Arlington Handicap
Grade III race | |
Location |
Arlington Park Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1929 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | Arlington Park |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 3⁄16 miles |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $125,000 (2016) |
The Arlington Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1929 at Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Open to three-year-olds & up, it is currently a Grade III stakes run in July at a distance of 1 3⁄16 miles on turf. It currently offers a purse of $125,000 and serves as the final local prep race for the Arlington Million.
The race was hosted by the now defunct Washington Park Race Track in 1943, 1944 and 1945, and by the Hawthorne Race Course in 1985.
The Arlington Handicap was run on dirt in 1929–1940, 1942–1953, 1963, 1965–1972, and in 1975. There was no race held in 1940, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1998, or 1999.
Distances:
- 7⁄8 mile - 1968
- 1 mile - 1963, 1966–1967
- 1 1⁄8 miles - 1929, 1952, 1965
- 1 1⁄4 miles - 1930–1939, 1942–1951, 1984 to 2014
- 1³⁄₁₆ miles - 1941, 1953–1962, 1964, 1973–1976, 2015
- 1 1⁄2 miles - 1972, 1977–1983
Records
Speed record:
- 2:00.62 - Sky Classic (1992) (at 1 1⁄4 miles on Arlington Park turf)
- In 1985, Pass the Line ran 1 1⁄4 miles on turf in 2:00 2/5 at Hawthorne Race Course.
Most wins:
- 2 - Round Table (1958, 1959)
- 2 - Cosmonaut (2006, 2007)
- 3 - Rahystrada (2010, 2012, 2013)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Calumet Farm (1936, 1947, 1949, 1950)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Bill Shoemaker (1958, 1959, 1965, 1983)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Robert J. Frankel (1991, 1994, 1996, 2000)
Winners of the Arlington Handicap
Year | Winner | Age |
Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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2016 | Kasaqui (ARG) | 6 | Robby Albarado | Ignacio Correas, IV | Wimborne Farm | 1:55.62 |
2015 | Quiet Force | 5 | Julien Leparoux | Michael Maker | Charles Kevin Warner | 1:56.50 |
2014 | Finnegans Wake | 5 | Victor Espinoza | Dale L. Romans | Donegal Racing | 2:05.42 |
2013 | Rahystrada | 9 | Rosie Napravnik | Byron G. Hughes | Robert E. Courtney, Jr. | 2:01.66 |
2012 | Rahystrada | 8 | Joel Rosario | Byron G. Hughes | Robert E. Courtney, Jr. | 2:01.84 |
2011 | Tajaaweed | 6 | James Graham | Daniel Peitz | Shadwell Stable | 2:01.83 |
2010 | Rahystrada | 6 | Inez Karlsson | Byron Hughes | Robert Courtney | 2:01.26 |
2009 | Just As Well | 6 | E. T. Baird | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Jonathan E. Sheppard | 2:02.84 |
2008 | Stream Cat | 5 | James Graham | Rusty Arnold | Fab Oak Stable/Hurley/Goldthorpe | 2:04.83 |
2007 | Cosmonaut | 5 | Julien Leparoux | Patrick Biancone | Flying Zee Stable | 2:01.32 |
2006 | Cosmonaut | 4 | Julien Leparoux | Patrick Biancone | Flying Zee Stable | 2:03.10 |
2005 | Cool Conductor | 4 | Cornelio Velasquez | Ralph Nicks | David E. Garner | 2.02.26 |
2004 | Senor Swinger | 4 | Brice Blanc | Bob Baffert | Robert & Beverly Lewis | 2:03.38 |
2003 | Honor In War | 4 | David Flores | Paul McGee | Turn Stable LLC | 2:02.71 |
2002 | Falcon Flight | 6 | Rene Douglas | Donald Burke, Jr. | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:03.13 |
2001 | Make No Mistake | 6 | Robby Albarado | Burke Kessinger, Jr. | B. Barton/A. D. Haynes | 2:02.53 |
2000 | Northern Quest | 5 | Robby Albarado | Robert J. Frankel | Plus U Stables | 2:02.13 |
1997 | Wild Event | 4 | Mark Guidry | Lou M. Goldfine | Arthur I. Appleton | 2:01.52 |
1996 | Torch Rouge | 5 | Mark Guidry | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 2:03.32 |
1995 | Manilaman | 4 | Randy Romero | Wallace Howard | Herb & Precious Luster | 2:02.82 |
1994 | Fanmore | 6 | Pat Day | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 2:01.72 |
1993 | Evanescent | 6 | Aaron Gryder | Lou M. Goldfine | Mark Levy | 2:00.93 |
1992 | Sky Classic | 5 | Pat Day | James E. Day | Sam-Son Farms | 2:00.62 |
1991 | Filago | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 2:01.40 |
1990 | Pleasant Variety | 6 | Earlie Fires | Jerry M. Fanning | M. B. & E. Alpert | 2:04.00 |
1989 | Unknown Quantity | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | W. Hastings-Bass | Queen Elizabeth II | 2:11.20 |
1987 | Ifrad | 5 | Gary Baze | Charles Whittingham | S. L. Port & Whittingham | 2:12.20 |
1986 | Mourjane | 6 | Jose Santos | Tom Skiffington, Jr. | Fernwood Stable | 2:01.40 |
1985 | Pass The Line | 4 | Juvenal Diaz | Carl J. Domino | Stanley Ersoff | 2:00.40 |
1984 | Who's For Dinner | 5 | Mike Venezia | Jan H. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 2:04.00 |
1983 | Palikaraki | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Sidney L. Port | 2:35.40 |
1982 | Flying Target | 5 | Roger Cox | Chuck Werstler | Dixiana Stable | 2:32.20 |
1981 | Spruce Needles | 4 | Julio Espinoza | Smiley Adams | Golden Chance Farm | 2:35.00 |
1980 | Yvonand | 4 | Don Combs | Eric Beitia | Double Eagle Stable | 2:31.40 |
1979 | Bowl Game | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Gaver, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 2:32.20 |
1978 | Romeo | 5 | Earlie Fires | Joe Bollero | J. E. Johnson | 2:32.00 |
1977 | Cunning Trick | 4 | Bryan Fann | John W. Russell | Ogden Phipps | 2:33.80 |
1976 | Victorian Prince | 6 | Robin Platts | Michael Whittingham | Grovetree Stable | 1:58.20 |
1975 | Royal Glint | 5 | Jorge Tejeira | Gordon R. Potter | Dan Lasater | 1:55.80 |
1974 | Buffalo Lark | 4 | Larry Snyder | Joe Bollero | Rogers Red Top Farm | 1:54.40 |
1973 | Dubassoff | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff | 1:58.60 |
1972 | Cloudy Dawn | 3 | Bill Hartack | Frank Whiteley, Jr. | Pen-Y-Bryn Farm | 2:31.00 |
1968 | Tumiga | 4 | Walter Blum | Roger Laurin | George E. Robb | 1:20.40 |
1967 | Stupendos | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 1:35.00 |
1966 | Tronado | 6 | Balsamino Moreira | Arnold N. Winick | Herff-Lacroix | 1:35.80 |
1965 | Chieftain | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Frank Whiteley, Jr. | Powhatan Stable | 1:49.40 |
1964 | Master Dennis | 4 | Don Brumfield | Burley Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1:55.80 |
1963 | Bounding Main | 4 | Jimmy Nichols | Pete Divito | Lindsay C. Howard | 1:36.40 |
1962 | El Bandito | 5 | Ray Broussard | Joseph H. Pierce, Jr. | Edward A. Seltzer | 1:58.60 |
1961 | Tudorich | 4 | Sandino Hernandez | Paul L. Kelley | Spring Hill Farm | 1:57.80 |
1960 | One-Eyed King | 6 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 1:58.60 |
1959 | Round Table | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1:53.40 |
1958 | Round Table | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1:54.40 |
1957 | Manassas | 4 | Douglas Dodson | John Zitnik | John Zitnik | 1:55.40 |
1956 | Mister Gus | 5 | Ismael Valenzuela | Charles Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1:54.60 |
1955 | Platan | 5 | John H. Adams | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1:54.40 |
1954 | Stan | 4 | Eldon Nelson | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1:57.00 |
1953 | Oil Capitol | 6 | Conn McCreary | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm/Trotsek | 2:03.40 |
1952 | To Market | 4 | William Boland | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1:52.20 |
1951 | Cochise | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | Virgil W. Raines | Brandywine Stable | 2:03.40 |
1950 | Ponder | 4 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:01.60 |
1949 | Coaltown | 4 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:03.40 |
1948 | Stud Poker | 5 | Robert L. Baird | Paul L. Kelley | Edward E. Voynow | 2:04.40 |
1947 | Armed | 6 | Douglas Dodson | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:02.40 |
1946 | Historian | 5 | Ovie Scurlock | Edwin Anspach | Woolford Farm | 2:01.00 |
1945 | Busher | 3 | Johnny Longden | George M. Odom | Louis B. Mayer | 2:03.80 |
1944 | War Knight | 4 | Chaeles Corbett | Hurst Philpot | Miss Ethel Hill | 2:02.00 |
1943 | Marriage | 7 | Guy Burns | Rene A. Coward | Rene A. Coward & Carl L. Dupuy | 2:03.60 |
1942 | Rounders | 3 | Fred A. Smith | Frank Catrone | Valdina Farm | 2:04.00 |
1941 | Equifox | 4 | Arthur Craig | Howard Wells | Howard Wells | 1:58.80 |
1939 | Count d'or | 4 | Johnny Longden | Don Cameron | Fannie Hertz | 2:05.00 |
1938 | Cardinalis | 4 | J. G. Wilson | Paul L. Kelley | Paul L. Kelley | 2:05.00 |
1937 | Dellor | 3 | Sterling Young | John Milton Goode | James W. Parrish | 2:03.20 |
1936 | Sun Teddy | 3 | Basil James | Bert B. Williams | Calumet Farm | 2:02.00 |
1935 | Discovery | 4 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 2:01.20 |
1934 | Riskulus | 3 | Don Meade | Elwood L. Fitzgerald | Norman W. Church | 2:02.40 |
1933 | Equipoise | 5 | Raymond Workman | Thomas J. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 2:02.60 |
1932 | Plucky Play | 5 | George Woolf | Elwood L. Fitzgerald | Northway Stable | 2:02.20 |
1931 | Sun Beau | 6 | Charley Phillips | Jack Whyte | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 2:03.20 |
1930 | Pigeon Hole | 5 | Robert Finnerty | Walter W. Taylor | Hal Price Headley | 2:07.60 |
1929 | Misstep | 4 | Clarence McCrossen | Mose Lowenstein | Le Mar Stock Farm | 1:50.40 |