A Gleam Handicap
| Grade II race | |
| Location |
Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1941 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website |
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| Race information | |
| Distance | 7 furlongs |
| Surface | synthetic dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $150,000 |
The A Gleam Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Open to fillies and mares, age three and older, it is contested on Cushion Track synthetic dirt over a distance of seven furlongs.
Inaugurated in 1941 as the Sequoia Handicap until 1979 when it was changed to the A Gleam Handicap in honor of Calumet Farm's filly, A Gleam, whose five stakes wins in 1952 is the co-record for most stakes race wins in a single meet at Hollywood Park. A Gleam was voted Hollywood Park's 1952 "Horse of the Meet."
The race was run at seven furlongs from inception until 1973 when it was modified to six furlongs. In 1983 it reverted to its original distance and has remained there since.
There was no race run in 1942-1943, and from 1947 through 1958.
In 2009, Evita Argentina became the first 3-year-old to win the A Gleam Handicap since -L Ranch Co.'s Honeymoon did it in 1946.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)
- 1:20.40 - A. P. Assay (1998) (Equaled track record)
Most wins:
- 2 - Somethinaboutlaura (2006, 2007)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 7 - Gary Stevens (1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2005)
Winners of the A Gleam Handicap
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Book Review | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | Bob Baffert | Gary & Mary West | 1:22.75 |
| 2012 | Switch | 5 | Garrett Gomez | John W. Sadler | CRK Stable | 1:24.37 |
| 2011 | Irish Gypsy | 5 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Pegram/Sikura | 1:22.44 |
| 2010 | Sweet August Moon | 5 | Victor Espinoza | Brian Koriner | Legacy Ranch & Shirley MacPherson | 1:21.77 |
| 2009 | Evita Argentina | 3 | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler | Three Sisters Thoroughbreds/Halo Farms | 1:21.80 |
| 2008 | Dearest Trickski | 4 | Mike E. Smith | John W. Sadler | Tom Mankiewicz | 1:21.55 |
| 2007 | Somethinaboutlaura | 5 | Victor Espinoza | Jerry Hollendorfer | John G. Sikura, George Todaro, et al. | 1:21.93 |
| 2006 | Somethinaboutlaura | 4 | Victor Espinoza | Jerry Hollendorfer | John G. Sikura, George Todaro, et al. | 1:20.88 |
| 2005 | Alphabet Kisses | 4 | Gary Stevens | Martin F. Jones | Harris Farms, Inc. | 1:21.67 |
| 2004 | Dream of Summer | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Juan J. Garcia | James Weigel | 1:21.00 |
| 2003 | Cee's Elegance | 6 | Victor Espinoza | Douglas F. O'Neill | Cee's Stable | 1:21.47 |
| 2002 | Irguns Angel | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Alfredo Marquez | Ron & Susie Anson | 1:22.50 |
| 2001 | Go Go | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Warren Stute | Thomas & Thomas Racing | 1:22.19 |
| 2000 | Honest Lady | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:21.47 |
| 1999 | Enjoy the Moment | 4 | David Flores | William B. Spawr | Farfellow Farms Ltd. | 1:21.35 |
| 1998 | A. P. Assay | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | J. Paco Gonzalez | John Toffan & Trudy McCaffery | 1:20.40 |
| 1997 | Toga Toga Toga | 5 | Gary Stevens | Eduardo Inda | Stanley Bell | 1:22.60 |
| 1996 | Igotrhythm | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann (L) | 1:21.40 |
| 1995 | Angi Go | 5 | Gary Stevens | David Hofmans | Kenneth Hartley | 1:21.40 |
| 1994 | Golden Klair | 4 | Chris McCarron | Darrell Vienna | B. & S. Pernecky & A. & J. Mansourf | 1:22.00 |
| 1993 | Bold Windy | 4 | Gary Stevens | Gary F. Jones | Ray Dilbeck | 1:21.60 |
| 1992 | Forest Fealty | 5 | Martin Pedroza | Brian A. Mayberry | Siegel family | 1:22.00 |
| 1991 | Survive | 7 | Russell Baze | Richard E. Mandella | Edward Allred & Randall D. Hubbard | 1:22.00 |
| 1990 | Stormy But Valid | 4 | Gary Stevens | Brian A. Mayberry | Siegel family | 1:21.20 |
| 1989 | Daloma | 5 | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | Enemy Stables & Mandysland Farm | 1:21.60 |
| 1988 | Integra | 4 | Gary Stevens | Henry Moreno | George Aubin | 1:23.00 |
| 1987 | Le L'Argent | 5 | Darrel McHargue | Richard E. Mandella | L. Jean & M. & R. Daley | 1:23.00 |
| 1986 | Outstandingly | 4 | Gary Stevens | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1:21.80 |
| 1985 | Dontstop Themusic | 5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Randy Winick | Albert R. Broccoli | 1:21.40 |
| 1984 | Lass Trump | 4 | Chris McCarron | C. R. McGaughey III | Alan Samford | 1:21.20 |
| 1983 | Matching | 5 | Ray Sibille | Steve Morguelan | Glencrest Farm & Morguelan | 1:22.40 |
| 1982 | Happy Bride | 4 | Walter Guerra | Laz Barrera | Dolly Green | 1:08.40 |
| 1981 | She Can't Miss | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | D. Wayne Lukas | Elcee-H Stable | 1:09.00 |
| 1980 | Great Lady M | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | D. Wayne Lukas | Robert H. Spreen | 1:08.40 |
| 1979 | Delice | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Robert L. Wheeler | Mike Rutherford | 1:08.80 |
Winners of the Sequoia Handicap
- 1978 - Reminiscing
- 1977 - Just a Kick
- 1976 - Winter Solstice
- 1975 - Viva La Vivi
- 1974 - Lts Joy
- 1973 - Wingo Belle
- 1972 - Convenience
- 1971 - Ribula
- 1970 - Lynnes Orphan
- 1969 - Indian Love Call
- 1968 - Romanticism
- 1966 - Privileged
- 1965 - Kea
- 1964 - Curious Clover
- 1963 - Linita
- 1962 - Nascania
- 1961 - Linita
- 1960 - Liberal Lady
- 1959 - Bug Brush
- 1946 - Honeymoon
- 1945 - Jerry Lee
- 1944 - Hemisphere
- 1941 - Painted Veil