Longacres Mile Handicap

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Grade III race
Longacres Mile Handicap
Location	Emerald Downs Auburn, Washington, USA
Inaugurated	1935
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Longacres Mile
Race information
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds and up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$400,000

The Longacres Mile Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in August at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington. First run in 1935 at Longacres Racetrack in Renton, after the track's closing in September of 1992, for the next three years the race was run at Yakima Meadows. In 1996 it was moved to its present location.

The race is open horses three years of age and older and is run on dirt over a distance of one mile (eight furlongs). A Grade III event, currently offering a purse of $400,000, it is the showpiece of the Emerald Downs' race meeting.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners of the Longacres Mile since 1978 3 Earlier winners 4 References

[edit] Records

In 2003, Sky Jack set the record for the both the fastest time and widest margin of victory at 1:33.00 and 6 ¼ lengths.

Most wins by a jockey:

• 5 - Gary Baze
• 3 - Russell Baze

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - Jim Penney
• 4 - Allen Drumheller
• 3 - Robert J. Frankel

[edit] Winners of the Longacres Mile since 1978

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	The Great Face	5	Juan Gutierrez	Tom Wenzel	Ron Crockett	1:35.40
2006	Flamethrowintexan	5	Ricky Frazier	Jim Penney	Grasshopper Stable	1:34.40
2005	No Giveaway	4	Juan Gutierrez	Grant Forster	Herman Sarkowsky	1:35.60
2004	Adreamisborn	5	Russell Baze	Jerry Hollendorfer	Franks Farm	1:34.80
2003	Sky Jack	7	Russell Baze	Doug O'Neill	Ren-Mar Thoroughbreds	1:33.00
2002	Sabertooth	4	Nathan Chaves	Jim Penney	Bob and Bruce Sparling	1:34.60
2001	Irisheyesareflying	5	Iggy Puglisi	John K. Dolan	Dolan Racing Stable	1:35.40
2000	Edneator	4	Gallyn Mitchell	Jim Penney	Homestretch Farm	1:33.20
1999	Budroyale	6	Garrett K. Gomez	Ted West	Jeffrey Sengara	1:34.60
1998	Wild Wonder	4	Ed Delahoussaye	Greg Gilchrist	V H W Stables	1:33.20
1997	Kid Katabatic	4	Chris Loseth	Shauna VanOostdam	Ferguson, Russell, VanOostdam	1:34.20
1996	Isitingood	5	David R. Flores	Bob Baffert	Henn & Pegram	1:35.60
1995	L J Express	5	Mike Allen	Rod Gibson	Homer Gibson / Judy Parrish.	1:34.60
1994	Want A Winner	4	Vann Belvoir	Charles Gibson	Larry & Veralene Hillis	1:35.20
1993	Adventuresome Love	7	Gary Baze	Janet Wig	Wolf's Hollow Farm	1:34.60
1992	Bolulight	4	Ron Hansen	Peter Gregory	Empire Farms	1:34.00
1991	Louis Cyphre	5	Gary L. Stevens	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:36.00
1990	Snipledo	4	James Corral	Marion Smith	Robert Resoff	1:35.60
1989	Simply Majestic	5	Ron Hansen	John Parisella	Ted Sabarese	1:34.20
1988	Simply Majestic	4	Russell Baze	Robert J. Frankel	Ted Sabarese	1:33.80
1987	Judge Angelucci	4	Gary Baze	Charlie Whittingham	Olin B. Gentry	1:34.20
1986	Skywalker	4	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Michael Whittingham	Oak Cliff Stable	1:34.20
1985	Chum Salmon	5	Gary Baze	Larry Ross	Chum Salmon Stable	1:34.00
1984	Travelling Victor	5	Chris Loseth	Robert G. Anderson	Russell J. Bennett	1:34.80
1983	Chinook Pass	4	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Laurie Anderson	Hi Yu Stable	1:35.60
1982	Pompeii Court	5	Sandy Hawley	Laurie Anderson	Steve Lewyk/Marcel Crowe	1:35.60
1981	Trooper Seven	5	Gary Baze	Eugene Zeren	Eugene Zeren	1:35.40
1980	Trooper Seven	4	Gary Baze	Eugene Zeren	Eugene Zeren	1:34.40
1979	Always Gallant	5	Darrell McHargue	David La Croix	Joseph W. La Croix	1:33.80
1978	Bad 'N Big	4	Bill Shoemaker	Richard Mandella	Mr. & Mrs. B. Wynne, Jr.	1:34.00

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs
• Longacres Mile at the NTRA