Ocean Handicap

Ocean Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track
Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York
Inaugurated1894–1909
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up

The Ocean Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York from 1894 thru 1909. A race for horses of either sex age three and older, it was run on dirt over a distance of 1 mile. The Ocean Handicap was the second of the track's autumn serials, coming after the Fall Handicap at 6½ furlongs and before the Omnium Handicap at 1⅛ miles.[1]

The 1904 running of the Ocean Handicap was won by Walter Jennings very good filly Dainty who beat Alan-a-Dale, winner of the 1902 Kentucky Derby.[2]

The final running of the Ocean Handicap was won by King James, owned and trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Sam Hildreth.[3] King James had not run in the Fall Handicap but went on to earn his second win of the autumn serials with a victory in the Omnium Handicap.[4][5] His performance for the year would earn him recognition as the American Champion Older Horse of 1909.[6]

  1. ^ "The Ocean Handicap Winners". Daily Racing Form. 1909-09-05. Retrieved 2019-01-16 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ^ "Alan-a-Dale". Churchill Downs Incorporated. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  3. ^ "King James Is Winner of the Ocean Handicap". San Francisco Call. 1909-09-07. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  4. ^ "Added Starter Takes The Sheepshead Feature". Atlanta Constitution. 1909-09-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  5. ^ "Sheepshead Bay Racing Statistics". Daily Racing Form. 1909-09-15. Retrieved 2019-01-24 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  6. ^ "King James". Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees. 1942-06-27. Retrieved 2019-01-25.