The Ashley T. Cole Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 run annually at Belmont Park

Belmont Park

Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in Elmont in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island adjoining New York City. It first opened on May 4, 1905...

 in Elmont, New York

Elmont, New York

Elmont is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the northwest corner of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, along its border with the borough of Queens in New York City...

. Run in mid September, the race is open to horses age three and older bred in the State of New York

New York

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. Currently offering a purse of US$

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100,000, it is contested on turf

Grass

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 at a distance of 1⅛ miles. Prior to 1989, it was run on dirt. Due to weather conditions, the 2001 edition was raced on dirt.

The race is named for the late Ashley T. Cole

Ashley T. Cole

Ashley Trimble Cole was a lawyer in New York City who was active in both city and state politics. A graduate of Columbia University and the New York Law School, he began practicing law in 1900 and was appointed legal counsel for the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation in 1916...

, a chairman of the New York State Racing Commission who played a crucial role in the creation of the New York Racing Association

New York Racing Association

The New York Racing Association, Inc. is the not-for-profit corporation that operates the three largest thoroughbred horse-racing tracks in the state of New York. It runs Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Queens, Belmont Park in Elmont, Long Island , and Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga...

.

Inaugurated in 1976 at Aqueduct Racetrack

Aqueduct Racetrack

Aqueduct Racetrack is a thoroughbred horse-racing facility and racino in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Its racing meets usually are from late October/early November through April.-History:...

 in Queens, New York, until 1983 it was restricted to two-year-old horses. Since 1992 the race has been hosted by Belmont Park.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)

• 1:46.43 - Provincetown (2004)

Most wins:

• 2 - Kate's Valentine (1990, 1991)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - James F. Edwards (1990, 1991)
• 2 - Earle I. Mack
  Earle I. Mack
  Earle Irving Mack is an American businessman and former United States Ambassador to Finland.-Education:Mack graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in 1959. He then went on to attend Fordham School of Law. In 1992 Mack was one of first 100 alumni inducted into the newly formed Drexel 100...
  
   (1979, 2000)
• 2 - Anstu Stable (2000, 2002)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 3 - Jerry Bailey (1992, 1998, 2002)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

:

• 2 - Sarah A. Lundy
  Sarah A. Lundy
  Sarah A. Lundy is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. In 1984 she became the first female trainer to ever saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes, third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series....
  
   (1990, 1991)
• 2 - Gary Sciacca
  Gary Sciacca
  Gary Sciacca is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sciacca earned his first win as a professional trainer on October 21, 1981 at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack...
  
   (1986, 2000)
• 2 - John O. Hertler (1999, 2006)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist.	Time	Win $
2011	Compliance Officer	5	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Bruce Brown	La Marca Stable	1 1/8 M Mile A mile is a unit of length, most commonly 5,280 feet . The mile of 5,280 feet is sometimes called the statute mile or land mile to distinguish it from the nautical mile...	1:51.50	$60,000
2010	Uncle T Seven	4	Julien Leparoux Julien Leparoux Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Leparoux, grew up in a racing family, the son of a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for...	John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He holds a pre-med undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School in 1980.-References:**...	Thomas Mina, MFRG Racing	1 1/8 M	1:49.90	$60,000
2009	Banrock	6	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	Thomas M. Bush	Nyala Farm	1 1/8 M	1:51.01	$64,800
2008	Banrock	5	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	Thomas M. Bush	Nyala Farm	1 1/8 M	1:52.89	$65,940
2007	Dave	6	Alan Garcia Alan Garcia (jockey) Alan Garcia is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He was Peru's leading apprentice jockey in 2003 and in that same year he began racing in the United States at the Meadowlands Racetrack where he was also the leading apprentice. His father and grandfather were both jockeys in Peru...	Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and...	Three Colleens Stables, et al.	1 1/8 M	1:48.90	$67,680
2006	Retribution	4	Chantal Sutherland Chantal Sutherland Chantal Sutherland is a Canadian model, television personality and jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is referred to as the Danica Patrick of horse racing...	John O. Hertler	Our Canterbury Stables	1 1/8 M	1:49.38	$66,360
2005	Certifiably Crazy	5	Cornelio Velasquez Cornelio Velásquez Cornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...	Richard Schosberg	Wachtel Stable et al	1 1/8 M	1:48.60	$67,740
2004	Provincetown	4	Tony Farina	Philip Serpe	Flying Zee Stable	1 1/8 M	1:46.43	$67,020
2003	Quantum Merit	4	Richard Migliore	Del W. Carroll II	Very Un Stable	1 1/8 M	1:47.48	$68,820
2002	I'm All Yours	5	Jerry Bailey	Todd Pletcher	Anstu Stable	1 1/8 M	1:49.13	$50,295
2001	Brave One	4	Norberto Arroyo, Jr.	Gary C. Contessa Gary C. Contessa Gary C. Contessa is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. He became a professional trainer in 1984....	I.O.U. Atonn Stable	1 1/8 M	1:48:89	$51,165
2000	Currency Arbitrage	7	John Velazquez	Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sciacca earned his first win as a professional trainer on October 21, 1981 at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack...	Earle I. Mack Earle I. Mack Earle Irving Mack is an American businessman and former United States Ambassador to Finland.-Education:Mack graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in 1959. He then went on to attend Fordham School of Law. In 1992 Mack was one of first 100 alumni inducted into the newly formed Drexel 100... /Anstu Stables	1 1/8 M	1:50.82	$51,750
1999	Chasin Wimmin	4	Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn Jean-Luc Samyn is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.The son of a pastry chef, Jean-Luc Samyn was one of three children. At age thirteen, he went to work for the stable of trainer John Cunnington at Chantilly, a racecourse about north of Paris city center...	John O. Hertler	Seymour Cohn	1 M	1:34:80	$34,560
1998	Draw Shot	5	Jerry Bailey	Angel J. Penna, Jr.	Francis R. Santangelo	1 M	1:33.51	$34,050
1997	Amarettitorun	5	John Velazquez	Leo O'Brien	Teresa M. Maher	1 M	1:33:20	$32,940
1996	Identity	4	Jose A. Santos	Thomas J. Skiffington	Kenneth C. Avanzino	1 M	1:37.40	$34,470
1995	Bit Of Puddin	4	Mike E. Smith	Howard M. Tesher Howard M. Tesher Howard M. Tesher Howard M. Tesher Howard M. Tesher (born c. 1935 in Miami, Florida is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A journalism graduate from the University of Florida, he began his career training Thoroughbreds in 1961. Among his numerous important wins, Tesher won the 1986...	Edwin Wachtel/Gregory Hawkins	1 M	1:36.40	$34,380
1994	Terrorist	3	Julie Krone Julie Krone Julie Krone , is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair...	David G. Donk	Relieb Stable	1 M	1:36.60	$33,990
1993	Preporant	4	Mike E. Smith	Bruce Johnstone	Milton Ritzenberg	1 1/16 M	1:49.20	$43,860
1992	Forlibend	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Michael W. Dickinson	Adele W. Paxson Adele W. Paxson Adele Warden Paxson was an American socialite, philanthropist, conservationist, and a Champion breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses....	1 1/16 M	1:49.20	$53,190
1991	Kate's Valentine	6	Herb McCauley Herb McCauley W. Herbert McCauley is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who has been called "one of the most talented and aggressive riders of his generation" by John Piesen, an odds-maker for the New York Post and the Daily Racing Form. While still a small boy, Herb McCauley began riding horses on...	Sarah A. Lundy Sarah A. Lundy Sarah A. Lundy is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. In 1984 she became the first female trainer to ever saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes, third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series....	James F. Edwards	1 1/16 M	1:50.20	$39,300
1990	Kate's Valentine	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Sarah A. Lundy Sarah A. Lundy Sarah A. Lundy is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. In 1984 she became the first female trainer to ever saddle a horse in the Belmont Stakes, third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series....	James F. Edwards	1 1/16 M	1:50.20	$45,000
1989	Waterzip	4	Jean Cruguet Jean Cruguet Jean Cruguet is an French-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing....	Dominick A. Imperio	Irving Paparo	1 1/16 M	1:55.00	$52,740
1988	Tinchen's Prince	5	Anthony Vega	Richard A. DeStasio	Alfred Fried, Jr.	1 M	1:35.80	$52,380
1987	G'Day Mate	4	Frank Lovato, Jr. Frank Lovato, Jr. Frank Lovato, Jr. is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey.- Career :During a career that spanned 25 years Lovato rode a total of 15,603 mounts, winning on 1,686 of them and finishing in the money on another 3,506. The horses he rode earned a total of $41,795,267...	Thomas M. Miles	Carolyn Chernick	1 M	1:36.60	$41,880
1986	Fast Step	3	Robbie Davis Robbie Davis Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....	Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca Gary Sciacca is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sciacca earned his first win as a professional trainer on October 21, 1981 at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack...	Jack Shaw	1 M	1:35.60	$41,700
1985	Elegant Life	5	Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States...	Michael Brice	Irma Brice	1 M	1:35.00	$43,740
1984	Mc Michael	5	Robbie Davis Robbie Davis Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....	Kenneth A. Nesky	Bonnie Mike Stable	1 M, 70 Y Yard A yard is a unit of length in several different systems including English units, Imperial units and United States customary units. It is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches...	1:41.00	$43,500
1983	At The Threshold	2	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Lynn K. Whiting	W. Cal Partee	1 1/8 M	1:52.20	$70,200
1982	Mugatea	2	Mike Venezia Mike Venezia Michael Joseph Venezia was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was killed in a racing accident....	Frank LaBoccetta	Paul Hoffman	1 M	1:37.40	$33,000
1981	Ask Muhammad	2	Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States...	Laurie Silvera Laurie Silvera Laurie Silvera is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A resident of Campbellville, Ontario, he has been training professionally since 1975 at racetracks in the Toronto area...	Gordon F. Hall	7 F	1:25.60	$36,660
1980	Expro's Boy	2	Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....	John P. Campo John P. Campo John P. Campo, Sr. was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Campo was born in East Harlem, New York and raised in Ozone Park, Queens. He is best known as the trainer of 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Pleasant Colony...	Frank Geraci	7 F	1:23.60	$33,060
1979	Screenland	2	Ramon Encinas Ramón Encinas Ramón Encinas was a Spanish soccer manager. He coached Real Madrid from September 1943 to May 1945.-External links:* on Real Madrid Official site.*...	H. Allen Jerkens H. Allen Jerkens Harry Allen Jerkens is an American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer.Jerkens' father owned a riding academy on Long Island that led to his interest in horse racing and in 1950 he trained his first winner. Sometimes called the "Giant Killer", he is best known for his upsets...	Earle I. Mack Earle I. Mack Earle Irving Mack is an American businessman and former United States Ambassador to Finland.-Education:Mack graduated from Drexel University with a B.S. in 1959. He then went on to attend Fordham School of Law. In 1992 Mack was one of first 100 alumni inducted into the newly formed Drexel 100...	7 F	1:25.00	$25,260
1978	Sir Ivor Again	2	Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey J. Fell is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.-References:* * *...	LeRoy Jolley LeRoy Jolley LeRoy Jolley is an United States Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of horse trainer Moody Jolley, LeRoy Jolley has been around horses all his life at age nineteen received a New York State trainer's license....	Mrs. Tilyou C. Christopher	7 F	1:24.60	$26,715
1977	Kathy's Chief	2	Jacinto Vasquez Jacinto Vásquez Jacinto Vásquez is a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey. He rode two Kentucky Derby winners, Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and Genuine Risk in 1980, but may be best known as the regular jockey for the great filly Ruffian.-Biography:...	Warren J. Pascuma	Jane Levien	6 F	1:11.20	$22,170
1976	Fratello Ed	2	Ruben Hernandez	Ramon M. Hernandez	Assunta Louis Farm	6 F	1:11.20	$22,785