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Princess Rooney Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1985

Distance
  
7 furlongs

Purse
  
250,000 USD (2015)

Website
  
www.gulfstreampark.com

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States Moved in 2015 from Calder Race Course to Gulfstream.

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

2010 princess rooney handicap


The Princess Rooney Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race once run annually during the second week of July at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens but now run at Gulfstream Park, Florida. The seven furlong sprint on dirt is open to fillies and mares age three-years and older.

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Named for the U.S. Hall of Fame filly Princess Rooney, it was a Grade I event from 2006 to 2014, but became a grade II event in 2015.

Inaugurated in 1985, it was contested at a distance of seven furlongs until 1997, then run at six furlongs from 1998 to 2015. In 2016, it returned to a distance of 7 furlongs.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2009 Princess Rooney Handicap automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

2008 princess rooney handicap


Records

Speed record:

  • at 6 furlongs - 1:09.29 - Merry Meadow (2015)
  • at 7 furlongs - 1:22.09 - Spelling Again (2016)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Classy Tricks (1986, 1987)
  • 2 - Magal (1991, 1992)
  • 2 - Gold Mover (2002, 2003)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 3 - Jerry Bailey (2002, 2003, 2005)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - Martin D. Wolfson (1995, 1996, 2010, 2013)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Harry Katz (1986, 1987)
  • 2 - Dolares S. Tamargo (1991, 1992)
  • 2 - Edward P. Evans (2002, 2003)

    • References

    Princess Rooney Handicap Wikipedia
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