Century Handicap
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist . ( Miles ) Time Win $
1909 Moquette 4 Eddie Dugan Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:34.40 $ 775
1908 Ballot 4 Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr James R. Keene 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:30.60 $ 15,650
1907 Ballot 3 David Nicol James G. Rowe Sr James R. Keene 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:33.60 $ 14,650
1906 Bedouin 4 Gene Hildebrand John Huggins E. W. Jewett 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:33.60 $ 14,650
1905 Sysonby 3 David Nicol James G. Rowe Sr James R. Keene 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:33.00 $ 14,650
1904 Stalwart 3 Arthur Redfern William Shields Edward R. Thomas 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:31.20 $ 14,650
1903 Waterboy 4 Frank O'Neill A. Jack Joyner James B . A. Haggin 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:31.60 $ 15,150
1902 Blues 3 Jack Martin Thomas Welsh Frank Farrell 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:33.20 $ 11,700
1901 Watercolor 3 Henry Spencer Charles S. Littlefield Sr James B . A. Haggin 1 ​ ⁄ 2 2:32.00 $ 7,750
Winners
The Century Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1901 through 1909 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York. A Weight for Age race open to horses age three and older, it was contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and a half (12 furlongs). Run as the Century Stakes until 1908, the race was last run in September 1909 after the Republican controlled New York Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes passed the Hart-Agnew anti-betting legislation on June 11, 1908. The owners of Sheepshead Bay Race Track, and other racing facilities in New York State, struggled to stay in business without betting. However, further restrictive legislation was passed by the New York Legislature in 1910 which resulted in the deepening of the financial crisis for track operators and led to a complete shut down of racing across the state during 1911 and 1912. When a Court ruling saw racing return in 1913 it was too late for the Sheepshead Bay facility and it never reopened.