Bougainvillea Handicap

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Bougainvillea Handicap
Discontinued Grade 3 stakes race
Location Hialeah Park
Hialeah, Florida
Inaugurated1940
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree years old & up
PurseUS$100,000

The Bougainvillea Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race run between 1940 and 2001 at Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida. A race for horses age three and older, it was run at a distance of 1 1/8 miles on turf. The race was named for the purple bougainvillea flower which is an integral part of the track's floral blueprint. [1]

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History

The inaugural running in 1940 was won by William F. Mannagh's Liberty Flight. Sent off by the betting public at odds of more than 10:1, he was the longshot of the seven starters. In a rare occurrence, the second-place finisher High One had the second longest odds and third-place finisher Dunade had the third longest odds. Armor Bearer, the betting favorite, finished last. [2]

In 1964, Parka set a new course record of 1:53 4/5 in winning the Bougainvillea Handicap. He returned to Hialeah the following year to win the race again in exactly the same time. [3]

In 1970, Secretariat's Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte aboard Vent du Nord became the only jockey to ever win the "Hialeah Turf Series", three races consisting of the Palm Beach, Bougainvillea and Hialeah Turf Cup Handicaps. [4]

In 1973 the Graded stakes race system was recorded for the first time in the United States. The February 10, 1973 edition of the Bougainvillea Handicap was awarded Grade 2 status. This historical event was won by Gleaming, owned by the renowned Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky. [5]

The final running of the Bougainville Handicap took place on March 31, 2001 and was won by Make No Mistake, owned by Walter Haefner's Moyglare Stud Farm. [6]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Gr
2001Make No Mistake6 José A. Santos Christophe Clement Moyglare Stud Farm, Ltd. 118 M1:50.103
2000Down The Aisle7 Javier Castellano William I. Mott Albert Coppola Sr. / Charles H. Deters118 M1:49.463
1999Parade Ground4 Pat Day Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III / Stephen C. Hilbert118 M1:47.043
1998Sharp Appeal5 Herb McCauley Martin D. Wolfson Martin L. Cherry118 M1:46.403
1997Sharp Appeal4 José A. Santos Martin D. Wolfson Martin L. Cherry118 M1:47.953
1996Signal Tap5 John Velazquez Scotty Schulhofer Centennial Farms118 M1:46.043
1995Lassigny4 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Prince Sultan al Kabeer118 M1:47.923
1994Awad4 Eddie Maple David Donk Ryehill Farm (James P. Ryan)1316 M1:53.603
1993Carterista4Carlos Lopez Sr.Ronald B. SpatzS. A. of South Florida, Inc.1316 M1:54.81
1992Race not held
1991Buckhar3 Jean Cruguet Willard C. Freeman John W. Meriwether 1316 M1:54.80
1990Race not held
1989Forlitano8 Corey Black Thomas J. Skiffington Evergreen Farm1316 M1:53.802
1988Salem Drive6 Gene St. Leon Richard J. Lundy Virginia Kraft Payson 1316 M1:56.402
1987Akabir5 Jerry Bailey Thomas J. Skiffington Minnesota Sunrise Stable1316 M1:54.002
1986 Flying Pidgeon 5 José A. Santos Luis OlivaresConstance Daparma / Armand Marcanthony1316 M1:53.202
1985-1Pass The Line4 Alexis Solis Carl DominoStanley Ersoff1316 M1:53.202
1985-2Flying Pidgeon4 José A. Santos Luis OlivaresConstance Daparma / Armand Marcanthony1316 M1:53.602
1984Four Bases5 Alex Solis Gilberto PuentesMurray M. Garren1316 M1:52.402
1983-1Nijinsky's Secret5 José A. Vélez Jr. Kent H. Stirling Mrs. Bud. McDougald 1316 M1:52.802
1983-2Lamerok4 Jacinto Vásquez LeRoy Jolley Peter M. Brant 1316 M1:53.002
1982Gleaming Channel4Mike LeeReed CombestMitchell Wolfson1316 M1:52.002
1981Spence Bay6Octavio Vergara Neal Winick N. B. Hunt / Summa Stable 1316 M1:53.003
1980Premier Ministre4Ramon Encinas Angel Penna Sr. Daniel Wildenstein 1316 M1:54.203
1979Scythian Gold4 Jean Cruguet Victor MorganMary Zimmerman1316 M1:53.202
1978 Noble Dancer 6 Ángel Cordero Jr. Tommy Kelly Haakon Fretheim1316 M1:52.602
1977All Friends5 Earlie Fires Arthur Hoffman Marvin L. Warner 1316 M1:52.802
1976-1Sea Lawyer6 Gerland Gallitano Kenneth O. KempShore View Farm Stable1316 M1:52.402
1976-2Toonerville5 Gene St. Leon Norman St. LeonNorman St. Leon, et al.1316 M1:51.802
1975-1Snurb7 Gene St. Leon Reed CombestB.L.T. Stable1316 M1:53.602
1975-2London Company5 Marco Castaneda LeRoy Jolley Chance Hill Farm 1316 M1:53.002
1974London Company4 Ángel Cordero Jr. LeRoy Jolley Chance Hill Farm 1316 M1:52.802
1973 Gleaming 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm 1316 M1:54.402
1972 Star Envoy 4 Jacinto Vásquez Everett W. KingLloyd I. Miller1316 M1:52.60
1971-1Shelter Bay5 Robert Woodhouse Scotty Schulhofer Tartan Stable 1316 M1:54.00
1971-2More The Merrier5 Ángel Cordero Jr. John H. RigioneSamuel H. Klein & Sarkis R. Davitian1316 M1:54.00
1970-1Great Cohoes5 Eddie Belmonte Arnold N. Winick Maribel G. Blum1316 M1:54.40
1970-2 Vent du Nord 5 Ron Turcotte Alfred A. ScottiEmanuel Mittman1316 M1:53.80
1969 Fort Marcy 5 Manuel Ycaza J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 1316 M2:03.00
1968Flit-To5 John L. Rotz James P. Conway Robert Lehman 1316 M1:55.20
1967Tequillo4 Jorge Velásquez Raymond F. MetcalfPaul L. Benshoof1316 M1:57.60
1966Kentucky Jug †5 William Boland Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1316 M1:54.80
1966Lord Date †5Calvin Stone Frank H. Merrill Jr. North Star Ranch1316 M1:54.80
1965 Parka 7 John L. Rotz Warren A. Croll Jr. Pelican Stable (Rachel Carpenter)1316 M1:53.80
1964Parka6 Wayne Chambers Warren A. Croll Jr. Pelican Stable (Rachel Carpenter)1316 M1:53.80
1963Bronze Babu5 Herb Hinojosa Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. Mrs. Ephraim Winer1316 M1:56.00
1962Eurasia6 Bill Hartack Frank J. McManus Greentree Stable 1316 M1:56.80
1961Wolfram5 John L. Rotz Burley E. Parke Harbor View Farm 1316 M1:56.20
1960Noble Sel4George GibbW. R. "Bob" WhiteDr. Frank J. Recio1316 M1:56.80
1959General Arthur5Jack Leonard James W. Smith Brae Burn Farm1316 M1:59.80
1958Stephanotis5 Bill Hartack Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1316 M1:59.00
1957Espea4Robert Martin Eugene Jacobs Jaclyn Stable 1316 M1:57.60
1956Summer Solstice4 John Adams Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1316 M1:59.20
1955Cascanuez7 Bobby Ussery Robert B. Odom Charfran Stable1316 M1:56.00
1954Parnassus4 Chris Rogers Willard C. Freeman John S. Phipps 1316 M1:55.40
1953 Iceberg 5Jorge Contreras Horatio Luro W. Arnold Hanger 1316 M1:57.60
1952Picador5 Ronnie Nash Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 1316 M1:56.80
1951 Chicle II 6 Hedley Woodhouse Joseph H. Pierce Sr. Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen)1316 M1:58.20
1950 Chicle II 5 Hedley Woodhouse Joseph H. Pierce Sr. Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen)1316 M1:56.00
1949Frere Jacques7 Douglas Dodson L. Harry Silver Jacob Sher 1316 M1:57.20
1948Master Bid5Henri MoraMarion BartonPerne L. Grissom1316 M2:01.00
1947Frere Jacques5 Ted Atkinson Marion McGonigle Jacob Sher 1316 M1:57.40
1946Cat Bridge4 Porter Roberts Richard "Whitey" NixonGeorge R. Watkins1316 M1:56.60
1943– 1945Race not held
1942Signator4William StricklerRoss O. Higdon Woolford Farm 34 M1:12.20
1941Potranco4 Irving Anderson Alexis G. WilsonLexbrook Stable (M. A. & L. D. Kern)34 M1:11.60
1940Liberty Flight5Willie Lee JohnsonD. W. CarrollW. F. Mannagh34 M1:10.60

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