Los Angeles Handicap

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Los Angeles Handicap
ClassGrade III
Location Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, USA
(relocated from the now closed Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California,
United States)
Inaugurated1938
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
Surface Cushion Track synthetic dirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000 (since 2006) [1]

The Los Angeles Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the spring racing season. It was previously run at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California), which closed in 2013. A Grade III sprint race run on dirt over a distance of six furlongs, it is open to horses aged three and older.

Contents

The race was not run in 2018. From 2007 to 2013, it was run on (Cushion Track synthetic dirt. For 2015 only, the race was run at Los Alamitos Racetrack and shortened to 5+12 furlongs due to the track dimensions. Prior to 1979, the race was run at a distance of seven furlongs.

The 1968 race was run in two divisions.

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
Time
2017Lord Simba4 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Baoma Corporation1:08.74
2016San Onofre6Edwin A. MaldonadoKaren HeadleyMatson Racing1:02.04
2015 Distinctiv Passion 5 Edwin A. Maldonado Jeff Bonde Brown/Klein/Lebherz1:08.00
2014 Cyclometer 6 Edwin A. Maldonado Bruce Headley Headley/I. & A. Molasky1:09.02
2013 Comma to the Top 5 Edwin A. Maldonado Peter Miller Barber/Birnbaum/Tsujihara1:09.11
2012Roman Threat4 Rafael Bejarano Bob Baffert P & H Earnhardt III1:08.57
2011Camp Victory4 Joe Talamo Mike R. Mitchell Featherston/Jacobsen/Miller1:08.87
2010Cost of Freedom7 Tyler Baze John W. Sadler Gary & Cecil Barber1:08.49
2009Red Arrow6 Joe Talamo John W. Sadler Gary & Cecil Barber1:08.40
2008 Street Boss 4 David Flores Bruce Headley Bluegate Corp. et al.1:07.55
2007Sailors Sunset4 Jon Court Marcelo Polanco Everest Stable1:09.03
2006Siren Lure5 Alex Solis Art Sherman Stuart Kesselman et al.1:08.57
2005Forest Grove4 Corey Nakatani Eoin G. Harty Aaron & Marie Jones 1:08.57
2004Pohave6 Jon Court Douglas F. O'Neill Kagele Bros, Inc. et al.1:08.12
2003Hombre Rapido6 Jose Valdivia Jr. John W. Sadler Granja Vista Del Rio Stable1:08.49
2002 Kona Gold 8 Alex Solis Bruce Headley Headley, Molasky, High Tech1:08.72
2001 Caller One 4 Corey Nakatani James K. Chapman Carolyn Chapman & Theresa McArthur1:08.35
2000Highland Gold5 Chris McCarron Jerry Hollendorfer George Todaro & J. Hollendorfer 1:09.11
1999Son Of A Pistol7 Alex Solis Bruce Headley Luis Asistio, B.B.C. Stables, Jeff Davenport1:08.17
1998Gold Land7 Kent Desormeaux Neil D. Drysdale Prince Fahd Salman 1:08.06
1997Men's Exclusive4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Wesley A. Ward Hartsel E. Reed1:08.97
1996Abaginone †5 Gary Stevens Sanford Shulman Charles & Clear Valley Stables1:08.33
1996Paying Dues †4 Chris Antley Clifford W. Sise Jr. Randy Welty et al.1:08.33
1995Forest Gazelle4 Kent Desormeaux Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:07.90
1994J F Williams5 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally John Carr & Double J Farm1:09.03
1993Star of the Crop4 Gary Stevens Willard L. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1:08.78
1992Cardmania6 Eddie Delahoussaye Derek Meredith Jean Couvercelle1:08.73
1991Black Jack Road7 Russell Baze Fordell Fierce Donna & Dorothy Kisela1:09.10
1990Timeless Answer4 Robbie Davis Ronald W. Ellis Ed Friendly 1:08.80
1989Sam Who4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Henry M. Moreno Carlton Sell1:09.40
1988Olympic Prospect4 Alex Solis John W. Sadler Gregg Alsdorf, Frank Sinatra, Lawrence Opas1:08.80
1987Bedside Promise5 Gary Stevens Robert L. Martin Jawl Brothers1:08.40
1986Rosie's K. T.5 Pat Valenzuela John W. Sadler Marianne Millard & Bea Rous1:10.00
1985Charging Falls4 Bill Shoemaker Jack Van Berg John A. Franks 1:08.80
1984Night Mover4 Eddie Delahoussaye Robert J. Frankel Ann & Jerry Moss 1:08.40
1983Mr. Prime Minister7 Martin Pedroza Buster Millerick Sardara Sengara1:09.80
1982Terresto's Singer5 Pat Valenzuela Cliff Goodwin Tschudi & Wong1:09.20
1981Doonesbury4 Sandy Hawley Barney Willis Fletcher Jones, Sam Roffe, et al.1:08.80
1980Beau's Eagle4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Larry Rose Relatively Stable1:08.20
1979Hawkin's Special4 Darrel McHargue Jack Van Berg Donald Bruce & Jack Van Berg 1:08.40
1978 J. O. Tobin 4 Steve Cauthen Laz Barrera George A. Pope Jr. 1:21.40
1977Beat Inflation4 Darrel McHargue Julius E. Tinsley Jr. Fred W. Hooper 1:20.20
1976Century's Envoy5 Sandy Hawley Jerry Dutton M/M John J. Elmore Sr.1:20.80
1975Big Band5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Tommy Heard Jr. Heardsdale1:20.60
1974 Ancient Title 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Keith L. Stucki Sr. Kirkland Stable1:20.40
1973Soft Victory5 Donald Pierce Ron McAnally Max R. Prestridge Jr.1:21.00
1972 Triple Bend 4 Donald Pierce Vance Longden Frank M. McMahon 1:19.80
1971Fleet Surprise5 Donald Pierce Frank E. Childs Perne L. & Chuck T. Grissom1:20.80
1970 Ack Ack 4 Donald Pierce Charles E. Whittingham Cain Hoy Stable 1:20.60
1969Indulto6 Donald Pierce Bert C. Littrell Mrs. Edward Lasker1:20.60
1968Rising Market (1st div.)4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Ted Saladin M/M Bert W. Martin1:20.60
1968 Kissin' George (2nd div.)5 Bill Mahorney Buster Millerick DeCourcy Graham1:21.20
1967 Native Diver 8 Jerry Lambert Buster Millerick M/M Louis K. Shapiro1:21.00
1966Nasharco4 Bobby Jennings Roy Hodges Dr. Robert S. Flinn1:21.60
1965 Native Diver 6 Jerry Lambert Buster Millerick M/M Louis K. Shapiro1:20.00
1964Cyrano5 John L. Rotz William J. Hirsch Greentree Stable 1:21.40
1963Doc Jocoy4 Willie Harmatz Lionel C. Sternberger M/M Lionel C. Sternberger1:20.80
1962Winonly5 Willie Harmatz Julius E. Tinsley Jr. Fred W. Hooper 1:21.60
1961 T.V. Lark 4 Johnny Longden Paul K. Parker Preston W. Madden 1:21.80
1960Finnegan4 Ralph Neves William B. Finnegan Neil S. McCarthy 1:20.80
1959 Hillsdale 4 Tommy Barrow Martin L. Fallon Jr. Clarence W. Smith1:21.00
1958How Now5 Willie Harmatz Cecil Jolly George C. Newell1:21.60
1957 Porterhouse 6 Johnny Longden Charles E. Whittingham Llangollen Farm Stable 1:20.80
1956Colonel Mack4 Ralph Neves Sam Brunson Austin C. Taylor 1:09.00
1955Karim5 Gordon Glisson Fred M. Smith M/M John Eyraud1:09.20
1939Main Man5 George Woolf Ted D. Grimes Louis B. Mayer 1:43.00
1938Whichcee4 Tim Sena Darrell Cannon Austin C. Taylor 1:44.40

References

  1. "Los Angeles Stakes Profile". Equibase. Retrieved 16 December 2018.