Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap

Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap

Class	Discontinued stakes
Location	Hialeah Park Race Track Hialeah, Florida, United States
Inaugurated	1926
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1+3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old & up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	US$200,000

The Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race open to horses aged three and older that was run each year at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida until the track closed at the end of the 2001 racing season. At the time, it was the oldest grass race in America.

The race was inaugurated as the Miami Cup Handicap ion March 13, 1926 and was open to horses age three and older. In addition to the President's gold cup, winner Boon Companion received what at the time was a very sizeable winner's purse of $24,950. ^[1] From 1929 through 1952 it was run as the Miami Beach Handicap then in 1953 was renamed the Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap. ^[2] The race was run on dirt until 1939 when it was permanently moved to the turf. It was a Grade 1 event in 1989 when financial difficulties saw racing at Hialeah Park suspended. On resumption in 1992, the race lost its graded stakes status.

Run in two divisions in 1944, the race was contested at different distances:

• 1 mile – 1932–1938
• 1 mile, 70 yards – 1929–1931
• 1+1⁄16 miles – 1926, 1939–1944
• 1+1⁄8 miles – 1927
• 1+3⁄16 miles – 1995–1999, 2001
• 1+1⁄4 miles – 1946
• 1+3⁄8 miles – 2000
• 1+1⁄2 miles – 1947–1994

Records

Speed record:

• 2:25.40 @ 11⁄2 miles – El Senor (1989)

Most wins:

• 2 – Gleaming (1972, 1973)
• 2 – Nijinsky's Secret (1983, 1984)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 – Allen E. Paulson (1987, 1998, 2001)
• 3 – Calumet Farm (1966, 1972, 1973)
• 3 – Hasty House Farm (1955, 1962, 1964)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 – Ángel Cordero Jr. (1972, 1973, 1979)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 – Harry Trotsek (1955, 1962, 1964)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist. (Miles)	Time
2001	Del Mar Show	4	Robbie Davis	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson trust	13⁄16	1:53.06
2000	Monkey Puzzle	4	René Douglas	Stephen L. DiMauro	Joseph F. Graffeo	13⁄8	2:13.50
1999	Federal Trial	4	Robbie Davis	Lou M. Goldfine	Arthur I. Appleton	13⁄16	1:52.67
1998	Yagli	5	Heberto Castillo Jr.	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	13⁄16	1:51.79
1997	Sharp Appeal	4	Gary Boulanger	Martin D. Wolfson	Martin L. Cherry	13⁄16	1:54.93
1996	Signal Tap	5	John Velazquez	Flint S. Schulhofer	Centennial Farm	13⁄16	1:53.15
1995	Turk Passer	5	John Velazquez	Anthony Margotta Jr.	Michael Shanley, Leonard Leveen, Steven M. Weiss	13⁄16	1:54.40
1994	Awad	4	Eddie Maple	David G. Donk	Ryehill Farm (Jim & Eleanor Ryan)	11⁄2	2:30.00
1993	Spectacular Tide	4	René Douglas	Stanley M. Hough	Elizabeth & David Whelan	11⁄2	2:25.60
1992	Crystal Moment	7	Rick Wilson	Ronald Houghton	Longleaf Pine Farm (Shirley "Cosy" Lathrop)	11⁄2	2:28.22
1990	– 1991	Race not held
1989	El Senor	5	Herb McCauley	William W. Wright	Frances W. Luro	11⁄2	2:25.40
1988	Double Bed	5	Gérald Mossé	François Doumen	Ronald Reeves	11⁄2	2:27.80
1987	Theatrical	5	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	11⁄2	2:28.60
1986	Sondrio	5	Craig Perret	Howard M. Tesher	Craig B. Singer	11⁄2	2:27.60
1985	Selous Scout	4	Robin Platts	Roger Attfield	Charles Rittenberg	11⁄2	2:27.20
1984	Nijinsky's Secret	6	José Vélez Jr.	Kent Stirling	John A. "Bud" McDougald	11⁄2	2:26.80
1983	Nijinsky's Secret	5	José Vélez Jr.	Kent Stirling	John A. "Bud" McDougald	11⁄2	2:27.20
1982	The Bart	6	Eddie Delahoussaye	John Sullivan	Franklin N. Groves	11⁄2	2:26.00
1981	Lobsang	5	Mike Venezia	Victor J. Nickerson	Walter Haefner	11⁄2	2:27.20
1980	John Henry	5	Darrel McHargue	Ron McAnally	Dotsam Stable	11⁄2	2:29.40
1979	Bowl Game	5	Ángel Cordero Jr.	John M. Gaver Jr.	Greentree Stable	11⁄2	2:26.60
1978	Noble Dancer	6	Steve Cauthen	Thomas J. Kelly	Haakon Fretheim	11⁄2	2:28.00
1977	Improviser	5	Miguel A. Rivera	John J. Weipert	Elmendorf Farm	11⁄2	2:28.00
1976	Legion	6	Earlie Fires	Gerald F. Jabalee	Ralph Chapman	11⁄2	2:29.20
1976	Lord Henham	4	Roger I. Velez	Stephen A. DiMauro	Robert E. Sangster	11⁄2	2:28.20
1975	Outdoors	6	Daryl Montoya	John W. Russell	Ogden Phipps	11⁄2	2:27.40
1974	Big Whippendeal	4	Miguel A. Rivera	Oscar Dishman	Kinsman Stable	11⁄2	2:26.20
1973	Gleaming	5	Ángel Cordero Jr.	Reggie Cornell	Calumet Farm	11⁄2	2:27.60
1972	Gleaming	4	Ángel Cordero Jr.	Reggie Cornell	Calumet Farm	11⁄2	2:27.20
1971	Drumtop	5	Chuck Baltazar	Roger Laurin	James B. Moseley	11⁄2	2:26.80
1970	Vent du Nord	5	Ron Turcotte	Al Scotti	Emanuel Mittman	11⁄2	2:27.40
1969	Blanquette	5	Sandino Hernandez	Angel Penna Sr.	Gustave Ring	11⁄2	2:29.00
1968	He's A Smoothie	5	Braulio Baeza	Warren Beasley	William R. Beasley	11⁄2	2:32.80
1967	War Censor	4	Earlie Fires	S. Bryant Ott	Fourth Estate Stable	11⁄2	2:28.20
1966	Kentucky Jug	5	William Boland	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	11⁄2	2:27.20
1965	Hot Dust	5	Steve Brooks	Sidney J. Smith	Mrs. Alfred J. Giordano	11⁄2	2:29.20
1964	Carteret	6	Ray Broussard	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	11⁄2	2:28.60
1963	Intercepted	4	Robert Ussery	Joseph H. Pierce Sr.	Pin Oak Farm	11⁄2	2:40.40
1962	El Loco	5	John Sellers	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	11⁄2	2:29.80
1961	Wolfram	5	John L. Rotz	Burley Parke	Harbor View Farm	11⁄2	2:29.60
1960	Amerigo	5	Bill Hartack	Harris Brown	Lillian B. Christopher	11⁄2	2:29.20
1959	Tudor Era	6	Pete Anderson	Arnold N. Winick	Mrs. Herbert Herff	11⁄2	2:29.80
1958	Meeting	5	John Ruane	John Sceusa	Tartan Stable	11⁄2	2:27.80
1957	Jabneh	5	Bill Hartack	Phil S. Goodwin	Eugenia E. Bankhead	11⁄2	2:31.20
1956	Guardian	6	Ray Mikkonen	George M. Odom	Josephine Widener Bigelow	11⁄2	2:29.20
1955	Stan	5	John Adams	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	11⁄2	2:29.60
1954	Picador	7	Hedley Woodhouse	Preston M. Burch	Brookmeade Stable	11⁄2	2:28.80
1953	Royal Vale	5	William Boland	James E. Ryan	Esther du Pont Weir	11⁄2	2:28.80
1952	Pilaster	8	Nick Shuk	Frank A. Bonsal	Mrs. Henry L. Straus	11⁄2	2:30.20
1951	Going Away	5	Joe Culmone	Preston M. Burch	Brookmeade Stable	11⁄2	2:31.60
1950	Chicle II	5	Hedley Woodhouse	Joseph H. Pierce Sr.	Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen)	11⁄2	2:29.00
1949	Dinner Hour	5	Angel Rivera	Larry H. Thompson	Helen S. Reineman	11⁄2	2:30.40
1948	Stud Poker	5	Donald MacAndrews	Paul L. Kelley	Edward E. Voynow	11⁄2	2:29.20
1947	Tel O'Sullivan	4	James Stout	George W. Carroll	Mrs. Louis Rabinowitz	11⁄2	2:36.00
1946	Frere Jacques	4	Conn McCreary	Marion McGonigle	Jacob Sher	11⁄4	2:04.20
1945	No race held due to WW II restrictions
1944-1	Air Current	5	Ted Atkinson	Walter A. Kelley	Allen T. Simmons	11⁄16	1:44.40
1944-2	Rascal	5	Conn McCreary	Paul L. Kelley	V. L. Shea	11⁄16	1:45.00
1943	No race held due to WW II restrictions
1942	Sir Marlboro	6	Eddie Arcaro	Eddie Coates	Mrs. Joseph Eitinger	11⁄16	1:44.80
1941	Robert L	7	Eddie Arcaro	John B. Partridge	John B. Partridge	11⁄16	1:47.40
1940	Sandy Boot	7	Willie Lee Johnson	John B. Partridge	James D. Norris	11⁄16	1:48.20
1939	Maeriel	6	Joseph Renick	George E. Phillips	Maemere Farm	11⁄16	1:46.20
1938	Wise Prince	6	Carroll Bierman	Hirsch Jacobs	Felix Spatola	1m	1:37.00
1937	White Cockade	4	Hilton Dabson	James E. Fitzsimmons	Ogden Phipps	1m	1:39.00
1936	Nectarine	4	Joseph Renick	Bert S. Michell	Jean Denmark	1m	1:36.40
1935	Larranaga	6	Wayne Wright	Frank J. Kearns	Anall Stable (Allan A. Ryan)	1m	1:37.20
1934	Springsteel	5	Jimmy Burke	William Irvine	Sylvester W. Labrot	1m	1:38.00
1933	Curaçao	4	Silvio Coucci	William Brennan	Greentree Stable	1m	1:38.20
1932	Repentance	4	Herbert Callahan	Mose Lowenstein	Gladys M. Pulitzer	1m	1:36.40
1931	Silverdale	5	Eddie Ambrose	John F. Schorr	Edward B. McLean	1m,70yds	1:45.40
1930	Herrick	4	Charles Kurtsinger	James Gass	C. E. Hamilton	1m,70yds	1:42.20
1929	Fly Hawk	5	Danny McAuliffe	A. G. "Bob" Robertson	William Maher	1m,70yds	1:43.60
1927	War Eagle	3	Eddie Ambrose	John F. Schorr	Edward B. McLean	11⁄8	1:51.20
1926	Boon Companion	4	Vincent Stott	Al G. Woodman	Coventry Stable (S. A. Cowan)	11⁄16	1:46.40

References

1. "Miami Cup Captured by Boon Companion; Cowan Colt Wins $24,950 by Beating Superfrank in Richest Stake of Meeting". New York Times. 1926-03-14. Section 10 Sports, page 1. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
2. Miami Daily News – March 2, 1954