Massachusetts Handicap
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Frequently dubbed the "MassCap", the Massachusetts Handicap is a thoroughbred horse race held at Suffolk Downs, in Boston, Massachusetts. Currently a Grade II event, it was first held on October 16, 1935, and was won by a nose by Top Row. Since then, many famous horses have participated in the MassCap, including Seabiscuit in 1937, Whirlaway in 1942, Stymie in 1947, Riva Ridge in 1973, Cigar in 1995 and 1996, and Skip Away in 1997 and 1998.
For the second year in a row, the MassCap has been cancelled due to what Suffolk Downs called financial difficulites.
[edit] Winners of the Massachusetts Handicap
- 1935 - Top Row
- 1936 - Time Supply
- 1937 - Seabiscuit
- 1938 - Menow
- 1939 - Fighting Fox
- 1940 - Eight Thirty
- 1941 - War Relic
- 1942 - Whirlaway
- 1943 - Market Wise
- 1944 - First Fiddle
- 1945 - First Fiddle
- 1946 - Pavot
- 1947 - Stymie
- 1948 - Beauchef
- 1949 - First Nighter
- 1950 - Cochise
- 1951 - One Hitter
- 1952 - To Market
- 1953 - Royal Vale
- 1954 - Wise Margin
- 1955 - Helioscope
- 1956 - Midafternoon
- 1957 - Greek Spy
- 1958 - Promised Land
- 1959 - Air Pilot
- 1960 - Talent Show
- 1961 - Polylad
- 1962 - Air Pilot
- 1963 - Crimson Satan
- 1964 - Smart
- 1965 - Smart
- 1966 - Fast Count
- 1967 - Good Knight
- 1968 - Out Of The Way
- 1969 - Beau Marker
- 1970 - Semillant
- 1971 - Chompion
- 1972 - Droll Role
- 1973 - Riva Ridge
- 1974 - Billy Come Lately
- 1975 - Stonewalk
- 1976 - Dancing Champ
- 1977 - (1st Div) Blue Times
- 1977 - (2nd Div) Swinging Hal
- 1978 - Big John Taylor
- 1979 - Island Sultan
- 1980 - Ring of Light
- 1981 - Soldier Boy
- 1982 - Silver Supreme
- 1983 - Let Burn
- 1984 - Dixieland Band
- 1985 - Bounding Basque
- 1986 - Skip Trial
- 1987 - Waquoit
- 1988 - Lost Code
- 1989 - Private Terms
- 1995 - Cigar
- 1996 - Cigar
- 1997 - Skip Away
- 1998 - Skip Away
- 1999 - Behrens
- 2000 - Running Stag
- 2001 - Include
- 2002 - Macho Uno
- 2004 - Offlee Wild
- 2005 - NO RACE
- 2006 - NO RACE
