Jamaica Handicap

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What the Nation is saying about the Jamaica Handicap...

On a fabulous day of racing throughout the country, no one had had a better day than My Miss Aurelia and her veteran jockey, Corey Nakatani. In fact you could say it was a perfect day for the pair. My Miss Aurelia received a perfect front running ride from Nakatani to win the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes...Read More
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  • BrianAppleton · Very impressive riding...and how great was My Miss Aurelia? Excellent win! · 234 days ago ·
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  • waya · Nakatani has six winners at Belmont? Who woulda thunk it! · 234 days ago ·
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Western Aristocrat controlled the pace and turned back a challenge from favored Brilliant Speed to collect his first Grade 1 victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park.   In the hands red-hot rider Corey Nakatani, who collected his fifth of six victories on the day in the J...Read More
Back on the turf and in fine form, Brilliant Speed heads a competitive field of eight in Saturday's 62nd running of the Grade 1, $250,000 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park as he tries to become the first 3-year-old male to win two Grade 1 races in 2011. A replay of the Jamaica will be shown as part o...Read More
A month after Naipaul Chatterpaul claimed Mission Approved for $35,000 in June, 2010, the New York-bred finished second by a neck to Gio Ponti in the Grade 1 Man o' War; a year later, he won the Grade 1 Manhattan. Next Saturday at Belmont, the trainer is hoping that Top Surprize will follow his stab...Read More
Trainer Shug McGaughey said Saturday that Grade 2 Virginia Derby winner Air Support would likely be pointed for the Grade 1 Jamaica Handicap, 1 1/8 miles at Belmont Park on October 8. The 3-year-old son of Smart Strike, a three-time graded stakes winner on turf, had been under consideration for the ...Read More
Prince Will I Am picked up the first stakes victory of his career Saturday afternoon at Belmont Park, edging clear after a dramatic last-to-first run in the Grade 1, $250,000 Jamaica Handicap.   Trailing as Citrus Kid led the field of 11 through mild opening fractions of 24.93 and 50.40, Princ...Read More
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin looks to have a strong hand in Saturday’s 61st running of the Grade 1, $250,000 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park as he sends out a pair of Grade 3 winners to head a wide-open field of 11 sophomore colts and geldings going 1 1/8 miles on the turf.   Krypton seeks his f...Read More
Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito said this afternoon that Florida Derby winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up Ice Box will make his next start on the grass in the Grade 1, $250,000 Jamaica Handicap on October 9.   The 3-year-old son of Pulpit, who finished ninth as the favorite in the Belmont Stak...Read More
From his maiden victory here in June to his eye-catching victory in the Grade 2 Hall of Fame Stakes at Saratoga in August, Courageous Cat has the look of a turf star in the making. He figures to be heavily favored to win his fourth straight race when he takes on Take the Points and five others in Sa...Read More

Race Results & Past Performances

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View DetailsView Video10/08/11Bel71 1/8 mT03 MJamaica Handicap-G1Western AristocratBrilliant SpeedWilkinson1:50.34
View DetailsView Video10/09/10Bel71 1/8 mT03 MJamaica Handicap-G1Prince Will I AmCitrus KidBeau Choix1:50.04
View DetailsView Video10/10/09Bel41 1/8 mT03 MJamaica Handicap-G1Take The PointsStraight StoryCourageous Cat1:48.51
View Details10/04/08Bel61 1/8 mT03 MJamaica Handicap-G2Court VisionGio PontiReady's Echo1:49.75
View Details09/26/04Bel91 1/8 mT03 MJamaica Handicap-G2Artie SchillerRousing VictoryIcy Atlantic1:45.50
View Details10/18/98Bel91 1/8 mT03 MJamaica Handicap-G2VergennesTangaziMiddlesex Drive1:50.42
View Details10/05/86Bel81 1/8 mT03 MJamaica Handicap-G3Waquoit  1:34.20
View Details04/25/53Jam55 1/2 fD04+ MJamaica HandicapTom FoolDo Report Earmarked1:04.20