The Champlain Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older first run in 1901 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Placed on hiatus in 1945, it was revived in 1954 at Jamaica Racetrack as a sprint race restricted to fillies and mares. The race was discontinued after the 1957 running.

Historic notes The first running of the Champlain Handicap took place on August 27, 1901.

On August 29, 1907 Dandelion won the Champlain Handicap for the second straight year. He would be the only horse to ever win the race more than once.

In winning the 1919 edition of the Champlain Handicap, Willis Sharpe Kilmer's top runner Sun Briar broke Saratoga's track record for the mile and one-eighth distance on dirt with a time of 1:50 flat. In so doing, he defeated his stablemate and future Hall of Fame inductee, Exterminator. The following year Exterminator returned to compete in the 1920 running of the Champlain only to finish second again, this time to Gnome.

The 1938 Champlain Handicap was the fifth race on the card. It was preceded by the Rockton Handicap, a race named in honor of the 1901 inaugural winner of the Champlain.

Due to World War II, in May, 1942 the United States government's Office of Price Administration implemented gasoline rationing on seventeen East Coast states which included New York. Saratoga Springs Race Course relied upon a good attendance rate from New York city racing fans willing to make the 360 mile return trip but rationing would impact that for users of motor vehicles as well as passenger trains. As a result, the important Saratoga stakes races would be shifted to Belmont Park on densely populated Long Island in 1943 and 1944 where it was run as an event for three-year-old horses. The Champlain Handicap would never return to Saratoga.

Records Speed record: (Jamaica Racetrack) 1:11.00 @ 6 furlongs: Oil Painting (1955) & Gandharva (1956)

Speed record: (Saratoga Race Course) 1:50.00 @ 1-1/8 miles: Sun Briar (1919)

Most wins: 2 - Dandelion (1906, 1907)

Most wins by a jockey: 2 - George M. Odom (1902, 1904) 2 - Frank Keogh (1920, 1921) 2 - Laverne Fator (1928, 1932) 2 - Don Meade (1933, 1934)

Most wins by a trainer: 3 - Henry E. McDaniel (1919, 1931, 1933) 3 - Thomas J. Healey (1905, 1910, 1927) 3 - John E. Madden (1906, 1907, 1908)

Most wins by an owner: 4 - Harry P. Whitney (1914, 1923, 1924, 1928)

Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner (Miles)(Furlongs) Time Win $ Jamaica Racetrack1957Happy Princess5Ovie ScurlockGerald E. LewisMabel D. Lewis6 f1:11.40$16,3501956Gandharva †4Bobby UsseryPreston M. BurchBrookmeade Stable6 f1:11.00$16,5501955Oil Painting 4Hedley WoodhouseMacKenzie MillerMrs. Joseph A. Goodwin6 f1:11.00$11,5001954Gay Grecque5Willie RolandEugene JacobsMrs. S. George Zauderer6 f1:12.00$12,3751952 - 1953 Race not held1951Northern Star3Eric GuerinJohn M. Gaver Sr.Greentree Stable6 F1:11.40$2,635 Belmont Park1945 - 1950 Race not held1944Stronghold3Robert PermaneJames E. FitzsimmonsWheatley Stable1-1/16 m1:44.60 1943Famous Victory3Ted AtkinsonJohn M. Gaver Sr.Greentree Stable1 m1:36.00 Saratoga Race Course1942 Race not held1941Napper Tandy6Charles DickeyPhil SchwartzPhil Schwartz1 m1:39.601940Masked General6Maurice PetersWilliam MulhollandBrandywine Stable (Donald P. Ross)1-1/8 m1:53.00$1,9751939Sickle T4Ronnie NashJack HowardFlorence D. Whitaker1-1/8 m1:51.00$2,5001938Esposa6Nick WallMatthew P. BradyWilliam Ziegler Jr.1-1/8 m1:50.60$2,3501937Thorson5Johnny LongdenThomas H. McCreeryBuckley M. Byers1-1/8 m1:50.40$2,5001936Count Arthur4James StoutLon JohnsonFannie Hertz1-1/8 m1:52.20$2,7251935Good Goods4Jack WestropeRobert A. SmithBrookmeade Stable1-1/8 m1:51.60$2,6001934Mr. Khayyam4Don MeadeMatthew P. BradyCatawba Stable (Madelaine Austin)1-1/8 m1:52.00$2,9001933Sun Archer3Don MeadeHenry E. McDanielWillis Sharpe Kilmer1-1/8 m1:54.00$2,8701932Reveille Boy5Laverne FatorJohn A. BestJohn A. Best1-1/8 m1:54.60$3,2001931Curate5Mack GarnerHenry E. McDanielJoseph E. Widener1-1/8 m1:52.60$3,8251930Caesarion5Donald LyonsBennett W. CreechWilliam R. Coe1-1/8 m1:53.00$3,4001929Distraction4James H. BurkeJames E. FitzsimmonsWheatley Stable1-1/8 m1:55.60$3,7751928Victorian3Laverne FatorJames G. Rowe Jr.Harry P. Whitney1-1/8 m1:51.00$3,7751927Display4John MaibenThomas J. HealeyWalter J. Salmon Sr.1-1/8 m1:52.20$3,4501926Peanuts4Harry RichardsGeorge P. OdomRobert L. Gerry1-1/8 m1:54.00$4,2001925Big Blaze4Albert JohnsonGwyn R. TompkinsGlen Riddle Farm1-1/8 m1:54.00$3,9751924Klondyke3Ivan ParkeJames G. Rowe Sr.Harry P. Whitney1-1/8 m1:52.40$4,1501923Bunting4Linus McAteeJames G. Rowe Sr.Harry P. Whitney1-1/8 m1:51.001922Mad Hatter6Earl SandeSam HildrethRancocas Stable1-1/8 m1:51.20$4,1501921Sennings Park5Frank KeoghScott P. HarlanWestmont Stable (Lawrence Waterbury II & J. Leonard Replogie)1-1/8 m1:54.00$4,1751920Gnome4Frank KeoghWilliam H. BrooksSamuel Ross & Cary T. Grayson1-1/8 m1:53.20$3,4001919Sun Briar4Willie KnappHenry E. McDanielWillis Sharpe Kilmer1-1/8 m1:50.00$2,6751918Westy Hogan4Clarence KummerSandy McNaughtonWilfrid Viau1-1/8 m1:53.60$2,6751917Clematis4Merritt BuxtonThomas M. MurphyOscar Lewisohn1-1/8 m1:54.80$2,3251916The Finn4Andy SchuttingerEdward W. HeffnerHarry C. Hallenbeck1-1/8 m1:52.80$1,9251915Star Jasmine6Eddie MartinThomas C. McDowellThomas C. McDowell1-1/8 m1:55.60$1,9251914Pandean4Joe KederisAlbert SimonsHarry P. Whitney1-1/8 m1:54.60$1,9251913Cock o' the Walk3Buddy GlassJohn P. MayberryFrederick Johnson1-1/8 m1:51.80$1,9251912 No races held due to the Hart–Agnew Law.19111910Olambala4James ButwellThomas J. HealeyRichard T. Wilson Jr.1-1/8 m1:55.00$2,3151909Wise Mason3Eddie DuganThomas WelshNewcastle Stable1-1/8 m1:53.80$1,9251908Angelus3Caroll ShillingJohn E. MaddenThomas Hitchcock Sr.1-1/8 m1:54.80$5351907Dandelion5Herman RadtkeJohn E. MaddenFrancis R. Hitchcock1-1/8 m1:52.20$2,3001906Dandelion4LaVerne SewellJohn E. MaddenFrancis R. Hitchcock1-1/8 m1:54.00$2,3001905Dolly Spanker4Lucien LyneThomas J. HealeyRichard T. Wilson Jr.1-1/8 m1:53.00$2,3001904Molly Brant4George M. OdomHubert H. HynerS. Sanford & Sons1-1/8 m1:56.40$2,3001903Africander3Grover FullerRichard O. MillerHampton Stable (Charles F. Dwyer & Simon Deimel)1-1/8 m1:56.00$2,2951902Advance Guard5George M. OdomAlexander ShieldsJames Carruthers & Alexander Shields1-1/8 m1:51.40$2,3001901Rockton4Willie ShawWilliam Hayward Jr.John Sanford1-1/8 m1:54.40$2,300 † Blue Sparkler finished first but was disqualified for interfering with runner-up Gandharva.

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