The Edgemere Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race. Inaugurated in 1901 at the old Aqueduct Racetrack, it was open to horses of all ages and contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and seventy yards. [1] The following year the distance was changed to one mile and one furlong.
In 1908, the race was won by the two-year-old colt, Fashion Plate. There was no race between 1909 and 1916 and when it returned in 1917, conditions were modified to make it a contest for horses age three and older.
The Edgemere Handicap remained at Aqueduct Racetrack until 1956 when it was run at the Jamaica Racetrack at a mile and a sixteenth. The final edition was run on June 20, 1957 at Belmont Park.[2]
A new Edgemere Handicap was established at Aqueduct Racetrack in 1960 which in 1981 was renamed the Red Smith Handicap.