Lone Star Park Handicap
Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Lone Star Park Grand Prairie, Texas, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1997 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old and older |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $200,000 (2017) |
The Lone Star Park Handicap was a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses three-years-old and older over a distance 1+1⁄16 miles on the dirt held annually during the last week of May at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas that was last held in 2018.
History[]
The event was inaugurated in 1997, the year Lone Star Park opened. The event was classified as a Grade III in 2000.[1] In 2001, Dixie Dot Com became the only horse to win in the same year the Lone Star Park Handicap and the Texas Mile Stakes, known as "The Texas Two Step." In 2013, Master Rick accomplished the same feat.[2]
In 2010, Rosie Napravnik became the first female rider to win a graded stakes race in Lone Star Park history.[1]
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1:40.53 - Dixie Dot Com (2001) (stakes and track record)
Most wins:
- 2 - Mocha Express (1998, 1999)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Marlon St. Julien (1998, 1999)
- 2 - David Flores (2000, 2001)
- 2 - Garrett Gomez (2007, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Bob Baffert (2002, 2007, 2017)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Stronach Stable (2000, 2008)
- 2 - Stonerside Stable (2002, 2007)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
Purse |
Grade |
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2018 | Shotgun Kowboy | 6 | Luis S. Quinonez | C. R. Trout | C. R. Trout | 1:44.84 | $200,000 | III |
2017 | Danzing Candy | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Halo Farms, J. and D. Bashor | 1:43.01 | $200,000 | III |
2016 | Cyrus Alexander | 4 | Martin Garcia | Jerry Hollendorfer | Spendthrift Farm/Stonestreet Stables | 1:43.12 | $200,000 | III |
2015 | Majestic City | 6 | Charles C. Lopez | Bloom Racing Stable | 1:43.31 | $200,000 | III | |
2014 | Grand Contender | 6 | Thomas M. Amoss | 1:43.83 | $200,000 | III | ||
2013 | Master Rick | 4 | Ricardo Santana, Jr. | Steven Asmussen | Richard L. Davis | 1:42.09 | $300,000 | III |
2012 | Nates Mineshaft | 4 | Orth/Hawley | 1:42.91 | $300,000 | III | ||
2011 | Awesome Gem | 8 | Robby Albarado | 1:43.48 | $300,000 | III | ||
2010 | Redding Colliery | 4 | Rosie Napravnik | Kiaran McLaughlin | Mrs. Fitriani Hay. | 1:42.13 | $300,000 | III |
2009 | It's a Bird | 6 | Julien Leparoux | Martin D. Wolfson | Edmund A. Gann | 1:41.83 | $400,000 | III |
2008 | Giant Gizmo | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Robert J. Frankel | Stronach Stable | 1:43.01 | $400,000 | III |
2007 | Bob and John | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:45.02 | $400,000 | III |
2006 | Magnum | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | Herrick Racing LLC | 1:42.88 | $400,000 | III | |
2005 | Supah Blitz | 5 | Jon Court | Douglas F. O'Neill | Black Saddle Stable et al. | 1:41.90 | $300,000 | III |
2004 | Yessirgeneralsir | 4 | Jim D. Jackson | 1:41.29 | $300,000 | III | ||
2003 | Pie N Burger | 5 | Jamie Theriot | Kagele Bros. et al. | 1:42.03 | $300,000 | III | |
2002 | Congaree | 4 | Pat Day | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:42.96 | $300,000 | III |
2001 | Dixie Dot Com | 6 | David Flores | D. & C. Chaiken/B. & R. Heller | 1:40.53 | $300,000 | III | |
2000 | Luftikus | 4 | David Flores | Stronach Stable | 1:40.87 | $300,000 | III | |
1999 | Mocha Express | 5 | Marlon St. Julien | Mary Dodd/A. R. Harder | 1:43.36 | $300,000 | ||
1998 | Mocha Express | 4 | Marlon St. Julien | A. R. Harder/Don Strate | 1:42.17 | $200,000 | ||
1997 | Connecting Terms | 4 | Larry Melancon | W. Elliott Walden | Prestonwood Farm | 1:41.97 | $200,000 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Lone Star Park Handicap (Gr. 3)". equibase. 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "#gradedstakes". Imgrun. 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Open mile category horse races
- 1997 establishments in Texas
- Recurring sporting events established in 1997
- Horse races in Texas
- Discontinued horse races