Donn Handicap

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Grade I race
Donn Handicap
Location	Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida
Inaugurated	1981
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.gulfstreampark.com
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Four-year-olds and up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$500,000

The Donn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late January/early February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

The race is named after the Donn family, who for many years owned and operated the racetrack.

The Donn Handicap is a Grade I race open to horses four years old and up. It is raced on dirt over a distance of one and one-eighth miles and currently offers a $500,000 purse.

Three horses have won the race twice. Inaugurated at a distance of a mile and a half, the only horse to ever win the race twice at that distance was One-Eyed-King who did it back-to-back in 1959 and 1960. At its present distance of one and one-eighth miles, Pistols and Roses won it back-to-back in 1993 and 1994 as did the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Cigar for the two ensuing years.

[edit] Winners since 1986

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Spring At Last	4	Eibar Coa	Doug O’Neill	Reddam / WinStar	1:48.35
2007	Invasor	4	Fernando Jara	Kiaran McLaughlin	Shadwell Racing	1:48.43
2006	Brass Hat	5	Willie Martinez	William B. Bradley	Fred F. Bradley	1:47.79
2005	Saint Liam	5	Edgar Prado	Richard Dutrow, Jr.	William & Suzanne Warren	1:48.43
2004	Medaglia d'Oro	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:47.68
2003	Harlan's Holiday	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Starlight Stable LLC	1:49.17
2002	Mongoose	4	Edgar Prado	H. James Bond	Gary & Mary West	1:49.63
2001	Captain Steve	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Bob Baffert	Michael E. Pegram	1:48.95
2000	Stephen Got Even	4	Shane Sellers	Nick Zito	Stephen & Tomisue Hilbert	1:48.50
1999	Puerto Madero	5	Kent Desormeaux	Richard Mandella	Haras Santa Olga	1:48.34
1998	Skip Away	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Sonny Hine	Carolyn Hine	1:50.17
1997	Formal Gold	4	Joe Bravo	William W. Perry	John D. Murphy	1:47.49
1996	Cigar	6	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:49.12
1995	Cigar	5	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1:49.68
1994	Pistols and Roses	5	Heberto Castillo, Jr.	George Gianos	Willis Family Stables	1:50.67
1993	Pistols and Roses	4	Heberto Castillo, Jr.	George Gianos	Willis Family Stables	1:50.10
1992	Sea Cadet	4	Alex Solis	Ron McAnally	Verne H. Winchell	1:48.17
1991	Jolie's Halo	4	Robin Platts	Happy Alter	Arthur I. Appleton	1:47.50
1990	Primal	5	Earlie Fires	Jimmy Bracken	Tartan Farm	1:50.00
1989	Cryptoclearance	5	Jose Santos	Scotty Schulhofer	Philip Teinowitz	1:48.80
1988	Jade Hunter	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Richard J. Lundy	Summa Stable/Paulson	1:48.80
1987	Little Bold John	5	Mike A. Gonzalez	John Robb	Hidden Hill Farm et al	1:48.80
1986	Creme Fraiche	4	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Brushwood Stable	1:51.20

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• The Donn Handicap at Pedigree Query
• The Donn Handicap at the NTRA