Lone Star Park Handicap
| Grade III race | |
| Location | Lone Star Park Grand Prairie, Texas, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1997 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and older |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $200,000 (2017) |
The Lone Star Park Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses three-years-old and older over a distance 1+1⁄16 miles on the dirt held annually during the last week of May at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
History
The event was inaugurated in 1997, the year Lone Star Park opened. The event was classified as as a Grade III in 2000.[1] In 2001, Dixie Dot Com became the only horse to win in the same year the Lone Star Park Handicap and the Texas Mile Stakes, known as "The Texas Two Step." In 2013, Master Rick accomplished the same feat.[2]
In 2010, Rosie Napravnik became the first female rider to win a graded stakes race in Lone Star Park history.[1]
Records
Speed record:
- 1:40.53 - Dixie Dot Com (2001) (stakes and track record)
Most wins:
- 2 - Mocha Express (1998, 1999)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Marlon St. Julien (1998, 1999)
- 2 - David Flores (2000, 2001)
- 2 - Garrett Gomez (2007, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Tim Harder (1998, 1999)
- 2 - Bob Baffert (2002, 2007)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Stronach Stable (2000, 2008)
- 2 - Stonerside Stable (2002, 2007)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
Purse |
Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Cyrus Alexander | 4 | Martin Garcia | Jerry Hollendorfer | Spendthrift Farm/Stonestreet Stables | 1:43.12 | $200,000 | III |
| 2015 | Majestic City | 6 | Charles C. Lopez | Richard Baltas | Bloom Racing Stable | 1:43.31 | $200,000 | III |
| 2014 | Grand Contender | 6 | Richard E. Eramia | Thomas M. Amoss | Maggi Moss | 1:43.83 | $200,000 | III |
| 2013 | Master Rick | 4 | Ricardo Santana, Jr. | Steven Asmussen | Richard L. Davis | 1:42.09 | $300,000 | III |
| 2012 | Nates Mineshaft | 4 | Donald Edward Simington | Wesley E. Hawley | Orth/Hawley | 1:42.91 | $300,000 | III |
| 2011 | Awesome Gem | 8 | Robby Albarado | Craig Dollase | West Point Thoroughbreds | 1:43.48 | $300,000 | III |
| 2010 | Redding Colliery | 4 | Rosie Napravnik | Kiaran McLaughlin | Mrs. Fitriani Hay. | 1:42.13 | $300,000 | III |
| 2009 | It's a Bird | 6 | Julien Leparoux | Martin D. Wolfson | Edmund A. Gann | 1:41.83 | $400,000 | III |
| 2008 | Giant Gizmo | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Robert J. Frankel | Stronach Stable | 1:43.01 | $400,000 | III |
| 2007 | Bob and John | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:45.02 | $400,000 | III |
| 2006 | Magnum | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | Darrell Vienna | Herrick Racing LLC | 1:42.88 | $400,000 | III |
| 2005 | Supah Blitz | 5 | Jon Court | Douglas F. O'Neill | Black Saddle Stable et al. | 1:41.90 | $300,000 | III |
| 2004 | Yessirgeneralsir | 4 | Omar Figueroa | Dallas Keen | Jim D. Jackson | 1:41.29 | $300,000 | III |
| 2003 | Pie N Burger | 5 | Jamie Theriot | Cole Norman | Kagele Bros. et al. | 1:42.03 | $300,000 | III |
| 2002 | Congaree | 4 | Pat Day | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:42.96 | $300,000 | III |
| 2001 | Dixie Dot Com | 6 | David Flores | William Morey, Jr. | D. & C. Chaiken/B. & R. Heller | 1:40.53 | $300,000 | III |
| 2000 | Luftikus | 4 | David Flores | Vladimir Cerin | Stronach Stable | 1:40.87 | $300,000 | III |
| 1999 | Mocha Express | 5 | Marlon St. Julien | Tim Harder | Mary Dodd/A. R. Harder | 1:43.36 | $300,000 | |
| 1998 | Mocha Express | 4 | Marlon St. Julien | Tim Harder | A. R. Harder/Don Strate | 1:42.17 | $200,000 | |
| 1997 | Connecting Terms | 4 | Larry Melancon | W. Elliott Walden | Prestonwood Farm | 1:41.97 | $200,000 |
References
- ^ a b "Lone Star Park Handicap (Gr. 3)". equibase. 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "#gradedstakes". Imgrun. 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.