The Sixty Sails Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually during the third week of April at Hawthorne Race Course

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 in Stickney

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/Cicero

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, Illinois

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. A Grade III

Graded stakes race

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 event open to Fillies

Filly

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 and Mare

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s, age three and older, it is contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and one eighth (9 furlong

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s).

Inaugurated in 1976 at Sportsman's Park, in 2004, the race was moved to Hawthorne Race Course. It was named for the racing filly Sixty Sails, owned by John Petre and Chris Vodanovich of New Orleans.

Since inception, the Sixty Sails Handicap has been contested at various distances:

• 1976-1981 : 1 mile (8 furlongs)
• 1982-1984 : 1¹/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
• 1985–present : 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)

Race notes

In 1992, Illinois-breds accomplished a historic first when they finished 1-2-3 in the race.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:46.69 - Crafty Oak (1999) (also equalled the track record http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB424136F27232E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM)

Winners since 1982

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2010	Life at Ten	5	Michael Baze	Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses...	Nickelback Farm	1:51.02
2009	Swift Temper	5	Christopher Emigh Christopher Emigh Christopher Alan Emigh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He earned his first win as a professional at Evangeline Downs in 1989. The winner of more than 3,000 career races, he has won a riding title at Hawthorne Race Course seven times and at Arlington Park in 2006...	Dale L. Romans Dale L. Romans Dale L. Romans is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.The son of a trainer, Dale Romans is best known for training the winner of the 2011 Preakness, Shackleford....	Mark H. Stanley	1:51.70
2008	Golden Velvet	5	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...	Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran McLaughlin Kiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He currently has a blog website, at http://kiaranmclaughlin.com where he updates what horses he has racing for that particular day...	Darley Racing Darley Racing Darley Racing is a one of the world's preeminent thoroughbred horse racing operations. It is controlled by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates....	1:51.30
2007	Kettleoneup	4	Calvin Borel Calvin Borel Calvin H. Borel is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby...	Michael A. Tomlinson	Tom Crouch	1:50.89
2006	Fleet Indian Fleet Indian Fleet Indian is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-References:*...	5	Jose A. Santos	Todd A. Pletcher	Paul H. Saylor	1:49.37
2005	Isola Piu Bella	5	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Sumaya US Stables	1:49.58
2004	Allspice	4	Christopher Emigh Christopher Emigh Christopher Alan Emigh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He earned his first win as a professional at Evangeline Downs in 1989. The winner of more than 3,000 career races, he has won a riding title at Hawthorne Race Course seven times and at Arlington Park in 2006...	Greg Geier	James B. Tafel	1:50.66
2003	Bare Necessities	4	Rene Douglas	Wallace Dollase Wallace Dollase Wallace A. "Wally" Dollase is an American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.Among his numerous Graded stakes race wins, Dollase won the 1996 Breeders' Cup Distaff with Jewel Princess who was voted that year's Eclipse Award as the American Champion Older Female Horse.Wally Dollase and...	Iron County Farms	1:52.84
2002	With Ability	4	Javier Castellano Javier Castellano Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...	Mark A. Hennig Mark A. Hennig Mark A. Hennig is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Born into a horse racing family, his father, John Hennig, was also a trainer. After working with his father, Mark Hennig became an assistant to Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas before going out on his own in 1991.-References:*...	Edward P. Evans	1:51.37
2001	License Fee	6	Larry Melancon Larry Melancon Larry J. Melancon is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who rides primarily on the Kentucky-Arkansas circuit....	W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden W. Elliott Walden is the President and CEO of racing operations for WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky and a former Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.From a racing family, Walden grew up in the industry...	Winstar Farms	1:49.11
2000	Lu Ravi	5	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Carl Bowman	Yoshio Fujita	1:49.15
1999	Crafty Oak	5	Ray Sibille Ray Sibille Raymond Frederick Sibille is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. In a career that spanned thirty-five years, Sibille rode his first winner on June 29, 1969 at Evangeline Downs in Carencro, Louisiana...	Gene Cilio	Virginia H. Tarra Trust	1:46.69
1998	Glitter Woman	4	Gary L. Stevens	Claude R. McGaughey III	H. Joseph Allen H. Joseph Allen H. Joseph Allen is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.A graduate of the University of Michigan, Allen is a partner with his cousin Peter M. Brant in the privately owned newsprint company, Brant-Allen Industries, Inc...	1:50.49
1997	Top Secret	4	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	George R. Arnold II	John H. Peace	1:49.71
1996	Alcovy	6	Willie Martinez Willie Martinez (jockey) Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...	William G. Huffman	Riley Mangum	1:50.70
1995	Eskimo's Angel	6	Mark Guidry Mark Guidry Mark Guidry is a retired American jockey.He began his riding career in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Louisiana in 1974 where he remained until 1986 when he went to race in Illinois. He was the leading jockey at Hawthorne Race Course seven times, Sportsman's Park nine times, and two...	Bobby C. Barnett	John A. Franks John A. Franks John Franks was an American businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. A native of Haughton, Louisiana, he earned a degree in geology from Louisiana State University. In 1962, he founded the highly successful Franks Petroleum Inc. and later invested in real estate with Franks...	1:51.53
1994	Princess Polonia	4	Wigberto Ramos	Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier Harvey L. Vanier is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. With his wife Nancy Aiken-Vanier, they own and breed racehorses on their Fairberry Farm in Waterloo, Illinois.-References:* *...	Louis F. Aiken	1:51.88
1993	Pleasant Baby	4	Juvenal Diaz	J. Bert Sonnier	Mrs. Corbin J. Robertson	1:49.30
1992	Peach Of It	6	E. T. Baird	Eddie Cole	N. J. Balodimas & M. W. Donnelly	1:51.28
1991	Balotra	4	Randall Meier	Clifford J. Scott	Bluegrass Partnership	1:50.98
1990	Leave It Be	5	Herson Sanchez	Mark Dumas	Celestino DiLibero	1:53.40
1989	Valid Vixen	4	Juvenal Diaz	Neil B. Boyce	Neil & Michele Boyce	1:52.60
1988	Top Corsage	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...	Jerry M. Fanning Jerry M. Fanning Jerry M. Fanning is a semi-retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. He grew up in Texas and began his career in horse racing as a groom for his father, trainer Lev Fanning...	Dan J. Agnew	1:52.00
1987	Queen Alexandra	5	Don Brumfield Don Brumfield Donald Alan Brumfield is a retired American jockey from Kentucky.During his thirty-five year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides. He retired from racing in 1989. Brumfield was the "track all-time leading rider in terms of races won " at Churchill Downs, where he won 16 riding titles...	George Baker	Rosalind Rosenthal	1:49.60
1986	Sefa's Beauty	7	Randy Romero Randy Romero Randy Paul Romero is a Hall of Fame jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing, Born into a family involved with horses, his father Lloyd J...	William I. Mott	Farid Sefa	1:50.00
1985	Sefa's Beauty	6	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	William I. Mott	Farid Sefa	1:52.60
1984	Queen of Song	5	Ron Hirdes	Claude R. McGaughey III	>1:46.60
1983	Queen of Song	4	not found	Claude R. McGaughey III	Parrish Hill Farm	1:43.80
1982	Targa	5	Rick Evans	not found	John Forsythe John Forsythe John Forsythe was an American stage, television and film actor. Forsythe starred in three television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the sitcom Bachelor Father ; as the unseen millionaire Charles Townsend on the crime drama Charlie's... & Ken Opstein	1:45.00

Earlier winners

In 1980 and 1981 the Sixty Sails Handicap was run in two divisions.

• 1981 - Karla's Enough
• 1981 - Gold Treasure
• 1980 - Doing It My Way
• 1980 - Conga Miss
• 1979 - Strate Sunshine
• 1978 - Drop the Pigeon
• 1977 - Kissapotamus
• 1976 - Enchanted Native