Beaugay Handicap
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The Beaugay Handicap is an American
Thoroughbred
horse race run at Aqueduct Racetrack
on Long Island
in New York
in the spring of the year. The Grade III
turf
event is for fillies
and mares
three-year-olds and older, and is set at a distance of one and one-sixteenth of a mile.
In its 32rd running in 2009, the Beaugay offers a purse of $100,000 added.
The Beaugay is named for Beaugay, the champion two-year-old of 1945 regardless of gender. Owned by Elizabeth Arden
, she won her first six starts: the Fashion Stakes, the Polly Drummond Stakes, the Arlington Lassie Stakes
, the Princess Pat Stakes, and the Matron Stakes. Her only loss came in the Futurity when she fell after hitting the rail. (She was unhurt and went on racing.)
In 1979 the race was run in two divisions. Prior to 1983 it took place on the main track at Aqueduct. Due to bad weather it was set at one mile in 1998.
Jerry Bailey
has won this race five times: 2002, 2001, 2000, 1996, and 1994. Jorge Velasquez
has won it four times: 1993, 1991, 1983 and 1978.
Summer Secretary, winning the Beaugay twice: 1991 and 1989, also holds the speed record at 1:40.
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race run 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:...
on Long Island
Long Island
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in New York
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in the spring of the year. The Grade III
Graded stakes race
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turf
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event is for fillies
Filly
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and mares
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three-year-olds and older, and is set at a distance of one and one-sixteenth of a mile.
In its 32rd running in 2009, the Beaugay offers a purse of $100,000 added.
The Beaugay is named for Beaugay, the champion two-year-old of 1945 regardless of gender. Owned by Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden
Florence Nightingale Graham , who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian-American businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire in the United States. At the peak of her career, she was one of the wealthiest women in the world.-Biography:Arden was born in 1884 at Woodbridge, Ontario,...
, she won her first six starts: the Fashion Stakes, the Polly Drummond Stakes, the Arlington Lassie Stakes
Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes
The Arlington-Washington Breeders' Cup Lassie Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois...
, the Princess Pat Stakes, and the Matron Stakes. Her only loss came in the Futurity when she fell after hitting the rail. (She was unhurt and went on racing.)
In 1979 the race was run in two divisions. Prior to 1983 it took place on the main track at Aqueduct. Due to bad weather it was set at one mile in 1998.
Jerry Bailey
Jerry Bailey
Jerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has...
has won this race five times: 2002, 2001, 2000, 1996, and 1994. 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...
has won it four times: 1993, 1991, 1983 and 1978.
Summer Secretary, winning the Beaugay twice: 1991 and 1989, also holds the speed record at 1:40.
Past winners
- 2011 - Daveron (GER) (6) (1:42.99) (Eddie CastroEddie CastroEddie Castro is a Panamanian-born jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up on a produce farm in Panama where he learned to ride saddle horses. Influenced by the accomplishments of other local jockeys, Castro attended the Panamanian jockey school and began riding in races in...
) - 2010 - Dynaslew (4) (1:42.39) (Eibar CoaEibar CoaEibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...
) - 2009 - My Princess Jess (4) (1:44.83) (Cornelio VelasquezCornelio VelásquezCornelio 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...
) - 2008 – Criminologist) (5) (1:41.44) (John Velazquez)
- 2007 - Masseuese (5) (1:47.43) (Edgar Prado)
- 2006 - Pommes Frites (4) (1:43.15) (Cornelio VelasquezCornelio VelásquezCornelio 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...
) - 2005 - Finery (5) (1:44 2/5) (Pablo Fragoso)
- 2004 - Dedication (FR) (5) (1:46 1/5) (Javier CastellanoJavier CastellanoJavier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...
) - 2003 – Delta Princess (4) (1:42 1/5) (Mike LuzziMike LuzziMichael Jude Luzzi is an American jockey. He grew up near Delaware Park Racetrack where his grandfather, trainer Buddy Raines, had a major role in raising him and his brother John who also became a jockey...
) - 2002 - Voodoo Dancer (4) (1:43) (Jerry BaileyJerry BaileyJerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has...
) - 2001 - Gaviola (4) (1:41 3/5) (Jerry Bailey)
- 2000 - Perfect Sting (4) (1:42 1/5) (Jerry Bailey)
- 1999 - Tampico (6) (1:44 1/5) (John Velazquez)
- 1998 - National Treasure (5) (1:37 4/5) (Richard Migliore)
- 1997 - Careless Heiress (4) (1:46 1/5) (Joe Bravo)
- 1996 - Christmas Gift (4) (1:42 4/5) (Jerry Bailey)
- 1995 - Caress (4) (1:42) (Robbie DavisRobbie DavisRobbie 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....
) - 1994 - Cox Orange (4) (1:43 1/5) (Jerry Bailey)
- 1993 - Mckaymackenna (4) (1:44 4/5) (Jorge VelasquezJorge VelasquezJorge 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...
) - 1992 - Christiecat (5) (1:46 4/5) (Jean-Luc Samyn)
- 1991 - Summer Secretary (6) (1:40) (Jorge Velasquez)
- 1990 - Fieldy (7) (1:45 4/5) (Craig PerretCraig PerretCraig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...
) - 1989 - Summer Secretary (4) (1:43 2/5) (Jean-Luc Samyn)
- 1988 - Key To The Bridge (4) (1:51 4/5) (Eddie MapleEddie MapleEdward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17...
) - 1987 - Give A Toast (4) (1:44 1/5) (Robbie Davis)
- 1986 - Duty Dance (4) (1:40 1/5) (Jean CruguetJean CruguetJean Cruguet is an French-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing....
) - 1985 - Possible Mate (4) (1:40 3/5) (Jacinto VasquezJacinto VásquezJacinto 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:...
) - 1984 - Thirty Flags (4) (1:42) (Angel Cordero Jr.Angel Cordero Jr.Angel Tomas Cordero, Jr. , is one of the leading thoroughbred horse racing jockeys of all time and the only Puerto Rican to date to be inducted into the United States' Racing Hall of Fame.-Early years:...
) - 1983 - Trevita (6) (1:47 4/5) (Jorge Velasquez)
- 1982 - Cheap Seats (3) (1:45 1/5) (Angel Cordero Jr.)
- 1981 - Andover Way (3) (1:44) (Angel Cordero Jr.)
- 1980 - Samarta Dancer (4) (1:43 3/5) (Larry Saumell)
- 1979 - Plankton (3) (1:46) (Ruben Hernandez)
- 1979 - Heavenly Ade (3) (1:45 3/5) (Mickey Solomone)
- 1978 - Shukey (3) (1:45 1/5) (Jorge Velasquez)