Chicago Handicap
Grade III race | |
Location |
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1986 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.churchilldowns.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 7 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old and Up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 (2016) |
The Chicago Handicap is a Grade III race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares, ages three and up, set at seven furlongs and held in June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. It offers a purse of $100,000.
The race began in 1986 at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois. In 2007, the race was moved to a synthetic surface when Arlington Park switched its main track from dirt to an all-weather course. The Chicago Handicap was switched back to dirt in 2017, when it was moved to Churchill Downs.[1] Arlington Park was cutting back on its stakes races in order to boost overnight race purses, and Churchill Downs, which is owned by the same company, picked up both the Chicago Handicap and the Matron Stakes.[2]
Records
Speed Record (at Arlington Park)
- 1:21.24 - Withallprobability (1992)
Most wins
- 2 - Lazer Show (1986, 1987)
- 2 - Informed Decision (2009, 2010)
Most wins by a jockey
- 3 - Pat Day (1986, 1987, 1990)
- 3 - Craig Perret (1991, 2001, 2003)
- 3 - Rene R. Douglas (2002, 2004, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer
- 2 - Donald R. Winfree (1986, 1987)
- 2 - Frank L. Brothers (1989, 2001)
- 2 - D. Wayne Lukas (1992, 1995)
- 2 - Phillip England (1996, 2000)
- 2 - William I. Mott (2006, 2011)
- 2 - Jonathan E. Sheppard (2009, 2010)
- 2 - W. Bret Calhoun (2013, 2017)
Past winners
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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At Churchill Downs | ||||||
2017 | Finley'sluckycharm | 4 | Brian Hernandez, Jr. | W. Bret Calhoun | Carl L. Moore Management LLC | 1:22.17 |
At Arlington Park | ||||||
2016 | Sarah Sis | 4 | Jose Valdivia, Jr. | Ingrid Mason | Rags Racing Stable LLC | 1:23.16 |
2015 | no race | |||||
2014 | My Option | 4 | Eduardo Perez | Chris Block | Timothy J. Keeley | 1:23.72 |
2013 | Cozze Up Lady | 4 | Miguel Mena | W. Bret Calhoun | Martin Racing et al. | 1:23.06 |
2012 | Kitty in a Tizzy | 5 | Francisco C. Torres | H. James Bond | William L. Clifton, Jr. | 1:23.49 |
2011 | Devil by Design | 5 | Corey Nakatani | William I. Mott | John D. Gunther et al. | 1:25.54 |
2010 | Informed Decision | 5 | Julien Leparoux | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stable | 1:24.34 |
2009 | Informed Decision | 4 | Julien Leparoux | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stable | 1:21.49 |
2008 | Leah's Secret | 5 | Rene R. Douglas | Todd Pletcher | WinStar Farm | 1:22.17 |
2007 | Lady Belsara | 4 | E. T. Baird | S. Matthew Kintz | At the Moment Stables | 1:23.10 |
2006 | Ebony Breeze | 6 | John Jacinto | William I. Mott | Kinsman Stable | 1:22.02 |
2005 | Happy Ticket | 4 | Eusebio Razo, Jr. | Andrew Leggio, Jr. | Stewart Mather Madison | 1:22.54 |
2004 | My Trusty Cat | 4 | Rene R. Douglas | David R. Vance | Carl F. Pollard | 1:23.54 |
2003 | For Rubies | 4 | Craig Perret | Lynn S. Whiting | Choctaw Racing Stable | 1:24.21 |
2002 | Mandy's Gold | 4 | Rene R. Douglas | Michael E. Gorham | Steeplechase Farm | 1:22.86 |
2001 | Trip | 4 | Craig Perret | Frank L. Brothers | Claiborne Farm | 1:22.18 |
2000 | Saoirse | 4 | David Clark | Phillip England | Knob Hill Stable | 1:23.09 |
1999 | no race | |||||
1998 | no race | |||||
1997 | J J'sdream | 4 | Mark Guidry | Bobby C. Barnett | John Franks | 1:22.25 |
1996 | Bunbeg | 4 | Mickey Walls | Phillip England | Knob Hill Stable | 1:23.86 |
1995 | Low Key Affair | 4 | Aaron T. Gryder | D. Wayne Lukas | Moyglare Stud | 1:24.64 |
1994 | Minidar | 4 | Vann Belvoir | Mark A. Hennig | Edward P. Evans | 1:22.49 |
1993 | Meafara | 4 | Juvenal Lopez Diaz | Leslie E. Ahrens | Frank L. Muench | 1:22.12 |
1992 | Withallprobability | 4 | Garrett Gomez | D. Wayne Lukas | Edward P. Evans | 1:21.24 |
1991 | Safely Kept | 5 | Craig Perret | Alan E. Goldberg | Jayeff B. Stable | 1:23.05 |
1990 | Fit for a Queen | 4 | Pat Day | Steven C. Penrod | Hermitage Farm | 1:23.00 |
1989 | Rose's Record | 5 | Jorge Velasquez | Frank L. Brothers | D. V. Ringler | 1:24.60 |
1988 | no race | |||||
1987 | Lazer Show | 4 | Pat Day | Donald R. Winfree | J. J. Devaney | 1:22.80 |
1986 | Lazer Show | 3 | Pat Day | Donald R. Winfree | J. J. Devaney | 1:21.40 |
References
Equibase Statistics - Chicago Handicap
- ↑ Equibase.com. "Chicago Handicap Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ↑ "Churchill Downs to host Arlington's Matron, Chicago Handicap this year | Daily Racing Form". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 2017-06-25.