- Daytona Handicap
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Grade III race
Daytona HandicapLocation Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United StatesInaugurated 2004 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.santaanita.com Race information Distance About 6½ furlongs Track Grass, left-handed Qualification Four-year-olds & up Weight Assigned Purse $100,000 The Daytona Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Listed race, it was upgraded to a Grade III event for 2009. [1]. The race is open to horses age four and older and is contested on Santa Anita's downhill turf course at a distance of about 6½ furlongs.
Due to course conditions, the 2005 and 2006 editions of the Daytona Handicap were taken off the turf and run on the dirt track.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:12.49 - Tsigane (2004)
Most wins:
- No horse has won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey:
- No jockey has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a trainer:
- No trainer has won this race more than once.
Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2009 Desert Code 5 Aaron Gryder David Hofmans Tarabilla Farms 1:12.58 2008 Cheroot 7 Martin Pedroza Darrell Vienna Charlotte M. Wrather 1:12.82 2007 Night Chapter 6 Brice Blanc Robert J. Frankel Frankel/Diamond Pride, LLC 1:12.57 2006 Siren Lure 5 Alex Solis Art Sherman S. Kesselman/T & M Melkonian 1:16.20 2005 Royal Place 5 Garrett Gomez Rafael Becerra K. K. Sangara 1:14.03 2004 Tsigane 5 David Flores Julio C. Canani Prestonwood Farm 1:12.49 References
Categories:- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Flat horse races for four-year-olds
- Open sprint category horse races
- Horse races in the United States
- Turf races in the United States
- Recurring events established in 2004
- Santa Anita Park
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