Jim Murray Memorial Handicap
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The Jim Murray Memorial Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race
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 mid-May
at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California
Inglewood, California
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. The 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...


event is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-half miles on turf
Grass
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The race was run at one and one-quarter miles (10 furlongs) in 1990, 1999 and 2000.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1½ miles)
  • 2:25.31 - Storming Home (GB) (2003)


Most wins:
  • 2 - On the Acorn (GB) (2007, 2008)
  • 2 - Acclamation (2010, 2011)


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:...

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  • 3 - 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...

     (1992, 1998, 1999)
  • 3 - Gary Stevens (1991, 1997, 2003)


Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
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  • 6 - Robert Frankel (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002)


Most wins by an owner:
  • 4 - 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...

     (1990, 1992, 1993, 2002)

Winners of the Jim Murray Memorial Handicap

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011 Acclamation 5 Joel Rosario
Joel Rosario
Joel Rosario is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Raised on a farm where he regularly road horses, Joel Rosario attended jockey school for six months. He obtained his professional license at age fourteen and began riding at Hipódromo V Centenario in Santo Domingo where he earned his...

Donald Warren The Johnstons/Hilvers 2:25.63
2010 Acclamation 4 Christian Santiago Reyes Donald Warren E. W. & Judy Johnston 2:26.59
2009 NO RACE
2008 On the Acorn (GB) 7 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...

Mike Mitchell Indizguys Stable 2:27.36
2007 On the Acorn (GB) 6 Victor Espinoza
Victor Espinoza
Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....

Mike Mitchell Indizguys Stable 2:29.07
2006 Grey Swallow (IRE) 5 Alex Solis Dermot Weld
Dermot Weld
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Vega & Weld 2:27.33
2005 Runaway Dancer 6 Garrett Gomez
Garrett K. Gomez
Garrett Keith Gomez is an American thoroughbred jockey.-Early career:Gomez learned to ride by watching his father, Louie, who was a jockey at many tracks in the Southwest United States...

Dan Hendricks R L Stables 2:26.75
2004 Rhythm Mad (FR) 4 Alex Solis Bruce Headley
Bruce Headley
Bruce Headley is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.Involved with horse racing since his teens, Headley worked as an exercise rider from 1949 until taking out his trainers license in 1959...

Four Star Stables, Headley, et al. 2:26.73
2003 Storming Home (GB)
Storming Home
Storming Home is a retired, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was trained in the United Kingdom and the United States during a racing career which ran from 2000 to 2003...

5 Gary Stevens 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...

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also referred to as Sheikh Maktoum was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the emir of Dubai.-Biography:...

2:25.31
2002 Skipping (GB) 5 Kent Desormeaux
Kent Desormeaux
Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...

Robert 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...

2:26.23
2001 Kudos 4 Eddie 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...

Richard Mandella
Richard Mandella
Richard Eugene Mandella is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame....

Jerry & Ann Moss
Jerry Moss
Jerome S. "Jerry" Moss is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert....

2:26.74
2000† Bienamado 4 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....

J. Paco Gonzalez
J. Paco Gonzalez
Juan Paco Gonzalez is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The fourth of six children, Paco Gonzalez grew up on a ranch near Guadalajara where his family owned Quarter horses. As a boy he was inspired to go into the Thoroughbred racing business by two older brothers who were jockeys at...

McCaffery, Toffan & Sangster 1:58.93
1999† Lazy Lode (ARG) 5 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...

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 Corporation 2:01.44
1998 Cote d'Azur (IRE) 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...

Robert Frankel Edmund A. Gann 2:30.23
1997 Percutant (GB) 6 Gary Stevens Jean-Pierre Dupuis Harlequin Stable & Diane Keith 2:26.10
1996 Polish Admiral (GB) 5 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...

Richard Cross Samantha, Jan and Mace Siegel 2:26.13
1995 Jahafil (GB) 7 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....

Sanford Shulman Charles & Clear Valley Stables 2:25.45
1994 Mashaallah 6 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:...

Robert Frankel Jorge Cardemil 2:25.37
1993 Toulon (GB) 5 Eddie 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...

Robert 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...

2:26.67
1992 Berillon (GB) 5 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...

Robert 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...

2:26.80
1991 Sahib's Light 5 Gary Stevens Richard Cross Giovanni Saibene 2:25.90
1990† Shotiche 4 Corey Black
Corey Black
Corey A. Black is a retired Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Born in Westminster, California, Black won his first race as a professional apprentice jockey on October 16, 1985, during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet at Santa Anita Park...

Robert 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...

2:00.60

† Run at ten furlongs in 1990, 1999 and 2000.
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