Potomac Handicap
The Potomac Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in the latter part of September at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Open to three-year-old horses, it was raced on dirt at a distance of a mile-and-a-sixteenth.
First run at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, it was restricted to two-year-olds and run at a distance of one mile. The 1918 running was won by Calumet Farm's two-year-old colt, Be Frank, ridden by Lavelle Ensor. [1] The following year the race moved to the Havre de Grace Racetrack and was changed to an event for three-year-olds and set at a distance of a mile-and-a-sixteenth.
The Potomac Handicap was won by four National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductees including 1919 U.S. Triple Crown winner Sir Barton and Man o' War who won the 1920 edition. Despite being assigned highweight of 138 pounds, Man o' War set a new Havre de Grace track record for a mile-and-a-sixteenth.
Venue:
- Laurel : 1916-1918, 1944-1948
- Pimlico: 1943
- Havre de Grace Racetrack: 1919-1942
Records
Speed record: (3-year-olds)
- 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 miles: 1:44 flat, Menow (1938)
- 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄8 miles: 1:50 3/5, Loyal Legion (1947)
Speed record: (2-year-olds)
- 1 mile: 1:39 1/5, Be Frank (1918)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Clarence Kummer (1915, 1920)
- 2 - Andy Schuttinger (1917, 1922)
- 2 - Clarence Kummer (1921, 1931)
- 2 - Albert Snider (1946, 1947)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Clyde S. Phillips (1916, 1930)
- 2 - Thomas J. Healey (1925, 1936)
- 2 - Bud Stotler (1934, 1935)
- 2 - James Radney (1946, 1948)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Willis Sharpe Kilmer (1928, 1933)
- 2 - Alfred G. Vanderbilt II (1934, 1935)
- 2 - Mrs. Ellsworth H. Augustus (1946, 1948)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Seven League | 3 | Mike Basile | James Radney | Elizabeth Good Augustus | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄8 M | 1:52.80 |
| 1947 | Loyal Legion | 3 | Albert Snider | Oscar White | Walter M. Jeffords Sr. | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄8 M | 1:50.60 |
| 1946 | Blue Yonder | 3 | Albert Snider | James Radney | Elizabeth Good Augustus | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄8 M | 1:56.60 |
| 1945 | British Buddy | 3 | Johnny Breen | James McGee | Morris Wexler | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄8 M | 1:51.40 |
| 1944 | Megogo | 3 | Ken Scawthorn | John A. Healey | Christiana Stable | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:49.60 |
| 1943 | Son of Peace | 3 | Billie Thompson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄8 M | 1:52.60 |
| 1942 | Aletern | 3 | Jimmy Thornburg | Jack Skirvin | Alwin C. Ernst | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:47.20 |
| 1941 | Boston Man | 3 | Ted Atkinson | George L. Arvin | H. Teller Archibald | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:45.80 |
| 1940 | Mioland | 3 | Carroll Bierman | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:46.60 |
| 1939 | Third Degree | 3 | Wayne D. Wright | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:44.80 |
| 1938 | Menow | 3 | Raymond Workman | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:44.00 |
| 1937 | Heelfly | 3 | George Woolf | Lemuel T. Whitehill | Thomas Painter Morgan | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:45.20 |
| 1936 | Tatterdemalion | 3 | Jack Westrope | Thomas J. Healey | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:44.80 |
| 1935 | Good Gamble | 3 | Sam Renick | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:45.40 |
| 1934 | Discovery | 3 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:45.20 |
| 1933 | Sun Archer | 3 | Pete Walls | Jack Whyte | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:44.80 |
| 1932 | Dark Secret | 3 | Hank Mills | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:45.40 |
| 1931 | Tambour | 3 | Frank Coltiletti | Preston M. Burch | Preston M. Burch | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:45.20 |
| 1930 | Spinach | 3 | Alfred Robertson | Clyde S. Phillips | William Ziegler Jr. | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:47.40 |
| 1929 | Rose of Sharon | 3 | Charles E. Allen | Daniel E. Stewart | Johnson N. Camden Jr. | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:46.40 |
| 1928 | Sun Beau | 3 | John Craigmyle | William Short | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:46.00 |
| 1927 | Jock | 3 | Eddie Ambrose | John F. Schorr | Edward B. McLean | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:44.60 |
| 1926 | Chance Play | 3 | Earl Sande | G. Hamilton Keene | Log Cabin Stable | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:47.00 |
| 1925 | Senalado | 3 | Edgar Barnes | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson Jr. | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:46.20 |
| 1924 | Donaghee | 3 | Fred Sharpe | Joseph P. Smith | James W. Bean | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:46.20 |
| 1923 | Dunlin | 3 | Chick Lang | J. Woods Garth | Joshua S. Cosden | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:49.00 |
| 1922 | Lucky Hour | 3 | Andy Schuttinger | Roy Waldron | Lexington Stable | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:46.60 |
| 1921 | Tryster | 3 | Frank Coltiletti | James G. Rowe Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:46.40 |
| 1920 | Man o' War | 3 | Clarence Kummer | Louis Feustel | Glen Riddle Farm | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:44.80 |
| 1919 | Sir Barton | 3 | Tommy Nolan | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄16 M | 1:46.40 |
| 1918 | Be Frank | 2 | Lavelle Ensor | William Jennings Jr. | Calumet Stable (Cornelius M. Garrison) | 1 M | 1:39.20 |
| 1917 | Recount | 2 | Andy Schuttinger | A. J. Goldsborough | Andrew Miller | 1 M | 1:41.60 |
| 1916 | Bondage | 2 | R. Ball | Clyde S. Phillips | James Arthur | 1 M | 1:40.00 |
| 1915 | King Neptune | 2 | Clarence Turner | B. B. Larrick | John S. Tyree | 1 M | 1:43.20 |
| 1914 | Sharpshooter | 2 | Kenneth Karrick | William H. Karrick | Schuyler L. Parsons | 1 M | 1:39.40 |