Arcadia Handicap
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| Grade II race | |
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| Arcadia Handicap | |
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| Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California  |
| Inaugurated | 1988 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.santaanita.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
| Track | Grass, left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-Year-Olds & Up |
| Weight | Scale Weight |
| Purse | $150,000 |
The Arcadia Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in early April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses four years of age and older, it is raced on turf over a distance of one mile. A Grade II race, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Inaugurated in 1988 as the El Rincon Handicap, it was renamed the Arcadia Handicap in 2001 after the original Arcadia Handicap had been renamed the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap.
Two Lea won this race in 1949.
From 1998 through 2004, the race was run at a distance of 1⅛ miles.
[edit] Records
Time record:
- 1:33.17 - Silent Name (2006)
Most wins:
- 2 - Steinlen (1988, 1990)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Juddmonte Farms (1992, 1996, 2004)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Gary L. Stevens (1988, 1992, 1996, 1998)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Robert J. Frankel (1992, 1993, 1996, 2004)
[edit] Winners of the Arcadia Handicap
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2008 | Daytona | 4 | Alex Solis | Dan Hendricks | D. Bienstock/C. Winner et al | 1:33.13 |
| 2007 | Icy Atlantic | 6 | Ramon Dominguez | Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio | 1:35.18 |
| 2006 | Silent Name | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | Gary Mandella | Wertheimer et Frere | 1:33.17 |
| 2005 | Singletary | 5 | Alex Solis | Don Chatlos, Jr. | Little Red Feather Racing | 1:33.52 |
| 2004 | Diplomatic Bag | 4 | David R. Flores | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:47.90 |
| 2003 | Century City | 4 | Jose Valdivia, Jr. | C. Beau Greely | Kitchwa Stable & T. Nichols | 1:47.84 |
| 2002 | Seinne | 5 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1:47.16 |
| 2001 | Lazy Lode | 7 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Richard Mandella | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:49.74 |
| 2000 | Falcon Flight | 4 | Brice Blanc | Ben D. A. Cecil | Gary A. Tanaka | 1:47.88 |
| 1999 | Commitisize | 4 | David R. Flores | Bob Baffert | Mike Pegram | 1:48.25 |
| 1998 | Hawksley Hill | 5 | Gary L. Stevens | Neil D. Drysdale | D & J Heerensperger | 1:49.96 |
| 1997 | Labeeb | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil D. Drysdale | Gainsborough Farm | 1:35.96 |
| 1996 | Tychonic | 6 | Gary L. Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:35.84 |
| 1995 | Savinio | 5 | Chris McCarron | Walter Greenman | Vandeweghe, Biszantz, et al | 1:34.74 |
| 1994 | Norwich | 7 | Pat Valenzuela | Gary Jones | Darley Stud | 1:34.14 |
| 1993 | Val Des Bois | 7 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:35.07 |
| 1992 | Exbourne | 6 | Gary L. Stevens | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:33.21 |
| 1991 | Pharisien | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Christian Doumen | Lonimar Stables, Inc. | 1:33.20 |
| 1990 | Steinlen | 7 | Jose A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | Wildenstein Stable | 1:33.40 |
| 1989 | Political Ambition | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil D. Drysdale | Clover Racing Stable et al | 1:35.60 |
| 1988 | Steinlen | 5 | Gary L. Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Wildenstein Stable | 1:34.42 |
