Location: Aqueduct Racetrack
Inaugurated: 1960
Race type: Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance 1 3/8 miles (11 furlongs)
Track: Grass, left-handed
Qualification: Three-year-olds & up
Weight: Assigned
Purse: $150,000
The Red Smith Handicap is a race on turf open to horses age three and older, it is run on the first week of November at Aqueduct. The inaugural race was in 1960 under the name, the Edgemere Handicap. In 1981, it changed to Red Smith Handicap.
In his second year, Boisterous scored an easy victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Red Smith Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday, wrapping up his season with identical back-to-back stakes wins.
A repeat winner of last month’s Grade 3 Knickerbocker at Belmont Park, Boisterous lived up to his role as the 2-5 favorite as he successfully defended his title in the 53rd edition of the Red Smith in 2012. With Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado aboard, the 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor tracked Bombaguia through tepid fractions of 52.29 seconds for the opening half-mile mile and 1:43.23 for the mile, moved into striking position around the final turn and took command at the head of the stretch before drawing clear to a three-length victory over Lake Drop.
Boisterous completed 1 3/8 miles in 2:19.38 over the yielding turf course.
“The horse ran huge,” said Prado. “He showed up one more time and did it pretty easily.”
The victory was the third in seven 2012 starts for Boisterous, who also won the Grade 3 Fort Marcy in May at Belmont, ran second in the Grade 3 Arlington Handicap and third in the Grade 1 Manhattan Handicap. His only off-the-board performance came in August when he finished ninth, beaten 5 ¾ lengths, in the Grade 1 Arlington Million.
“He wasn’t beaten that badly [in the Million], but I think he’s the kind of horse who appreciates the fall weather more than the summer heat,” said Buzzy Tenney, assistant to winning Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey. “I believe this will be the last race of the year for him. We’ll take him down to Florida and bring him back in the spring, just like last year.”
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Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
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2018 | Village King | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | 1:52.95 |
2017 | Spring Quality | 5 | Edgar Prado | Graham Motion | 2:17.72 |
2016 | Bigger Picture | 5 | Jose L. Ortiz | Michael J. Maker | 2:15.46 |
2015 | Mr. Maybe | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | 2:17.49 |
2014 | Dynamic Sky | 4 | Cornelio Velasquez | Mark E. Casse | 2:18.85 |
2013 | Imagining | 5 | Joel Rosario | Claude R. McGaughey III | 2:18.43 |
2012 | Boisterous | 5 | Edgar Prado | Shug McGaughey | 2:19.38 |
2011 | Boisterous | 4 | Alan Garcia | Shug McGaughey | 2:20.26 |
2010 | Grassy | 4 | Joe Bravo | Christophe Clement | 2:20.06 |
2009 | Expansion | 4 | Channing Hill | Chad Brown | 2:18.93 |
2008 | Strike a Deal | 4 | Chuck C. Lopez | Alan E. Goldberg | 2:23.28 |
2007 | Dave | 6 | Joe Bravo | Barclay Tagg | 2:21.45 |
2006 | Naughty New Yorker | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Patrick J. Kelly | 2:04.52 |
2005 | King's Drama | 5 | Edgar Prado | Robert J. Frankel | 2:15.37 |
2004 | Dreadnaught | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Thomas Voss | 2:18.87 |
2003 | Balto Star | 5 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | 2:18.86 |
2002 | Evening Attire | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Patrick J. Kelly | 2:14.81 |
2001 | Mr. Pleasentfar | 4 | Jose A. Santos | Martin D. Wolfson | 2:16.94 |
2000 | Cetewayo | 6 | Richard Migliore | Michael Dickinson | 2:17.93 |
1999 | Monarch's Maze | 3 | Joe Bravo | Patrick J. Kelly | 2:14.44 |
1998 | Musical Ghost | 6 | John Velazquez | Mark A. Hennig | 2:15.53 |
1997 | Instant Friendship | 4 | John Velazquez | Leo O'Brien | 2:17.08 |
1996 | Mr. Bluebird | 5 | Mike E. Smith | John C. Kimmel | 2:15.35 |
1995 | Flag Down | 5 | Jose A. Santos | Christophe Clement | 2:22.03 |
1994 | Franchise Player | 5 | Dale Beckner | Philip G. Johnson | 2:20.53 |
1993 | Royal Mountain Inn | 4 | Julie Krone | Barclay Tagg | 1:59.80 |
1992 | Montserrat | 4 | Julie Krone | W. Elliott Walden | 2:00.20 |
1991 | Who's To Pay | 5 | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | 1:58.00 |
1990 | Yankee Affair | 8 | Jose A. Santos | Henry L. Carroll | 2:00.20 |
1989 | Rambo Dancer | 5 | Jose A. Santos | Leroy Jolley | 2:01.00 |
1988 | Pay the Butler | 4 | Robbie Davis | Robert J. Frankel | 2:01.40 |
1987 | Theatrical | 5 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | 2:00.80 |
1986 | Equalize | 4 | Walter Guerra | Jan H. Nerud | 2:02.20 |
1986 | Divulge | 5 | Jean Cruguet | Gasper Moschera | 1:59.00 |
1985 | Sharannpour | 4 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Robert J. Frankel | 2:04.20 |
1984 | Hero's Honor | 4 | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | 2:02.20 |
1983 | Super Sunrise | 4 | Craig Perret | Warren A. Croll Jr. | 2:06.80 |
1983 | Thunder Puddles | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | John P. Campo | 2:06.40 |
1982 | Highland Blade | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | David A. Whiteley | 2:06.40 |
1981 | Match the Hatch | 5 | Kenny Skinner | Philip G. Johnson | 1:59.60 |
1980 | Marquee Universal | 4 | Hector Pilar | Alec Bullock | 1:58.80 |
1979 | No race | ||||
1978 | Tiller | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | David A. Whiteley | 2:00.20 |
1977 | Clout | 5 | George Martens | William O. Hicks | 1:40.00 |
1977 | Quick Card | 4 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Thomas J. Kelly | 1:39.60 |
1976 | Erwin Boy | 5 | Ron Turcotte | James P. Conway | 2:01.20 |
1975 | Telefonico | 4 | Craig Perret | Lou M. Goldfine | 2:03.00 |
1974 | Take Off | 5 | Ron Turcotte | Frank Catrone | 2:00.40 |
1973 | Red Reality | 7 | Jorge Velasquez | MacKenzie Miller | 2:13.20 |
1972 | New Alibhai | 4 | Frank Iannelli | Ralph W. McIlvain | 2:02.40 |
1971 | Drumtop | 5 | Chuck Baltazar | Roger Laurin | 2:16.60 |
1970 | Drumtop | 4 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Roger Laurin | 2:20.40 |
1969 | Majetta | 5 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Angel Penna Sr. | 2:19.00 |
1968 | High Hat | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | Kay E. Jensen | 2:20.20 |
1967 | Ginger Fizz | 5 | Fernando Toro | Thomas J. Kelly | 1:55.00 |
1966 | Spoon Bait | 4 | John L. Rotz | Ivor G. Balding | 1:54.40 |
1965 | Tenacle | 5 | Bobby Ussery | Homer C. Pardue | 1:55.40 |
1964 | Will I Rule | 5 | Braulio Baeza | Joseph Nash | 1:55.80 |
1963 | Vimy Ridge | 4 | Sam Boulmetis | Thomas J. Barry | 1:59.40 |
1962 | Wise Ship | 5 | Heliodoro Gustines | Jacob Byer | 2:16.00 |
1961 | Wolfram | 5 | Ismael Valenzuela | Burley Parke | 2:15.00 |
1960 | North Pole II | 4 | Sam Boulmetis Sr. | Sidney J. Smith | 2:15.00 |