Oaklawn Handicap

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Oaklawn Handicap
Grade II race
LocationOaklawn Park Race Track
Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
Inaugurated1946
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.oaklawn.com
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$1 Million (2020)

The Oaklawn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in April at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

A Grade II event raced on dirt, since 1984 it has been contested over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs). It used to be raced at 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).

Records[]

Track record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)

  • 1:46 3/5 – Snow Chief (1987) (New race and track record)

Most wins:

  • 2 – (1957, 1959)
  • 2 – (1964, 1965)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 – Pat Day (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2001)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 – Allen E. Paulson (1990, 1995, 1996, 2000)

Winners since 1969[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2020 By My Standards 4 Gabriel Saez W. Bret Calhoun Allied Racing Stable 1:47.80
2019 Quip 4 José Ortiz Rodolphe Brisset WinStar Farm et al. 1:50.21
2018 City of Light 4 Drayden Van Dyke Michael W. McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr. 1:48.26
2017 Inside Straight 4 Geovanni Franco Robertino Diodoro Randy Howg 1:48.40
2016 5 Mike E. Smith James A. Jerkens Tri-Bone Stables 1:49.00
2015 4 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Matthew Schera 1:47.93
2014 Will Take Charge 4 Luis Saez D. Wayne Lukas Horton/Three Chimneys Farm 1:49.55
2013 4 Robby Albarado Lynn S. Whiting Charles J. Cella 1:49.67
2012 4 Donnie K. Von Hemel Pin Oak Stable 1:49.94
2011 5 Cliff Berry McLean Robertson Jer-Mar Stable LLC 1:48.82
2010 4 Eibar Coa Lieblongs/McMaster/Fawkes 1:49.14
2009 † 4 Jon Court Stud TNT 1:48.96
2008 Tiago 4 Mike E. Smith John Shirreffs Jerome & Ann Moss 1:50.34
2007 Lawyer Ron 4 Edgar Prado Todd Pletcher Hines Racing LLC 1:49.00
2006 Buzzards Bay 4 Jose Valdivia Jr. Ronald W. Ellis Gary Broad 1:48.22
2005 4 D. Wayne Lukas M. Tabor/S. Magnier/Bev Lewis 1:49.54
2004 Peace Rules 4 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1:48.26
2003 Medaglia d'Oro 4 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1:47.66
2002 5 Ed Delahoussaye Richard Mandella Jerome S. Moss 1:49.34
2001 4 Pat Day C. R. McGaughey III Ogden Phipps 1:48.15
2000 4 Calvin Borel A. E. & M. A. Paulson 1:48.02
1999 Behrens 5 Jorge Chavez Rudlein Stable & W. Clifton 1:47.60
1998 4 John A. Franks 1:48.40
1997 5 Shane Sellers Richard Mandella La Presle Farm 1:48.20
1996 4 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 1:47.40
1995 Cigar 5 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Allen E. Paulson 1:47.20
1994 The Wicked North 5 Kent Desormeaux P & S Hersh Trust 1:47.80
1993 6 Ed Delahoussaye & J. Swift 1:48.60
1992 Best Pal 4 Kent Desormeaux Gary F. Jones Golden Eagle Farm 1:48.00
1991 Festin 5 Ed Delahoussaye Ron McAnally Haras Sonoita 1:48.00
1990 Opening Verse 4 Chris McCarron Allen E. Paulson 1:47.20
1989 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas J. Allen & Tayhill Stable 1:49.00
1988 4 Craig Perret Wendover Stable 1:47.00
1987 Snow Chief 4 Alex Solis Melvin F. Stute Ben Rochelle & Est. Carl Grinstead 1:46.60
1986 Turkoman 4 Chris McCarron Gary F. Jones Saron Stable 1:47.40
1985 Imp Society 4 Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Heslop Stable 1:48.40
1984 Wild Again 4 Pat Day Vincent Timphony Black Chip Stable 1:46.80
1983 4 Pat Day Jack Van Berg Louis B. Mayer 1:43.00
1982 4 Pat Day Happy Valley Farm 1:44.00
1981 Temperence Hill 4 Eddie Maple Loblolly Stable 1:43.40
1980 5 Jorge Velásquez Bradley & Przilas 1:44.40
1979 4 Don Brumfield John M. Gaver Jr. Greentree Stable 1:43.60
1978 Cox's Ridge 4 Eddie Maple Loblolly Stable 1:43.20
1977 4 Ray Broussard Homer Pardue Straus & Proler 1:42.40
1976 Master Derby 4 Darrel McHargue Smiley Adams 1:41.60
1975 5 Don Combs E. E. Elzemeyer 1:42.80
1974 4 Ismael Valenzuela Monti N. Sims Kenneth Opstein 1:43.40
1973 4 John Dillard C. L. Warner 1:43.60
1972 4 David R. Vance 1:44.60
1971 5 T. Allie & J. E. Grissom 1:42.20
1970 4 Larry Snyder T. Allie & J. E. Grissom 1:43.60
1969 5 Robert L. Baird Harvey Peltier Sr. 1:45.00
* † In 2009, It's a Bird won the race but was later disqualified after testing positive for trace levels of naproxen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

Earlier winners[]

  • 1968 –
  • 1967 – Mike's Red
  • 1966 – Swift Ruler
  • 1965 –
  • 1964 –
  • 1963 – Wa-Wa Cy
  • 1962 – Blue Croon
  • 1961 – Santiago
  • 1960 – Little Fitz
  • 1959 –
  • 1958 – Manassas
  • 1957 –
  • 1956 – Come On Red
  • 1955 – No race
  • 1954 – Andros
  • 1953 – Our Challenge
  • 1952 – Spur On
  • 1951 – Boo Boo Shoo
  • 1950 – Thwarted
  • 1949 – Fancy Flyer
  • 1948 – Dinner Hour
  • 1947 – Sugar Beet
  • 1946 – Lights Abeam
  • 1944 – Challenge Me

References[]

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