The Beverly Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1938 at Washington Park Race Track in the Chicago metropolitan area[1] and moved to Arlington Park in 1962.[2] A race for fillies and mares age three and older, the Beverly Handicap was run on dirt until 1965 when it was changed to a race on turf.
The race was run in two divisions in 1966.
In 1954, Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Adams won the Beverly Handicap on his fortieth birthday. Riding Good Call, he edged out runner-up Vixenfixit, ridden by his son, Ralph Adams.[3]
In 1959, Honey's Gem won the Beverly, setting an American record of 1:34.00 for a mile on dirt. Her record was equaled by the 1961 winner, Equifun.[4]
Winners
edit| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance |
Time |
| 1970 | Blue Rage | 4 | Jorge Tejeira | Ronnie Warren | Mrs. Russell L. Reineman | 1-1/8M | 1:47.80 |
| 1969 | Pattee Canyon | 4 | Eddie Arroyo | Stanley M. Rieser | Barbara Hunter | 1-1/8M | 1:48.60 |
| 1968 | Spire | 4 | Fernando Alvarez | Horatio Luro | George R. Wallace | 1M | 1:42.00 |
| 1967 | Margarethen | 5 | Jimmy Nichols | Charles P. Sanborn | Ernest H. Woods | 1-1/8M | 1:50.80 |
| 1966 | Short Fall | 4 | Ronnie Ferraro | Warren J. Pascuma | Raymond E. Karlinsky | 1-1/16M | 1:43.00 |
| 1966 | Margarethen | 4 | Jimmy Nichols | Charles P. Sanborn | Ernest H. Woods | 1-1/16M | 1:43.00 |
| 1965 | Swoonalong | 4 | David Kassen | Brian Ott | E. Gay Drake | 1M | 1:35.60 |
| 1964 | Star Maggie | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Joseph S. Dunn | Mr.& Mrs. John T. Jones | 1M | 1:37.80 |
| 1963 | Patrol Woman | 4 | Jimmy Nichols | Kenny Noe, Sr. | Mrs. Joseph A. Goodwin | 1M | 1:36.20 |
| 1962 | Kootenai | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Stanley M. Rieser | Barbara Hunter | 1-1/8M | 1:40.60 |
| 1961 | Equifun | 5 | Sidney Le Jeune | Glenn Ballenger | John E. Hughes | 1M | 1:34.00 |
| 1960 | Indian Maid | 4 | John L. Rotz | Philip G. Johnson | Mary D. Keim | 1M | 1:36.80 |
| 1959 | Honey's Gem | 4 | Johnny Longden | Noble Threewitt | Conejo Ranch | 1M | 1:34.00 |
| 1958 | Bornastar | 5 | Kenneth Church | W. Graves Sparks | J. Graham Brown | 1M | 1:35.80 |
| 1957 | Dotted Line | 4 | Jack Skelly | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1-1/8M | 1:49.40 |
| 1956 | Amoret | 4 | Bill Hartack | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/8M | 1:49.60 |
| 1955 | Queen Hopeful | 4 | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1M | 1:35.40 |
| 1954 | Good Call | 4 | John H. Adams | Fairway Farm | 1M | ||
| 1953 | Sunny Dale | 5 | William McKinley | Dave Piper | 1M | 1:36.00 | |
| 1952 | Real Delight | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1M | 1:34.80 |
| 1951 | Wistful | 5 | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1M | 1:35.80 |
| 1950 | Lithe | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Frank Barnett | Hal Price Headley | 1-1/8M | 1:50.20 |
| 1949 | Bewitch | 4 | Steve Brooks | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1M | 1:34.40 |
| 1948 | Honeymoon | 5 | Jack Westrope | Graceton Philpot | W-L Ranch Co. | 1M | 1:35.00 |
| 1947 | Be Faithful | 5 | Jack Westrope | H. H. Pete Battle | Mrs. E. E. Dale Shaffer | 1M | 1:38.00 |
| 1946 | Be Faithful | 4 | Jack Westrope | Graceton Philpot | Louis B. Mayer | 1-1/8M | 1:49.40 |
| 1945 | Durazna | 4 | John M. Goode | Brownell Combs | 1-1/8M | 1:51.40 | |
| 1944 | Traffic Court | 6 | Al Bodlou | Nick Burger | 1-1/8M | 1:50.20 | |
| 1943 | Askmenow | 3 | George Woolf | Kenneth Osborne | Hal Price Headley | 1-1/8M | 1:51.00 |
| 1942 | Montsin | 5 | Frank Gill | Hyman Friedberg | 1M | 1:37.80 | |
| 1941 | Montsin | 5 | Hyman Friedberg | 1M | |||
| 1940 | Busy Morn | 5 | Kenneth McCombs | B. F. Masterson | 1M | 1:38.60 | |
| 1939 | Smart Trick | 3 | Jimmy Ashcroft | Jake Lowenstein | Morris Vehon | 1M,70YDS | 1:44.80 |
| 1938 | Novelette | 3 | Nunzio Pariso | Jake Lowenstein | Mrs. Jake Lowenstein | 1M,70YDS | 1:43.40 |