Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap
Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Hialeah Park Race Track Hialeah, Florida, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1926 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | US$200,000 |
The Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race open to horses aged three and older that was run each year at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida until the track closed at the end of the 2001 racing season. At the time, it was the oldest grass race in America.
The race was inaugurated as the Miami Cup Handicap ion March 13, 1926 and was open to horses age three and older. In addition to the President's gold cup, winner Boon Companion received what at the time was a very sizeable winner's purse of $24,950.[1] From 1929 through 1952 it was run as the Miami Beach Handicap then in 1953 was renamed the Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap.[2] The race was run on dirt until 1939 when it was permanently moved to the turf. It was a Grade 1 event in 1989 when financial difficulties saw racing at Hialeah Park suspended. On resumption in 1992, the race lost its graded stakes status.
Run in two divisions in 1944, the race was contested at different distances:
- 1 mile – 1932–1938
- 1 mile, 70 yards – 1929–1931
- 1+1⁄16 miles – 1926, 1939–1944
- 1+1⁄8 miles – 1927
- 1+3⁄16 miles – 1995–1999, 2001
- 1+1⁄4 miles – 1946
- 1+3⁄8 miles – 2000
- 1+1⁄2 miles – 1947–1994
Records[]
Speed record:
- 2:25.40 @ 11⁄2 miles – El Senor (1989)
Most wins:
- 2 – (1972, 1973)
- 2 – Nijinsky's Secret (1983, 1984)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 – Allen E. Paulson (1987, 1998, 2001)
- 3 – Calumet Farm (1966, 1972, 1973)
- 3 – (1955, 1962, 1964)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 – Ángel Cordero Jr. (1972, 1973, 1979)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 – Harry Trotsek (1955, 1962, 1964)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time | ||
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2001 | Del Mar Show | 4 | Robbie Davis | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson trust | 13⁄16 | 1:53.06 | ||
2000 | Monkey Puzzle | 4 | René Douglas | Stephen L. DiMauro | Joseph F. Graffeo | 13⁄8 | 2:13.50 | ||
1999 | Federal Trial | 4 | Robbie Davis | Arthur I. Appleton | 13⁄16 | 1:52.67 | |||
1998 | Yagli | 5 | Heberto Castillo Jr. | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 13⁄16 | 1:51.79 | ||
1997 | Sharp Appeal | 4 | Gary Boulanger | Martin D. Wolfson | Martin L. Cherry | 13⁄16 | 1:54.93 | ||
1996 | Signal Tap | 5 | John Velazquez | Flint S. Schulhofer | Centennial Farm | 13⁄16 | 1:53.15 | ||
1995 | Turk Passer | 5 | John Velazquez | Michael Shanley, Leonard Leveen, Steven M. Weiss | 13⁄16 | 1:54.40 | |||
1994 | Awad | 4 | Eddie Maple | Ryehill Farm (Jim & Eleanor Ryan) | 11⁄2 | 2:30.00 | |||
1993 | Spectacular Tide | 4 | René Douglas | Stanley M. Hough | Elizabeth & David Whelan | 11⁄2 | 2:25.60 | ||
1992 | Crystal Moment | 7 | Rick Wilson | Longleaf Pine Farm (Shirley "Cosy" Lathrop) | 11⁄2 | 2:28.22 | |||
1990 | – 1991 | Race not held | |||||||
1989 | El Senor | 5 | Herb McCauley | Frances W. Luro | 11⁄2 | 2:25.40 | |||
1988 | Double Bed | 5 | Gérald Mossé | François Doumen | Ronald Reeves | 11⁄2 | 2:27.80 | ||
1987 | Theatrical | 5 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 11⁄2 | 2:28.60 | ||
1986 | Sondrio | 5 | Craig Perret | Howard M. Tesher | 11⁄2 | 2:27.60 | |||
1985 | Selous Scout | 4 | Robin Platts | Roger Attfield | Charles Rittenberg | 11⁄2 | 2:27.20 | ||
1984 | Nijinsky's Secret | 6 | José Vélez Jr. | John A. "Bud" McDougald | 11⁄2 | 2:26.80 | |||
1983 | Nijinsky's Secret | 5 | José Vélez Jr. | John A. "Bud" McDougald | 11⁄2 | 2:27.20 | |||
1982 | The Bart | 6 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Franklin N. Groves | 11⁄2 | 2:26.00 | |||
1981 | Lobsang | 5 | Mike Venezia | Victor J. Nickerson | Walter Haefner | 11⁄2 | 2:27.20 | ||
1980 | John Henry | 5 | Darrel McHargue | Ron McAnally | Dotsam Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:29.40 | ||
1979 | Bowl Game | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John M. Gaver Jr. | Greentree Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:26.60 | ||
1978 | Noble Dancer | 6 | Steve Cauthen | Thomas J. Kelly | Haakon Fretheim | 11⁄2 | 2:28.00 | ||
1977 | Improviser | 5 | Elmendorf Farm | 11⁄2 | 2:28.00 | ||||
1976 | Legion | 6 | Earlie Fires | Ralph Chapman | 11⁄2 | 2:29.20 | |||
1976 | Lord Henham | 4 | Stephen A. DiMauro | Robert E. Sangster | 11⁄2 | 2:28.20 | |||
1975 | Outdoors | 6 | John W. Russell | Ogden Phipps | 11⁄2 | 2:27.40 | |||
1974 | Big Whippendeal | 4 | Kinsman Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:26.20 | ||||
1973 | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 11⁄2 | 2:27.60 | |||
1972 | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 11⁄2 | 2:27.20 | |||
1971 | Drumtop | 5 | Chuck Baltazar | Roger Laurin | 11⁄2 | 2:26.80 | |||
1970 | 5 | Ron Turcotte | Emanuel Mittman | 11⁄2 | 2:27.40 | ||||
1969 | Blanquette | 5 | Angel Penna Sr. | Gustave Ring | 11⁄2 | 2:29.00 | |||
1968 | He's A Smoothie | 5 | Braulio Baeza | 11⁄2 | 2:32.80 | ||||
1967 | War Censor | 4 | Earlie Fires | Fourth Estate Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:28.20 | |||
1966 | Kentucky Jug | 5 | William Boland | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 11⁄2 | 2:27.20 | ||
1965 | Hot Dust | 5 | Steve Brooks | Mrs. Alfred J. Giordano | 11⁄2 | 2:29.20 | |||
1964 | Carteret | 6 | Ray Broussard | Harry Trotsek | 11⁄2 | 2:28.60 | |||
1963 | Intercepted | 4 | Robert Ussery | 11⁄2 | 2:40.40 | ||||
1962 | El Loco | 5 | John Sellers | Harry Trotsek | 11⁄2 | 2:29.80 | |||
1961 | Wolfram | 5 | John L. Rotz | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 11⁄2 | 2:29.60 | ||
1960 | 5 | Bill Hartack | Lillian B. Christopher | 11⁄2 | 2:29.20 | ||||
1959 | Tudor Era | 6 | Pete Anderson | Mrs. Herbert Herff | 11⁄2 | 2:29.80 | |||
1958 | Meeting | 5 | John Ruane | Tartan Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:27.80 | |||
1957 | Jabneh | 5 | Bill Hartack | Phil S. Goodwin | Eugenia E. Bankhead | 11⁄2 | 2:31.20 | ||
1956 | Guardian | 6 | George M. Odom | 11⁄2 | 2:29.20 | ||||
1955 | Stan | 5 | John Adams | Harry Trotsek | 11⁄2 | 2:29.60 | |||
1954 | Picador | 7 | Hedley Woodhouse | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:28.80 | ||
1953 | Royal Vale | 5 | William Boland | James E. Ryan | Esther du Pont Weir | 11⁄2 | 2:28.80 | ||
1952 | Pilaster | 8 | Nick Shuk | Mrs. Henry L. Straus | 11⁄2 | 2:30.20 | |||
1951 | Going Away | 5 | Joe Culmone | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 11⁄2 | 2:31.60 | ||
1950 | 5 | Hedley Woodhouse | Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen) | 11⁄2 | 2:29.00 | ||||
1949 | Dinner Hour | 5 | Larry H. Thompson | Helen S. Reineman | 11⁄2 | 2:30.40 | |||
1948 | Stud Poker | 5 | Edward E. Voynow | 11⁄2 | 2:29.20 | ||||
1947 | Tel O'Sullivan | 4 | James Stout | George W. Carroll | Mrs. Louis Rabinowitz | 11⁄2 | 2:36.00 | ||
1946 | Frere Jacques | 4 | Conn McCreary | Marion McGonigle | 11⁄4 | 2:04.20 | |||
1945 | No race held due to WW II restrictions | ||||||||
1944-1 | Air Current | 5 | Ted Atkinson | Walter A. Kelley | Allen T. Simmons | 11⁄16 | 1:44.40 | ||
1944-2 | Rascal | 5 | Conn McCreary | Paul L. Kelley | V. L. Shea | 11⁄16 | 1:45.00 | ||
1943 | No race held due to WW II restrictions | ||||||||
1942 | 6 | Eddie Arcaro | Mrs. Joseph Eitinger | 11⁄16 | 1:44.80 | ||||
1941 | Robert L | 7 | Eddie Arcaro | 11⁄16 | 1:47.40 | ||||
1940 | Sandy Boot | 7 | James D. Norris | 11⁄16 | 1:48.20 | ||||
1939 | Maeriel | 6 | 11⁄16 | 1:46.20 | |||||
1938 | Wise Prince | 6 | Carroll Bierman | Hirsch Jacobs | Felix Spatola | 1m | 1:37.00 | ||
1937 | White Cockade | 4 | Hilton Dabson | James E. Fitzsimmons | Ogden Phipps | 1m | 1:39.00 | ||
1936 | Nectarine | 4 | Bert S. Michell | Jean Denmark | 1m | 1:36.40 | |||
1935 | Larranaga | 6 | Wayne Wright | Anall Stable (Allan A. Ryan) | 1m | 1:37.20 | |||
1934 | Springsteel | 5 | 1m | 1:38.00 | |||||
1933 | Curaçao | 4 | Silvio Coucci | Greentree Stable | 1m | 1:38.20 | |||
1932 | Repentance | 4 | Herbert Callahan | 1m | 1:36.40 | ||||
1931 | Silverdale | 5 | Eddie Ambrose | Edward B. McLean | 1m,70yds | 1:45.40 | |||
1930 | Herrick | 4 | Charles Kurtsinger | James Gass | C. E. Hamilton | 1m,70yds | 1:42.20 | ||
1929 | Fly Hawk | 5 | O. Brown | A. G. Robertson | William Maher | 1m,70yds | 1:43.60 | ||
1927 | War Eagle | 3 | Eddie Ambrose | Edward B. McLean | 11⁄8 | 1:51.20 | |||
1926 | Boon Companion | 4 | Vincent Stott | Al G. Woodman | Coventry Stable (S. A. Cowan) | 11⁄16 | 1:46.40 |
References[]
- ^ "Miami Cup Captured by Boon Companion; Cowan Colt Wins $24,950 by Beating Superfrank in Richest Stake of Meeting". New York Times. 1926-03-14. Section 10 Sports, page 1. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ Miami Daily News – March 2, 1954
- Graded stakes races in the United States
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