Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap

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Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap
ClassGrade III
Location Hawthorne Race Course
Stickney, Illinois, USA
Inaugurated1928
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website www.hawthorneracecourse.com
Race information
Distance1+14 miles (10 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and up
WeightHandicap
Purse$250,000

The Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap is a Grade III race for thoroughbred horses run at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney, Illinois each year. The Hawthorne Gold Cup trophy has always been made of solid gold.

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The Hawthorne Gold Cup is currently a Grade III event for three-year-olds and up, at one and one-quarter miles (ten furlongs) on the dirt, and currently carries a purse of $250,000.

The Hawthorne Gold Cup was not run in 1934 and 1936 as a result of the Great Depression, not during World War II from 1940 through 1945, and not in 1978 when the grandstand was destroyed by fire. While the facilities were being rebuilt, the 1979 race was held at nearby Sportsman's Park. The race was also not run in 2016, due to purse money hardships in Illinois.

Historically, a premier race of the season that attracted the best horses from across the United States, U.S. Hall of Fame horse Sun Beau won it three times in a row between 1929 and 1931. Other Hall of Fame inductees have their name on the Gold Cup, including Equipoise (1933), Discovery (1935), Challedon (1936), Round Table, who won it back-to-back in 1957 and 1958, Kelso (1960) and Dr. Fager in 1967.

In 1959, Day Court, ridden by Henry Moreno, set a new track record in winning the race, a record that stood until Ron Turcotte broke it again in 1970 aboard Gladwin.

In 1979, the race was run at 9 furlongs.

Records

Time record: (at current 1+14 miles distance)

Largest Winning Margin:

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
2017Scuba6Alonso QuinonezBrendan P. WalshDARRS, Inc.2:03.12
2016Race not held
2015Commissioner4 Florent Geroux Todd Pletcher WinStar Farm 2:02.09
2014Red Rifle4 Florent Geroux Todd Pletcher Twin Creeks Racing Stables2:03.24
2013Last Gunfighter4 Joe Bravo Chad C. Brown John D. Gunther2:06.11
2012Pool Play7 Miguel Mena Mark E. Casse William S. Farish IV 2:06.36
2011Headache5Paco Lopez Michael Maker Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey 2:04.68
2010Redding Colliery4 Rosie Napravnik Kiaran McLaughlin Mrs. Fitriani Hay2:04.16
2009 Awesome Gem 6 David Flores Craig Dollase West Point Thoroughbreds2:04.36
2008Fairbanks5 Richard Migliore Todd Pletcher Team Valor 2:04.57
2007 Student Council 5 Richard Migliore Steve Asmussen Millennium Farms2:05.00
2006It's No Joke4 Eddie Razo Jr. Rebecca Maker Stan Fulton2:03.89
2005Super Frolic5 Victor Espinoza Vladimir Cerin Millennium Farms2:04.66
2004Freefourinternet6 Greta Kuntzweiler Michael J. Maker Equirace.com2:03.34
2003 Perfect Drift 4 Pat Day Murray Johnson Stonecrest Farm2:03.63
2002Hail The Chief5 Jorge Chavez Niall O'Callaghan Peter M. Crane2:02.80
2001Duckhorn4 Randall Meier Patrick B. Byrne Michael Tabor 2:01.61
2000Dust On The Bottle5 Tim Doocy Glenn Hild Sharon Hild2:03.09
1999Supreme Sound5 Randall Meier Michael W. Dickinson Peter Harris2:01.19
1998 Awesome Again 4 Pat Day Patrick B. Byrne Stronach Stables 2:02.71
1997 Buck's Boy 4 Mark Guidry Hilary Pridham Quarter B Farm2:00.54
1996Come On Flip5 Christopher Emigh Lou Goldfine R. Ackerman & S. Sommer 2:03.40
1995Yourmissinthepoint4 Mark Guidry Steve Klesaris Mark Parezo2:01.00
1994Recoup The Cash4 Juvenal L. Diaz Jere R. Smith Sr. Richard Trebat2:01.99
1993Evanescent6 Aaron Gryder Lou Goldfine Mark Levy2:02.19
1992Irish Swap5 Bruce Poyadou Joseph E. Broussard Randy Hendricks 2:01.12
1991Sunny Sunrise4 Chris Antley Bud Delp Harry & Mary Jo Meyerhoff2:04.10
1990 Black Tie Affair 4 Juvenal L. Diaz Ernie T. Poulos Jeff Sullivan2:03.40
1989 Cryptoclearance 5 José A. Santos Scotty Schulhofer Philip Teinowitz2:00.40
1988 Cryptoclearance 4 José A. Santos Scotty Schulhofer Philip Teinowitz2:00.20
1987Nostalgia's Star5 Fernando Toro Jay M. Robbins Hinds, Robbins & Duckett2:02.00
1986Ends Well5 Randy Romero Robert Reinacher Jr. Greentree Stable 2:00.60
1985Garthorn5 Rafael Meza Robert J. Frankel Ann & Jerry Moss 2:01.80
1984Proof4 Ed Delahoussaye Robert J. Frankel Bertram R. Firestone/Jerry Moss 2:01.20
1983Water Bank4 Chris Lamance Robert J. Frankel Elmendorf Farm 2:01.40
1982Recusant4 Ronald Hirdes Jr. Mike Ball Donamire Farms2:01.80
1981Spruce Bouquet4 Kerwin Clark Roy C. Wood Jr. Dan O. Wolfe2:04.20
1980Tunerup4 Jorge Vasquez Floreano FernandezDaybreak Farm2:00.60
1979Young Bob4 Ron Turcotte Gerard McGrath J. A. Logan1:51.00
1977On The Sly4 Gregg McCarron Mel Gross Balmak Stable2:01.60
1976Almost Grown4 Michael Morgan Jack Van Berg Flash III Stable2:01.60
1975 Royal Glint 5 Jorge Tejeira Gordon R. Potter Dan Lasater 2:02.20
1974Group Plan4 Jorge Velásquez H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1:58.80
1973Tri Jet4 Braulio Baeza Thomas W. Kelley Fred W. Hooper 2:01.40
1972 Droll Role 4 Eddie Maple Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 2:00.40
1971Twice Worthy4 Laffit Pincay Jr. James P. Conway Saddle Rock Farm1:59.40
1970Gladwin4 Ron Turcotte Evan Jackson H. Harcourt1:58.80
1969 Nodouble 4 Eddie Belmonte J. Bert Sonnier Verna Lea Farm 1:59.80
1968 Nodouble 3 Martinez Heath J. Bert Sonnier Verna Lea Farm 1:59.20
1967 Dr. Fager 3 Braulio Baeza John A. Nerud Tartan Stable 2:01.20
1966 Bold Bidder 4 Pete D. Anderson Woody Stephens John R. Gaines 2:02.60
1965Moss Vale4 Ronnie Baldwin Sam J. Molay Gentilly Stable2:07.80
1964Going Abroad4 Ray Broussard Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Edward & Harry Seltzer2:01.60
1963Admiral Vic3 Mickey Solomone Peter J. Dispenza Sunny Blue Farm2:03.60
1962 Beau Purple 5 William Boland H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 2:04.20
1961 T. V. Lark 4 Johnny Longden Paul K. Parker Preston W. Madden 2:02.60
1960 Kelso 3 Eddie Arcaro Carl Hanford Bohemia Stable 2:02.00
1959Day Court4 Henry Moreno Walter A. Kelley Elmendorf Farm 1:59.20
1958 Round Table 4 Bill Shoemaker William Molter Kerr Stable 1:59.80
1957 Round Table 3 Willie Harmatz William Molter Kerr Stable 2:00.20
1956 Dedicate 4 William Boland G. Carey Winfrey Jan Burke 2:02.40
1955Hasseyampa4 Billie Fisk John J. Greely Jr. Walmac Farm 2:04.80
1954 Rejected 4 Eric Guerin William J. Hirsch King Ranch 2:11.60
1953Sub Fleet4 Steve Brooks Jack C. Hodgins Dixiana Farm 2:00.60
1952To Market4 William Boland William J. Hirsch King Ranch 2:01.40
1951Seaward6 Avelino Gomez Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 2:04.20
1950Dr. Ole Nelson4 Gerald Porch Howard Wells M. A. & R. Saffir2:01.40
1949Volcanic4 Angel Rivera Howard Wells Walmac Farm 2:02.80
1948Billings3 Melvin Peterson Howard Wells Walmac Farm 2:06.00
1947Be Faithful5 Willie Garner H. H. Pete Battle Mrs. E. E. Dale Shaffer2:03.20
1946Jack's Jill4 Jesse Higley John Milton Goode Joseph A. Goodwin2:03.00
1939 Challedon 3 Harry Richards Louis Schaefer William L. Brann 2:03.20
1938 Esposa 6 Nick Wall Matthew P. Brady Middleburg Stable 2:13.80
1937Sahri II6 Fred A. Smith Jose Cuevas Lawrence Barker2:04.20
1935 Discovery 4 John Bejshak Bud Stotler Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 2:04.40
1933 Equipose 5 Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey C. V. Whitney 2:02.80
1932Plucky Play5 George Woolf Woody Fitzgerald Northway Stable2:04.20
1931 Sun Beau 6 Charles Kurtsinger Jack Whyte Willis Sharpe Kilmer NF
1930 Sun Beau 5 Frank Coltiletti William A. Crawford Willis Sharpe Kilmer NF
1929 Sun Beau 4 Frank Coltiletti Andy Schuttinger Willis Sharpe Kilmer 2:01.60
1928 Display 5 John Maiben Thomas J. Healey Walter J. Salmon Sr. 2:03.00

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