Discontinued Grade 3 stakes race | |
Location | Hialeah Park Hialeah, Florida |
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Inaugurated | 1940 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three years old & up |
Purse | US$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]
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]
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Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Gr | ||
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2001 | Make No Mistake | 6 | José A. Santos | Christophe Clement | Moyglare Stud Farm, Ltd. | 11⁄8 M | 1:50.10 | 3 | ||
2000 | Down The Aisle | 7 | Javier Castellano | William I. Mott | Albert Coppola Sr. / Charles H. Deters | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.46 | 3 | ||
1999 | Parade Ground | 4 | Pat Day | Neil J. Howard | William S. Farish III / Stephen C. Hilbert | 11⁄8 M | 1:47.04 | 3 | ||
1998 | Sharp Appeal | 5 | Herb McCauley | Martin D. Wolfson | Martin L. Cherry | 11⁄8 M | 1:46.40 | 3 | ||
1997 | Sharp Appeal | 4 | José A. Santos | Martin D. Wolfson | Martin L. Cherry | 11⁄8 M | 1:47.95 | 3 | ||
1996 | Signal Tap | 5 | John Velazquez | Scotty Schulhofer | Centennial Farms | 11⁄8 M | 1:46.04 | 3 | ||
1995 | Lassigny | 4 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Prince Sultan al Kabeer | 11⁄8 M | 1:47.92 | 3 | ||
1994 | Awad | 4 | Eddie Maple | David Donk | Ryehill Farm (James P. Ryan) | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.60 | 3 | ||
1993 | Carterista | 4 | Carlos Lopez Sr. | Ronald B. Spatz | S. A. of South Florida, Inc. | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.81 | |||
1992 | Race not held | |||||||||
1991 | Buckhar | 3 | Jean Cruguet | Willard C. Freeman | John W. Meriwether | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.80 | |||
1990 | Race not held | |||||||||
1989 | Forlitano | 8 | Corey Black | Thomas J. Skiffington | Evergreen Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.80 | 2 | ||
1988 | Salem Drive | 6 | Gene St. Leon | Richard J. Lundy | Virginia Kraft Payson | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.40 | 2 | ||
1987 | Akabir | 5 | Jerry Bailey | Thomas J. Skiffington | Minnesota Sunrise Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.00 | 2 | ||
1986 | Flying Pidgeon | 5 | José A. Santos | Luis Olivares | Constance Daparma / Armand Marcanthony | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.20 | 2 | ||
1985-1 | Pass The Line | 4 | Alexis Solis | Carl Domino | Stanley Ersoff | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.20 | 2 | ||
1985-2 | Flying Pidgeon | 4 | José A. Santos | Luis Olivares | Constance Daparma / Armand Marcanthony | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.60 | 2 | ||
1984 | Four Bases | 5 | Alex Solis | Gilberto Puentes | Murray M. Garren | 13⁄16 M | 1:52.40 | 2 | ||
1983-1 | Nijinsky's Secret | 5 | José A. Vélez Jr. | Kent H. Stirling | Mrs. Bud. McDougald | 13⁄16 M | 1:52.80 | 2 | ||
1983-2 | Lamerok | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | LeRoy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.00 | 2 | ||
1982 | Gleaming Channel | 4 | Mike Lee | Reed Combest | Mitchell Wolfson | 13⁄16 M | 1:52.00 | 2 | ||
1981 | Spence Bay | 6 | Octavio Vergara | Neal Winick | N. B. Hunt / Summa Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.00 | 3 | ||
1980 | Premier Ministre | 4 | Ramon Encinas | Angel Penna Sr. | Daniel Wildenstein | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.20 | 3 | ||
1979 | Scythian Gold | 4 | Jean Cruguet | Victor Morgan | Mary Zimmerman | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.20 | 2 | ||
1978 | Noble Dancer | 6 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Tommy Kelly | Haakon Fretheim | 13⁄16 M | 1:52.60 | 2 | ||
1977 | All Friends | 5 | Earlie Fires | Arthur Hoffman | Marvin L. Warner | 13⁄16 M | 1:52.80 | 2 | ||
1976-1 | Sea Lawyer | 6 | Gerland Gallitano | Kenneth O. Kemp | Shore View Farm Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:52.40 | 2 | ||
1976-2 | Toonerville | 5 | Gene St. Leon | Norman St. Leon | Norman St. Leon, et al. | 13⁄16 M | 1:51.80 | 2 | ||
1975-1 | Snurb | 7 | Gene St. Leon | Reed Combest | B.L.T. Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.60 | 2 | ||
1975-2 | London Company | 5 | Marco Castaneda | LeRoy Jolley | Chance Hill Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.00 | 2 | ||
1974 | London Company | 4 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | LeRoy Jolley | Chance Hill Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:52.80 | 2 | ||
1973 | Gleaming | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.40 | 2 | ||
1972 | Star Envoy | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | Everett W. King | Lloyd I. Miller | 13⁄16 M | 1:52.60 | |||
1971-1 | Shelter Bay | 5 | Robert Woodhouse | Scotty Schulhofer | Tartan Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.00 | |||
1971-2 | More The Merrier | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John H. Rigione | Samuel H. Klein & Sarkis R. Davitian | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.00 | |||
1970-1 | Great Cohoes | 5 | Eddie Belmonte | Arnold N. Winick | Maribel G. Blum | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.40 | |||
1970-2 | Vent du Nord | 5 | Ron Turcotte | Alfred A. Scotti | Emanuel Mittman | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.80 | |||
1969 | Fort Marcy | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 13⁄16 M | 2:03.00 | |||
1968 | Flit-To | 5 | John L. Rotz | James P. Conway | Robert Lehman | 13⁄16 M | 1:55.20 | |||
1967 | Tequillo | 4 | Jorge Velásquez | Raymond F. Metcalf | Paul L. Benshoof | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.60 | |||
1966 | Kentucky Jug † | 5 | William Boland | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.80 | |||
1966 | Lord Date † | 5 | Calvin Stone | Frank H. Merrill Jr. | North Star Ranch | 13⁄16 M | 1:54.80 | |||
1965 | Parka | 7 | John L. Rotz | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Pelican Stable (Rachel Carpenter) | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.80 | |||
1964 | Parka | 6 | Wayne Chambers | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Pelican Stable (Rachel Carpenter) | 13⁄16 M | 1:53.80 | |||
1963 | Bronze Babu | 5 | Herb Hinojosa | Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. | Mrs. Ephraim Winer | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.00 | |||
1962 | Eurasia | 6 | Bill Hartack | Frank J. McManus | Greentree Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.80 | |||
1961 | Wolfram | 5 | John L. Rotz | Burley E. Parke | Harbor View Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.20 | |||
1960 | Noble Sel | 4 | George Gibb | W. R. "Bob" White | Dr. Frank J. Recio | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.80 | |||
1959 | General Arthur | 5 | Jack Leonard | James W. Smith | Brae Burn Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:59.80 | |||
1958 | Stephanotis | 5 | Bill Hartack | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:59.00 | |||
1957 | Espea | 4 | Robert Martin | Eugene Jacobs | Jaclyn Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.60 | |||
1956 | Summer Solstice | 4 | John Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 13⁄16 M | 1:59.20 | |||
1955 | Cascanuez | 7 | Bobby Ussery | Robert B. Odom | Charfran Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.00 | |||
1954 | Parnassus | 4 | Chris Rogers | Willard C. Freeman | John S. Phipps | 13⁄16 M | 1:55.40 | |||
1953 | Iceberg | 5 | Jorge Contreras | Horatio Luro | W. Arnold Hanger | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.60 | |||
1952 | Picador | 5 | Ronnie Nash | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.80 | |||
1951 | Chicle II | 6 | Hedley Woodhouse | Joseph H. Pierce Sr. | Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen) | 13⁄16 M | 1:58.20 | |||
1950 | Chicle II | 5 | Hedley Woodhouse | Joseph H. Pierce Sr. | Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen) | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.00 | |||
1949 | Frere Jacques | 7 | Douglas Dodson | L. Harry Silver | Jacob Sher | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.20 | |||
1948 | Master Bid | 5 | Henri Mora | Marion Barton | Perne L. Grissom | 13⁄16 M | 2:01.00 | |||
1947 | Frere Jacques | 5 | Ted Atkinson | Marion McGonigle | Jacob Sher | 13⁄16 M | 1:57.40 | |||
1946 | Cat Bridge | 4 | Porter Roberts | Richard "Whitey" Nixon | George R. Watkins | 13⁄16 M | 1:56.60 | |||
1943 | – 1945 | Race not held | ||||||||
1942 | Signator | 4 | William Strickler | Ross O. Higdon | Woolford Farm | 3⁄4 M | 1:12.20 | |||
1941 | Potranco | 4 | Irving Anderson | Alexis G. Wilson | Lexbrook Stable (M. A. & L. D. Kern) | 3⁄4 M | 1:11.60 | |||
1940 | Liberty Flight | 5 | Willie Lee Johnson | D. W. Carroll | W. F. Mannagh | 3⁄4 M | 1:10.60 | |||
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