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San Pasqual Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1935

Surface
  
Dirt

Website
  
www.santaanita.com

Purse
  
200,000 USD

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

1999 san pasqual handicap


The San Pasqual Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first part of January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The Grade II event is open to horses, age four and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs) on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt and currently offers a purse of $200,000.

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Inaugurated in 1935, the San Pasqual Handicap was a race limited to three-year-olds until 1939 when it was changed to its present condition. Since inception, it has been contested at various distances:

  • 6 furlongs : 1935–1936
  • 7 furlongs : 1938
  •  1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) : 1937, 1942–1954, 1956–present
  •  1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) : 1939–1941
  •  1 1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) : 1955 (on turf)

    • Records

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

  • 1:39.58 - Zappa (2008)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Moonrush (1951, 1953)
  • 2 - Olden Times (1963, 1964)
  • 2 - Kings Favor (1968, 1969)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 8 - Bill Shoemaker (1955, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1974)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - Bob Baffert (1999, 2002, 2003, 2013, 2015)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Rex C. Ellsworth (1963, 1964, 1965)

    • References

    San Pasqual Handicap Wikipedia
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