La Prevoyante Handicap

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Grade II race
La Prevoyante Handicap
Location	Calder Race Course Miami Gardens, Florida
Inaugurated	1976
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.calderracecourse.com
Race information
Distance	1 ½ miles (12 furlongs)
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$200,000

The La Prevoyante Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida. The race is open to filles and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-half miles on turf. The Grade II race carries a purse of $200,000.

The La Prevoyante Handicap is named for the Hall of Fame filly La Prevoyante who collapsed and died in the unsaddling area at Calder Race Course after a December 28, 1974 race.

First run in 1976, the following year there was no race but it returned permanently in 1978. It has been competed at various distances:

• 8.5 furlongs (1 ¹/16 miles) : 1976
• 9 furlongs (1⅛ miles) : 1978-1983
• 12 furlongs (1 ½ miles) : 1984 to present

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners of the La Prevoyante Handicap since 1998 3 Earlier winners 4 References

[edit] Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 ½ miles)

• 2:26.10 - Rigamajig (1991)

Most wins:

• 2 - Coretta (1998, 1999)

[edit] Winners of the La Prevoyante Handicap since 1998

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Redaspen	5	Eddie Castro	Rebecca Maker	Equivine Farm	2:26.63
2006	Safari Queen *	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Arindel Farm	2:38.57
2005	Film Maker	5	Edgar Prado	H. Graham Motion	Courtlandt Farms	2:27.75
2004	Arvada	4	Edgar Prado	Robert J. Frankel	Giles W. Pritchard-Gordon	2:27.19
2003	Volga	5	Richard Migliore	Kiaran McLaughlin	Joseph Allen	2:26.13
2002	New Economy	4	Rosemary Homeister, Jr.	H. Graham Motion	Robert S. Evans	2:28.55
2001	Krisada	5	Pat Day	C. R. McGaughey III	Stonerside Stable	2:26.63
2000	Prospectress	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Tom Skiffington, Jr.	Susan Thomas	2:26.97
1999	Coretta	5	Jose A. Santos	Christophe Clement	Gerald W. Leigh	2:27.27
1998	Coretta	4	Jose A. Santos	Christophe Clement	Gerald W. Leigh	2:26.60

*Weather conditions resulted in the 2006 race being switched from the turf to what was a sloppy dirt track.

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

The La Prevoyante Handicap at Pedigree Query