San Pasqual Handicap
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The San Pasqual Handicap is an American
Thoroughbred horse race
run annually during the first part of January at Santa Anita Park
in Arcadia, California
. The Grade II
event is open to horses, age four and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlong
s) on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt and offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1935, the San Pasqual Handicap was a race limited to three-year-olds until 1939 when it was changed to its present condition. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey
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Most wins by a trainer
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Most wins by an owner:
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Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
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run annually during the first part of January 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....
. 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 four and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s) on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt and offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1935, the San Pasqual Handicap was a race limited to three-year-olds until 1939 when it was changed to its present condition. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:
- 6 furlongs : 1935–1936
- 7 furlongs : 1938
- 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) : 1937, 1942–1954, 1956–present
- 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) : 1939–1941
- 1¼ miles (10 furlongs) : 1955 (on turfGrassGrasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
)
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 11/16 miles)- 1:39.58 - Zappa (2008)
Most wins:
- 2 - Moonrush (1951, 1953)
- 2 - Olden Times (1963, 1964)
- 2 - Kings Favor (1968, 1969)
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:...
:
- 8 - Bill Shoemaker (1955, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1974)
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 - D. Wayne LukasD. Wayne LukasDarrell 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...
(1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Rex C. Ellsworth (1963, 1964, 1965)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2011 | Aggie Engineer | 6 | Joe Talamo | Patrick Gallagher | Mr. & Mrs. Ward Williford | 1:40.94 |
2010 | Neko Bay | 7 | Mike E. Smith | John Shirreffs John Shirreffs John A. Shirreffs is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset... |
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.... |
1:42.95 |
2009 | Cowboy Cal | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Robert & Janice McNair Robert C. McNair Robert C. McNair is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the owner of the National Football League team, the Houston Texans in Houston, Texas.-Early life and education:... |
1:41.26 |
2008 | Zappa | 6 | 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... |
John W. Sadler John W. Sadler John W. Sadler is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sadler got his first win in 1979 at Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the San Francisco Bay Area... |
Gary & Cecil Barber | 1:39.58 |
2007 | Dixie Meister | 5 | 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.... |
Julio C. Canani | Gary A. Tanaka | 1:43.18 |
2006 | High Limit | 4 | 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 | Gary & Mary West Stable | 1:43.64 |
2005 | Congrats | 5 | 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 E. Mandella | Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm Claiborne Farm is a thoroughbred Horse breeding operation in near Paris, Kentucky. It was established in 1910, by Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie Farm in Albemarle County, Virginia, and has been operated by members of his family ever since.-Owners:... & Adele Dilschneider |
1:41.97 |
2004 | Star Cross | 7 | 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.... |
Darrell Vienna | E A Ranches | 1:42.22 |
2003 | Congaree Congaree (horse) Congaree is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of the mare Mari's Sheba, a granddaughter of Northern Dancer, his sire was Arazi, the 1991 European Horse of the Year.Trained by future U.S... |
5 | Jerry D. Bailey | 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... |
Stonerside Stable Stonerside Stable Stonerside Stable is an American Thoroughbred horse breeding farm and horse racing operation in Paris, Kentucky. Until September 2008 it was owned by Robert and Janice McNair, who also own the National Football League team, the Houston Texans... |
1:41.04 |
2002 | Wooden Phone | 5 | 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... |
Derant, Helzer & Helzer | 1:41.83 |
2001 | Freedom Crest | 5 | Gary L. Stevens | Richard Baltas | Choi & Nguyan | 1:41.94 |
2000 | Dixie Dot Com | 5 | 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... |
William Morey | Chaiken, Heller, Heller | 1:40.95 |
1999 | Silver Charm Silver Charm Silver Charm is an American Champion Thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens, Silver Charm will be remembered most for winning the 1997 Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in the Triple Crown.... |
5 | Gary L. Stevens | 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... |
Robert & Beverly Lewis | 1:41.78 |
1998 | Hal's Pal | 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... |
Ben D. A. Cecil | Addison Racing, Ltd. | 1:41.89 |
1997 | Kingdom Found | 7 | Gary L. Stevens | Rafael Becerra | Dilbeck Family Trust | 1:40.74 |
1996 | Alphabet Soup | 5 | Chris Antley Chris Antley Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero... |
David Hofmans David Hofmans David E. Hofmans is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. Born and raised in Los Angeles, as a boy his father brought him to watch horse racing at area tracks. While a student at Pasadena City College he became friends with Gary Jones... |
Ridder Thoroughbred Stable | 1:41.66 |
1995 | Del Mar Dennis Del Mar Dennis Del Mar Dennis is an American millionaire Thoroughbred racehorse who raced from a base at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California where he won three straight editions of the San Bernardino Handicap between 1994 and 1996.... |
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... |
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... |
Trudy McCaffery Trudy McCaffery Trudy V. McCaffery was a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder in California who served on the Board of Directors of the Edwin J... & John Toffan |
1:41.23 |
1994 | Hill Pass | 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.... |
Jack Van Berg Jack Van Berg John Charles "Jack" Van Berg is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his father is Hall of Fame trainer, Marion Van Berg.... |
Brown, Ciaviglia, Shero et al | 1:41.00 |
1993 | Jovial | 6 | Mickey Walls Mickey Walls Mickey K. Walls is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was a Champion in both the United States and Canada.... |
Bruce L. Jackson | B. L. Jackson & John Swift | 1:41.94 |
1992 | Twilight Agenda | 6 | 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:... |
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... |
Moyglare Stud | 1:42.32 |
1991 | Farma Way Farma Way Farma Way was an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse foaled in Kentucky. He was sired by Santa Anita Derby winner Marfa out of the Diplomat Way mare, Fine Tribute, a descendant of the very important sire, Nearco.... |
4 | 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... |
Quarter B Farm | 1:40.80 |
1990 | Criminal Type Criminal Type Criminal Type was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He won two Eclipse Awards in 1990.-Background:A descendant of Nearco, he was bred at the famed Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky and owned in partnership with Jurgen K. Arnemann... |
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.... |
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... |
Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in... |
1:42.40 |
1989 | On The Line | 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... |
Eugene V. Klein Eugene V. Klein Eugene Victor Klein was an American businessman who was Chairman of the Board of Directors and chief stockholder of National General Corp., an insurance and entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California... |
1:41.00 |
1988 | Super Diamond | 8 | 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:... |
Edwin J. Gregson | Roland & Ramona Sahm | 1:43.00 |
1987 | Epidaurus | 5 | Gary Baze Gary Baze Gary Baze is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. An inductee of the Washington State Racing Hall of Fame, his Hall of Fame profile says of him: "As much as anything, Baze is respected throughout the industry for his honesty, courtesy, sportsmanship and work ethic."A member of the... |
Charles E. Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 1:42.40 |
1986 | Precisionist Precisionist Precisionist was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1985, Precisionist won the Strub Series at Santa Anita Park becoming only the fifth horse to win the Malibu Stakes, the San Fernando Stakes and the Charles H. Strub Stakes... |
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.... |
L. Ross Fenstermaker | Fred W. Hooper Fred W. Hooper Fred William Hooper was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was a member of The Jockey Club, an honorary director of the Breeders' Cup, and one of the founders of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and one of its first presidents.Born in Cleveland, Georgia, ... |
1:41.20 |
1985 | Hula Blaze | 5 | 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... |
Noble Threewitt Noble Threewitt Noble Threewitt was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who conditioned horses for seventy-five years before retiring on his ninety-sixth birthday... |
RNH Racing Stable | 1:42.00 |
1984 | Danebo | 5 | 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:... |
Laz Barrera Laz Barrera Lazaro Sosa Barrera was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States... |
Aaron U. Jones | 1:41.80 |
1983 | Regal Falcon | 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... |
Richard E. Mandella | Sarkosky-Wygod-Wyman | 1:43.20 |
1982 | Five Star Flight | 4 | 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:... |
Benjamin W. Perkins, Sr. | Willcox, Spencer et al | 1:40.80 |
1981 | Flying Paster Flying Paster Flying Paster was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred in California by his owner, Bernard J. Ridder of the Knight Ridder newspaper chain... |
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.... |
Gordon C. Campbell | Bernard J. Ridder Bernard J. Ridder Bernard Joseph "Ben" Ridder was an American newspaper publisher who served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ridder Publications, Inc. and an executive in the California Thoroughbred horse racing industry as well as a racehorse owner and breeder. Ridder was born in New York City, one of... |
1:41.20 |
1980 | Valdez | 4 | 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:... |
Laz Barrera Laz Barrera Lazaro Sosa Barrera was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States... |
Aaron U. & Marie Jones | 1:40.20 |
1979 | Mr. Redoy | 5 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | A. Thomas Doyle A. Thomas Doyle A. Thomas "Tommy" Doyle was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer known for his success with young horses. He was reported as both "Tommy Doyle" and "A. T. Doyle."... |
Felty J. Yoder | 1:42.20 |
1978 | Ancient Title Ancient Title Ancient Title was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. Foaled in California, he was bred by William and Ethel Kirkland and raced under Ethel Kirkland's name following her husband's death in 1972... |
8 | Darrel McHargue Darrel McHargue Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse... |
Keith L. Stucki, Sr. | Kirkland Stable | 1:40.20 |
1977 | Uniformity | 5 | Fernando Toro | Willard L. Proctor Willard L. Proctor Williard L. Proctor was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A longtime trainer in California, he began his career as a jockey at bush tracks in Texas and Louisiana. After his riding days were over he turned to training, moving to California in 1955... |
Glen Hill Farm | 1:41.00 |
1976 | Lightning Mandate | 5 | Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack... |
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... |
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1975 | Okavango | 5 | Fernando Toro | David A. Whiteley David A. Whiteley David A. Whiteley is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who trained three Champions and who in 1979 won the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown.The son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Frank Y... |
William Haggin Perry William Haggin Perry William Haggin Perry was a prominent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. He was the son of Henry Pierrepont Perry, a Wall Street broker, and Edith Lounsbery, the daughter of Richard P... |
1:41.40 |
1974 | Tri Jet | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles R. Parke | Fred W. Hooper Fred W. Hooper Fred William Hooper was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was a member of The Jockey Club, an honorary director of the Breeders' Cup, and one of the founders of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and one of its first presidents.Born in Cleveland, Georgia, ... |
1:41.40 |
1973 | Single Agent | 5 | Jerry Lambert Jerry Lambert (jockey) Jerry Lambert is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the jockey of Hall of Fame inductee, Native Diver.Jerry Lambert accomplished what Breeders' Cup Inc... |
Wayne B. Stucki | Indian Hill Stable/Frank Marshall | 1:41.80 |
1972 | Western Welcome | 5 | 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:... |
Junior W. Nicholson | M/M William R. Foy | 1:41.20 |
1971 | Ack Ack Ack Ack (horse) Ack Ack was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. He raced with success at age two to four, scoring wins in the important 1969 Withers Stakes and Arlington Classic. In 1971 at age five, Ack Ack blossomed into the year's most dominant horse... |
5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles E. Whittingham | E. E. "Buddy" Fogelson Buddy Fogelson Elijah E. "Buddy" Fogelson was an American lawyer, Army Colonel, businessman, horse and cattle breeder, and philanthropist. Although born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he spent a large part of his life in Texas where he attended Texas Christian University in 1919 and 1920... |
1:41.40 |
1970 | Nodouble Nodouble Nodouble was a two-time Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by oilman Gene Goff’s Verna Lea Farms in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he was out of the mare, Abla-Jay. Damsire Double Jay was the 1946 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and a four-time Leading broodmare sire in North America... |
5 | Jorge Tejeira Jorge Tejeira Jorge Enrique Tejeira is a retired Panamanian jockey in United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He rode at venues across the United States and won a number of riding titles, including seasonal/annual championships at Philadelphia Park Racetrack in Pennsylvania and in California at Del Mar... |
J. Bert Sonnier | Verna Lea Farms | 1:40.40 |
1969 | Kings Favor | 6 | Jack Leonard | Darrell Cannon | Elttaes Farms | 1:45.60 |
1968 | Kings Favor | 5 | Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers Johnny Sellers was an American jockey. Born in Los Angeles, but raised in Oklahoma, he began his professional career in 1955 and between 1959 and 1968 rode in six Kentucky Derbys. He won the prestigious race aboard Carry Back in 1961 then riding the colt to victory in the Preakness Stakes... |
Darrell Cannon | Elttaes Farms | 1:44.20 |
1967 | Pretense | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles E. Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1:43.00 |
1966 | Native Diver Native Diver Native Diver was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Shapiro who had claimed his dam, Fleet Diver, the daughter of Devil Diver out of Our Fleet by Count Fleet. Despite the fact that her immediate lineage included members of Blood-Horse magazine List of the... |
7 | Jerry Lambert Jerry Lambert (jockey) Jerry Lambert is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the jockey of Hall of Fame inductee, Native Diver.Jerry Lambert accomplished what Breeders' Cup Inc... |
Buster Millerick Buster Millerick Michael E. "Buster" Millerick was an American Hall of Fame racehorse trainer.Universally known by the nickname, "Buster," Millerick was born in Petaluma, California and learned his trade at his cousins ranch in Sonoma Valley Michael E. "Buster" Millerick (November 30, 1905 - September 30, 1986)... |
M/M Louis K. Shapiro | 1:41.00 |
1965 | Candy Spots Candy Spots Candy Spots was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known for winning the 1963 Preakness Stakes and for coming in a close second and third, respectively, in the Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Derby to his rival Chateaugay... |
5 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney Mesh Tenney Meshach A. "Mesh" Tenney was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.From Arizona, Mesh Tenney began his career as a Thoroughbred trainer in the western United States in 1935... |
Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:42.20 |
1964 | Olden Times Olden Times Olden Times was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won top races on both dirt and grass at racetracks across the United States from 1960 through 1964 at distances from five eighths of a mile to a mile and three quarters. He was sired by Relic, an American multiple stakes race winner who... |
6 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney Mesh Tenney Meshach A. "Mesh" Tenney was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.From Arizona, Mesh Tenney began his career as a Thoroughbred trainer in the western United States in 1935... |
Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:44.40 |
1963 | Olden Times Olden Times Olden Times was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won top races on both dirt and grass at racetracks across the United States from 1960 through 1964 at distances from five eighths of a mile to a mile and three quarters. He was sired by Relic, an American multiple stakes race winner who... |
5 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney Mesh Tenney Meshach A. "Mesh" Tenney was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.From Arizona, Mesh Tenney began his career as a Thoroughbred trainer in the western United States in 1935... |
Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:42.20 |
1962 | Micarlo | 6 | Angel Valenzuela | Farrell W. Jones | Elmendorf Farm | 1:47.80 |
1961 | New Policy | 4 | Ismael Valenzuela Ismael Valenzuela Ismael "Milo" Valenzuela was a Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He was one of 22 children born to parents who had immigrated to the United states. Shortly after Ismael Valenzuela's birth, the family returned to their native Mexico... |
John H. Adams | Ralph Lowe | 1:41.60 |
1960 | Fleet Nasrullah | 5 | John Longden John Longden John Longden was a West Indian-born English film actor. He appeared in 84 films between 1926 and 1964, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.-Biography:... |
James I. Nazworthy James I. Nazworthy James I. "Jim" Nazworthy was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Jim Nazworthy began training horses at age twenty-one. Based in California, among his successful runners, he conditioned horses for owners such as Fannie Hertz, Travis Kerr, as well for his wife's Sledge Stable... |
M/M. Ellwood B. Johnston | 1:41.40 |
1959 | Tempest II | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter William Molter William "Willie" Molter was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred racing.A native of Fredericksburg, Texas, Willie Molter began his career in horse racing as a jockey at racetracks across the Texas border in Mexico... |
Maine Chance Farm Maine Chance Farm Maine Chance Farm was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable in Lexington, Kentucky owned by cosmetics tycoon, Elizabeth Arden.Elizabeth Arden raced under the nom de course "Mr. Nightingale" until 1943 when she adopted the name Maine Chance Farm from her health spa in Mount Vernon, Maine... |
1:42.60 |
1958 | Terrang Terrang Terrang was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who in the 1950s won a record ten stakes races at Santa Anita Park including the Santa Anita Derby and Santa Anita Handicap.... |
5 | William Boland William Boland William N. "Bill" Boland is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.... |
Carl A. Roles Carl A. Roles Carlton A. Roles was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who served for a time as the President of the California Thoroughbred Trainers Association.... |
Poltex Stable & R. Bond | 1:41.40 |
1957 | Battle Dance | 5 | George Taniguchi | Joe Boyce | Jennilinda Stable | 1:42.20 |
1956 | Bobby Brocato | 5 | George Taniguchi | William Molter William Molter William "Willie" Molter was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred racing.A native of Fredericksburg, Texas, Willie Molter began his career in horse racing as a jockey at racetracks across the Texas border in Mexico... |
M/M Travis M. Kerr | 1:42.60 |
1955 | Rejected | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | William J. Hirsch | King Ranch King Ranch King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world's largest ranches. The ranch, founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King and Gideon K. Lewis, includes portions of six Texas counties, including most of Kleberg County and much of Kenedy County, with... |
2:04.60 |
1954 | Phil D. | 6 | Merlin Volzke Merlin Volzke Merlin Paul Volzke is a retired American jockey who raced primarily on the West Coast of the United States. He began his professional career in the 1940s and in 1948 won the riding title at Longacres Racetrack in Renton, Washington.... |
T. M. Holt | M/M W. C. Martin | 1:41.60 |
1953 | Moonrush | 7 | Ralph Neves Ralph Neves Ralph P. Neves was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Neves won 3,772 races, including 173 stakes, and was elected to the Racing Hall of Fame in 1960... |
Willie F. Alvarado | King & Luellwitz | 1:43.40 |
1952 | Be Fleet | 5 | Johnny Longden Johnny Longden John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son... |
William Molter William Molter William "Willie" Molter was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred racing.A native of Fredericksburg, Texas, Willie Molter began his career in horse racing as a jockey at racetracks across the Texas border in Mexico... |
Andrew J. Crevolin Andrew J. Crevolin Andrew Joseph Crevolin was an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner in California whose horse won the 1954 Santa Anita and Kentucky Derbys.... |
1:44.00 |
1951 | Moonrush | 5 | Fred A. Smith Fred A. Smith Fred A. Smith was a Cuban American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing best remembered for narrowly missing victory in the 1940 U.S. Triple Crown.... |
Willie F. Alvarado | King & Luellwitz | 1:42.40 |
1950 | Solidarity | 5 | Ralph Neves Ralph Neves Ralph P. Neves was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Neves won 3,772 races, including 173 stakes, and was elected to the Racing Hall of Fame in 1960... |
Carl A. Roles Carl A. Roles Carlton A. Roles was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who served for a time as the President of the California Thoroughbred Trainers Association.... |
Mrs. Nat Goldstone | 1:43.80 |
1949 | Shim Malone | 5 | Ralph Neves Ralph Neves Ralph P. Neves was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Neves won 3,772 races, including 173 stakes, and was elected to the Racing Hall of Fame in 1960... |
Maurice W. Breshnen | Rolling Hills Farm | 1:45.60 |
1948 | Olhaverry | 9 | Mel Peterson | Anthony E. Silver | Pan De Azucar Stable | 1:44.00 |
1947 | Lets Dance | 5 | John Gilbert | Joseph B. Rosen | Sunshine Stable | 1:43.60 |
1946 | Lou-Bre | 5 | Robert Permane | Bud Stotler Joseph H. Stotler Joseph Horace "Bud" Stotler was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Champion trainer who conditioned horses that won four Championships.... |
Charles S. Howard | 1:42.40 |
1945 | Thumbs Up | 6 | Johnny Longden Johnny Longden John Eric Longden was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. had saved enough money to send for his wife and young son... |
George M. Odom George M. Odom George Martin Odom was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey and trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. He is only one of two people to ever have won the Belmont Stakes as both a jockey and a trainer.... |
Louis B. Mayer Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer born Lazar Meir was an American film producer. He is generally cited as the creator of the "star system" within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in its golden years. Known always as Louis B... |
1:44.60 |
1941 | Mioland Mioland Mioland was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Oregon by H. W. Ray, he was out of the mare Iolanda. His German-born sire was Mio D'Arezzo, a winner of the Deutsches St... |
4 | Leon Haas | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1:51.60 |
1940 | Don Mike | 6 | Lester Balaski | Lindsay C. Howard Lindsay C. Howard Lindsay Coleman Howard was an American sportsman. The son of the prominent businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner, Charles S. Howard, Lindsay Howard began riding horses at a young age and by the early 1930s had developed into a top class polo player... |
Binglin Farm Binglin Stable Binglin Stable in Moorpark, Ventura County, California was a stock farm established during the latter part of the 1930s to race and breed Thoroughbred horses. The stable was owned by entertainer Bing Crosby and close friend, Lindsay Howard... |
1:50.00 |
1939 | Gosum | 5 | Alan Gray | Graceton Philpot | Nelson A. Howard | 1:59.00 |
1938 | Sun Egret | 3 | John H. Adams | H. Guy Bedwell H. Guy Bedwell Harvey Guy Bedwell was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner who was the first trainer to win the U.S. Triple Crown.Born in Roseburg, Oregon he was known by his middle name... |
A. C. Compton | 1:23.40 |
1937 | Special Agent | 5 | Basil James Basil James -Biography:Born in Loveland, Colorado, Basil James became a jockey in California while in his teens and in 1936 at age sixteen he led all U.S. jockeys with 245 wins. After a successful 1937, in January 1938 he was suspended for ninety days after "grabbing Herb Litzenberger during the running of the... |
Darrell Cannon | Austin C. Taylor | 1:42.80 |
1936 | Proclivity | 3 | Tommy Luther | Edward L. Fitzgerald | Northway Stable | 1:12.00 |
1935 | Bluebeard | 3 | Harry Richards Harry C. Richards Harry Clayton Richards was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and the first president of the Jockeys' Guild. Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro said Richards: "was strong in character and who maintained a steady belief in our organization [Jockeys' Guild]... |
Clyde Phillips | William R. Coe | 1:12.80 |