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Hawthorne Handicap

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Hawthorne Handicap
Discontinued Grade 3 stakes race
LocationHollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California
Inaugurated1974
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1-1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
TrackCushion Track, left-handed
QualificationFillies & 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]

The Hawthorne Handicap was raced on three different surfaces.

Historical notes

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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

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Speed record:

  • 1:32.80 @ 1 mile: Bayakoa (1989)
  • 1:40.60 @ 1-1/16 miles on turf: Country Queen (1980)
  • 1:41.84 @ 1-1/16 miles on dirt: Tough Tiz's Sis (2008)

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Purse $ Gr.
2008 Tough Tiz's Sis 4 Aaron Gryder Bob Baffert Karl Watson & Paul Weitman 1-1/16 m 1:41.84 $100,000 G3
2007 River Savage 5 Omar Berrio Antonio "A.C." Avila L-Bo Racing (Shawn Turner et al.) & Monte Pyle 1-1/16 m 1:44.08 $100,000 G3
2006 Star Parade 7 Martin Pedroza Darrell Vienna Gary A. Tanaka 1-1/16 m 1:42.26 $100,000 G3
2005 Hollywood Story 4 Victor Espinoza John Shirreffs George Krikorian 1-1/16 m 1:42.42 $100,000 G3
2004 Summer Wind Dancer 4 Victor Espinoza Jeff Mullins Richard & Yvette Wira & Linda Vetter 1-1/16 m 1:41.56 $100,000 G3
2003 Keys To The Heart 4 Jose Valdivia Jr. Beau Greely Thomas Nichols 1-1/16 m 1:42.97 $100,000 G3
2002 Queen of Wilshire 6 Pat Valenzuela Darrell Vienna E. A. Ranches (Ernie & Lisa Auerbach) 1-1/16 m 1:43.16 $100,000 G3
2001 Printemps 4 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Amerman Racing Stables (John & Jerry Amerman) 1-1/16 m 1:43.21 $150,000 G2
2000 Riboletta 5 Chris McCarron Eduardo Inda Aaron & Marie Jones 1-1/16 m 1:42.33 $150,000 G2
1999 Victory Stripes 5 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Sidney & Jenny Craig 1-1/16 m 1:41.73 $150,000 G2
1998 I Ain't Bluffing 4 Chris McCarron Ronald W. Ellis Siegel family 1-1/16 m 1:41.49 $100,000 G2
1997 Twice The Vice 6 Chris McCarron Ronald W. Ellis Martin & Pam Wygod 1-1/16 m 1:42.72 $100,000 G2
1996 Borodislew 6 Corey Nakatani John Shirreffs 505 Farms 1-1/16 m 1:41.28 $100,000 G2
1995 Paseana 8 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Sidney & Jenny Craig 1-1/16 m 1:42.40 $100,000 G2
1994 Golden Klair 4 Kent Desormeaux Darrell Vienna No Problem Stable & Sido Stable 1-1/16 m 1:41.41 $100,000 G2
1993 Freedom Cry 5 Alex Solis Gary F. Jones Hi Card Ranch (Keith & Barbara Card) 1-1/16 m 1:41.12 $100,000 G2
1992 Sacramentada 6 Kent Desormeaux Richard Mandella Randall D. Hubbard 1-1/16 m 1:43.04 $100,000 G2
1991 Brought To Mind 4 Pat Valenzuela Ron McAnally Tadahiro Hotehama 1-1/16 m 1:41.50 $100,000 G2
1990 Bayakoa 6 Laffit Pincay Jr. Ron McAnally Frank & Janis Whitham 1 m 1:34.00 $100,000 G2
1989 Bayakoa 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Ron McAnally Frank & Janis Whitham 1 m 1:32.80 $100,000 G2
1988 Integra 4 Gary Stevens Henry M. Moreno George Aubin (Lessee) 1 m 1:36.00 $75,000 G2
1987 Seldom Seen Sue 4 Chris McCarron Gary F. Jones Frederick & Howard Drakos 1 m 1:33.60 $75,000 G2
1986 Dontstop Themusic 6 Laffit Pincay Jr. Randy Winick Albert R. & Dana N. Broccoli 1 m 1:35.40 $75,000 G2
1985 Adored 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Laz Barrera Ethel D. Jacobs (Lessee) 1 m 1:34.80 $75,000 G2
1984 Adored 4 Fernando Toro Laz Barrera Ethel D. Jacobs (Lessee) 1-1/16 m 1:41.80 $60,000 G2
1983 Marisma 5 Kenneth D. Black Lee J. Rossi Carl Joseph Maggio 1-1/16 m 1:44.80 $50,000 G2
1982 Weber City Miss 5 Sandy Hawley Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 1-1/16 m 1:42.40 $50,000 G3
1981 Save Wild Life 4 Chris McCarron Howard M. Tesher H. Joseph Allen 1-1/16 m 1:42.80 $60,000 L/R
1980 Country Queen 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Randy Winick Maribel G. Blum & Gainesway Farm 1-1/16 m 1:40.60 $50,000 L/R
1979 Country Queen 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Randy Winick Maribel G. Blum, George Sarant, Arnold N. Winick 1-1/16 m 1:41.20 $40,000 L/R
1978 Sensational 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Laz Barrera Mill House Stable 1-1/16 m 1:41.80 $40,000 L/R
1977 Cascapedia 4 Sandy Hawley Gordon C. Campbell Bernard J. Ridder 1-1/16 m 1:40.80 $40,000 L/R
1976-1 Swingtime 4 Bill Shoemaker Charles E. Whittingham Mary Jones Bradley & Charles E. Whittingham 1-1/16 m 1:41.80 $30,000 L/R
1976-2 Mia Amore 4 Fernando Toro Jaime Villagomez John Valpredo 1-1/16 m 1:41.80 $30,000 L/R
1975 Tizna 6 Jerry Lambert Henry M. Moreno Nile Financial Corp. (Victor Zemborain) 7 f 1:20.60 $30,000 UGS
1974 Tallahto 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Charles E. Whittingham Elizabeth A. Keck 7 f 1:20.70 $30,000 UGS

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hawthorne Handicap (G3)". Equibase Co LLC. 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ "Pac Quick scores in Bashford Manor – Hollywood results". The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), page 8. 1974-05-26. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  3. ^ "Printemps Wins at Hollywood Park". Associated Press. 2001-05-06. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  4. ^ "A McCarron Six-Pack?". Los Angeles Times. 2002-04-27. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  5. ^ "Event By Year". Breederscup.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  6. ^ "Eclipse Awards". NTRA. 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  7. ^ "Sunday, Hollywood Park – Hawthorne H." Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN), page 7. 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2018-09-16.