	Sam Hildreth	Rancocas Stable	1:50.00
1922	Exterminator	Albert Johnson	Henry McDaniel	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	1:50.00
1921	Grey Lag	Laverne Fator	Sam Hildreth	Rancocas Stable	1:49.80
1920	Cirrus	Lavelle Ensor	Sam Hildreth	Sam Hildreth	1:50.00
1919	Eternal	Andy Schuttinger	Kimball Patterson	J. W. McClelland	1:49.80
1918	Cudgel	Lucien Lyke	H. Guy Bedwell	J. K. L. Ross	1:50.20
1917	Borrow	William Knapp	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Harry P. Whitney	1:49.40
1916	Friar Rock	Everett Haynes	Sam Hildreth	August Belmont, Jr.	1:50.00
1915	Tartar	John McTaggert	Thomas J. Healey	Richard T. Wilson, Jr.	1:50.60
1914	Buckhorn	J. McCahey	J. D. Adkins	R. J. Mackenzie	2:08.00
1913	Whisk Broom II	Joe Notter	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Harry P. Whitney	2:03.40
1912	''no race''
1911	''no race''
1910	Fitz Herbert	Eddie Dugan	Sam Hildreth	Sam Hildreth	2:05.60
1909	King James	Eddie Dugan	Sam Hildreth	Sam Hildreth	2:04.00
1908	Celt	Joe Notter	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene	2:04.20
1907	Superman	Walter Miller	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene	2:05.60
1906	Tokalon	W. Bedell	Not found	J. W. Fuller	2:05.60
1905	Delhi	T. Burns	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James R. Keene	2:06.40
1904	The Picket	E. Helgesen	Not found	Waldeck Stable	2:06.60
1903	Irish Lad	Frank O'Neill	John W. Rogers	Westbury Stable	2:05.40
1902	Reina	Winfield O'Connor	Not found	A. Featherstone	2:07.00
1901	Conroy	Winfield O'Connor	James G. Rowe, Sr.	James & Foxhall Keene	2:09.00
1900	Kinley Mack	P. McCue	Not found	Eastin & Larabie	2:10.00
1899	Banastar	Danny Maher	Not found	W. H. Clark	2:06.25
1898	Ornament	Tod Sloan	Not found	Headley & Norton	2:10.00
1897	Howard Mann	H. Martin	Not found	G. E. Smith	2:09.75
1896	Sir Walter	Fred Taral	Not found	Oneck Stable	2:08.50
1895	Hornpipe	Anthony Hamilton	Not found	James & Foxhall Keene	2:11.25
1894	Dr. Rice	Fred Taral	Not found	F. Foster	2:07.25
1893	Diablo	Fred Taral	Not found	Walcott & Campbell	2:09.00
1892	Judge Morrow	A. Covington	Not found	Green B. Morris	2:08.75
1891	Tenny	Shelby Barnes	P. S. Donovan	David T. Pulsifer	2:10.00
1890	Castaway II	W. Bunn	Not found	Beverwyck Stable	2:10.00
1889	Exile	Anthony Hamilton	Not found	W. Lakeland	2:07.50
1888	The Bard	William Hayward	John Huggins	A. J. Cassatt	2:13.00
1887	Dry Monopole	A. McCarthy	Not found	Emery & Co.	2:07.00