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Evan Shipman Handicap

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Evan Shipman Handicap
Ungraded race
LocationSaratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, New York
Inaugurated1981
Race information
Distance1 mile
TrackLeft-handed
Purse$125,000

The Evan Shipman Handicap (NYB) is a race restricted to New York bred Thoroughbred horses, age three-years-old and up, run at Belmont Park in the state of New York. (In 2014 & 2015, it was run at Saratoga Race Course.)

Origin

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The race, which was run for the 36th time in 2015, is named for Evan Shipman, long a racing columnist for the New York Morning Telegraph and one of the world's authorities on Thoroughbred and harness racing and breeding. Shipman died in 1957, and is buried in the Gilkey Cemetery beside the family estate in Plainfield, New Hampshire. He was a friend of Ernest Hemingway and a chapter is devoted to Shipman in A Moveable Feast, Scribner's, 1964.

History

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Until 2013, the race was set at a distance of one and one/sixteenth miles on the dirt, the ungraded stakes event offers a purse of $100,000 added.

The Evan Shipman was run at one mile in the years 1981 and 1982. It was run at 1 1/8th miles in 2014 & 2015.

Due to the troubled economy in 2008, the Evan Shipman was canceled by the NYRA as they adjusted races to meet the new Grade I standard purse of $300,000.

The race began again in 2010 with a purse of $75,000 at the distance of 9 furlongs. By 2013 the purse was again up to $100,000.

Records

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Most wins:

  • 2 – Richmond Runner (1994, 1997)
  • 2 – Spite The Devil (2004, 2006)
  • 2 – Royal Posse (2015, 2016)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 – H. Allen Jerkens (1995, 2004, 2005)
  • 3 – Rudy R. Rodriguez (2015, 2016, 2024)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 – Chester Broman Sr. & Mary Broman (2013, 2018, 2019)

Past winners

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Year Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Time
2024 Bank Frenzy Flavien Prat Rudy R. Rodriguez LSU Stables 1:37.27
2023 Dr. Ardito Manuel Franco Chad C. Brown Michael Dubb & Michael J. Caruso 1:37.77
2022 Bankit Joel Rosario Steven M. Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds & Willis Horton Racing 1:39.24
2021 Sea Foam Joel Rosario Michelle Giangiulio Ten Strike Racing & Four Corners Racing Stable 1:50.91
2019 Mr. Buff Junior Alvarado John C. Kimmel Chester Broman Sr. & Mary Broman 1:51.65
2018 Can You Diggit Junior Alvarado James A. Jerkens Chester Broman Sr. & Mary Broman 1:49.93
2017 Diversify Irad Ortiz Jr. Richard Violette Jr. Lauren Evans & Ralph M. Evans 1:47.48
2016 Royal Posse Irad Ortiz Jr. Rudy R. Rodriguez Michael Dubb, Bethleham Stables & Gary Aisquith 1:49.44
2015 Royal Posse Javier Castellano Rudy R. Rodriguez Michael Dubb, Bethleham Stables & Gary Aisquith 1:49.91
2014 Sinistra Rosie Napravnik Karl M. Grusmark Chevalier Stable 1:51.96
2013 Bigger is Bettor Joseph Rocco Jr. Rodrigo A. Ubillo Chester Broman Sr. & Mary Broman 1:51.07
2012 Lunar Victory Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Juddmonte Farm 1:49.30
2011 Icabad Crane Rajiv Maragh H. Graham Motion Earle I. Mack 1:51.42
2010 Giant Moon Edgar Prado Richard E. Schosberg Albert Fried Jr. 1:49.31
2007 Shuffling Maddnes Cornelio Velásquez Del Carroll Trinacria USA Stable 1:41.54
2006 Spite The Devil Javier Castellano H. Allen Jerkens Hardwicke Stable 1:43.79
2005 Yankee Mon Edgar Prado Juan Rodriguez Windmill Manor Farm 1:43.52
2004 Spite The Devil Edgar Prado H. Allen Jerkens Hardwicke Stable 1:41.89
2003 Well Fancied Edgar Prado Richard Dutrow, Jr. Sanford Goldfarb 1:40.94
2002 Sherpa Guide José A. Santos Thomas M. Bush Berkshire Stud 1:42.71
2001 Fourth and Six Jorge Chavez Gerald Brooks Richard Englander 1:43.68
2000 Gander Jerry Bailey John Terranova II Gatsas Stables 1:42.07
1999 Sophisticated Man Aaron Gryder William I. Mott John Franks 1:43.68
1998 Saratoga Sunrise Robbie Davis Richard E. Schosberg Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey 1:43.69
1997 Richmond Runner Robbie Davis Frank A. Alexander Frank A. Alexander & David P. Reynolds 1:39.81
1996 Ormsby Julie Krone Sue Alpers Woodside Stud 1:41.66
1995 Patsyprospect Julie Krone H. Allen Jerkens Black Marlin Stable 1:42.69
1994 Richmond Runner Robbie Davis Frank A. Alexander David P. Reynolds 1:42.67
1993 Liver Stand Jorge Chavez Stanley Shapoff Mine Hill Stable 1:42.67
1992 Corax Julie Krone Thomas M. Bush Joseph T. Sequra 1:42.74
1991 Packett's Landing Mike E. Smith Dennis J. Brida Michael Watral 1:42.75
1990 Tinchen's Prince Jacinto Vásquez Richard A. DeStasio Albert Fried Jr. 1:43.81
1989 Whodam Ángel Cordero Jr. Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Robert J. Bauer 1:42.72
1988 Claramount Chris Antley Howard M. Tesher Edwin Wachtel 1:41.73
1987 Easy n Dirty Robbie Davis Paulino Ortiz Paulino Ortiz 1:43.78
1986 Romancer Antonio Graell Patrick J. Kelly Live Oak Plantation 1:42.71
1985 Judge Costa Jean Cruguet Flint S. Schulhofer Letsbelucky Stable 1:41.66
1984 Mugatea Ángel Cordero Jr. John O. Hertler Paul Hoffman 1:42.68
1983 Shy Groom Ángel Cordero Jr. Stephen A. DiMauro Dogwood Stable 1:44.76
1982 Prosper Eddie Maple Willard C. Freeman Mrs. Charles H. Thieriot 1:37.72
1981 Fio Rito Leslie Hulet Michael Ferraro Raymond LeCasse 1:35.69
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