Tokyo City Cup
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The Tokyo City Cup 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 annually at the end of March 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....

. A Grade III
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 raced on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt at a distance of 1½ miles (12 furlong
Furlong
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s), it is open to horses aged four and older.

Run as the San Bernardino Handicap prior to 2005, the races name honors the partnership between Santa Anita Park and Ohi Racecourse in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

.

The race was open to three-year-olds only in 1957 and for three-year-olds and up from 1958 through 1967. Raced on dirt at 11/16 miles from 1957 through 1966 and on turf at 1⅛ miles from 1967 through 1972 and 1974 through 1978. Switched to dirt

Since inception it has been contested at various distances and on both dirt and turf:
  • 11/16 miles : 1957-1966 on dirt
  • 1⅛ miles : 1967-1972, 1974-1978 on turf
  • 1⅛ miles : 1979-2007 on dirt
  • 1½ miles : 2008 on dirt


The Tokyo City Cup was run in two divisions in 1971 and again in 1974.

Records

Speed record:
  • 2:29.00 - Niagara Causeway (2008) (at current distance of 1½ miles on dirt)


Most wins:
  • 3 - 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....

     (1994, 1995, 1996)


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:...

:
  • 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:...

     (1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1985, 1989)


Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
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:
  • 12 - Charles Whittingham (1960, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991)


Most wins by an owner:
  • 4 - 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 (1994, 1995, 1996, 2002)

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011 Worth Repeating 5 Martin A. Pedroza
Martin A. Pedroza
Martin A. Pedroza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Pedroza trained at the Panama jockey school and in 1981 rode his first winner at Hipódromo Presidente Remón in Panama City...

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

Spendthrift Farm
Spendthrift Farm
Spendthrift Farm is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded by Leslie Combs II and named for the great stallion, Spendthrift, who was owned by Combs' ancestor, Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm. Spendthrift was the great-grandfather of Man o' War.- Famous...

2:29.23
2010 Tap It Light 6 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....

Mike R. Mitchell S. Anastasi/D. Capen/J. Ukegawa 2:29.62
2009 Stream Cat 6 Joseph Talamo
Joseph Talamo
Joseph Talamo is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Born and raised in Marrero on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area, Joe Talamo was influenced by a father who worked in horse racing as an assistant trainer...

Patrick Biancone
Patrick Biancone
Patrick Louis Biancone is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is currently based in the United States, but enjoyed success in both Europe and Hong Kong earlier in his career...

Fab Oak Stable et al. 2:31.92
2008 Niagara Causeway 5 Jon Court
Jon Court
Jon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....

Leonard Powell La Bahia Stud, Inc. 2:29.00
2007 Fairbanks 4 Richard Migliore Todd A. Pletcher Team Valor
Team Valor
Team Valor Stable LLC is an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable based in Versailles, Kentucky. It was founded by Barry Irwin and Jeff Siegel who create partnerships with racing enthusiasts to race Thoroughbred horses at major racing venues, primarily in North America.In early July 2007,...

1:47.87
2005 Supah Blitz 5 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....

Doug O'Neill Black Saddle Stable 1:48.90
2004 Dynever 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...

Christophe Clement
Christophe Clement
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Karches & Willis 1:48.07
2003 Western Pride 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...

James K. Chapman Carolyn Chapman 1:48.56
2002 Bosque Redondo 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....

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
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...

 & Toffan
1:49.11
2001 Futural 5 Garrett Gomez Craig Dollase Miller Trust & Weitz 1:47.87
2000 Early Pioneer 5 Matt Garcia Vladimir Cerin David & Holly Wilson 1:49.08
1999 Classic Cat 4 Gary 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...

Gary M. Garber 1:47.77
1998 Budroyale 5 Matt Garcia Ted West Jeffrey Sengara 1:48.48
1997 Benchmark 6 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....

Ronald W. Ellis
Ronald W. Ellis
Ronald W. Ellis is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A November 8, 1997 Los Angeles Times article noted that he "is known for taking his time with horses and taking special care with those prone to injury." Ron Ellis only saw his first live Thoroughbred horse race at age sixteen but...

Pam & Martin 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...

1:48.26
1996 Del Mar Dennis 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:...

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
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...

 & Toffan
1:48.37
1995 Del Mar Dennis 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...

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
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...

 & Toffan
1:47.27
1994 Del Mar Dennis 4 Sal Gonzalez, Jr. 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
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...

 & Toffan
1:48.36
1993 Memo 6 Paul Atkinson Richard Mandella Stud Panter 1:47.49
1992 Another Review 4 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:...

Christopher Speckert Buckland Farm 1:47.33
1991 Anshan 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...

Charles Whittingham Sheikh Mohammed 1:47.00
1990 Ruhlmann
Ruhlmann
Ruhlmann was an American millionaire Thoroughbred racehorse who holds the track record of 1:33.4 for one mile on dirt set on March 5, 1989 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California....

5 Gary Stevens Charles Whittingham Ann & Jerry 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....

1:47.20
1989 Ruhlmann
Ruhlmann
Ruhlmann was an American millionaire Thoroughbred racehorse who holds the track record of 1:33.4 for one mile on dirt set on March 5, 1989 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California....

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:...

Charles Whittingham Ann & Jerry 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....

1:47.20
1988 Alysheba
Alysheba
Alysheba was an American Thoroughbred race horse who won two legs of the Triple Crown in 1987. A successful sire, he produced 11 stakes winners....

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....

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....

D. & P. Scharbauer 1:47.20
1987 Judge Angelucci 4 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Olin B. Gentry 1:48.40
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. R. 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, ...

1:47.60
1985 Greinton
Greinton (horse)
Greinton is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won on grass courses in France and set two track records on dirt at Hollywood Park Racetrack in the United States. He was named for the village of Greinton in Somerset, England....

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:...

Charles Whittingham Mary J. Bradley et al. 1:47.00
1984 Journey At Sea 5 Walter Guerra L. R. 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, ...

1:48.00
1983 The Wonder 5 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Alain du Breil 1:49.20
1982 Super Moment
Super Moment
Super Moment was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred and raced by Maxwell H. Gluck's Elmendorf Farm. Racing in California for future Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally, Super Moment won the 1981 Strub Stakes and the 1982 San Bernardino and San Marcos Handicaps but is best known for winning...

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...

Elmendorf Farm 1:48.60
1981 Borzoi 5 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Fluor, Chesne et al. 1:46.20
1980 Peregrinator 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....

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...

Burns & Hermanson 1:47.80
1979 Star Spangled 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:...

Lazaro S. Barrera Mill House
Mill House
Mill House was an Irish-bred but English-trained racehorse. He is considered one of the best National Hunt racing competitors in UK horse racing history but whose quality was overshadowed by arch rival, Arkle...

1:45.80
1978 J. O. Tobin
J. O. Tobin
J. O. Tobin was an American thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Maryland by his owner, George A. Pope, Jr., he was sent to race in England under trainer Noel Murless. Racing at age two he won the Richmond Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse, the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse, and was third to...

4 Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen is a retired American jockey.Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which made race-riding a logical career choice. He rode his first race on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs; he finished last, riding King of Swat...

Lazaro S. Barrera George A. Pope, Jr. 1:47.80
1977 Today 'n Tomorrow 4 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...

Roger Clapp Connie M. Ring 1:46.40
1976 Zanthe 7 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...

Robert J. Frankel Martin Ritt 1:45.80
1975 Royal Glint
Royal Glint
Royal Glint was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by the renowned Claiborne Farm of Paris, Kentucky, he was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table and was out of the mare Regal Gleam, the 1966 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly...

5 Bill Shoemaker Gordon R. Potter Dan Lasater 1:45.80
1974 Court Ruling 4 Braulio Baeza
Braulio Baeza
Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was...

W. P. King Milton Polinger 1:48.40
1974 Wichita Oil 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 J. Frankel Marion R. Frankel 1:47.60
1973 Quack
Quack (horse)
Quack was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who holds the world record for a three-year-old with the fastest mile and a quarter ever run on dirt. Quack was sired by T.V. Lark, the 1961 American Champion Male Turf Horse, and out of the mare, Quillon, a daughter of the outstanding Champion...

4 Don Pierce
Donald R. Pierce
Donald R. Pierce is a retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Based in California, Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and went on to become a leading jockey in the 1960s and 1970s...

Charles Whittingham Bwamazon Farm 1:49.00
1972 Golden Eagle II 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...

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....

Van Berg Stable, Inc. 1:46.80
1971 Bargain Day 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:...

Charles Whittingham Forked Lightning Ranch 1:46.60
1971 Dendron 4 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...

Pancho Martin Sigmund Sommer
Sigmund Sommer
Sigmund Sommer was a Brooklyn, New York building contractor, philanthropist, and racehorse owner of Sham, the horse that placed second to Secretariat in two legs of the 1973 U.S. Triple Crown series...

1:47.20
1970 Governor's Party 4 Wayne Harris
Wayne Harris (jockey)
Wayne Harris is a retired Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who competed in Canada and the United States and who is best known for winning Canada's most prestigious race, the 1968 Queen's Plate....

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...

Frank McMahon
Frank McMahon
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1:49.60
1969 Pinjara 4 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Howard B. Keck 1:46.40
1968 Tiltable 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:...

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...

Kerr Stables 1:49.00
1967 Sermon 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:...

Steve Ippolito Jacnot Stable 1:47.40
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
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M/M Lou K. Shapiro 1:40.60
1965 Real Good Deal 4 Don Pierce
Donald R. Pierce
Donald R. Pierce is a retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Based in California, Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and went on to become a leading jockey in the 1960s and 1970s...

T. R. Scott M/M E. B. Johnston 1:41.80
1964 Cyrano 5 Manuel Ycaza
Manuel Ycaza
Manuel Ycaza is a retired United States Racing Hall of Fame jockey who led the way for Latin American jockeys in the United States....

William J. Hirsch Greentree Stable
Greentree Stable
Greentree Stable, in Red Bank, New Jersey, was a major American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm established in 1914 by Payne Whitney of the Whitney family of New York City. Payne Whitney operated a horse farm and stable at Saratoga Springs, New York with his brother Harry Payne...

1:42.20
1963 Crozier 5 Braulio Baeza
Braulio Baeza
Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was...

J. E. "Cotton" Tinsley 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, ...

1:41.60
1962 Four-and-Twenty
Four-and-Twenty
Four-and-Twenty was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was red and raced by the Alberta Ranches, Ltd. partnership of Max Bell, Frank McMahon and superstar jockey Johnny Longden and his son, Vance. He was sired by a son of the two-time Leading sire in North America, Princequillo...

4 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...

Vance Longden
Vance Longden
Vance Longden was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer based in California.Vance Longden was the son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Longden and his first wife, Helen. He was raised around horses and apprenticed with trainer William Molter...

Alberta Ranches, Ltd.
Alberta Ranches, Ltd.
Alberta Ranches, Ltd. was a Thoroughbred horse racing partnership between U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey and Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Johnny Longden, his son Vance, and businessmen and Frank McMahon, Wilder H. Ripley, and Max Bell. The three men were all longtime friends from the Province of...

1:48.20
1961 New Policy 4 Bill Shoemaker John H. Adams Ralph Lowe 1:42.00
1960 Restless Wind 4 Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro
George Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice...

Charles Whittingham Llangollen Farm
Liz Whitney Tippett
Mary Elizabeth Whitney Person Tippett was a wealthy American socialite and philanthropist who was a champion horsewoman and for more than fifty years, a prominent owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.Born in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Elizabeth Dobson and her husband...

1:42.20
1959 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....

6 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
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Poltex Stable/R. Bond 1:42.00
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 1:42.00
1957 Lightning Jack 3 Mel Peterson Charles B. Leavitt Shapiro & Leavitt 1:49.20

Other North American Marathon races

On dirt:
  • Brooklyn Handicap
    Brooklyn Handicap
    The Brooklyn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island. It currently is a Grade II event open to three-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-half miles on dirt....

  • Fort Harrod Stakes
    Fort Harrod Stakes
    The $100,000 Fort Harrod Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. A Listed Race open to horses age four and older, the 1⅝-mile event is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt and is the longest stakes race run at...

  • Gallant Man Handicap
    Gallant Man Handicap
    The Gallant Man Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race first run on June 1, 2008 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on Cushion Track synthetic dirt at a distance of 1⅝ miles .The race is named in honor of United States...

  • Valedictory Stakes
    Valedictory Stakes
    The Valedictory Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early December at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Open to horses age three and older, the n;on-graded stakes is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of 1¾ miles .Inaugurated as the Valedictory...



On turf
Grass
Grasses, 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 ...

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  • Canadian International Stakes
    Canadian International Stakes
    The Canadian International Stakes is a $2 million Grade I Canadian stakes race on Turf for thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and up held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario....

  • Carleton F. Burke Handicap
    Carleton F. Burke Handicap
    The Carleton F. Burke Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Raced in late October as part of the Oak Tree Racing Association series, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on turf at a distance of one-and-one-half...

  • San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap
    San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap
    The San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap is an American invitational handicap Thoroughbred horse race run annually on turf at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is North America's longest graded stakes race. Open to horses age four and older, the Grade II event currently offers a...

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