American thoroughbred horse race, Queens, New York
Horse race
Roamer Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
Location
Aqueduct Racetrack, Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated
1944–1986
Race type
Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website
www.nyra.com/aqueduct/
Race information
Distance
1 3/16 miles (1,900 metres, 9.5 furlongs)
Surface
Dirt
Track
left-handed
Qualification
Three years old
The Roamer Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. It was open to three-year-old horses of either sex and contested on dirt over a distance of 9.5 furlongs (1 3/16 miles / 1,900 metres). Run forty-three times, the first ten editions were held between 1944 and 1958 at Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
The RoamerHandicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. It was open to three-year-old horses of either...
Forego's trainer in his wins in his final two races of 1973: the Roamer and Discovery Handicaps. During the 1973 season, Forego had 18 starts for 9 wins, 3...
in 1967, with his only other significant stakes win coming in the RoamerHandicap at Aqueduct Racetrack in which he set a new track record of 1:55 flat...
horse of the decade." Henry of Navarre, Fair Play and Roamer were winners of the Municipal Handicap who would have careers that resulted in their induction...
Article - NYTimes.com". 12 October 1961. "Sherluck Triumphs In Roamer by Nose - SHERLUCK TAKES ROAMER BY NOSE - Article - NYTimes.com". 12 November 1961....
1980 Brooklyn Handicap, the Suburban Handicap, and the Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap. In 1984, Fit to Fight won the New York Handicap Triple, a feat...
Belmont Stakes. Two months earlier future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Roamer had broken Salvator's record for the mile that had stood for twenty-eight...
Capistrano Handicap and the prestigious Santa Anita Handicap. Divine Comedy - won the 1960 Saranac Handicap, RoamerHandicap and 1961 Saratoga Handicap. Lord...
1938 Metropolitan Handicap with Danger Point. In 1928, Hayward returned temporarily to Canada where he won the Whittier Park Handicap. In 1940, Hayward...
Lexington Handicap (1975) RoamerHandicap (1975, 1977) Washington Park Handicap (1977) Alabama Stakes (1978) Sport Page Breeders' Cup Handicap (1978) Queen...
The Brookdale Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in midsummer from 1887 through 1910 at Gravesend Race Track in Brooklyn, New...
where he won the Gulfstream Park Handicap, then back at Pimlico Race Course he captured the John B. Campbell Handicap, at the time a race of national importance...
November 22, 1951, where he rode Reticule to victory in the Thanksgiving Handicap. By the end of the decade, he had won the Travers, Whitney and Alabama...
States and in 1944 he rode Happy Issue to victory in the Grade I Vanity Handicap and Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California...
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