Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap
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The Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap is an American
Thoroughbred horse race
run annually during the second week of June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California
. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on turf
at a distance of one mile and a quarter (10 furlong
s).
A Grade I
event, it is run at a distance of 1¼ miles and currently carries a purse of $300,000.
Inaugurated in 1969, it was run at a distance of a mile and a half (12 furlongs) until 1987.
Until 1999, the race was named the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap, often just referred to as the Hollywood Invitational Handicap. The race was renamed in honor of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
trainer Charlie Whittingham
(1913-1999) who saddled many memorable winners at Hollywood Park and whose seven victories in the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap race is the most for any trainer.
Most wins:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey
:
Most wins by a trainer
:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...
run annually during the second week of June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California
Inglewood, California
Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. Its population stood at 109,673 as of the 2010 Census...
. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on turf
Grass
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at a distance of one mile and a quarter (10 furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s).
A Grade I
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
event, it is run at a distance of 1¼ miles and currently carries a purse of $300,000.
Inaugurated in 1969, it was run at a distance of a mile and a half (12 furlongs) until 1987.
Until 1999, the race was named the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap, often just referred to as the Hollywood Invitational Handicap. The race was renamed in honor of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...
trainer Charlie Whittingham
Charlie Whittingham
Charles Edward Whittingham was an American thoroughbred race horse trainer who is one of the most acclaimed trainers in U.S. racing history....
(1913-1999) who saddled many memorable winners at Hollywood Park and whose seven victories in the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap race is the most for any trainer.
Records
Time record: (at current distance of 1¼ miles)- 1:57.75 - Bien BienBien BienBien Bien was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred by William S. Farish III & William S. Kilroy and raced by Trudy McCaffery and John Toffan....
(1993) (new course record)
Most wins:
- 3 - John HenryJohn Henry (horse)John Henry was an American Thoroughbred race horse who had 39 wins, with $6,591,860 in earnings. He was twice voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984, with his 1981 selection is the only one whereby the victor received all votes cast for that award. John Henry was also...
(1980, 1981, 1984)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Dotsam StableDotsam StableDotsam Stable was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by New York City businessman Sam Rubin and his wife Dorothy.Sam Rubin was a successful bicycle importer and a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing. In 1978 he and wife Dorothy paid $25,000 sight unseen for a then three-year-old...
(1980, 1981, 1984)
Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
:
- 4 - Bill Shoemaker (1970, 1971, 1976, 1978)
- 4 - Laffit Pincay, Jr.Laffit Pincay, Jr.Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...
(1973, 1981, 1982, 1983) - 4 - Chris McCarronChris McCarronChristopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....
(1984, 1987, 1993, 2001) - 4 - Gary Stevens (1991, 1992, 1994, 2003)
- 4 - Alex SolisAlex SolisAlex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...
(1997, 1999, 2005, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
:
- 7 - Charles Whittingham (1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1987)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
2011 | Acclamation | 5 | Joe Talamo | Donald Warren | Johnstons/Hilvers | 2:00.18 |
2010 | Acclamation | 4 | C. S. Reyes | Donald Warren | E.W. and Judy Johnston | 1:59.45 |
2009 | Midships | 4 | Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California.... |
Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
2:00.51 |
2008 | Artiste Royal | 7 | David Flores David R. Flores David Romero Flores is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.His father was a jockey and an exercise rider in Southern California.... |
Neil D. Drysdale | David & Jill Heerensperger | 1:59.99 |
2007 | After Market | 4 | Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California... |
John Shirreffs John Shirreffs John A. Shirreffs is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset... |
Pam & Martin Wygod Martin J. Wygod Martin J. Wygod is an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder. A business administration graduate from New York University, he joined a Wall Street stock brokerage firm before becoming a managing partner in a similar firm.In 1964, Wygod became involved with... |
1:58.77 |
2006 | Lava Man Lava Man Lava Man is a dark bay thoroughbred gelding by Slew City Slew out of L'il Ms. Leonard . He who rose from the lowest levels of race horse claiming races to become regarded by many racing fans and members of the racing media as a legend in his own time... |
5 | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Douglas F. O'Neill Douglas F. O'Neill Douglas F. "Doug" O'Neill is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.In 1986 he began working in Thoroughbred horse racing as a stable hand and eventually a training assistant... |
STD Racing/Jason Wood | 2:00.29 |
2005 | Sweet Return | 5 | Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California... |
Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother... |
Red Oak Stable | 2:01.35 |
2004 | Sabiango | 6 | Tyler Baze Tyler Baze Tyler Baze is an American Champion jockey. Born into a racing family, both of his parents were jockeys as is his uncle, Gary Baze. His second cousin is U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Russell Baze.... |
Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his... |
Monty Roberts Monty Roberts Marvin Earl "Monty" Roberts is a horse trainer whose 1996-1997 autobiography, The Man Who Listens to Horses, became a best-seller... |
2:01.52 |
2003 | Storming Home Storming Home Storming Home is a retired, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was trained in the United Kingdom and the United States during a racing career which ran from 2000 to 2003... |
5 | Gary Stevens | Neil D. Drysdale | Sheikh Maktoum Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also referred to as Sheikh Maktoum was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the emir of Dubai.-Biography:... |
2:00.66 |
2002 | Denon | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann Edmund A. Gann Edmund A. Gann is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.-Early life and career:... |
2:01.47 |
2001 | Bienamado | 5 | Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
J. Paco Gonzalez J. Paco Gonzalez Juan Paco Gonzalez is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The fourth of six children, Paco Gonzalez grew up on a ranch near Guadalajara where his family owned Quarter horses. As a boy he was inspired to go into the Thoroughbred racing business by two older brothers who were jockeys at... |
Caffery Trudy McCaffery Trudy V. McCaffery was a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder in California who served on the Board of Directors of the Edwin J... /Toffan/Sangster Robert Sangster Robert Edmund Sangster was a British businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was British flat racing Champion Owner five times and his horses won many major races, including two Epsom Derbys, four Irish Derbys, two French Derbys, three Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes and a Melbourne... |
1:59.34 |
2000 | White Heart | 5 | Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:... |
Neil D. Drysdale | Sheikh Mohammed Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also Sheikh Mohammed, , is the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates , and absolute monarch of Dubai.-Personal life and education:... |
2:00.83 |
1999 | River Bay | 6 | Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California... |
Robert J. Frankel | Chalhoub Stable | 2:00.66 |
1998 | Storm Trooper | 5 | Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:... |
Henry Cecil Henry Cecil Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes.... |
Prince Fahd Salman | 2:03.05 |
1997 | Rainbow Dancer | 6 | Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California... |
Jenine Sahadi | Evergreen Farms | 2:00.09 |
1996 | Sandpit Sandpit (horse) Sandpit was an Brazilian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who also met with considerable success racing in the United States. He was bred by Rio de Janeiro banker Sergio Coutinho de Menezes at Haras São José da Serra in Paraná who raced him under the name, Sierra Thoroughbreds. Sandpit was sired by... |
7 | Corey Nakatani Corey Nakatani Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park... |
Richard Mandella Richard Mandella Richard Eugene Mandella is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame.... |
Sierra Thoroughbreds | 1:59.40 |
1995 | Earl of Barking | 5 | Goncalino Almeida Goncalino Almeida Gonçalino Feijó de Almeida is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A riding champion in his native Brazil, he has been racing in the United States since 1990... |
Richard L. Cross | Henry E. Pabst | 1:59.78 |
1994 | Grand Flotilla | 7 | Gary Stevens | Jenine Sahadi | Mike Sloan | 1:59.26 |
1993 | Bien Bien Bien Bien Bien Bien was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred by William S. Farish III & William S. Kilroy and raced by Trudy McCaffery and John Toffan.... |
4 | Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
J. Paco Gonzalez J. Paco Gonzalez Juan Paco Gonzalez is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The fourth of six children, Paco Gonzalez grew up on a ranch near Guadalajara where his family owned Quarter horses. As a boy he was inspired to go into the Thoroughbred racing business by two older brothers who were jockeys at... |
Caffery Trudy McCaffery Trudy V. McCaffery was a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder in California who served on the Board of Directors of the Edwin J... & Toffan |
1:57.75 |
1992 | Quest for Fame Quest for Fame (horse) Quest for Fame is a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred race horse who won the Epsom Derby in 1990 and who raced successfully in the United States.- References :... |
5 | Gary Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
1:58.99 |
1991 | Exbourne | 5 | Gary Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms Juddmonte Farms is a famous and award-winning horse breeding farm, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Saudi Arabian royal family the successful businessman presides over the massive conglomerate Mawared... |
2:00.10 |
1990 | Steinlen | 7 | Jose A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S... |
Wildenstein Stables Daniel Wildenstein Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.... |
2:03.00 |
1989 | Great Communicator Great Communicator Great Communicator is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1988 Breeders' Cup Turf.Great Communicator suffered a breakdown in the 1990 Carleton F. Burke Handicap at Santa Anita Park and had to be euthanized.-References:... |
6 | Ray Sibille Ray Sibille Raymond Frederick Sibille is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. In a career that spanned thirty-five years, Sibille rode his first winner on June 29, 1969 at Evangeline Downs in Carencro, Louisiana... |
Thad Ackel Thad Ackel Thad Ackel is a retired American thoroughbred horse trainer. He was a California-based trainer and part-owner of Great Communicator, winner of the 1988 Breeders' Cup Turf and Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes as well as the 1989 Hollywood Turf Handicap.Ackel retired from training after his father, George... |
Class Act Stable | 1:59.40 |
1988 | Political Ambition | 4 | Ed Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
Neil D. Drysdale | Clover Racing Stable et al. | 1:58.60 |
1987 | Rivlia | 5 | Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
Charles Whittingham | Narvick International | 2:24.20 |
1986 | Flying Pidgeon | 5 | Santiago Soto | Luis Olivares | C. Daparma/Flying "M" Acres | 2:27.00 |
1985 | Both Ends Burning | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins... |
Neil D. Drysdale | Burdett-Coutts & Nelson | 2:25.00 |
1984 | John Henry John Henry (horse) John Henry was an American Thoroughbred race horse who had 39 wins, with $6,591,860 in earnings. He was twice voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984, with his 1981 selection is the only one whereby the victor received all votes cast for that award. John Henry was also... |
9 | Chris McCarron Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network.... |
Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother... |
Dotsam Stable Dotsam Stable Dotsam Stable was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by New York City businessman Sam Rubin and his wife Dorothy.Sam Rubin was a successful bicycle importer and a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing. In 1978 he and wife Dorothy paid $25,000 sight unseen for a then three-year-old... |
2:25.00 |
1983 | Erins Isle Erins Isle (horse) Erins Isle was an Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in Ireland and the United States. While racing in Ireland in 1981 for trainer Jim Bolger, Erins Isle was originally owned by Hugh Mc Caffrey and sold to a syndicate headed by Brian Sweeney of Dublin. In 1982, Erins Isle was sent to... |
5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Charles Whittingham | Brian Sweeney | 2:25.80 |
1982 | Exploded | 5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Charles Whittingham | Bradley/Chandler/Whittingham | 2:25.20 |
1981 | John Henry John Henry (horse) John Henry was an American Thoroughbred race horse who had 39 wins, with $6,591,860 in earnings. He was twice voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984, with his 1981 selection is the only one whereby the victor received all votes cast for that award. John Henry was also... |
6 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother... |
Dotsam Stable Dotsam Stable Dotsam Stable was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by New York City businessman Sam Rubin and his wife Dorothy.Sam Rubin was a successful bicycle importer and a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing. In 1978 he and wife Dorothy paid $25,000 sight unseen for a then three-year-old... |
2:27.80 |
1980 | John Henry John Henry (horse) John Henry was an American Thoroughbred race horse who had 39 wins, with $6,591,860 in earnings. He was twice voted the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year in 1981 and 1984, with his 1981 selection is the only one whereby the victor received all votes cast for that award. John Henry was also... |
5 | Darrel McHargue Darrel McHargue Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse... |
Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother... |
Dotsam Stable Dotsam Stable Dotsam Stable was an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable owned by New York City businessman Sam Rubin and his wife Dorothy.Sam Rubin was a successful bicycle importer and a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing. In 1978 he and wife Dorothy paid $25,000 sight unseen for a then three-year-old... |
2:25.40 |
1979 | Johnny's Image | 4 | Sandy Hawley Sandy Hawley Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack... |
Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann Edmund A. Gann Edmund A. Gann is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.-Early life and career:... & Meryl Ann Tanz |
2:25.20 |
1978 | Exceller Exceller Exceller is widely considered one of the best horses to race in the United States not to win a year-end championship. Despite his exemplary achievements as a racehorse, and his unique accomplishment in being the only horse to ever defeat two Triple Crown winners in the same race , Exceller is now... |
5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born... |
2:25.80 |
1977 | Vigors Vigors (horse) Vigors was an American Thoroughbred racehorse known as "The White Tornado." Called by Bloodhorse.com in a 2011 article "the great California closer," Vigors earned the affection of racing fans because of his dramatic come-from-behind running style.Vigors was bred in Kentucky by William R... |
4 | Darrel McHargue Darrel McHargue Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse... |
Larry J. Sterling | William R. Hawn William R. Hawn William Russell "Fritz" Hawn was an American businessman and philanthropist who bred and raced Thoroughbred horses, served for twenty years as president of Del Mar Racetrack, owned by life-long friend Clint Murchinson with whom he became a founding partner in the Dallas Cowboys franchise of the... |
2:26.80 |
1976 | Dahlia Dahlia (horse) Dahlia was an American-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racemare who won major races in France, England, Ireland, Canada, and the United States... |
6 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt Nelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born... |
2:26.80 |
1975 | Barclay Joy | 5 | Tony Diaz | Tommy Doyle A. Thomas Doyle A. Thomas "Tommy" Doyle was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer known for his success with young horses. He was reported as both "Tommy Doyle" and "A. T. Doyle."... |
Barclay Stable John McShain John McShain was a highly successful American building contractor known as "The Man Who Built Washington."... |
2:27.00 |
1974 | Court Ruling | 4 | William Mahorney | W. Preston King | Milton Polinger | 2:27.60 |
1973 | Life Cycle | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:... |
Robert J. Frankel | Peter E. Blum | 2:25.60 |
1972 | Typecast Typecast (horse) Typecast was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse noted for her ability to win races at both short and very long distances. Bred by Nuckols Bros. of Midway, Kentucky, she was out of the mare Journalette and sired by Prince John, a son of the very important sire Princequillo... |
6 | Jerry Lambert Jerry Lambert (jockey) Jerry Lambert is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the jockey of Hall of Fame inductee, Native Diver.Jerry Lambert accomplished what Breeders' Cup Inc... |
Tommy Doyle A. Thomas Doyle A. Thomas "Tommy" Doyle was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer known for his success with young horses. He was reported as both "Tommy Doyle" and "A. T. Doyle."... |
Fletcher R. Jones Fletcher R. Jones Fletcher Roseberry Jones was an American businessman, computer pioneer and thoroughbred racehorse owner.Born in Bryan, Texas, he was the third of three children of an impoverished Depression era family. He graduated from Allen Military Academy in 1949, then studied at university for two years but... |
2:25.80 |
1971 | Cougar II Cougar II Cougar II was a Chilean Thoroughbred racehorse who also competed in theUnited States where he was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He was sired by Tale of Two Cities, a son of Tehran, winner of the 1944 St... |
5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Mary F. Jones | 2:26.40 |
1970 | Fiddle Isle | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 2:25.60 |
1969 | Fort Marcy Fort Marcy (horse) Fort Marcy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. His grandsire was the important Italian horse, Nearco. In 1970 he earned three Champion titles including Co-Horse of the Year honors. He competed for six years until his retirement at the end of the 1971 racing season.Fort Marcy died in 1991 at... |
5 | Manuel Ycaza Manuel Ycaza Manuel Ycaza is a retired United States Racing Hall of Fame jockey who led the way for Latin American jockeys in the United States.... |
J. Elliott Burch J. Elliott Burch John Elliott Burch was an American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Four of his horses were inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.-Biography:... |
Rokeby Stables Rokeby Stables Rokeby Stables was an American thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm in Upperville, Virginia involved with both steeplechase and flat racing. The operation was established in the late 1940s by Paul Mellon who won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder in 1971 and again in 1986... |
2:27.20 |