| 词条 | Jamaica Race Course | ||||
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| Name = Jamaica Race Course |Image= |Caption= Jamaica Race Course, c.1907 |Location= Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York United States |Owner= Metropolitan Jockey Club |Channel= |Opened= April 1903 |closed= August 1959 |CourseType = Flat |Website= |NotableRaces = Bed O' Roses Handicap Excelsior Handicap Frizette Stakes Jamaica Handicap Paumonok Handicap Pierrepont Handicap Prioress Stakes Remsen Handicap Sheepshead Bay Handicap Wood Memorial Stakes }} Jamaica Race Course, also called the Jamaica Racetrack,[1] was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility operated by the Metropolitan Jockey Club in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York. The {{convert|1|mi|km}} track opened on April 27, 1903, a day which featured the inaugural running of the Excelsior Handicap.[2] Eugene D. Wood, one of the founders and largest stockholder, served as its first president. Upon Wood's death in April 1924, Dr. Edward P. Kilroe was appointed president to replace him.[3] The Wood Memorial Stakes is named in Eugene Wood's honor. Legendary Hall of Fame horse trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons was the first to train at Jamaica Race Course and Native Dancer made a winning debut here on April 19, 1952.[4] The facility's attendance record of 64,679 was set on Memorial Day, 1945.[5] It was home to ongoing races such as the Prioress Stakes, Frizette Stakes, Paumonok Handicap, Excelsior Handicap, Wood Memorial Stakes, Remsen Handicap, Bed O' Roses Handicap, and the Jamaica Handicap. In 1955, the Greater New York Association took over management of Jamaica Race Course along with Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course and decided to undertake renovations to Aqueduct in South Ozone Park, the other track in the Greater Jamaica area. Jamaica took on the Big A dates during Aqueduct's four year renovation, after which it would be sold for redevelopment as a housing project.,[6][7][8] With Aqueduct slated to reopen in the fall of 1959, Jamaica ceased operations on August 1 and was torn down the following year.[9][10] Today the Rochdale Village housing development occupies the former site of Jamaica Race Course.[5] The racetrack was served by the adjacent Locust Manor station on the Long Island Rail Road.[11] GalleryReferences1. ^{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition |last1=Jackson |first1=Kenneth T. |last2=Keller |first2=Lisa |last3=Flood |first3=Nancy |year=2010 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=0300182570 |accessdate=October 7, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lI5ERUmHf3YC&pg=PT5673&lpg=PT5673&dq=South+Jamaica+Houses&source=bl&ots=Os3gqL1vyE&sig=nnWxnLTFT7I08yvKU46TyYRrcs0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ITlyUM7DEIXu2gWdk4DICg&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBQ}} {{coord|40|40|40|N|73|46|31|W|display=title}}{{horseracing-venue-stub}}{{NewYork-sports-venue-stub}}{{QueensNY-struct-stub}}{{NYC-sport-stub}}2. ^{{cite news |title=New Track Opens To-day |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980CE4DD1F30E733A25754C2A9629C946297D6CF |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 27, 1903 |page=8 |accessdate=2009-10-13}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Jamaica Racing Begins Wednesday |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/09/28/archives/jamaica-racing-begins-wednesday-eleven-stakes-will-be-decided-at.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 28, 1924 |page=S4 |accessdate=2010-03-31}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Native Dancer Captures Jamaica Youthful by 6 Lengths |first=James |last=Roach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/04/24/archives/native-dancer-captures-jamaica-youthful-by-6-lengths-910-shot.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 24, 1952 |page=S42 |accessdate=2009-10-11}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |title=North Rochedale Playground Historical Sign |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=7911 |work=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation |accessdate=2009-10-11}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=New Track Group Takes Over Today |first=Joseph C. |last=Nichols |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/10/05/archives/new-track-group-takes-over-today-greater-n-y-association-to-conduct.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1955 |page=45 |accessdate=2009-10-13}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=Track to Handle Crowds of 60,000 | first=Joseph C. |last= Nichols |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/06/27/archives/track-to-handle-crowds-of-60000-aqueduct-picked-as-locale-of-racing.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 27, 1956 |page=S39 |accessdate=2009-10-13}} 8. ^{{cite news |title=Moses Plans Deal on Jamaica Track | first=Homer |last=Bigart |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/10/05/archives/moses-plans-deal-on-jamaica-track-he-proposes-52000000-housing-if.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1956 |page=26 |accessdate=2009-10-13}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Babu First as Jamaica Closes |first=Joseph C. |last=Nichols |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/08/02/archives/babu-first-as-jamaica-closes-jamin-takes-trot-sword-dancer-2d.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 2, 1959 |page=S1 |accessdate=2009-10-11}} 10. ^{{cite news |title=Din of Destruction at Jamaica Replaces Thunder of Hoofbeats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/09/24/archives/din-of-destruction-at-jamaica-replaces-thunder-of-hoofbeats.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 24, 1960 |page=25 |accessdate=2009-10-13}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/newpage6race.html |title=Aqueduct Race Track, Jamaica Race Track and Roosevelt Raceway |work=arrts-arrchives.com |accessdate=2010-01-16}} 9 : 1903 establishments in New York (state)|Defunct horse racing venues in New York (state)|Sports venues in Queens, New York|Jamaica, Queens|History of Queens, New York|1959 disestablishments in New York (state)|Sports venues completed in 1903|Sports venues demolished in 1960|Jamaica Race Course |
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