The Empire City Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race inaugurated on October 22, 1900, as part of the opening day racecard at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York.
Sometimes referred in newspaper reports as the Empire City Stakes, it was raced at the Empire City track through 1942 then the following year it moved to the Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, Queens where it remained until its final running on November 7, 1953.
[1][2][3] The first edition of the Empire City Handicap was open to horses age three and older.
From 1937 until its final running in 1953, the race was restricted to three-year-old horses.
That inaugural running was won by Charentus in a World record time of 2:04 flat for a mile and a quarter on dirt.