Los Angeles Handicap
| Grade III race | |
| Location |
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, USA (relocated from the now closed Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States) |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1938 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website |
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| Race information | |
| Distance | 6 furlongs |
| Surface | Cushion Track synthetic dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000. |
The Los Angeles Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in May at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California (relocated in 2104 from Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California). A Grade III sprint race run on dirt (Cushion Track synthetic dirt since 2007) over a distance of six furlongs, it is open to horses aged three and older.
The 1968 race was run in two divisions.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:07.55 - Street Boss (2008) (at current distance of 6 furlongs)
- 1:19.80 - Triple Bend (1972) (stakes, track, and world record (at previous distance of 7 furlongs)
Most wins:
- 2 - Native Diver (1965, 1967)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1968, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1989, 1997)
- 5 - Donald Pierce (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - John W. Sadler (1986, 1988, 2003, 2009, 2010)
- 4 - Buster Millerick (1965, 1967, 1968, 1983)
- 4 - Bruce Headley (1999, 2002, 2008, 2014)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Austin C. Taylor (1938, 1956)
- 2 - Fred W. Hooper (1962, 1977)
- 2 - M/M Louis K. Shapiro (1965, 1967)
- 2 - Gary & Cecil Barber (2009, 2010)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Distinctiv Passion | 5 | Edwin A. Maldonado | Jeff Bonde | Brown/Klein/Lebherz | 1:08.00 |
| 2014 | Cyclometer | 6 | Edwin A. Maldonado | Bruce Headley | Headley/I. & A. Molasky | 1:09.02 |
| 2013 | Comma to the Top | 5 | Edwin A. Maldonado | Peter Miller | Barber/Birnbaum/Tsujihara | 1:09.11 |
| 2012 | Roman Threat | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | Bob Baffert | P & H Earnhardt III | 1:08.57 |
| 2011 | Camp Victory | 4 | Joe Talamo | Mike R. Mitchell | Featherston/Jacobsen/Miller | 1:08.87 |
| 2010 | Cost of Freedom | 7 | Tyler Baze | John W. Sadler | Gary & Cecil Barber | 1:08.49 |
| 2009 | Red Arrow | 6 | Joe Talamo | John W. Sadler | Gary & Cecil Barber | 1:08.40 |
| 2008 | Street Boss | 4 | David Flores | Bruce Headley | Bluegate Corp. et al. | 1:07.55 |
| 2007 | Sailors Sunset | 4 | Jon Court | Marcelo Polanco | Everest Stable | 1:09.03 |
| 2006 | Siren Lure | 5 | Alex Solis | Art Sherman | Stuart Kesselman et al. | 1:08.57 |
| 2005 | Forest Grove | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Eoin G. Harty | Aaron & Marie Jones | 1:08.57 |
| 2004 | Pohave | 6 | Jon Court | Douglas F. O'Neill | Kagele Bros, Inc. et al. | 1:08.12 |
| 2003 | Hombre Rapido | 6 | Jose Valdivia, Jr. | John W. Sadler | Granja Vista Del Rio Stable | 1:08.49 |
| 2002 | Kona Gold | 8 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Headley, Molasky, High Tech | 1:08.72 |
| 2001 | Caller One | 4 | Corey Nakatani | James K. Chapman | Carolyn Chapman & Theresa McArthur | 1:08.35 |
| 2000 | Highland Gold | 5 | Chris McCarron | Jerry Hollendorfer | George Todaro & J. Hollendorfer | 1:09.11 |
| 1999 | Son Of A Pistol | 7 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | L. Asistio, B.B.C. Stables, J. Davenport | 1:08.17 |
| 1998 | Gold Land | 7 | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale | Prince Fahd Salman | 1:08.06 |
| 1997 | Men's Exclusive | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Wesley A. Ward | Hartsel E. Reed | 1:08.97 |
| 1996 | Abaginone † | 5 | Gary Stevens | Sanford Shulman | Charles & Clear Valley Stables | 1:08.33 |
| 1996 | Paying Dues † | 4 | Chris Antley | Clifford W. Sise, Jr. | Randy Welty et al. | 1:08.33 |
| 1995 | Forest Gazelle | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:07.90 |
| 1994 | J F Williams | 5 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | John Carr & Double J Farm | 1:09.03 |
| 1993 | Star of the Crop | 4 | Gary Stevens | Willard L. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:08.78 |
| 1992 | Cardmania | 6 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Derek Meredith | Jean Couvercelle | 1:08.73 |
| 1991 | Black Jack Road | 7 | Russell Baze | Fordell Fierce | Donna & Dorothy Kisela | 1:09.10 |
| 1990 | Timeless Answer | 4 | Robbie Davis | Ronald W. Ellis | Ed Friendly | 1:08.80 |
| 1989 | Sam Who | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Bill Spawr | Carlton Sell | 1:09.40 |
| 1988 | Olympic Prospect | 4 | Alex Solis | John W. Sadler | G. Alsdorf/F. Sinatra/L. Opas | 1:08.80 |
| 1987 | Bedside Promise | 5 | Gary Stevens | Robert L. Martin | Jawl Brothers | 1:08.40 |
| 1986 | Rosie's K. T. | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | John W. Sadler | Marianne Millard & Bea Rous | 1:10.00 |
| 1985 | Charging Falls | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Jack Van Berg | John A. Franks | 1:08.80 |
| 1984 | Night Mover | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Robert J. Frankel | Ann & Jerry Moss | 1:08.40 |
| 1983 | Mr. Prime Minister | 7 | Martin Pedroza | Buster Millerick | Sardara Sengara | 1:09.80 |
| 1982 | Terresto's Singer | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | Cliff Goodwin | Tschudi & Wong | 1:09.20 |
| 1981 | Doonesbury | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Barney Willis | Fletcher Jones, Sam Roffe, et al. | 1:08.80 |
| 1980 | Beau's Eagle | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Larry Rose | Relatively Stable | 1:08.20 |
| 1979 | Hawkin's Special | 4 | Darrel McHargue | Jack Van Berg | Donald Bruce & Jack Van Berg | 1:08.40 |
| 1978 | J. O. Tobin | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | George A. Pope, Jr. | 1:21.40 |
| 1977 | Beat Inflation | 4 | Darrel McHargue | Julius E. Tinsley, Jr. | Fred W. Hooper | 1:20.20 |
| 1976 | Century's Envoy | 5 | Sandy Hawley | Jerry Dutton | M/M John J. Elmore, Sr. | 1:20.80 |
| 1975 | Big Band | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Tommy Heard, Jr. | Heardsdale | 1:20.60 |
| 1974 | Ancient Title | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Keith L. Stucki, Sr. | Kirkland Stable | 1:20.40 |
| 1973 | Soft Victory | 5 | Donald Pierce | Ron McAnally | Max R. Prestridge, Jr. | 1:21.00 |
| 1972 | Triple Bend | 4 | Donald Pierce | Vance Longden | Frank M. McMahon | 1:19.80 |
| 1971 | Fleet Surprise | 5 | Donald Pierce | Frank E. Childs | Perne L. & Chuck T. Grissom | 1:20.80 |
| 1970 | Ack Ack | 4 | Donald Pierce | Charles E. Whittingham | Cain Hoy Stable | 1:20.60 |
| 1969 | Indulto | 6 | Donald Pierce | Bert C. Littrell | Mrs. Edward Lasker | 1:20.60 |
| 1968 | Rising Market (1st division) | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Ted Saladin | M/M Bert W. Martin | 1:20.60 |
| 1968 | Kissin' George (2nd division) | 5 | Bill Mahorney | Buster Millerick | DeCourcy Graham | 1:21.20 |
| 1967 | Native Diver | 8 | Jerry Lambert | Buster Millerick | M/M Louis K. Shapiro | 1:21.00 |
| 1966 | Nasharco | 4 | Bobby Jennings | Roy Hodges | Dr. Robert S. Flinn | 1:21.60 |
| 1965 | Native Diver | 6 | Jerry Lambert | Buster Millerick | M/M Louis K. Shapiro | 1:20.00 |
| 1964 | Cyrano | 5 | John L. Rotz | William J. Hirsch | Greentree Stable | 1:21.40 |
| 1963 | Doc Jocoy | 4 | Willie Harmatz | Lionel C. Sternberger | M/M Lionel C. Sternberger | 1:20.80 |
| 1962 | Winonly | 5 | Willie Harmatz | Julius E. Tinsley, Jr. | Fred W. Hooper | 1:21.60 |
| 1961 | T.V. Lark | 4 | Johnny Longden | Paul K. Parker | Preston W. Madden | 1:21.80 |
| 1960 | Finnegan | 4 | Ralph Neves | William B. Finnegan | Neil S. McCarthy | 1:20.80 |
| 1959 | Hillsdale | 4 | Tommy Barrow | Martin L. Fallon, Jr. | Clarence W. Smith | 1:21.00 |
| 1958 | How Now | 5 | Willie Harmatz | Cecil Jolly | George C. Newell | 1:21.60 |
| 1957 | Porterhouse | 6 | Johnny Longden | Charles E. Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1:20.80 |
| 1956 | Colonel Mack | 4 | Ralph Neves | Sam Brunson | Austin C. Taylor | 1:09.00 |
| 1955 | Karim | 5 | Gordon Glisson | Fred M. Smith | M/M John Eyraud | 1:09.20 |
| 1939 | Main Man | 5 | George Woolf | Ted D. Grimes | Louis B. Mayer | 1:43.00 |
| 1938 | Whichcee | 4 | Tim Sena | Darrell Cannon | Austin C. Taylor | 1:44.40 |
- † In 1996 there was a dead heat for first.
References
- June 26, 1938 Los Angeles Times report on the Los Angeles Handicap
- Thoroughbred Times - May 16, 2009 report on the 2009 Los Angeles Handicap
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