Del Mar Handicap

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Del Mar Handicap
Grade II race
Location Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated1937
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1+38 miles (11 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$250,000 (2015)

The Del Mar Handicap is an American thoroughbred horse race run each year during the third week of August at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and three-eighths miles on the Jimmy Durante turf course.

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Since inception, the Del Mar Handicap has been contested at various distances:

The Del Mar Handicap was run in two divisions in 1972.

In 1969, Figonero won the race in a world record time of 1:46.20 for 1+18 miles.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+38 miles)

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2024Gold Phoenix (IRE)6Kyle FreyPhilip D'AmatoLittle Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables & Marsha Naify 2:17.05
2023Gold Phoenix (IRE)5Juan J. HernandezPhilip D'AmatoLittle Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables & Marsha Naify 2:15.34
2022Gold Phoenix (IRE)4 Flavien Prat Philip D'AmatoLittle Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables & Marsha Naify 2:14.51
2021Astronaut4 Victor Espinoza John Shirreffs John MB O'Connor2:15.97
2020Red King6 Umberto Rispoli Philip D'Amato Little Red Feather Racing, G Jacobsen & P Belmonte2:15.75
2019Acclimate5 Florent Geroux Philip D'Amato The Ellwood Johnston Trust & Timmy Time Racing2:12.71
2018Fashion Business4 Flavien Prat Philip D'Amato Little Red Feather Racing and Naify, Marsha2:13.84
2017Hunt5 Flavien Prat Philip D'Amato Michael House2:14.93
2016Ashleyluvssugar5 Gary Stevens Peter Eurton Alesia/Bran Jam Stable/Ciaglia Racing2:16.11
2015 Big John B 6 Rafael Bejarano Philip D'Amato Michael House2:16.37
2014 Big John B 5 Mike E. Smith Philip D'Amato Michael House2:12.81
2013Vagabond Shoes6 Victor Espinoza John W. Sadler Hronis Racing2:11.94
2012Casino Host4 Joseph Talamo Ronald W. Ellis Gary & Mary West2:14.77
2011 Celtic New Year 4 Victor Espinoza John W. Sadler Michael Jawl2:14.92
2010 Champ Pegasus 4 Joel Rosario Richard Mandella Diamond A Racing/Vargas2:11.93
2009Spring House7 Alex Solis Julio C. Canani Randall D. Hubbard 2:12.61
2008Spring House6 Corey Nakatani Julio C. Canani Randall D. Hubbard 2:11.14
2007After Market4 Alex Solis John Shirreffs Pam & Martin Wygod 2:13.01
2006T.H. Approval5 Alex Solis Eduardo Inda Tadahiro Hotehama2:12.34
2005Leprechaun Kid6 Tyler Baze Mike R. Mitchell Anastasi, Ukegawa, et al.2:12.81
2004 Star Over The Bay 6 Tyler Baze Mike R. Mitchell G. Racing et al.2:12.71
2003Irish Warrior5 Alex Solis Wallace Dollase Coleman, Dasaro, et al.2:12.28
2002Delta Form6 Goncalino Almeida Jenine Sahadi Team Valor 2:12.15
2001Timboroa5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 2:12.59
2000Northern Quest5 Chris McCarron Robert J. Frankel 3 Plus U Stable2:12.65
1999Sayarshan4 Brice Blanc Nick Canani Dehaven/Prestonwood 2:14.20
1998Bonapartiste4 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Ecurie Fabien Ouaki2:14.00
1997Rainbow Dancer6 Alex Solis Jenine Sahadi Evergreen Farm2:13.60
1996 Dernier Empereur 6 Pat Valenzuela Ben D.A. Cecil Gary A. Tanaka 2:13.80
1995Royal Chariot5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Edwin J. Gregson D&V Enterprises, Inc.2:13.60
1994Navarone6 Pat Valenzuela Rodney Rash Robert E. Hibbert2:14.20
1993Luazur4 Pat Day Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 2:15.00
1992Navarone4 Pat Valenzuela Rodney Rash Robert E. Hibbert2:15.00
1991My Style4 Kent Desormeaux Darrell Vienna David Milch 2:13.20
1990Live The Dream4 Alex Solis Charles Whittingham Bradley/Bradley/Chandler2:13.00
1989Payant5 Robbie Davis Charles Whittingham Correas, Seabaugh et al.2:15.20
1988Sword Dance4 Chris McCarron John Gosden Daniel Schwartz2:15.80
1987Swink4 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Nelson Bunker Hunt 2:13.80
1986Raipillan4 Russell Baze Warren Stute Clement L. Hirsch 2:14.60
1985Barberstown5 Fernando Toro John Gosden Bell Bloodstock & McDermott1:58.00
1984 Precisionist 3 Chris McCarron L.R. Fenstermaker Fred W. Hooper 1:56.80
1983Bel Bolide5 Bill Shoemaker John Gosden Stonechurch Stable1:58.20
1982Muttering3 Bill Shoemaker D. Wayne Lukas Tartan Farms (James & Virginia Binger)1:57.00
1981Wickerr6 Chris McCarron Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1:57.60
1980Go West Young Man5 Ed Delahoussaye Mary Lou Tuck Wild Plum Farm1:58.20
1979Ardiente4 Chris McCarron Edwin J. Gregson Jan Siegel 1:56.80
1978Palton5 Henry E. Moreno Henry M. Moreno Pinetree Stable1:57.60
1977 Ancient Title 7 Darrel McHargue Keith L. Stucki Kirkland Stable1:55.60
1976Riot in Paris5 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham M. J. Bradley & Whittingham 1:57.60
1975Cruiser II6 Frank Olivares Ron McAnally Contreras, Mamakos, Stubrin2:14.60
1974Redtop III5 Fernando Toro Evan S. Jackson Daniel Schwartz2:16.00
1973Red Reality7 Braulio Baeza MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 2:17.00
1972Hill Circus4 Fernando Toro John H. Adams El Peco Ranch 2:16.00
1972Chrisaway4 Robert Howard Paul R. Fout Beverly R. Steinman2:16.20
1971Pinjara6 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Howard B. Keck 2:15.60
1970 Daryl's Joy 4 Johnny Sellers Charles Whittingham Robert K. C. Goh2:15.60
1969 Figonero 4 Álvaro Pineda Warren Stute Clement L. Hirsch 1:46.20
1968 Quicken Tree 5 Bill Hartack Clyde Turk Rowan & Whitney 1:46.60
1967 Native Diver 8 Jerry Lambert Buster Millerick M/M Louis K. Shapiro1:46.60
1966Old Mose4 Donald Pierce Joseph Manzi Robert E. Hibbert1:47.20
1965Terry's Secret3 Alex Maese Carl A. Roles Poltex Stable1:47.00
1964Viking Spirit4 Kenneth Church Jim Nazworthy Thomas E. Brittingham III1:48.00
1963 Mr. Consistency 5 Kenneth Church Jim Nazworthy Ann Peppers1:47.00
1962Crazy Kid4 Alex Maese John G. Canty Vista Hermosa Stable1:47.60
1961Scotland5 Merlin Volzke Charles Whittingham W. M. Ingram1:46.80
1960How Now7 Edward Burns Cecil Jolly George C. Newell1:46.60
1959Twentyone Guns4 George Taniguchi Fred M. Smith M/M John Eyraud1:47.20
1958Noredski5 Donald Pierce Reggie Cornell Jacques Braunstein1:47.60
1957How Now4 Raymond York Cecil Jolly George C. Newell1:47.60
1956Arrogate5 Johnny Longden Reggie Cornell M/M Dick Griegorian1:47.00
1955Arrogate4 Johnny Longden Reggie Cornell M/M Dick Griegorian1:47.60
1954Stranglehold5 Bill Shoemaker Red McDaniel M/M N. Gordon Phillips1:48.60
1953Goose Khal4 Bill Shoemaker Willie F. Alvarado Harry Brown1:48.60
1952Grantor4 Johnny Longden William B. Finnegan Louis B. Mayer 1:47.60
1951Blue Reading4 Bill Pearson Red McDaniel M/M Clement L. Hirsch 1:48.60
1950Frankly5 Bill Shoemaker Buster Millerick Frank Frankel1:48.60
1949Top's Boy5 Ralph Neves William Molter Kinsey Ranch1:48.80
1948Frankly3 Jack Westrope Buster Millerick Frank Frankel1:42.60
1947Iron Maiden6 William Parnell Charles T. Leavitt Ellwood B. Johnston 1:43.20
1946Olhaverry7 Melvin Peterson Anthony E. Silver Pan de Azucar Stable1:43.20
1945Texas Sandman4 Melvin Peterson Earl H. Sorrell W. David Rorex1:43.20
1941Royal Crusader4 Lester Balaski Paul Meredith R. C. Stable1:43.60
1940Big Flash3 Eugene Rodriguez Clyde Phillips French Lick Springs St1:43.00
1939Wedding Call3 Willis Ward Charles E. McClain W. C. Gaffers & J. H. Sattler1:44.00
1938 Ligaroti 6 Willie Moran Lindsay C. Howard Binglin Stable 1:43.80
1937Sally's Booter5 Tim Sena Joe Luddy Anthony Puccinelli1:44.80

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