Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series > Metropolitan Handicap
Metropolitan Handicap Race Facts
- Location: Belmont Park, Elmont, NY
- Inaugural Race: 1891
- Distance: 1 mile (8 furlongs)
- Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Three Year Olds and up
- 2022 Purse: $1,000,000
- 2022 Race Date: Saturday, June 11th
2022 Metropolitan Handicap Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE / SHOW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flightline | Flavien Prat / John W. Sadler | $2.90 / $2.80 / $2.10 |
| 4 | Happy Saver | Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Todd A. Pletcher | $3.80 / $2.30 |
| 2 | Speaker's Corner | Junior Alvarado / William I. Mott | $2.10 |
| 3 | Aloha West | Jose L. Ortiz / Wayne M. Catalano | |
| 5 | Informative | Dexter Haddock / Uriah St. Lewis |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $1 Exacta (1-4) Paid: $5.40
- $0.50 Trifecta (1-4-2) Paid: $4.30
- $0.10 Superfecta (1-4-2-3) Paid: $1.09
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The History of the Metropolitan Handicap
The Metropolitan Handicap, also known as the “Met Mile”, is one of the most famous Thoroughbred races in the country outside the Triple Crown and the Breeder’s Cup. First run in 1891, the race has been won by some of the most legendary horses in American racing, including Tom Fool (1953), Native Dancer (1954), and Buckpasser (1967).
As part of the Breeder’s Cup Challenge Series, the winners gain automatic entry into the Breeder’s Cup Dirt Mile.
Metropolitan Handicap Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / TIme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Flightline | Flavien Prat / John W. Sadler | 1 mile / 1:33.59 |
| 2021 | Silver State | Ricardo Santana / Steven M. Asmussen | 1 mile / 1:35.45 |
| 2020 | Vekoma | Javier Castellano / George Weaver | 1 mile / 1:32.88 |
| 2019 | Mitole | Ricardo Santana Jr. / Steven M. Asmussen | 1 mile / 1:32.75 |
| 2018 | Bee Jersey | Ricardo Santana Jr. / Steven M. Asmussen | 1 mile / 1:33.13 |
| 2017 | Mor Spirit | Mike E. Smith / Bob Baffert | 1 mile / 1:33.71 |
| 2016 | Frosted | Joel Rosario / Kiaran McLaughlin | 1 mile / 1:32.73 |
| 2015 | Honor Code | Javier Castellano / Shug McGaughey | 1 mile / 1:33.18 |
| 2014 | Palace Malice | John Velazquez / Todd Pletcher | 1 mile / 1:33.56 |
| 2013 | Sahara Sky | Joel Rosario / Jerry Hollendorfer | 1 mile / 1:34.17 |
| 2012 | Shackleford | John Velazquez / Dale Romans | 1 mile / 1:33.30 |
| 2011 | Tizway | Rajiv Maragh / H. James Bond | 1 mile / 1:32.90 |
| 2010 | Quality Road | John Velazquez / Todd Pletcher | 1 mile / 1:33.11 |
| 2009 | Bribon | Alan Garcia / Rob Ribaudo | 1 mile / 1:34.15 |
| 2008 | Divine Park | Alan Garcia / Kiaran McLaughlin | 1 mile / 1:36.91 |
| 2007 | Corinthian | Kent Desormeaux / James A. Jerkens | 1 mile / 1:34.77 |
| 2006 | Silver Train | Edgar Prado / Richard E. Dutrow Jr. | 1 mile / 1:34.27 |
| 2005 | Ghostzapper | Javier Castellano / Robert J. Frankel | 1 mile / 1:33.20 |
| 2004 | Pico Central | Alex Solis / Paulo Lobo | 1 mile / 1:35.40 |
| 2003 | Aldebaran | Jerry D. Bailey / Robert J. Frankel | 1 mile / 1:34.00 |
| 2002 | Swept Overboard | Jorge F. Chavez / Craig Dollase | 1 mile / 1:33.20 |
| 2001 | Exciting Story | Patrick Husbands / Mark E. Casse | 1 mile / 1:37.00 |
| 2000 | Yankee Victor | Heberto Castillo Jr. / Carlos Morales | 1 mile / 1:34.60 |
| 1999 | Sir Bear | John Velazquez / Ralph Ziade | 1 mile / 1:34.40 |
| 1998 | Wild Rush | Jerry D. Bailey / Richard Mandella | 1 mile / 1:33.40 |
| 1997 | Langfuhr | Jorge F. Chavez / Mike Keogh | 1 mile / 1:33.00 |
| 1996 | Honour and Glory | John Velazquez / D. Wayne Lukas | 1 mile / 1:32.80 |
| 1995 | You And I | Jorge F. Chavez / Robert J. Frankel | 1 mile / 1:34.60 |
| 1994 | Holy Bull | Mike E. Smith / Jimmy Croll | 1 mile / 1:33.80 |
| 1993 | Ibero | Laffit Pincay Jr. / Ron McAnally | 1 mile / 1:34.20 |
| 1992 | Dixie Brass | Julio Pezua / Dennis J. Brida | 1 mile / 1:33.60 |
| 1991 | In Excess | Pat Valenzuela / Bruce L. Jackson | 1 mile / 1:35.40 |
| 1990 | Criminal Type | José A. Santos / D. Wayne Lukas | 1 mile / 1:34.40 |
| 1989 | Proper Reality | Jerry D. Bailey / Robert E. Holthus | 1 mile / 1:34.00 |
| 1988 | Gulch | José A. Santos / D. Wayne Lukas | 1 mile / 1:34.60 |
| 1987 | Gulch | Pat Day / LeRoy Jolley | 1 mile / 1:34.80 |
| 1986 | Garthorn | Rafael Meza / Robert J. Frankel | 1 mile / 1:33.60 |
| 1985 | Forzando | Don MacBeth / John Sullivan | 1 mile / 1:34.40 |
| 1984 | Fit to Fight | Jerry D. Bailey / MacKenzie Miller | 1 mile / 1:34.00 |
| 1983 | Star Choice | Jorge Velásquez / John M. Veitch | 1 mile / 1:33.80 |
| 1982 | Conquistador Cielo | Eddie Maple / Woody Stephens | 1 mile / 1:33.00 |
| 1981 | Fappiano | Ángel Cordero Jr. / Jan H. Nerud | 1 mile / 1:33.80 |
| 1980 | Czaravich | Laffit Pincay Jr. / William H. Turner Jr. | 1 mile / 1:35.80 |
| 1979 | State Dinner | Chris McCarron / William E. Burch | 1 mile / 1:34.00 |
| 1978 | Cox's Ridge | Eddie Maple / Joseph B. Cantey | 1 mile / 1:34.60 |
| 1977 | Forego | Bill Shoemaker / Frank Whiteley | 1 mile / 1:34.80 |
| 1976 | Forego | Heliodoro Gustines / Frank Whiteley | 1 mile / 1:34.80 |
| 1975 | Gold and Myrrh | Walter Blum / William F. Wilmot | 1 mile / 1:33.60 |
| 1974 | Arbees Boy | Eddie Maple / George Weckerle | 1 mile / 1:34.40 |
| 1973 | Tentam | Jorge Velásquez / MacKenzie Miller | 1 mile / 1:35.00 |
| 1972 | Executioner | Eddie Belmonte / Eddie Yowell | 1 mile / 1:35.40 |
| 1971 | Tunex | John Ruane / H. Allen Jerkens | 1 mile / 1:35.80 |
| 1970 | Nodouble | Jorge Tejeira / J. Bert Sonnier | 1 mile / 1:34.60 |
| 1969 | Arts and Letters | Jean Cruguet / J. Elliott Burch | 1 mile / 1:34.00 |
| 1968 | In Reality | John L. Rotz / Melvin Calvert | 1 mile / 1:35.00 |
| 1967 | Buckpasser | Braulio Baeza / Edward A. Neloy | 1 mile / 1:34.60 |
| 1966 | Bold Lad | Braulio Baeza / Edward A. Neloy | 1 mile / 1:34.20 |
| 1965 | Gun Bow | Walter Blum / Edward A. Neloy | 1 mile / 1:34.40 |
| 1964 | Olden Times | Henry Moreno / Mesh Tenney | 1 mile / 1:34.40 |
| 1963 | Cyrano | Bobby Ussery / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 mile / 1:35.00 |
| 1962 | Carry Back | John L. Rotz / Jack A. Price | 1 mile / 1:33.60 |
| 1961 | Kelso | Eddie Arcaro / Carl Hanford | 1 mile / 1:35.60 |
| 1960 | Bald Eagle | Manuel Ycaza / Woody Stephens | 1 mile / 1:33.60 |
| 1959 | Sword Dancer | Bill Shoemaker / J. Elliott Burch | 1 mile / 1:35.20 |
| 1958 | Gallant Man | Bill Shoemaker / John A. Nerud | 1 mile / 1:35.60 |
| 1957 | Traffic Judge | Eddie Arcaro / James W. Maloney | 1 mile / 1:36.00 |
| 1956 | Midafternoon | William Boland / Thomas M. Waller | 1 mile / 1:35.00 |
| 1955 | High Gun | Anthony DeSpirito / Max Hirsch | 1 mile / 1:35.60 |
| 1954 | Native Dancer | Eric Guerin / Bill Winfrey | 1 mile / 1:35.20 |
| 1953 | Tom Fool | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 mile / 1:35.80 |
| 1952 | Mameluke | Gerald Porch / Sylvester Veitch | 1 mile / 1:36.40 |
| 1951 | Casemate | Dave Gorman / Robert Dotter | 1 mile / 1:35.40 |
| 1950 | Greek Ship | Hedley Woodhouse / Preston M. Burch | 1 mile / 1:36.60 |
| 1949 | Loser Weeper | Hedley Woodhouse / Bill Winfrey | 1 mile / 1:36.40 |
| 1948 | Stymie | Conn McCreary / Hirsch Jacobs | 1 mile / 1:36.80 |
| 1947 | Stymie | Basil James / Hirsch Jacobs | 1 mile / 1:37.40 |
| 1946 | Gallorette | Job Dean Jessop / Edward A. Christmas | 1 mile / 1:37.00 |
| 1945 | Devil Diver | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 mile / 1:36.40 |
| 1944 | Devil Diver | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 mile / 1:35.80 |
| 1943 | Devil Diver | George Woolf / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 mile / 1:36.60 |
| 1942 | Attention | Don Meade / Max Hirsch | 1 mile / 1:36.40 |
| 1941 | Eight Thirty | Harry Richards / Bert Mulholland | 1 mile / 1:37.20 |
| 1940 | Third Degree | Eddie Arcaro / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 mile / 1:35.40 |
| 1939 | Knickerbocker | Fred A. Smith / Pete Coyne | 1 mile / 1:37.20 |
| 1938 | Danger Point | Eddie Arcaro / Eddie Hayward | 1 mile / 1:38.00 |
| 1937 | Snark | Johnny Longden / James Fitzsimmons | 1 mile / 1:37.80 |
| 1936 | Good Harvest | Sam Renick / Bud Stotler | 1 mile / 1:36.40 |
| 1935 | King Saxon | Calvin Rainey / Charles H. Knebelkamp | 1 mile / 1:38.20 |
| 1934 | Mr. Khayyam | Robert Jones / Matthew P. Brady | 1 mile / 1:37.00 |
| 1933 | Equipoise | Raymond Workman / Thomas J. Healey | 1 mile / 1:37.40 |
| 1932 | Equipoise | Raymond Workman / Thomas J. Healey | 1 mile / 1:37.00 |
| 1931 | Questionnaire | Raymond Workman / Andy Schuttinger | 1 mile / 1:38.60 |
| 1930 | Jack High | Linus McAtee / A. Jack Joyner | 1 mile / 1:35.00 |
| 1929 | Petee-Wrack | Steve O'Donnell / Willie Booth | 1 mile / 1:40.00 |
| 1928 | Nimba | Harold Thurber / George M. Odom | 1 mile / 1:40.00 |
| 1927 | Black Maria | Frank Coltiletti / William H. Karrick | 1 mile / 1:37.40 |
| 1926 | Sarazen | Fred Weiner / Max Hirsch | 1 mile / 1:38.00 |
| 1925 | Sting | Bennie Breuning / Jimmy Johnson | 1 mile / 1:37.00 |
| 1924 | Laurano | Harold Thurber / Johnny Loftus | 1 mile / 1:38.20 |
| 1923 | Grey Lag | Earl Sande / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile / 1:38.00 |
| 1922 | Mad Hatter | Earl Sande / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile / 1:36.60 |
| 1921 | Mad Hatter | Earl Sande / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile / 1:37.40 |
| 1920 | Wildair | Eddie Ambrose / James G. Rowe Sr. | 1 mile / 1:38.80 |
| 1919 | Lanius | Johnny Loftus / A. Jack Joyner | 1 mile / 1:42.40 |
| 1918 | Trompe La Mort | Linus McAtee / Thomas Welsh | 1 mile / 1:38.40 |
| 1917 | Ormesdale | John McTaggart / Thomas J. Healey | 1 mile / 1:39.20 |
| 1916 | The Finn | Andy Schuttinger / Edward W. Heffner | 1 mile / 1:38.00 |
| 1915 | Stromboli | Clarence Turner / Sam Hildreth | 1 mile / 1:39.80 |
| 1914 | Buskin | Charles Fairbrother / John Whalen | 1 mile / 1:37.80 |
| 1913 | Whisk Broom II | Joe Notter / James G. Rowe Sr. | 1 mile / 1:39.00 |
| 1912 | no race | ||
| 1911 | no race | ||
| 1910 | Fashion Plate | Matt McGee / William H. Karrick | 1 mile / 1:37.80 |
| 1909 | King James | Guy Burns / John E. Madden | 1 mile / 1:40.00 |
| 1908 | Jack Atkin | Carroll H. Shilling / Herman R. Brandt | 1 mile / 1:38.60 |
| 1907 | Glorifier | Charles Garner / James H. McCormick | 1 mile / 1:40.80 |
| 1906 | Grapple | Charles Garner / Enoch Wishard | 1 mile / 1:39.00 |
| 1905 | Race King (DH) | L. Smith / Jim McLaughlin | 1 mile / 1:41.60 |
| 1905 | Sysonby (DH) | Willie Shaw / James G. Rowe Sr. | 1 mile / 1:41.60 |
| 1904 | Irish Lad | Willie Shaw / John E. Madden | 1 mile / 1:40.00 |
| 1903 | Gunfire | Tommy Burns / John W. Rogers | 1 mile / 1:38.00 |
| 1902 | Arsenal | J. Daly / Julius Bauer | 1 mile / 1:42.50 |
| 1901 | Banastar | George M. Odom / Charles F. Hill | 1 mile / 1:42.00 |
| 1900 | Ethelbert | Danny Maher / A. Jack Joyner | 1 mile / 1:41.00 |
| 1899 | Filigrane | Richard Clawson / R. Wyndham Walden | 1 mile / 1:39.25 |
| 1898 | Bowling Brook | Pete Clay / R. Wyndham Walden | 1 mile / 1:44.00 |
| 1897 | Voter | John Lamley / William Lakeland | 1 mile / 1:40.00 |
| 1896 | Counter Tenor | Anthony Hamilton / William Lakeland | 1 mile / 1:53.00 |
| 1895 | no race | ||
| 1894 | Ramapo | Fred Taral / John J. Hyland | 1 mile / 1:52.50 |
| 1893 | Charade | Samuel Doggett / William R. Jones | 1 mile / 1:52.25 |
| 1892 | Pessara | Fred Taral / John S. Campbell | 1 mile / 1:54.00 |
| 1891 | Tristan | George Taylor / Louis Stuart | 1 mile / 1:51.50 |