Daingerfield Handicap

Daingerfield Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationJamaica Race Course, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Inaugurated1941
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree years old and up

The Daingerfield Handicap was an American long distance Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1941 through 1953 at Jamaica Race Course, Jamaica, Queens, New York. Run on dirt for horses age three and older, for the first two years it was contested at two miles after which the distance was set at two and one-sixteenth miles.

The race was created to honor Algernon Daingerfield, a Secretary of The Jockey Club for many years who had died on June 10, 1941.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Piping Rock Triumphs". Montreal Gazette, page 21. 1941-10-27. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  2. ^ "Death Of Maj. Algernon Daingerfield Is Mourned: Jockey Club Official Succumbs in New York After Long Illness". Daily Racing Form. 1941-06-11. Retrieved 2012-06-05 – via University of Kentucky Archives.