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San Diego Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1937

Track
  
Left-handed

Surface
  
Dirt

Purse
  
200,000 USD

Location
  
Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

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The San Diego Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late July/early August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. This Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. It is considered the track's key prep race for its foremost attraction, the $1-million Pacific Classic Stakes.

Contents

Inaugurated in 1937, it was first run on July 3 as part of the first-ever racecard at Del Mar Racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

  • 6 furlongs : 1937, 1945, 1946, 1947
  • 1 mile : 1941
  •  1 1⁄8 miles : 1991-1993
  •  1 1⁄16 miles : 1938, 1948–1990, 1994–present

    • The race was not run in 1939-1940 and from 1942 through 1944.

    From 2007 to 2014, the race was run on a Polytrack artificial dirt surface.

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    Records

    Speed record: (at current distance of  1 1⁄16 miles)

  • 1:40.00 - Windy Sands (1962)
  • 1:40.00 - Native Diver (1965)

    • Most wins:

  • 3 - Native Diver (1963, 1964, 1965)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 6 - Chris McCarron (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - Charlie Whittingham (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1989)
  • 5 - Robert J. Frankel (1976, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2001)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - E. O. Stice & Sons (1945, 1948, 1949)
  • 3 - M/M Louis K. Shapiro (1963, 1964, 1965)

    • References

    San Diego Handicap Wikipedia
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