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Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1981

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
1 mile (8 furlongs)

Purse
  
100,000 USD

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
Oak Tree Racing Association

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The Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in October during the Oak Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Contested on turf over a distance of 8 furlongs, it is open to three-year-old fillies. Currently a Grade III event, it offers a purse of $100,000.

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Inaugurated in 1981 as the Yankee Valor Handicap, in 1989 it was renamed the Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap.

  • For three-year-olds and up through 1989.
  • Not run in 1982, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996-97.
  • Raced on the main track at 1 116 miles from 1981 to 1985 and 1987 to 1989 (inclusive); at 1 18 miles in 1986.
  • In 2002, the Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap was run in two divisions.

    Records

    Speed record:

  • 1:32.87 - Valentine Dancer (2003)
  • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 2 - Chris McCarron (1991, 1999)
  • 2 - Kent Desormeaux (1995, 2000)
  • 2 - Gary Stevens (1998, 2004)
  • 2 - Garrett Gomez (2001, 2009)
  • 2 - Patrick Valenzuela (2002, 2003)
  • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 2 - Ronald McAnally (1999, 2004)
  • 2 - Robert Frankel (2002, 2005)
  • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - The Thoroughbred Corporation (1998, 2002)
  • References

    Harold C. Ramser Sr. Handicap Wikipedia