Morvich Handicap

Eddie D Stakes

Grade IIIT race
Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated	1974
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Oak Tree Racing Association
Race information
Distance	6.5 furlongs
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$100,000

The Morvich Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race once run in late October of each year at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California as part of the Oak Tree Racing Association meet. As of 2014, with the removal of Oak Tree's meet from Santa Anita, it is now run in late September.

Open to horses three years old and up, it is a Grade III stakes raced on the downhill turf course set at a distance of 6.5 furlongs. The event currently offers a purse of $100,000.

The race was first named for Morvich, an American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt who became the first California-bred racehorse to win the Kentucky Derby in 1922. In 2012, the Morvich Handicap was changed to the Eddie D Stakes in honor of Eddie Delahoussaye, a Hall of Fame jockey.^[1]

(Until the closure of Hollywood Park Racetrack, Oak Tree's meet moved to Hollywood Park and the race was shortened to six furlongs due to Hollywood Park's course configuration.)

Records

Speed record:

• 1:11.10 - California Flag (2008)

Most wins:

• California Flag (2008, 2009, 2011)

Winners of the Morvich Handicap

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	No Silent	6	Gary L. Stevens	Gary Mandella	Double JH Stable	1:13.04
2014	Home Run Kitten	3	Joe Talamo	David Hofmans	Tarabilla Farms	1:11.94
2013	Chips All In	4	Julien Leparoux	Jeff Mullins	Everest/O'Brien/Valdez/Turpin	1:12.00
2012	Unbridleds Note	3			Mike McCarty	1:12.45
2011	California Flag	7	Patrick Valenzuela	Brian Koriner	Hi Card Ranch	1:11.91
2010‡	Quick Enough	6	Patrick Valenzuela	Doug O'Neill	M. Bello LLC or Sarno or Suarez Racing, Inc.	1:08.42
2009	California Flag	5	Joe Talamo	Brian Koriner	Hi Card Ranch	1:11.40
2008	California Flag	4	Joe Talamo	Brian Koriner	Hi Card Ranch	1:11.10
2007	Get Funky	4	Martin Garcia	John W. Sadler	Keith Abrahams	1:13.23
2006	Moth Ball	4	Michael Baze	James M. Cassidy	James Cassidy or Deron Peason	1:11.61
2005	Geronimo	6	Kent Desormeaux	John W. Sadler	Gary & Cecil Barber	1:12.10
2004	Leroidesanimaux (BRZ)	4	Jon Court	Robert Frankel	TNT Stud	1:11.76
2003	King Robyn	3	Alex Solis	Jeff Mullins	Cornejo Racing, Inc.	1:13.22
2002	Master Belt (NZ)	4	Tyler Baze	Simon Bray	Thomas R. Hamilton	1:12.26
2001	El Cielo	7	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Craig Dollase	Carr, Miller Trust & Webber Trust	1:11.46
2000	El Cielo	6	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Craig Dollase	Carr, Miller Trust & Webber Trust	1:12.00
1999†	Riviera (FR)	5	Brice Blanc	Robert Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:12.99
1998	Musafi	4	Garrett Gomez	Darrell Vienna	Red Baron's Barn	1:14.54
1997	Reality Road	5	Corey Nakatani	Wallace Dollase	Pete & Dorothy Pelegrino	1:13.60
1996	Comininalittlehot	5	Kent Desormeaux	Mike Mitchell	Gary & Timothy Burke	1:11.57
1995	Score Quick	3	Goncalino Almeida	Melvin F. Stute	Bill M. Thomas	1:14.64
1994	Rotsaluck	3	Fernando Valenzuela	Vladimir Cerin	L. E. Crownover	1:13.66
1993	Western Approach	4	Kent Desormeaux	Robert Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:12.12
1992±	Regal Groom	5	Martin Pedroza	Caesar Dominguez	Emilio & Joe Estrada	1:16.88
1991	Waterscape	5	Kent Desormeaux	Scott Henry	John & Yong Alpeza	1:11.95
1990	Yes I'm Blue	4	David Flores	Vladimir Cerin	King, Landsburg, Powell, et al.	1:12.40
1989	Basic Rate	4	Rafael Meza	Neil French	Robert & Bonnie Walker	1:12.20
1988	Dr. Brent	3	Fernando Toro	Morris Soriano	Braverman & Colvin	1:15.80
1987	Sabona	5	Chris McCarron	John Gosden	Sir Earnest Harrison	1:14.80
1986	River Drummer	4	Gary Stevens	Robert Frankel	Stavros Niarchos	1:13.80
1985	Dear Rick	4	Chris McCarron	Jack Van Berg	John R. Franks	1:14.20
1984	Tsunami Slew	3	Eddie Delahoussaye	Edwin J. Gregson	Royal Lines (Lessee)	1:14.00
1983±	Kangroo Court	6	Joe Steiner	John Longden	John Longden	1:16.00
1982	Shanekite	4	Sandy Hawley	Dale Landers	Selma Udko	1:12.80
1981	Forlion	5	Marco Castaneda	Charles Whittingham	Seymour W. Brown	1:13.80
1980	To B. Or Not	4	Marco Castaneda	Ronald Ellis	Bohm Stables, Inc.	1:13.80
1979	Arachnoid	6	Donald Pierce	D. Wayne Lukas	Tartan Stable	1:12.60
1978	Impressive Luck	5	Fernando Toro	Robert Frankel	Albert Katz	1:13.20
1977	Impressive Luck	4	Fernando Toro	Robert Frankel	Albert Katz	1:13.60
1976	Cherry River	6	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Doug Oliver	S. or D. Oliver	1:13.40
1975	Century's Envoy	4	Jerry Lambert	Jerry Dutton	Mr. & Mrs. John J. Elmore	1:13.40
1974±	Palladium	5	Alvaro Pineda	David Hofmans	Pearson's Barn Inc.	1:16.20

‡ In 2010 run at six furlongs at Hollywood Park.
† In 1999, Kahal finished first, was disqualified and placed second.
± Raced on main track in 1974, 1983 and 1992.

Notes

1. Morvich Handicap changed to the Eddie D Stakes

References

• Oak Tree Racing Association Media Guide