Rancho Bernardo Handicap

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Grade III race
Rancho Bernardo Handicap
Location Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California
Inaugurated 1967
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.dmtc.com
Race information
Distance 6.5 furlongs
Track Polytrack, left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $150,000

The Rancho Bernardo Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. It is open to fillies and mares age three and up and raced at a distance of six and one-half furlongs on Polytrack. A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $150,000. As of 2008, it is a Breeders' Cup "Win And You're In" event, qualifying the winner to run in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.

Since inception the race has been contested at various distances and surfaces:

  • 1 mile: 1967 (on dirt)
  • 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs): 1973 (on turf)
  • 6 furlongs: 1974-85 (on dirt)
  • 6.5 furlongs: 1986-2006 (on dirt)
  • 6.5 furlongs: 2007-present (on Polytrack)

Quicken Tree won this race in 1967.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 6.5 furlongs)

  • 1:14.20 - Track Gal (1995) (dirt)
  • 1:14.48 - Reneesgotzip (2013) (Polytrack) (Race and Track record)

Most wins:

  • 3 - Track Gal (1995, 1996, 1997)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Oldknow & Phipps (1995, 1996, 1997)

Past winners

References

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