Santa Anita Handicap
Grade I race | |
Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1935 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds and up |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | $600,000 (since 2018)[1] |
The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up[2] and was once considered the most important race for older horses in North America during the winter racing season. The ten-furlong Santa Anita Handicap currently offers a purse of $600,000.
History[]
The first race was held in 1935, just months after the track opened in late 1934, and the event was open to three-year-olds and up until 1969. The Santa Anita Handicap instantly became one of the nation's top races because it offered a minimum purse of $100,000, then a staggering amount for a horse race. In its early years, the race was most commonly referred to among horsemen and racing media as the "Hundred-Grander." Another nickname for the race dating back to that time, "The Big 'Cap", is still in regular use.
Probably the dominant figure in the early years of the race was Seabiscuit, as the race proved to be a metaphor for his career. In his first two attempts to win it in 1937 and 1938, he lost in photo finishes, with the second loss to a horse carrying 30 pounds less than he was. He suffered what was believed to be a career-ending injury while preparing for the 1939 edition. He came back to run in the Hundred-Grander in 1940, finally winning in his last race.
The 2019 race was postponed from early March to early April due to Santa Anita's safety-related suspension of live racing.[3]
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1:58.17 – Game On Dude (2014)
Most wins:
- 3 – Game On Dude (2011, 2013, 2014)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 11 – Bill Shoemaker (1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1985)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 9 – Charlie Whittingham (1957, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 – Charles S. Howard (1939, 1940, 1950)
- 3 – Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable & Bernard C. Schiappa (2011, 2013, 2014)
- 3 – Hronis Racing LLC (2018, 2019, 2020)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Dist. (Miles) |
Time |
Win $ |
Gr. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Idol | 4 | Joel Rosario | Richard Baltas | Calvin Nguyen | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.46 | $240,000 | G1 |
2020 | Combatant | 5 | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing LLC (Kosta & Pete Hronis) | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.32 | $360,000 | G1 |
2019 | Gift Box | 6 | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing LLC (Kosta & Pete Hronis) | 1-1/4 m | 2:03.02 | $355,000 | G1 |
2018 | Accelerate | 5 | Victor Espinoza | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing LLC (Kosta & Pete Hronis) | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.83 | $355,000 | G1 |
2017 | Shaman Ghost | 5 | Javier Castellano | Jimmy Jerkens | Adena Springs | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.57 | $450,000 | G1 |
2016 | Melatonin | 5 | Joseph Talamo | David E. Hofmans | Tarabilla Farms Inc. (Susan Osborne) | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.01 | $600,000 | G1 |
2015 | Shared Belief | 4 | Mike Smith | Jerry Hollendorfer | Jungle Racing (Jim & Janet Rome) | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.67 | $600,000 | G1 |
2014 | Game On Dude | 7 | Mike Smith | Bob Baffert | Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable & Bernard C. Schiappa | 1-1/4 m | 1:58.17 | $450,000 | G1 |
2013 | Game On Dude | 6 | Mike Smith | Bob Baffert | Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable & Bernard C. Schiappa | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.14 | $450,000 | G1 |
2012 | Ron the Greek | 5 | Jose Lezcano | William I. Mott | Brous Stable (Nils Brous), Wachtel Stable (Adam Wachtel), Jack T. Hammer | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.41 | $450,000 | G1 |
2011 | Game On Dude | 4 | Chantal Sutherland | Bob Baffert | Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable & Bernard C. Schiappa | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.47 | $450,000 | G1 |
2010 | Misremembered | 4 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Jill Baffert & George Jacobs | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.20 | $450,000 | G1 |
2009 | Einstein | 7 | Julien Leparoux | Helen Pitts-Blasi | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.93 | $600,000 | G1 | |
2008 | 5 | Rafael Bejarano | Jerry Hollendorfer | William de Burgh | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.42 | $600,000 | G1 | |
2007 | Lava Man | 6 | Corey Nakatani | Doug O'Neill | STD Racing (Dave & Steve Kenly) & Jason Wood | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.11 | $600,000 | G1 |
2006 | Lava Man | 5 | Corey Nakatani | Doug O'Neill | STD Racing (Steve & Dave Kenly) & Jason Wood | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.57 | $600,000 | G1 |
2005 | Rock Hard Ten | 4 | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella | Mercedes Stable | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.20 | $600,000 | G1 |
2004 | Southern Image | 4 | Victor Espinoza | Blahut Stables (Bradley Blahut, manager) | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.64 | $600,000 | G1 | |
2003 | Milwaukee Brew | 6 | Edgar Prado | Robert J. Frankel | Stronach Stables | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.80 | $600,000 | G1 |
2002 | Milwaukee Brew | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Stronach Stables | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.02 | $600,000 | G1 |
2001 | Tiznow | 4 | Chris McCarron | Jay M. Robbins | Michael Cooper & Cecilia Straub-Rubens | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.55 | $600,000 | G1 |
2000 | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Bob Baffert | Golden Eagle Farm | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.49 | $600,000 | G1 | |
1999 | Free House | 5 | Chris McCarron | J. Paco Gonzalez | McCaffery & Toffan | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.67 | $600,000 | G1 |
1998 | Malek | 5 | Alex Solis | Richard Mandella | Stud Panter (Francisco Cortez) | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.26 | $600,000 | G1 |
1997 | 6 | David Flores | Richard Mandella | Rio Claro Thoroughbreds (Linneo Eduardo De Paula Machado) | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.23 | $600,000 | G1 | |
1996 | 4 | Ed Delahoussaye | Ron McAnally | Alex G. Campbell Jr. | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.04 | $600,000 | G1 | |
1995 | 5 | Gary Stevens | Rodney Rash | Stewart Aitken | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.25 | $550,000 | G1 | |
1994 | Stuka † | 4 | Chris Antley | Gary F. Jones | Allen E. Paulson | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.17 | $550,000 | G1 |
1993 | 6 | Pat Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | Victoria Calantoni | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.40 | $550,000 | G1 | |
1992 | Best Pal | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Gary F. Jones | Golden Eagle Farm | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.00 | $550,000 | G1 |
1991 | Farma Way | 4 | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Quarter B Farm (George R. Bunn) | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.30 | $550,000 | G1 |
1990 | Ruhlmann | 5 | Gary Stevens | Charlie Whittingham | Ann & Jerry Moss | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.20 | $550,000 | G1 |
1989 | 4 | Martin Pedroza | Julio C. Canani | Hughes, Messina Et Al | 1-1/4 m | 1:58.80 | $550,000 | G1 | |
1988 | Alysheba | 4 | Chris McCarron | Jack Van Berg | Dorothy & Pamela Scharbauer | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.80 | $550,000 | G1 |
1987 | Broad Brush | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Richard W. Small | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.60 | $550,000 | G1 | |
1986 | Greinton | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Charlie Whittingham | , Whittingham, Howell Wynne | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.00 | $689,500 | G1 |
1985 | (ARG) | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Peter Perkins | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.60 | $275,600 | G1 |
1984 | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | David I. Sofro | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.60 | $298,650 | G1 | ||
1983 | Bates Motel | 4 | John H. M. Gosden | Jacqueline Getty Phillips & Michael D. Riordan | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.60 | $317,350 | G1 | |
1982 | John Henry † | 7 | Bill Shoemaker | Ron McAnally | Dotsam Stable | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.00 | $318,800 | G1 |
1981 | John Henry | 6 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ron McAnally | Dotsam Stable | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.40 | $238,150 | G1 |
1980 | Spectacular Bid | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Bud Delp | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.60 | $190,000 | G1 | |
1979 | Affirmed | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1-1/4 m | 1:58.60 | $192,800 | G1 |
1978 | Vigors | 5 | Darrel McHargue | William R. Hawn | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.20 | $180,000 | G1 | |
1977 | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.20 | $173,550 | G1 | |||
1976 | Royal Glint | 6 | Jorge Tejeira | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.40 | $155,900 | G1 | ||
1975 | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | 1-1/4 m | 2:06.40 | $105,500 | G1 | ||
1974 | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Frank "Pancho" Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1-1/4 m | 2:03.60 | $105,000 | G1 | |
1973 | Cougar II | 7 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Charlie Whittingham | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.00 | $105,000 | G1 | |
1972 | Triple Bend | 4 | Donald Pierce | Vance Longden | Frank M. McMahon | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.00 | $105,000 | |
1971 | Ack Ack | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Forked Lightning Ranch | 1-1/4 m | 2:03.00 | $100,000 | |
1970 | Quicken Tree | 7 | Fernando Alvarez | Louis R. Rowan & Wheelock Whitney Jr. | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.60 | $100,000 | ||
1969 | Nodouble | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | J. Bert Sonnier | Verna Lea Farm (Gene Goff) | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.80 | $100,000 | |
1968 | 5 | Cheray Duchin | 1-1/4 m | 2:04.60 | $100,000 | ||||
1967 | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Llangollen Farm Stable | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.80 | $100,000 | ||
1966 | Lucky Debonair | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Catrone | Ada L. Rice | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.20 | $100,000 | |
1965 | Hill Rise | 4 | Donald Pierce | William B. Finnegan | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.60 | $100,000 | ||
1964 | Mr. Consistency | 6 | Kenneth Church | James I. Nazworthy | Ann Peppers | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.00 | $102,100 | |
1963 | 5 | Braulio Baeza | Fred W. Hooper | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.80 | $100,000 | |||
1962 | 5 | Donald Pierce | Lynn A. Boice | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.60 | $100,000 | |||
1961 | Prove It | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.00 | $100,000 | |
1960 | 4 | Donald Pierce | Linne I. & Hazel Nelson | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.60 | $97,900 | |||
1959 | Terrang | 6 | William Boland | Carl A. Roles | Poltex Stable (Lawrence S. Pollock) & Roland Bond | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.00 | $97,900 | |
1958 | Round Table | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1-1/4 m | 1:59.80 | $97,900 | |
1957 | 4 | Ralph Neves | Charlie Whittingham | Llangollen Farm Stable | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.80 | $103,600 | ||
1956 | 5 | Johnny Longden | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1-1/4 m | 2:04.60 | $97,900 | ||
1955 | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Helbush Farm (Herman H. Helbush) | 1-1/4 m | 2:03.00 | $103,300 | |||
1954 | Rejected | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | William J. Hirsch | King Ranch | 1-1/4 m | 2:00.60 | $105,900 | |
1953 | Mark-Ye-Well | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.20 | $97,900 | |
1952 | Miche † | 7 | Don Cameron | Muriel Vanderbilt Adams | 2:01.00 | 1-1/4 m | $104,100 | ||
1951 | 5 | Johnny Longden | Anita King & Gus Luellwitz | 2:02.60 | 1-1/4 m | $97,900 | |||
1950 | Noor | 5 | Johnny Longden | Burley Parke | Charles S. Howard | 2:00.00 | 1-1/4 m | $97,900 | |
1949 | Vulcan's Forge | 4 | Dave Gorman | Don Cameron | Isaac J. Collins | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.80 | $102,000 | |
1948 | 6 | Eddie Arcaro | Horatio Luro | Richard N. Ryan | 1-1/4 m | 2:03.40 | $102,500 | ||
1947 | 8 | Pan De Azucar Stable (Raoul Espinosa) | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.80 | $98,900 | ||||
1946 | War Knight | 6 | John H. Adams | Ethel Hill | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.60 | $101,220 | ||
1945 | 6 | Johnny Longden | George M. Odom | Louis B. Mayer | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.20 | $82,925 | ||
1941 | 4 | Nick Wall | 1-1/4 m | 2:05.40 | $89,360 | ||||
1940 | Seabiscuit | 7 | Red Pollard | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.20 | $86,650 | |
1939 | Kayak II | 4 | John H. Adams | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.40 | $91,100 | |
1938 | Stagehand | 3 | Nick Wall | Earl H. Sande | 1-1/4 m | 2:01.60 | $91,450 | ||
1937 | Rosemont | 5 | Harry Richards | Richard E. Handlen | Foxcatcher Farms | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.80 | $90,700 | |
1936 | Top Row | 5 | Wayne D. Wright | 1-1/4 m | 2:04.20 | $104,600 | |||
1935 | 7 | George Woolf | Frederick M. Alger Jr. | 1-1/4 m | 2:02.20 | $108,400 |
- † In 1952, won the race but was disqualified to second place.
- † In 1982, Perrault won the race but was disqualified to second place.
- † In 1994, The Wicked North won the race but was disqualified to fourth place.
Notes[]
- ^ "Stakes profile". Equibase. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ http://www.santaanita.com/horsemen/stakes.php#santaanitahandicapgradei
- ^ Gantz, Tracy (10 March 2019). "Stakes Schedule Changes Ahead of Santa Anita Reopening". bloodhorse.com. The BloodHorse. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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