Precisionist Stakes

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Precisionist Stakes
Grade III race
Location Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated1980
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.hollywoodpark.com
Race information
Distance1+116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse $100,000

The Precisionist Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade III event open to horses, age three and up, it was contested over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on Cushion Track synthetic dirt. The race was named for the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horse, Precisionist who won this race in 1985 in which he set a Hollywood Park track record for the then one mile distance. [1]

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The race was run as the Mervyn Leroy Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack from inception in 1980 through 2013 when that racetrack closed. The original race was named for the American film director, Mervyn LeRoy who was a racing enthusiast and one of the track's founders. The Mervyn LeRoy Handicap carried a purse of $150,000 and was a prep to the Hollywood Gold Cup.

Elevated to a Grade I event in 1988, it was downgraded to Grade II status in 1991 then to Grade III in 2014.

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
Grade
Win
$
2017Collected4 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Speedway Stables1-1/161:41.52III$100,000
2016Race not held
2015Catch a Flight5 Flavien Prat Richard E. Mandella Haras Santa Maria de Araras1-1/161:42.22III$100,000
2014Fury Kapcori4 Rafael Bejarano Jerry Hollendorfer Awtrey, Hollendorfer & Todaro1-1/161:42.11III$100,000
Mervyn LeRoy Handicap
2013 Liaison 6 Victor Espinoza John W. Sadler C R K Stable1-1/161:42.79II$150,000
2012 Morning Line 5 Joseph Talamo John Shirreffs Farish/Dixiana/Thoroughbred Legends Racing Stable1-1/161:42.42II$150,000
2011 Crown of Thorns 6 Tyler Baze Richard Mandella Spendthrift Farm 1-1/161:42.73II$150,000
2010 Rail Trip 5 Rafael Bejarano Ron Ellis Jay Em Ess Stable (Siegel family)1-1/161:42.37II$150,000
2009Ball Four8 Joe Talamo Patrick Biancone Flying Zee Stable (Carl Lizza)1-1/161:41.58II$150,000
2008Surf Cat6 Alex Solis Bruce Headley Aase Headley & Marsha Naify1-1/161:41.13II$150,000
2007Molengao6 Victor Espinoza Paulo Lobo Stud TNT1-1/161:42.86II$150,000
2006Surf Cat4 Alex Solis Bruce Headley Aase Headley & Marsha Naify1-1/161:40.65II$150,000
2005Ace Blue5 David Flores Paulo Lobo Eternamente Rio Stud1-1/161:41.45II$150,000
2004Even The Score6 David Flores Vladimir Cerin Rosendo G. Parra1-1/161:40.81II$150,000
2003Total Impact5 Mike E. Smith Laura de Seroux Rosendo G. Parra1-1/161:40.88II$150,000
2002 Sky Jack 6 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Douglas F. O'Neill Rene & Margie Lambert1-1/161:41.36II$150,000
2001Futural5 Chris McCarron Craig Dollase Jess Miller & Jack Weitz1-1/161:42.02II$150,000
2000Out Of Mind5 Eddie Delahoussaye Richard E. Mandella Sierra Thoroughbreds1-1/161:41.82II$150,000
1999Budroyale6 Garrett Gomez Ted H. West Jeffrey Sengara1-1/161:42.12II$150,000
1998Wild Wonder4 Eddie Delahoussaye Greg Gilchrist VHW Stables 1-1/161:40.92II$100,000
1997Hesabull4 Goncalino Almeida Mike Chambers Ron Judy1-1/161:41.30II$100,000
1996Siphon5 David Flores Richard E. Mandella Linneo Eduardo de Paula Machado1-1/161:40.44II$100,000
1995Tossofthecoin5 Corey Nakatani Ron McAnally Sidney Craig 1-1/161:40.70II$100,000
1994 Del Mar Dennis 4 Sal Gonzalez, Jr. J. Paco Gonzalez Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan 1-1/161:40.48II$155,000
1993 Marquetry 6 Kent Desormeaux Robert J. Frankel Morley Engelson & R. J. Frankel 1-1/81:49.10II$155,000
1992Another Review4 Kent Desormeaux Chris Speckert Thomas Mellon Evans 1-1/161:41.38II$150,000
1991Louis Cyphre5 José A. Santos Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1-1/161:40.80I$185,000
1990Super May4 Robbie Davis Richard E. Mandella Jack Kent Cooke 1-1/161:40.80I$200,000
1989 Ruhlmann 4 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Charles E. Whittingham Jerry Moss 1-1/161:40.20I$200,000
1988Judge Angelucci5 Eddie Delahoussaye Charles E. Whittingham Olin B. Gentry 1-1/161:40.80I$200,000
1987Zabaleta4 Laffit Pincay, Jr. John Gosden Michael Riordan1 mile1:34.80II$200,000
1986 Skywalker 4 Laffit Pincay, Jr. Michael C. Whittingham Oak Cliff Stable (Thomas P. Tatham & partners)1 mile1:34.80II$200,000
1985 Precisionist 4 Chris McCarron L. Ross Fenstermaker Fred W. Hooper 1 mile1:32.80II$200,000
1984Sari's Dreamer5 Rafael Meza Melvin F. Stute Carl Grinstead & Ben Rochelle1 mile1:34.20II$160,000
1983Fighting Fit4 Bill Shoemaker Robert J. Frankel Jerry Moss 1 mile1:35.80II$100,000
1982Mehmet4 Sandy Hawley Robert J. Frankel A. J. Chlad et al.1 mile1:34.60II$100,000
1981Eleven Stitches4 Sandy Hawley Donn Luby Morey & Claudia Mirkin1 mile1:36.40$160,000
1980 Spectacular Bid 4 Bill Shoemaker Bud Delp Hawksworth Farm (Harry & Teresa Meyerhoff)1 mile1:40.40$200,000

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References

  1. "Precisionist Stakes". Equibase Company LLC. 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2018-10-04.