| 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 | $300,000 |
The Longacres Mile Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in August at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington. The race is open to horses three years of age and older and is run on dirt over a distance of one mile (eight furlongs). A Grade III event, it is the showpiece of the Emerald Downs' race meeting.
Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series since 2008, the winner of the Longacres Mile automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. [1]
First run in 1935 at Longacres Racetrack in Renton, after the track's closing in September 1992, for the next three years the race was run at Yakima Meadows. In 1996 it was moved to its present location.
In 2008, Jennifer Whitaker became the first female jockey to win the Longacres Mile.
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In 2003, Sky Jack set the record for the both the fastest time and widest margin of victory at 1:33.00 and 6 ΒΌ lengths.
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2011 | Awesome Gem | 8 | David Flores | Craig Dollase | West Point Thoroughbreds | 1:34.80 |
| 2010 | Noosa Beach | 4 | Ricky Frazier | Doris Harwood | Harwood | 1:34 4/5 |
| 2009 | Assessment | 5 | Gallyn Mitchell | Howard Belvoir | Tice Ranch Stables | 1:33.40 |
| 2008 | Wasserman | 6 | Jennifer Whitaker | Howard Belvoir | Howard Belvoir | 1:35.00 |
| 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 Gomez | Ted H. 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 | Mike Pegram & Terry Henn | 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 | Darrel 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 |