Arcadia Handicap
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The Arcadia Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race
run in early April at Santa Anita Park
in Arcadia, California
. Open to horses four years of age and older, it is raced on turf
over a distance of one mile. A Grade II
race, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1988 as the El Rincon Handicap, it was renamed the Arcadia Handicap in 2001 after the original Arcadia Handicap had been renamed the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap
.
Two Lea
won this race in 1949.
From 1998 through 2004, the race was run at a distance of 1⅛ miles.
Most wins:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
run in early April at Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...
in Arcadia, California
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and located approximately northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains....
. Open to horses four years of age and older, it is raced on turf
Grass
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over a distance of one mile. A Grade II
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
race, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1988 as the El Rincon Handicap, it was renamed the Arcadia Handicap in 2001 after the original Arcadia Handicap had been renamed the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap
Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap
The Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses four years of age and older, it is raced over a distance of one mile . The Grade I race currently offers a purse of $300,000.Inaugurated in 1960 as...
.
Two Lea
Two Lea
Two Lea was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Born at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, her sire was Bull Lea whose progeny were already successful. Her dam was Two Bob, winner of the 1936 Kentucky Oaks....
won this race in 1949.
From 1998 through 2004, the race was run at a distance of 1⅛ miles.
Records
Time record:- 1:33.17 - Silent Name (2006)
Most wins:
- 2 - Steinlen (1988, 1990)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Juddmonte FarmsJuddmonte FarmsJuddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared...
(1992, 1996, 2004)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
:
- 4 - Gary L. Stevens (1988, 1992, 1996, 1998)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
:
- 4 - Robert J. Frankel (1992, 1993, 1996, 2004)
Winners of the Arcadia Handicap
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2011 | Liberian Freighter | 6 | Martin Garcia Martin Garcia (jockey) Martin Garcia is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing who rides from a base in Southern California.He emigrated to the United States in 2003 and went to work at a delicatessen in Pleasanton, California... |
Neil Drysdale Neil Drysdale Neil D. Drysdale is an American based thoroughbred race horse trainer.Based in Playa Del Rey, California, he has won two Triple Crown races - the Belmont Stakes with A.P. Indy in 1992 and the Kentucky Derby with Fusaichi Pegasus in 2000... |
B. J. Wright | 1:34.41 |
2010 | Compari | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Martin F. Jones | Harris Farms/Valpredo/Nicoletti | 1:34.03 |
2009 | Dixie Chatter | 4 | Tyler Baze Tyler Baze Tyler Baze is an American Champion jockey. Born into a racing family, both of his parents were jockeys as is his uncle, Gary Baze. His second cousin is U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Russell Baze.... |
Richard Mandella | H. Sarkowsky/P. & M. Wygod Martin J. Wygod Martin J. Wygod is an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder. A business administration graduate from New York University, he joined a Wall Street stock brokerage firm before becoming a managing partner in a similar firm.In 1964, Wygod became involved with... |
1:34.12 |
2008 | Daytona | 4 | Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California... |
Dan L. Hendricks Dan L. Hendricks Dan L. Hendricks is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Hendricks took out his trainers license in 1987 after working for Richard Mandella for nine years. On July 7, 2004, Dan is paralyzed from the waist down as the result of a motocross accident at Perris, California... |
D. Bienstock/C. Winner et al. | 1:33.13 |
2007 | Icy Atlantic | 6 | Ramon Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio | 1:35.18 |
2006 | Silent Name | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | Gary Mandella | Wertheimer et Frere Wertheimer et Frère Wertheimer et Frère is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding business partnership between brothers Alain and Gerard Wertheimer of France.The Wertheimer brothers are the owners of the House of Chanel in Paris... |
1:33.17 |
2005 | Singletary | 5 | Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California... |
Don Chatlos, Jr. | Little Red Feather Racing | 1:33.52 |
2004 | Diplomatic Bag Diplomatic bag A diplomatic bag, also known as a diplomatic pouch is a kind of receptacle used by diplomatic missions. The physical concept of a "diplomatic bag" is flexible and therefore can take many forms e.g. an envelope, parcel, large suitcase or shipping container, etc... |
4 | David R. Flores David R. Flores David Romero Flores is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.His father was a jockey and an exercise rider in Southern California.... |
Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
1:47.90 |
2003 | Century City | 4 | Jose Valdivia, Jr. Jose Valdivia, Jr. Jose Valdivia, Jr. is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of a top South American jockey, he is the nephew of retired jockey Fernando Toro and trainer, Juan Suarez. He and his family moved to the United States in 1989 and settled in the West Palm Beach, Florida area where his... |
C. Beau Greely | Kitchwa Stable & T. Nichols | 1:47.84 |
2002 | Seinne | 5 | Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother... |
Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born... |
1:47.16 |
2001 | Lazy Lode | 7 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Richard Mandella Richard Mandella Richard Eugene Mandella is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame.... |
The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corp. The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family... |
1:49.74 |
2000 | Falcon Flight | 4 | Brice Blanc Brice Blanc Brice Blanc is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Blanc attended a jockey's apprentice school in his native France then, encouraged by trainer Ben Cecil, in October 1993 emigrated to the United States where he settled in Southern California and began racing at area tracks... |
Ben D. A. Cecil | Gary A. Tanaka | 1:47.88 |
1999 | Commitisize | 4 | David R. Flores David R. Flores David Romero Flores is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.His father was a jockey and an exercise rider in Southern California.... |
Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his... |
Mike Pegram | 1:48.25 |
1998 | Hawksley Hill | 5 | Gary L. Stevens | Neil D. Drysdale | D & J Heerensperger | 1:49.96 |
1997 | Labeeb | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
Neil D. Drysdale | Gainsborough Farm | 1:35.96 |
1996 | Tychonic | 6 | Gary L. Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
1:35.84 |
1995 | Savinio | 5 | Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
Walter Greenman | Vandeweghe, Biszantz, et al. | 1:34.74 |
1994 | Norwich | 7 | Pat Valenzuela Pat Valenzuela Patrick Angel Valenzuela is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first career winner on November 10, 1978, at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico... |
Gary F. Jones Gary F. Jones Gary F. Jones is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses whose career began in 1974 and ended with his retirement at the end of July, 1996 having earned $52,672,611 in purses and the winner of 1,465 races including 102 graded stakes.Among the outstanding horses trained by Gary Jones were Hall... |
Darley Stud Darley Stud Darley Stud is a Thoroughbred breeding operation owned by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates. Darley breeds horses in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Dubai, Japan and Australia.... |
1:34.14 |
1993 | Val Des Bois | 7 | Pat Valenzuela Pat Valenzuela Patrick Angel Valenzuela is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first career winner on November 10, 1978, at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico... |
Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann Edmund A. Gann Edmund A. Gann is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.-Early life and career:... |
1:35.07 |
1992 | Exbourne | 6 | Gary L. Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
1:33.21 |
1991 | Pharisien | 4 | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Christian Doumen | Lonimar Stables, Inc. | 1:33.20 |
1990 | Steinlen | 7 | Jose A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S... |
Wildenstein Stable Daniel Wildenstein Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.... |
1:33.40 |
1989 | Political Ambition | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
Neil D. Drysdale | Clover Racing Stable et al. | 1:35.60 |
1988 | Steinlen | 5 | Gary L. Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S... |
Wildenstein Stable Daniel Wildenstein Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.... |
1:34.42 |