Sunset Handicap

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Sunset Handicap
ClassGrade III
Location Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California, United States
Inaugurated1938
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.hollywoodpark.com
Race information
Distance1+12 miles (12 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & up
WeightAssigned
Purse $150,000

The Sunset Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the third week of July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in inglewood, California. The Grade III event is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-half miles on turf. With the closure of Hollywood Park at the end of 2013 the Sunset Handicap ceased to exist.

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Inaugurated in 1938 as the Aloha Handicap, in 1940 it was renamed the Sunset Handicap. It was raced on dirt until 1967. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

In 1975, the Sunset Handicap was run in two divisions.

On December 2, 2009, this Grade II stakes race was downgraded to a Grade III by the American Graded Stakes Committee.

Historical notes

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+12 miles)

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2013 Marketing Mix (mare)5 Gary Stevens Tom Proctor Glen Hill Farm 2:26.78
2012Dhaamer (IRE)5 Julien Leparoux Mike Mitchell Edward Brown Jr. / Jay Manoogian2:29.13
2011Imponente5 Chantal Sutherland A.C. Avila Jessica Coudelaria2:26.65
2010Marlang5 Joel Rosario Neil D. Drysdale Gustav Schickedanz2:25.45
2009Black Astor5 Joseph Talamo Lisa L. Lewis A Breed Apart, LLC & Stephen R. Humphrey2:27.10
2008Warning Zone4 Mike Smith John W. Sadler Rising Sun Racing Stable2:26.95
2007Runaway Dancer8 Alex Solis Dan L. Hendricks R L Stables (Michael & Katie Kennedy)2:27.68
2006T.H. Approval5 Alex Solis Eduardo Inda Tadahiro Hotehama2:26.65
2005Always First4 Victor Espinoza Neil D. Drysdale Sheikh Mohammed 2:27.00
2004 Star Over The Bay 4 Tyler Baze Mike Mitchell G Racing et al.2:26.47
2003Puerto Banus4 Victor Espinoza Kristin Mulhall Steve Taub et al.2:26.95
2002Grammarian4 Brice Blanc Kellyn Gorder Lindsey Williams2:26.59
2001Blueprint6 Gary Stevens Robert B. Hess Jr. Fog City Stable (David Shimmon & William Bianco)2:26:16
2000 Bienamado 4 Chris McCarron J. Paco Gonzalez J. Toffan/T. McCaffery 2:25.06
1999Plicck4 David Flores Ron McAnally Al & Sandee Kirkwood2:26.97
1998River Bay5 Alex Solis Robert Frankel Henri Chalhoub 2:27.40
1997Marlin4 David Flores D. Wayne Lukas Michael Tabor 2:25.39
1996Talloires6 Kent Desormeaux Edwin J. Gregson Randall D. Hubbard, et al.2:23.55
1995 Sandpit 6 Corey Nakatani Richard E. Mandella Sierra Thoroughbreds2:25.50
1994Grand Flotilla7 Gary Stevens Jenine Sahadi Mike Sloan2:26.35
1993 Bien Bien 4 Chris McCarron J. Paco Gonzalez J. Toffan & T. McCaffery 2:25.69
1992Qathif5 Alex Solis Charles Whittingham Ann & Jerry Moss 2:26.72
1991Black Monday5 Corey Nakatani Gary F. Jones Abrams, Hicker & Lima2:26.00
1990 Petite Ile 4 Corey Black Edwin J. Gregson Jean-Francois Malle2:25.60
1989Pranke5 Pat Valenzuela Edwin J. Gregson Hector Sanchez2:28.00
1988Roi Normand5 Fernando Toro Robert Frankel Edmund A. Gann 2:24.60
1987Swink4 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Nelson Bunker Hunt 2:25.00
1986 Zoffany 6 Eddie Delahoussaye John Gosden A. Speelman / J. & A. Bodie2:25.20
1985Kings Island4 Fernando Toro Jerry M. Fanning Dan Agnew & Charles Baumbach2:25.80
1984 John Henry 9 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Dotsam Stable 2:24.80
1983Craelius4 Chris McCarron Charles Whittingham Howard B. Keck 2:26.40
1982 Erins Isle 4 Angel Cordero Jr. Charles Whittingham Brian Sweeney, et al.2:25.60
1981Galaxy Libra5 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Louis R. Rowan 2:25.80
1980 Inkerman 5 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Edward Hudson Sr.2:24.40
1979 Sirlad 5 Darrel McHargue Charles Whittingham Abram S. Hewitt2:24.00
1978 Exceller 5 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Nelson Bunker Hunt 2:27.00
1977Today 'n Tomorrow4 Bill Shoemaker Roger Clapp Connie M. Ring2:27.60
1976 Caucasus 4 Fernando Toro Charles Whittingham Fred Sahadi2:26.40
1975Barclay Joy5 Bill Shoemaker A. Thomas Doyle John McShain 2:26.80
1975Cruiser II6 Frank Olivares Ron McAnally Contreras, Mamakos & Stubrin2:27.00
1974Greco II5 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham E. E. Fogelson 2:27.00
1973 Cougar II 7 Bill Shoemaker Charles Whittingham Mary F. Jones2:26.00
1972 Typecast (mare)6 Johnny Sellers A. Thomas Doyle Westerly Stud 3:20.60
1971Over The Counter7 Jerry Lambert Robert Frankel H. T. Sheridan3:19.20
1970One For All4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Horatio Luro John A. Bell III 3:21.80
1969Petrone5 Johnny Sellers Robert L. Wheeler Flag Is Up Farms & E. Constantine3:18.00
1968 Fort Marcy 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 2:26.60
1967Hill Clown4 Bill Shoemaker William B. Finnegan El Peco Ranch 2:27.80
1966O'Hara4 Donald Pierce William J. Hirsch Greentree Stable 2:40.40
1965Terry's Secret3 Alex Maese Carl A. Roles Poltex Stable (William R. Hawn et al.)2:41.80
1964 Colorado King 5 Bill Shoemaker Wally Dunn Poltex Stable (William R. Hawn et al.)2:40.80
1963Arbitrage5 Pete Moreno Reggie Cornell Linda Cornell2:41.20
1962 Prove It 5 Bill Shoemaker Mesh Tenney Rex C. Ellsworth 2:39.60
1961Whodunit6 Manuel Ycaza William C. Winfrey Mrs. Jan Burke2:39.00
1960 Dotted Swiss 4 Edward Burns Robert L. Wheeler C. V. Whitney 2:40.20
1959Whodunit4 Raymond York William C. Winfrey Mrs. Jan Burke2:40.80
1958 Gallant Man 4 Bill Shoemaker John A. Nerud Ralph Lowe2:41.00
1957Find7 Ralph Neves William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 2:40.00
1956 Swaps 4 Bill Shoemaker Mesh Tenney Rex C. Ellsworth 2:38.20
1955Social Outcast5 Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 2:40.60
1954Fleet Bird5 Ralph Neves Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 2:40.80
1953Lights Up6 Jack Westrope Hack Ross Clifford H. Jones & Sons2:41.20
1952Great Circle5 Reg Heather Warren Stute John T. de Blois Wack2:41.80
1951Alderman4 Jack Westrope Willie Dennis Breel Stable (George C. Newell)2:42.00
1950 Hill Prince 3 Eddie Arcaro Casey Hayes Christopher Chenery 1:48.60
1949 Ace Admiral 4 Johnny Longden William Molter Maine Chance Farm 2:39.80
1948Drumbeat3 Thearl Williams Jack T. Engle Andrea Leeds Howard2:41.00
1947Cover Up4 Robert Permane Ross Brinson Zack T. Addington2:41.20
1946Historian5 Ovie Scurlock Edward Anspach Herbert Woolf 2:40.80
1945NO RACE
1944
1943
1942
1941King Torch4 Johnny Deering Graceton Philpot Louis B. Mayer 2:44.40
1940 Kayak II 5 John H. Adams Tom Smith Charles S. Howard 2:30.20
1939Sorteado4 Ralph Neves Tom Smith Charles S. Howard 2:29.00
1938 Ligaroti 7 Noel Richardson Lindsay C. Howard Binglin Stable 1:50.40

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