Hawthorne Handicap

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Hawthorne Handicap
ClassDiscontinued Grade 3 stakes
Location Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California
Inaugurated1974
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1-1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track Cushion Track, left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares,
3-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The Hawthorne Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in May from 1974 thru 2008 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The race was open to fillies and mares age three and older and regularly drew from the West Coast's top female runners. [1]

Contents

The Hawthorne Handicap was raced on three different surfaces.

Historical notes

The inaugural running of the Hawthorne Handicap took place on May 25, 1974 and was won by Tallahto. Owned by Elizabeth Keck and bred by her husband Howard, Tallahto would win eight stakes races for her owner of which three were Grade 1 events and two were Grade 2 stakes. [2]

In 2001, Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron won his fifth consecutive edition of the Hawthorne Handicap aboard Printemps. [3] That feat tied McCarron with the Hollywood Park record for most consecutive wins of a single race set in the Los Angeles Handicap in 1974 by Don Pierce. [4]

Hall of Fame jockeys Laffit Pincay Jr. and Chris McCarron each won the Hawthorne Handicap eight times. Their combined total of sixteen wins equals half of all the Hawthorne Handicap editions ever run. [1]

In 1989 and 1990 Bayakoa won back-to-back editions of the Hawthorne. Both times, she would go on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff and be voted the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Older Female Horse. [5] [6]

The final edition of the Hawthorne Handicap took place on May 4, 2008 and was won by Tough Tiz's Sis owned by Karl Watson & Paul Weitman and ridden by Aaron Gryder. [7]

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
Purse $ Gr.
2008Tough Tiz's Sis4 Aaron Gryder Bob Baffert Karl Watson & Paul Weitman1-1/16 m1:41.84$100,000G3
2007River Savage5Omar BerrioAntonio "A.C." AvilaL-Bo Racing (Shawn Turner et al.) & Monte Pyle1-1/16 m1:44.08$100,000G3
2006Star Parade7 Martin Pedroza Darrell Vienna Gary A. Tanaka 1-1/16 m1:42.26$100,000G3
2005Hollywood Story4 Victor Espinoza John Shirreffs George Krikorian 1-1/16 m1:42.42$100,000G3
2004Summer Wind Dancer4 Victor Espinoza Jeff Mullins Richard & Yvette Wira & Linda Vetter1-1/16 m1:41.56$100,000G3
2003Keys To The Heart4 Jose Valdivia Jr. Beau Greely Thomas Nichols1-1/16 m1:42.97$100,000G3
2002Queen of Wilshire6 Pat Valenzuela Darrell Vienna E. A. Ranches (Ernie & Lisa Auerbach)1-1/16 m1:43.16$100,000G3
2001Printemps4 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Amerman Racing Stables (John & Jerry Amerman)1-1/16 m1:43.21$150,000G2
2000Riboletta5Chris McCarron Eduardo Inda Aaron & Marie Jones 1-1/16 m1:42.33$150,000G2
1999Victory Stripes5Chris McCarronRon McAnally Sidney & Jenny Craig 1-1/16 m1:41.73$150,000G2
1998I Ain't Bluffing4Chris McCarron Ronald W. Ellis Siegel family 1-1/16 m1:41.49$100,000G2
1997Twice The Vice6Chris McCarron Ronald W. Ellis Martin & Pam Wygod 1-1/16 m1:42.72$100,000G2
1996Borodislew6 Corey Nakatani John Shirreffs 505 Farms 1-1/16 m1:41.28$100,000G2
1995 Paseana 8 Chris McCarron Ron McAnallySidney & Jenny Craig1-1/16 m1:42.40$100,000G2
1994Golden Klair4 Kent Desormeaux Darrell Vienna No Problem Stable & Sido Stable1-1/16 m1:41.41$100,000G2
1993Freedom Cry5 Alex Solis Gary F. Jones Hi Card Ranch (Keith & Barbara Card)1-1/16 m1:41.12$100,000G2
1992Sacramentada6Kent Desormeaux Richard Mandella Randall D. Hubbard 1-1/16 m1:43.04$100,000G2
1991Brought To Mind4 Pat Valenzuela Ron McAnallyTadahiro Hotehama1-1/16 m1:41.50$100,000G2
1990 Bayakoa 6 Laffit Pincay Jr. Ron McAnallyFrank & Janis Whitham1 m1:34.00$100,000G2
1989 Bayakoa 5Laffit Pincay Jr.Ron McAnallyFrank & Janis Whitham1 m1:32.80$100,000G2
1988Integra4 Gary Stevens Henry M. Moreno George Aubin (Lessee)1 m1:36.00$75,000G2
1987Seldom Seen Sue4Chris McCarronGary F. JonesFrederick & Howard Drakos1 m1:33.60$75,000G2
1986 Dontstop Themusic 6Laffit Pincay Jr. Randy Winick Albert R. & Dana N. Broccoli 1 m1:35.40$75,000G2
1985 Adored 5Laffit Pincay Jr. Laz Barrera Ethel D. Jacobs (Lessee)1 m1:34.80$75,000G2
1984Adored4 Fernando Toro Laz BarreraEthel D. Jacobs (Lessee)1-1/16 m1:41.80$60,000G2
1983Marisma5Kenneth D. BlackLee J. RossiCarl Joseph Maggio1-1/16 m1:44.80$50,000G2
1982Weber City Miss5 Sandy Hawley Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 1-1/16 m1:42.40$50,000G3
1981Save Wild Life4Chris McCarronHoward M. TesherH. Joseph Allen1-1/16 m1:42.80$60,000 L/R
1980 Country Queen 5Laffit Pincay Jr.Randy WinickMaribel G. Blum & Gainesway Farm 1-1/16 m1:40.60$50,000L/R
1979Country Queen4Laffit Pincay Jr.Randy WinickMaribel G. Blum, George Sarant, Arnold N. Winick 1-1/16 m1:41.20$40,000L/R
1978 Sensational 4Laffit Pincay Jr.Laz Barrera Mill House Stable 1-1/16 m1:41.80$40,000L/R
1977Cascapedia4Sandy Hawley Gordon C. Campbell Bernard J. Ridder 1-1/16 m1:40.80$40,000L/R
1976-1Swingtime4 Bill Shoemaker Charles E. Whittingham Mary Jones Bradley & Charles E. Whittingham1-1/16 m1:41.80$30,000L/R
1976-2Mia Amore4Fernando ToroJaime VillagomezJohn Valpredo1-1/16 m1:41.80$30,000L/R
1975 Tizna 6 Jerry Lambert Henry M. Moreno Nile Financial Corp. (Victor Zemborain)7 f 1:20.60$30,000 UGS
1974 Tallahto 4Laffit Pincay Jr.Charles E. Whittingham Elizabeth A. Keck 7 f1:20.70$30,000UGS

References

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  4. "A McCarron Six-Pack?". Los Angeles Times . 2002-04-27. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
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  6. "Eclipse Awards". NTRA. 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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