Tiburon Handicap
Encyclopedia
The Tiburon Handicap is an American
Thoroughbred
ungraded
stakes race for three-year-old fillies
run early each year at Golden Gate Fields
. Set at a distance of six furlong
s, the sprint now offers a purse of $75,000.
The Tiburon
is named for the once fishing village across the San Francisco Bay
from the track. The word "tiburon" is Spanish
for "shark."
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
ungraded
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...
stakes race for three-year-old fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
run early each year at Golden Gate Fields
Golden Gate Fields
Golden Gate Fields is an American horse racing track straddling both Albany, California and Berkeley, California along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay adjacent to the Eastshore Freeway in the San Francisco Bay Area...
. Set at a distance of six 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, the sprint now offers a purse of $75,000.
The Tiburon
Tiburon, California
Tiburon is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. It occupies most of the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. The smaller city of Belvedere occupies the south-east part of the peninsula and is contiguous with Tiburon...
is named for the once fishing village across the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
from the track. The word "tiburon" is Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
for "shark."
Past winners
- 2009 - Ultra Blend (Roberto Gonzalez)
- 2008 - Heaven on Hold (Russell BazeRussell BazeRussell Avery Baze is a horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame....
) - 2007 - Glorification (Jason Lumpkins)
- 2006 - Press Camp
- 1992 - Gum (Patrick Valenzuela) (Gum holds the record at Golden Gate Fields for this distance: 1:41 1/5, which in Gum's time, was one and one/sixteenth mile on the turfSodSod or turf is grass and the part of the soil beneath it held together by the roots, or a piece of thin material.The term sod may be used to mean turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns...
run over the Lakeside Turf Course.)