The Kings Point Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually during the latter part of March 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 Jamaica, New York. Open to horses age three and older bred in the State of New York

New York

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, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one and one eighth miles (9 furlong

Furlong

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Inaugurated in 1981, the race is named for the village of Kings Point, New York

Kings Point, New York

Kings Point is a village and a part of Great Neck in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the village population was 5,005.The Village of Kings Point is in the Town of North Hempstead...

 on the north shore of Long Island, New York which is home to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

The Kings Point Handicap was run at a mile and seventy yards from 1981 to 1987, and from 1989 to 1995. In 1988 it was run at one mile.

The race was run in two divisions in 2002.

Records

Most wins:

• 3 - Smart Coupons (1998, 1999, 2000)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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:

• 3 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1981, 1983, 1984)
• 3 - John Velazquez (1994, 2001, 2004)

Most wins by a trainer

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:

• 3 - Deborah S. Bodner (1998, 1999, 2000)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Arthur Wendel (1987, 1988)
• 2 - Louis J. Porreco (1999, 2000)
• 2 - Edwin H. Wachtel (2000) (2x)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Inherit the Gold	5	Eddie Castro Eddie Castro Eddie 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...	James Hooper	Glas-Tipp Stable & Hooper	1:50.99
2010	Icabad Crane Icabad Crane Icabad Crane is an American Thoroughbred racehorse by Jump Start out of Adorahy. In February 2007, he was purchased as a two-year-old at the Ocala Breeders Sale for $110,000....	5	Gabriel Saez Gabriel Saez Gabriel Saez is a Panamanian horse racing jockey. He began his riding career in his native country in 2004, becoming the leading apprentice jockey in 2005. Saez moved to the United States in February, 2006, and almost instantly became Delaware Park Racetrack's leading jockey that same year...	H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park...	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...	1:50.65
2009	Wishful Tomcat	4	Ramon Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH stables IEAH Stables IEAH Stables operates a thoroughbred horse racing stable in the United States. It is based in Garden City, New York.IEAH was formed in 2003 by Michael Iavarone, Michael Sherack and Richard Schiavo. Current IEAH employees include Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens as a bloodstock agent and Mike...	1:48.96
2008	R Clear Victory	5	Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott Stewart Elliott is an American thoroughbred jockey.Elliott grew up in horse racing; his father was a jockey for many years, his mother rode show horses and was a riding instructor, and his uncle owns a racing stable in Canada...	Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Coastal Racing Stable	1:50.25
2007	Accountforthegold	5	Mike Luzzi Mike Luzzi Michael 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...	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....	Winning Move Stable	1:48.41
2006	Funny Cide Funny Cide Funny Cide is a Thoroughbred race horse who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in 2003. He is the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby and the first gelding to win since Clyde Van Dusen in 1929.-Bloodlines:...	6	Richard Migliore	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...	Sackatoga Stable	1:50.47
2005	Chowder's First	4	Joe Bravo Joe Bravo (jockey) Joe Bravo is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son and grandson of jockeys, he began his professional career in Thoroughbred flat racing at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida during the latter end of 1988.According to his NTRA profile, Joe Bravo has dominated the New...	Philip Serpe	Inniscarra Stable, Inc.	1:51.44
2004	Gander Gander (horse) Gander is a thoroughbred race horse by Cormorant out of Lovely Nurse by Sawbones...	8	John Velazquez	John Terranova	Gatsas Stable	1:52.31
2003	Lord of the Thunder	4	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier 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...	Jennifer Pedersen	Paraneck Stable	1:49.47
2002	Mount Intrepid	5	Norberto Arroyo, Jr.	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 H. Wachtel	1:51.92
2002	Compelling World	4	Shaun Bridgmohan Shaun Bridgmohan Shaun X. Bridgmohan is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.At age thirteen, Bridgmohan's family emigrated to the United States, settling in South Florida where he developed an interest in horse racing...	John DeStefano, Jr.	Edwin H. Wachtel	1:52.27
2001	Toddler	4	John Velazquez	Richard Dutrow, Jr.	Gabrielle Farm	1:50.10
2000	Smart Coupons	7	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...	Deborah S. Bodner	Louis J. Porreco	1:49.79
1999	Smart Coupons	6	Rene Douglas	Deborah S. Bodner	Louis J. Porreco	1:50.40
1998	Smart Coupons	5	Chuck C. Lopez Chuck C. Lopez Charles C. "Chuck" Lopez is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Recorded as "Charles," he is the son of jockey Carlos Lopez, Sr....	Deborah S. Bodner	Dee-Pee Stable	1:49.60
1997	Ormsby	5	Chuck C. Lopez Chuck C. Lopez Charles C. "Chuck" Lopez is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Recorded as "Charles," he is the son of jockey Carlos Lopez, Sr....	Sue Alpers	Woodside Stud	1:47.60
1996	Patsyprospect	5	Jorge F. Chavez Jorge F. Chavez Jorge F. Chavez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Chavez began his career in horse racing in 1982 in his native Peru and by 1987 was his country's leading rider. In April 1988 he emigrated to the United States where he raced with a great deal of success at Florida race tracks...	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...	Black Marlin Stable	1:47.20
1995	More to Tell	4	Frank Alvarado	Gasper Moschera	Barbara J. Davis	1:43.20
1994	Double Calvados	4	John Velazquez	Susan A. Duncan	Susan L. Fackler	1:46.00
1993	Fabersham	5	Mike E. Smith	Gasper S. Moschera	Moses Eichenbaum	1:46.20
1992	Packett's Landing	6	Julio Pezua	Dennis J. Brida	Michael Watral	1:45.40
1991	G'Day Mate	8	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...	Peter Ferriola	James Riccio	1:42.40
1990	Packett's Landing	4	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...	Reginald S. Vardon	Sam F. Morrell	1:44.40
1989	Whodam	4	Chris Antley Chris Antley Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero...	Dan C. Peitz	Arrow Head Stables	1:46.20
1988	Landing Plot	5	Jose A. Santos	Arther Wendel	Arthur Wendel	1:37.20
1987	Landing Plot	4	Jose A. Santos	Arthur Wendel	Arthur Wendel	1:44.00
1986	Ask Mikey	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...	Oscar S. Barrera	Oscar S. Barrera	1:46.60
1985	Talc Duster	4	Kenneth Skinner	Thomas Gullo	James F. Edwards	1:44.40
1984	Jacque's Tip	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John Parisella	Theodore M. Sabarese	1:43.60
1983	Master Digby	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	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...	Jerome Brody	1:41.20
1982	Accipiter's Hope	4	Nick Santagata	Stephen L. DiMauro	Harold I. Snyder	1:41.20
1981	Kim's Chance	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Steven T. Jerkens	Rodger E. Leslie	1:42.00