Longacres Mile Handicap
Grade III race | |
Location |
Emerald Downs Auburn, Washington, USA |
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Inaugurated | 1935 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website |
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Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | $200,000 (in 2000 the purse of the race was $250,000) |
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.
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.
Records
In 2003, Sky Jack set the record for both the fastest time and widest margin of victory at 1:33.00 and 6 1⁄4 lengths. In 2016, Point Piper set the fastest time yet at 1:32.90.
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
Winners of the Longacres Mile since 1978
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2016 | Point Piper | 6 | Mario Gutierrez | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/Gatto/Russo Racing | 1:32.90 |
2015 | Stryker Phd | 6 | Leslie Mawing | Larry D. Ross | Mona & Jim Hour | 1:34.06 |
2014 | Stryker Phd | 5 | Leslie Mawing | Larry D. Ross | Jim and Mona Hour | 1:33.67 |
2013 | Herbie D | 5 | Amadeo Perez | Robert Gilker | Robbins/Doman | 1:35.12 |
2012 | Taylor Said | 4 | Mario Gutierrez | Michael Puhich | North American Thoroughbred Horse Co. | 1:33.79 |
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 and 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 and 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 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. and Mrs. B. Wynne, Jr. | 1:34.00 |
Earlier winners
- 1977 - Theologist
- 1976 - You Wipi
- 1975 - Jim
- 1974 - Times Rush
- 1973 - Silver Mallet
- 1972 - Red Wind
- 1971 - Pitch Out
- 1970 - Silver Double
- 1969 - Praise Jay
- 1968 - Steel Blade
- 1967 - Kings Favor
- 1966 - Aurelius
- 1965 - Siempre
- 1964 - Viking Spirit
- 1963 - Full Regalia
- 1962 - Harpie
- 1961 - Sparrow Castle
- 1960 - Doctrinaire
- 1959 - Gigantic
- 1958 - Collaborator
- 1957 - Miracle Escort
- 1956 - Hula Boola
- 1955 - Quality Quest
- 1954 - Greek Runner
- 1953 - Ocean Mist
- 1952 - Eddies Boy
- 1951 - Little Rolo
- 1950 - Two And Twenty
- 1949 - Blue Tiger
- 1948 - Amble In
- 1947 - Hank H
- 1946 - Amble In
- 1945 - Prince Ernest
- 1944 - Hard Twist
- 1943 - Race Not Run
- 1942 - Lavengro
- 1941 - Campus Fusser
- 1940 - Pala Squaw
- 1939 - Brief Moment
- 1938 - Triplane
- 1937 - Sallys Booter
- 1936 - Exotude
- 1935 - Coldwater