Delaware Handicap

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Delaware Handicap
Grade 2 race
LocationDelaware Park Racetrack
Wilmington, Delaware,
United States
Inaugurated1937
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.delawarepark.com
Race information
Distance10 Furlongs (1+1⁄4 miles)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies, Three-years-old and up
WeightHandicap
PurseUS$400,000[1]

The Delaware Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Wilmington, Delaware. The Grade 2 race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-quarter miles on the dirt.

The race was inaugurated as the New Castle Handicap as part of the racing schedule with the 1937 opening of Delaware Park Racetrack. In 1953, the new $100,000 purse offered by the New Castle Handicap made it the richest race in the world for fillies and mares.[2] In 1955 it was renamed the Delaware Handicap.

The race was held at Saratoga from 1982 until 1985.

In 2017, champion filly Songbird won as the shortest-priced favorite in the race's history at 1-9 odds.[3]

In 1939, Shangay Lily won the race as a seven year old, and is the oldest winner of the race.

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 1:59.80 – (1987) (event and track record for 1+1⁄4 miles)

Most wins by a horse

  • 2 Endine (1958,1959)
  • 2 Obeah (1969,1970)
  • 2 Blessing Angelica (1971,1972)
  • 2 Susan's Girl (1973,1975)
  • 2 Nastique (1988,1989)
  • 2 Royal Delta (2012,2013)
  • 2 Elate (2018,2019)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 – Christiana Stable (1958, 1959, 1969, 1970)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 – Henry S. Clark (1958, 1959, 1969, 1970)
  • 4 – Todd A. Pletcher (2001, 2006, 2007, 2010)

Winners[]

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
 Dist.
(Miles) 		Time Gr.
2021 Miss Marissa 4 Daniel Centeno James Ryerson Cammarota Racing LLC 1-1/4 m 2:04.50 G2
2020 Dunbar Road 4 Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad Brown Peter M. Brant 1-1/8 m 1:49.02 G2
2019 Elate 5 José Ortiz Bill Mott Claiborne Farm & Adele Dilschneider 1-1/4 m 2:02.51 G2
2018 Elate 4 José Ortiz Bill Mott Claiborne Farm & Adele Dilschneider 1-1/4 m 2:04.83 G2
2017 Songbird 4 Mike Smith Jerry Hollendorfer Fox Hill Farms Inc. (Rick Porter) 1-1/4 m 2:03.96 G1
2016 4 Florent Geroux J. Larry Jones Fletcher & Carolyn Gray 1-1/4 m 2:02.64 G1
2015 5 Joe Bravo Harold L. Queen 1-1/4 m 2:01.58 G1
2014 5 José Ortiz Michael Dubb, Bethlehem Stables LLC (Michael Caruso), Gary Aisquith 1-1/4 m 2:01.15 G1
2013 Royal Delta 5 Mike Smith Bill Mott Besilu Stables 1-1/4 m 2:02.04 G1
2012 Royal Delta 4 Mike Smith Bill Mott Besilu Stables 1-1/4 m 2:03.51 G2
2011 Blind Luck 4 Garrett Gomez Jerry Hollendorfer Mark Dedomenico, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo, Jerry Hollendorfer 1-1/4 m 2:01.28 G2
2010 Life at Ten 5 John R. Velazquez Todd Pletcher Candy DeBartolo 1-1/4 m 2:03.21 G2
2009 Swift Temper 5 Alan Garcia Dale L. Romans Mark H. Stanley 1-1/4 m 2:03.41 G2
2008 Hystericalady 5 Garrett Gomez Jerry Hollendorfer Rancho San Miguel et al. 1-1/4 m 2:02.37 G2
2007 Unbridled Belle 4 Ramon Domínguez Todd A. Pletcher Team Valor Stables LLC 1-1/4 m 2:01.16 G2
2006 Fleet Indian 5 José A. Santos Todd A. Pletcher Paul H. Saylor 1-1/4 m 2:02.08 G2
2005 Island Sand 4 Jerry D. Bailey J. Larry Jones B. A. Man Stable (James Osborne) 1-1/4 m 2:02.89 G2
2004 Summer Wind Dancer 4 Victor Espinoza Jeff Mullins Richard & Yvette Wira, Linda Vetter 1-1/4 m 2:03.63 G2
2003 Wild Spirit 4 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Sumaya U.S. Stables (Oussama Aboughazale) 1-1/4 m 2:02.95 G2
2002 Summer Colony 4 John R. Velazquez Mark A. Hennig Edward P. Evans 1-1/4 m 2:04.52 G3
2001 Irving's Baby 4 Ramon Domínguez Todd A. Pletcher Anstu Stables, Inc. 1-1/4 m 2:05.21 G3
2000 Lu Ravi 5 Pat Day Yoshio Fujita 1-1/4 m 2:02.21 G3
1999 Tap to Music 4 Pat Day Joseph Orseno Stronach Stables 1-1/4 m 2:02.15 G3
1998 Amarillo 4 Julie Krone Phantom House Farm (racing partnership, John Forbes, Jr. director) 1-1/4 m 2:04.20 G3
1997 Power Play 5 H. Graham Motion Robert A. Leonard 1-1/4 m 2:03.40 G3
1996 Urbane 4 Alex Solis Samantha Siegel 1-1/4 m 2:01.80 G3
1995 Night Fax 4 William H. Turner Jr. 1-1/4 m 2:02.80 G2
1994 With A Wink 4 Richard Migliore D. Wayne Lukas Melvin Hatley 1-1/4 m 2:03.20 G2
1993 Green Darlin 4 Mike Luzzi Sondra D. Bender 1-1/4 m 2:03.60 G2
1992 Brilliant Brass 5 Edgar Prado Elaine L. Bassford 1-1/4 m 2:03.00 G2
1991 Crowned 4 Rick Wilson Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. Bohemia Stable 1-1/4 m 2:04.00 G2
1990 Seattle Dawn 4 Michael Dickinson Dinwiddie Farm (Stewart Bainum) 1-1/4 m 2:03.00 G2
1989 Nastique 5 Eddie Maple Stephen L. DiMauro Chaus Stable (Bernard Chaus) 1-1/4 m 2:01.20 G1
1988 Nastique 4 Eddie Maple Stephen L. DiMauro Chaus Stable (Bernard Chaus) 1-1/4 m 2:07.60 G1
1987 Coup de Fusil 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Tartan Stable 1-1/4 m 1:59.80 G1
1986 4 Gene St. Leon Thomasina Caporella 1-1/4 m 2:02.20 G1
1985 Basie 4 Jean Cruguet Flint S. Schulhofer Frances A. Genter 1-1/4 m 2:02.00 G1
1984 Adored 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Laz Barrera Ethel D. Jacobs 1-1/4 m 2:03.20 G1
1983 May Day Eighty 4 Jacinto Vásquez David A. Whiteley Calumet Farm 1-1/4 m 2:03.20 G1
1982 6 Jack Kaenel Peter M. Brant 1-1/4 m 2:02.60 G1
1981 Relaxing 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Angel Penna Sr. Ogden Phipps 1-1/4 m 2:01.00 G1
1980 Heavenly Ade 4 Jerry D. Bailey Adele W. Paxson 1-1/4 m 2:00.00 G1
1979 Likely Exchange 5 G. Watts Humphrey Jr. 1-1/4 m 2:03.40 G1
1978 Late Bloomer 4 Jorge Velásquez John M. Gaver Jr. Greentree Stable 1-1/4 m 2:02.20 G1
1977 Our Mims 3 Jorge Velásquez John M. Veitch Calumet Farm 1-1/4 m 2:01.00 G1
1976 Optimistic Gal 3 Eddie Maple LeRoy Jolley Diana M. Firestone 1-1/4 m 2:01.00 G1
1975 Susan's Girl 6 Ray Broussard Fred W. Hooper 1-1/4 m 2:01.80 G1
1974 Krislin 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Stephen A. DiMauro Harold I. Snyder 1-1/4 m 2:01.60 G1
1973 Susan's Girl 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. John W. Russell Fred W. Hooper 1-1/4 m 2:01.80 G1
1972 Blessing Angelica 4 Eddie Belmonte H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1-1/4 m 2:00.60
1971 Blessing Angelica 3 Jacinto Vásquez H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1-1/4 m 2:03.40
1970 Obeah 5 Henry S. Clark Christiana Stables 1-1/4 m 2:02.60
1969 Obeah 4 John L. Rotz Henry S. Clark Christiana Stables 1-1/4 m 2:04.20
1968 Politely 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Bohemia Stable 1-1/4 m 2:02.80
1967 Straight Deal II 5 Bobby Ussery Hirsch Jacobs Ethel D. Jacobs 1-1/4 m 2:02.20
1966 Open Fire 5 Virgil W. Raines Brandywine Stable 1-1/4 m 2:00.40
1965 Steeple Jill 4 John Ruane Bert Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 1-1/4 m 2:02.80
1964 Old Hat 5 Stanley Conrad 1-1/4 m 2:04.00
1963 Waltz Song 5 1-1/4 m 2:04.00
1962 Seven Thirty 4 Larry Adams Bert Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 1-1/4 m 2:02.60
1961 Airmans Guide 4 Howard Grant Hugh A. Grant 1-1/4 m 2:02.40
1960 Quill 4 Bobby Ussery Lucien Laurin Reginald N. Webster 1-1/4 m 2:02.40
1959 Endine 5 Paul J. Bailey Henry S. Clark Christiana Stable 1-1/4 m 2:03.60
1958 Endine 4 Eldon Nelson Henry S. Clark Christiana Stable 1-1/4 m 2:03.00
1957 Princess Turia 4 Bill Hartack Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1-1/4 m 2:05.00
1956 Flower Bowl 4 Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 1-1/4 m 2:03.00
1955 Parlo 4 Eric Guerin Richard E. Handlen Foxcatcher Farms 1-1/4 m 2:02.40
1954 Gainsboro Girl 4 Shawmut Farm (Richard A. Jenks) 1-1/4 m 2:02.60
1953 Grecian Queen 3 Ted Atkinson James P. Conway Florence Whitaker 1-1/4 m 2:02.80
1952 Kiss Me Kate 4 Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords 1-1/4 m 2:02.60
1951 Busanda 4 Eric Guerin Ogden Phipps 1-1/4 m 2:04.60
1950 Adile 4 Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords 1-1/16 m 1:44.60
1949 Allie's Pal 4 Samuel D. Sidell 1-1/16 m 1:46.40
1948 6 Ira Hanford Horatio Luro 1-1/16 m 1:49.00
1947 Elpis 5 William G. Helis 1-1/16 m 1:46.60
1946 3 James W. Smith John R. Bradley 1-1/16 m 1:43.80
1945 Plucky Maud 4 Robert Permane Lazy F Ranch 1-1/16 m 1:42.60
1944 Everget 3 Arnold Kirkland Virgil W. Raines Brandywine Stable 1-1/16 m 1:44.80
1943 Race not held due to wartime restrictions
1942 Monida 5 Constance Morabito 1-1/16 m 1:45.60
1941 Dotted Swiss 4 Maurice Peters Max Hirsch 1-1/16 m 1:49.00
1940 Tedbriar 3 Jimmy Lynch William H. Lipscomb 1-1/16 m 1:43.80
1939 Shangay Lily 7 Ruperto Donoso John L. Roberts William V. McGrath 1-1/16 m n/a
1938 Marica 5 Thomas D. Taggart 1-1/16 m 1:45.60
1937 Rosenna 3 Maurice Peters Richard E. Handlen William du Pont Jr. 1-1/16 m 1:43.80

References[]

  1. ^ "Chart of the 2021 Delaware Handicap". Equibase. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ "First To Enter Racing Classic". The Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland. 1953-03-25. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. ^ "Songbird Holds Fast in Delaware Handicap". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 2017-07-16.

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