Washington Park Handicap
Grade III race | |
Location | Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1926 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.arlingtonpark.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Polytrack synthetic dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 |
The Washington Park Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of September at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois. A Grade III event open to horses age three and older, it is contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of a mile and one-eighth (9 furlongs). The race is designed to be a prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Inaugurated at the now defunct Washington Park Race Track, in 1958 it was moved to Arlington Park. In 1978 and 1979 it was contested on turf.
In 1935 the race was run as the Washington Park Championship Stakes and from 1980 through 1985 as the Washington Park Stakes.
Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances:
- 6 furlongs : 1927-1934, 1938;
- 1 mile : 1951-1958, 1960–1962, 1965–1972;
- 1+1⁄8 miles : 1939, 1959, 1963–1964, 1975–1977, 1980–1987, 1989–1997, 2000; 2013
- 1+3⁄16 miles : 1978-1979 (on turf), 2002–present;
- 1+1⁄4 : 1926, 1935–36, 1940–1950, 1973–74, 2001.
Records[]
Speed record: (at current distance of 1+3⁄16 miles )
- 1:53.53 - Suave (2006) (Dirt)
- 1:55.17 - Lewis Michael (2007) (Polytrack)
Record at 1 mile on dirt - 1:32.20 Dr. Fager (1968) - Note that this time broke the world's record at the distance on dirt. The record still stands
Most wins:
- 2 - Misstep (1929, 1930)
- 2 - Armed (1946, 1947)
- 2 - That's A Nice (1979, 1980)
- 2 - Perfect Drift (2003, 2005)
- 2 - (2009, 2010)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Bill Shoemaker (1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1980)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Harry Trotsek (1950, 1974, 1975)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Calumet Farm (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Avanzare | 4 | Thomas F. Proctor | Lanni/Youngblood | 1:52.76 | |
2013 | Wilcox Inn | 5 | Lael Stable and All In Racing | 1:49.62 | ||
2012 | Middie | 4 | Humphrey/Watts/St. George Farm Racing | 1:49.27 | ||
2011 | Mister Mardi Gras | 4 | Lothenbach Stables | 1:51.60 | ||
2010 | Gran Estreno | 7 | Michael Baze | Feel the Thunder Stable | 1:56.88 | |
2009 | Gran Estreno | 6 | Michael Stidham | Feel The Thunder Stable | 2:00.00 | |
2008 | no race | |||||
2007 | Lewis Michael | 4 | Wayne M. Catalano | Frank Calabrese | 1:55.17 | |
2006 | Suave | 5 | Calvin Borel | Jay Em Ess Stable | 1:53.53 | |
2005 | Perfect Drift | 6 | Mark Guidry | Stonecrest Farm | 1:54.27 | |
2004 | Eye of the Tiger | 4 | Eusebio Razo Jr. | Kiaran McLaughlin | John D. Gunther | 1:56.87 |
2003 | Perfect Drift | 4 | Pat Day | Stonecrest Farm | 1:55.49 | |
2002 | Tenpins | 4 | Robby Albarado | Joseph Vitello | 1:55.07 | |
2001 | Guided Tour | 5 | Larry Melancon | Niall O'Callaghan | Morton Fink | 2:00.76 |
2000 | Blazing Sword | 6 | Stonehedge Farm Inc. | 1:50.59 | ||
1999 | Beboppin Baby | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Lawrence Karp | 1:49.03 | |
1998 | no race | |||||
1997 | no race | |||||
1996 | Polar Expedition | 5 | Mark Guidry | James Cody | 1:49.97 | |
1995 | no race | |||||
1994 | Brother Brown | 4 | Pat Day | M. Bowline & B. Cohrs | 1:49.77 | |
1993 | Powerful Punch | 4 | Curt Bourque | Harvey L. Vanier | 1:50.19 | |
1992 | Irish Swap | 5 | Randy Hendricks | 1:47.83 | ||
1991 | Black Tie Affair | 5 | Shane Sellers | Ernie T. Poulos | Jeffrey Sullivan | 1:49.45 |
1990 | Lay Down | 6 | Herb McCauley | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1:48.40 |
1989 | Blushing John | 4 | Pat Day | Allen E. Paulson | 1:50.80 | |
1988 | no race | |||||
1987 | Taylor's Special | 6 | John Lively | William I. Mott | William F. Lucas | 1:51.60 |
1986 | no race | |||||
1985 | Par Flite | 4 | Earlie Fires | Carl Nafzger | Tadahiro Hotehama | 1:47.60 |
1984 | Thumbsucker | 5 | Sam Maple | GAT Stable | 1:48.60 | |
1983 | Harham's Sizzler | 4 | Harham Farm | 1:49.80 | ||
1982 | Summer Advocate | 5 | Pat Day | Don Ball et al. | 1:49.80 | |
1981 | 5 | Pat Day | Leslie Combs II | 1:48.60 | ||
1980 | Spectacular Bid | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1:46.20 |
1979 | That's A Nice | 5 | Frank J. Sitzberger | 1:50.00 | ||
1978 | That's A Nice | 4 | Douglas Richard | Frank J. Sitzberger | 1:50.60 | |
1977 | Majestic Light | 4 | Mike Venezia | John W. Russell | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1:48.00 |
1976 | Double Edge Sword | 6 | Richard E. Dutrow Sr. | Aisquith Stable | 1:48.20 | |
1975 | Hasty Flyer | 4 | Harry Trotsek | 1:48.60 | ||
1974 | Super Sail | 6 | Harry Trotsek | 2:03.00 | ||
1973 | Burning On | 5 | Douglas Richard | Dan W. Scott II | 2:02.20 | |
1972 | Staunch Avenger | 4 | Annette Mann | 1:34.40 | ||
1971 | Well Mannered | 4 | Bwamazon Farm | 1:34.60 | ||
1970 | Doc's T.V. | 4 | Harvey Peltier | 1:36.60 | ||
1969 | Night Invader | 3 | Joseph H. Pierce Jr. | Sheila Pierce | 1:36.20 | |
1968 | Dr. Fager | 4 | Braulio Baeza | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 1:32.20 |
1967 | Handsome Boy | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:37.60 |
1966 | Bold Bidder | 4 | Pete Anderson | Woody Stephens | 1:32.80 | |
1965 | Take Over | 4 | 1:35.20 | |||
1964 | Gun Bow | 4 | Walter Blum | Edward A. Neloy | Gedney Farm | 1:51.00 |
1963 | Crimson Satan | 4 | Crimson King Farm | 1:49.60 | ||
1962 | Prove It | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:33.80 |
1961 | Chief of Chiefs | 4 | Ada L. Rice | 1:34.60 | ||
1960 | T. V. Lark | 3 | Johnny Sellers | C. R. Mac Stable | 1:34.20 | |
1959 | Round Table | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1:47.20 |
1958 | Clem | 4 | Johnny Sellers | William W. Stephens | Adele L. Rand | 1:34.00 |
1957 | Pucker Up | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | A. A. Robertson | Ada L. Rice | 1:34.80 |
1956 | Swaps | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:33.40 |
1955 | Jet Action | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Maine Chance Farm | 1:34.00 | |
1954 | Pet Bully | 6 | Bill Hartack | Tommy Kelly | Ada L. Rice | 1:34.40 |
1953 | Sickle's Image | 5 | 1:36.80 | |||
1952 | Crafty Admiral | 4 | Eric Guerin | Charfran Stable | 1:36.80 | |
1951 | Curandero | 5 | Avelino Gomez | William J. Hirsch | King Ranch | 1:34.60 |
1950 | Inseparable | 5 | Kenneth Church | Harry Trotsek | 2:06.20 | |
1949 | Coaltown | 4 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:03.80 |
1948 | Fervent | 4 | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:04.80 | |
1947 | Armed | 6 | Douglas Dodson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:02.00 |
1946 | Armed | 5 | Douglas Dodson | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:01.00 |
1945 | Busher | 3 | Johnny Longden | George M. Odom | Louis B. Mayer | 2:01.80 |
1944 | Equifox | 7 | 2:03.00 | |||
1943 | Royal Nap † | 3 | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | 2:05.00 | |
1943 | Thumbs Up † | 4 | Carl A. Roles | Louis B. Mayer | 2:05.00 | |
1942 | Marriage | 6 | & Carl Dupuis | 2:02.40 | ||
1941 | Big Pebble | 5 | Jack Westrope | William B. Finnegan | 2:03.20 | |
1940 | 4 | Nick Wall | 2:04.00 | |||
1939 | Star Boarder | 3 | James W. Smith | Dixiana Stables | 1:50.20 | |
1938 | Dora May | 5 | Henry Forrest | Rockhome Stable | 1:12.00 | |
1936 | Where Away | 4 | 2:03.00 | |||
1935 | Late Date | 6 | Alfred Robertson | R. E. Mahoney | Brentwood Stable | 2:06.80 |
1934 | Isaiah | 4 | 1:12.00 | |||
1933 | No More | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | 1:12.60 | ||
1932 | Gold Step | 5 | S. H. Fairbanks | Mrs. S. H. Fairbanks | 1:12.00 | |
1931 | Tannery | 4 | R. Heigle | Edward F. Prichard | 1:13.00 | |
1930 | Misstep | 5 | Le Mar Stock Farm Stable | 1:12.40 | ||
1929 | Misstep | 4 | Le Mar Stock Farm Stable | 1:12.20 | ||
1928 | no race | |||||
1927 | Girl Scout | 5 | S. Cooper | Three D's Stock Farm Stable | 1:15.00 | |
1926 | Smiling Gus | 3 | L. Edwards | 2:10.60 |
References[]
- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in Illinois
- Open middle distance horse races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1926
- Arlington Park
- Washington Park Race Track
- 1926 establishments in Illinois