Pan American Stakes
| Grade II race | |
| Location |
Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1962 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.gulfstreampark.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-Year-Olds and Up |
| Purse | $150,000 |
The Pan American Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of March at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Raced on turf over a distance of one and a half miles, the event is open to horses four years of age and older.
Inaugurated in 1962 as a race competed over one and one eighth miles, it was changed to its present one and a half mile distance in 1965. It has held various graded stakes race designations over the years, and currently has Grade II status.
Due to heavy rains, the 1975 race was shifted to the dirt track. It was run at a mile and a quarter on dirt in 1989 and again in 2009. In 1993, it was run at about a mile and a half on the turf course.
In 2013, Twilight Eclipse set a world record for 1 1⁄2 miles by winning the Pan American in a final time of 2:22.63. This time lowered the world record mark set just one week earlier at Santa Anita Park by Bright Thought in the San Luis Rey Handicap.[1]
Records
Time record: (at present distance of 1 1⁄2 miles)
- 2:22.63 - Twilight Eclipse (2013)
Most wins:
- 2 - Fraise (1993, 1994), Buck's Boy (1998, 2000), Quest Star (2003, 2004)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Mike E. Smith (1991, 1994, 1996, 1999)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - William I. Mott (1991, 1993, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2014)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Quarter B Farm (1998, 2000), Mansell Stables (2003, 2004), Madeleine A. Paulson (1993, 1994), Bertram R. Firestone (1974, 1991)
Winners of the Pan American Handicap since 1973
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kaigun | 6 | Joe Bravo | Mark E. Casse | Quintessential Racing/Horse'n Around Racing Stable/Barber | 1-1/2 | 2:29.20 | II |
| 2015 | Imagining | 7 | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Claude R. McGaughey III | Phipps Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:26.32 | III |
| 2014 | Newsdad | 6 | Joel Rosario | William I. Mott | James S. Karp | 1-1/2 | 2:22.77 | II |
| 2013 | Twilight Eclipse | 4 | Javier Castellano | Thomas Albertrani | West Point Thoroughbreds | 1-1/2 | 2:22.63 | II |
| 2012 | Newsdad | 4 | Julien Leparoux | William I. Mott | James Karp | 1-1/2 | 2:24.93 | II |
| 2011 | Rahy's Attorney | 7 | Emma-Jayne Wilson | Ian Black | Ellie Boje Farm/Peters/Read/MacLellan | 1-1/2 | 2:25.85 | III |
| 2010 | Bearpath | 4 | Frederic Lenclud | Ian Wilkes | Lothenbach Stables, Inc. | 1-1/2 | 2:32.60 | III |
| 2009 | Buddy's Humor | 5 | Jose Lezcano | Bruce N. Levine | Eli Lomita | 1-1/4 | 2:02.64 | III |
| 2008 | Presious Passion | 5 | Ariel Smith | Mary Hartmann | Patricia Generazio | 1-1/2 | 2:26.15 | III |
| 2007 | Jambalaya | 5 | Javier Castellano | Catherine Day Phillips | Todd & C. D. Phillips | 1-1/2 | 2:24.98 | III |
| 2006 | Silver Whistle | 4 | Edgar Prado | William I. Mott | Stronach Stables | 1-1/2 | 2:24.35 | III |
| 2005 | Navesink River | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Char-Mari Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:25.95 | II |
| 2004 | Quest Star | 5 | Pat Day | W. Elliott Walden | Mansell Stables | 1-1/2 | 2:26.46 | II |
| 2003 | Quest Star | 4 | Edgar Prado | W. Elliott Walden | Mansell Stables | 1-1/2 | 2:28.45 | II |
| 2002 | Deeliteful Irving | 4 | Chris DeCarlo | Todd A. Pletcher | Anstu Stables | 1-1/2 | 2:24.14 | II |
| 2001 | What A Brainstorm | 4 | John R. Velazquez | James E. Picou | John Eaton/Steve Laymon | 1-1/2 | 2:23.75 | II |
| 2000 | Buck's Boy | 7 | Edgar Prado | P. Noel Hickey | Quarter B Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:24.80 | II |
| 1999 | Unite's Big Red | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Randy Mills | Breakaway Racing Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:23.15 | II |
| 1998 | Buck's Boy | 5 | Earlie Fires | P. Noel Hickey | Quarter B Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:23.43 | II |
| 1997 | Flag Down | 7 | Jose A. Santos | Christophe Clement | Allen E. Paulson | 1-1/2 | 2:27.08 | II |
| 1996 | Celtic Arms | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Ben D. A. Cecil | Gary A. Tanaka | 1-1/2 | 2:25.71 | II |
| 1995 | Awad | 5 | Eddie Maple | David Donk | Ryehill Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:29.44 | II |
| 1994 | Fraise | 6 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Madeleine A. Paulson | 1-1/2 | 2:24.65 | II |
| 1993 | Fraise | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | William I. Mott | Madeleine A. Paulson | 1-1/2 | 2:32.86 | II |
| 1992 | Wall Street Dancer | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | Niall M. O'Callaghan | John D. Gunther | 1-1/2 (abt) | 2:25.53 | II |
| 1991 | Phantom Breeze | 5 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Bertram R. Firestone | 1-1/2 | 2:29.55 | II |
| 1990 | My Big Boy | 7 | Heberto Castillo, Jr. | C. R. McGaughey III | Heidi Doubleday | 1-1/2 | 2:29.20 | II |
| 1989 | Mi Selecto | 4 | Jose A. Santos | Eduardo Azpurua, Sr. | Wilfredo Agusti | 1-1/8 | 2:01.60 | I |
| 1988 | Carotene | 5 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 1-1/2 | 2:25.00 | I |
| 1987 | Iroko | 5 | Earlie Fires | Thomas J. Skiffington | Fernwood Stables | 1-1/2 | 2:26.40 | I |
| 1986 | Power Break | 5 | Santiago B. Soto | Luis Olivares | R. I. Green | 1-1/2 | 2:25.00 | I |
| 1985 | Selous Scout | 4 | Robin Platts | Roger L. Attfield | Double Eagle Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:25.20 | I |
| 1984 | Tonzarun | 6 | Herb McCauley | J. R. Thomas | D. Everett | 1-1/2 | 2:26.80 | I |
| 1983 # | Highland Blade | 5 | Jacinto Vasquez | David A. Whiteley | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:29.20 | I |
| 1983 # | Field Cat | 6 | Jean-Luc Samyn | William E. Burch | C. V. Whitney | 1-1/2 | 2:29.60 | I |
| 1982 | Robsphere | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | Richard R. Root | Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. | 1-1/2 | 2:26.00 | II |
| 1981 | Little Bonny | 4 | Eddie Maple | J. Bert Sonnier | O. Helman | 1-1/2 | 2:32.40 | II |
| 1980 | Flitalong | 4 | Ramon I. Encinas | Angel Penna, Sr. | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1-1/2 | 2:28.40 | II |
| 1979 | Noble Dancer | 7 | Jacinto Vasquez | T. J. Kelly | H. Fretheim | 1-1/2 | 2:25.20 | II |
| 1978 | Bowl Game | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Gaver, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:30.20 | II |
| 1977 | Gravelines | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Neal J. Winick | Blum & Harpenau | 1-1/2 | 2:24.80 | II |
| 1976 | Improviser | 4 | Jean Cruguet | Jack Weipert | Elmendorf Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:26.60 | II |
| 1975 | Buffalo Lark | 5 | Larry Snyder | Joseph M. Bollero | Rogers Red Top lnc. | 1-1/2 | 2:27.60 | II |
| 1974 | London Company | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | LeRoy Jolley | Bertram R. Firestone | 1-1/2 | 2:26.40 | II |
| 1973 | Lord Vancouver | 5 | Walter Blum | Frank H. Merrill, Jr. | W. Preston Gilbride | 1-1/2 | 2:26.60 | II |
| 1972 | Unanime | 5 | Heliodoro Gustines | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:26.60 | |
| 1971 | Chompion | 6 | Michael Hole | Joe Kulina | Colonial Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:25.60 | |
| 1970 | One for All | 4 | Craig Perret | Horatio Luro | John A. Bell III | 1-1/2 | 2:26.80 | |
| 1969 | Hibernian | 4 | Pete Anderson | Woody Stephens | James Cox Brady, Jr. | 1-1/2 | 2:28.40 | |
| 1968 | Irish Rebellion (DH) | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Conn McCreary | Mac-Con Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:26.40 | |
| 1968 | Estreno II (DH) | 7 | Dave Hidalgo | Dave Sazer | Robert Ballis | 1-1/2 | 2:26.40 | |
| 1967 | War Censor | 4 | Earlie Fires | S. Bryant Ott | Fourth Estate Stable | 1-1/2 | 2:26.00 | |
| 1966 | Pillanlelbun | 5 | Fernando Toro | R. N. Guerini | Walnut Hill Farm | 1-1/2 | 2:26.40 | |
| 1965 | Cool Prince | 5 | Bill Hartack | William A. Larue | William G. Helis, Jr. | 1-1/2 | 2:26.40 | |
| 1964 | Babington | 5 | Ray Broussard | Arnold N. Winick | Mrs. J. Schwartz | 1-1/8 | 1:51.60 | |
| 1963 | Sensitivo | 6 | Howard Grant | Arnold N. Winick | Mr. & Mrs. R. F. Bensinger | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | |
| 1962 | Shirley Jones | 6 | Larry Gilligan | James W. Smith | Brae Burn Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:51.20 | |
A # designates that the race was run in two divisions in 1983.
References
- ↑ Shinar, Jack (23 March 2013). "Twilight Eclipse Wins in World Record Time". The BloodHorse. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
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