- Ouija Board Handicap
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Grade III race
Ouija Board HandicapLocation Lone Star Park
Grand Prairie, Texas, United StatesInaugurated 1997 Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.lonestarpark.com Race information Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs) Track Grass, left-handed Qualification Fillies & Mare, 3-years-old & up Weight Assigned Purse $200,000 The Ouija Board Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually on Memorial Day at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
A Grade III event since 2003, it is contested on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) and is open to fillies and mares, age three and older.
Inaugurated in 1997 as the Fort Worth Handicap, it was contested at a distance of 1 1/8 miles until 1999 when it was renamed the Prestonwood Distaff Handicap and set at a distance of one mile. From 2000 through 2006 it was raced as the Winstar Distaff Handicap. In 2007, the race was renamed to honor superstar filly Ouija Board, the European Horse of the Year in 2004 and 2006 who won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2004 when the Breeders' Cup races were hosted by Lone Star Park.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile)
- 1:32.81 - Wasted Tears (2009) (New stakes and course record)
Most wins:
- Wasted Tears (2009, 2010, 2011)
Most wins by an owner:
- Bart B. Evans (2009, 2010, 2011)
Most wins by a jockey:
- No jockey has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Bart B. Evans (2009, 2010)
- 2 - Steve Asmussen (1999, 2004)
- 2 - Donnie K. Von Hemel (2001, 2008)
Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 2011 Wasted Tears 6 Julien Leparoux Bart B. Evans Bart Evans 1:34.06 2010 Wasted Tears 5 Cliff Berry Bart B. Evans Bart B. Evans 1:33.25 2009 Wasted Tears 4 Eguard Tejera Bart B. Evans Bart B. Evans 1:32.81 2008 Brownie Points 5 Luis Quinonez Donnie K. Von Hemel Pin Oak Stable 1:35.82 2007 Lady of Venice 4 Garrett Gomez Patrick Biancone Martin S. Schwartz 1:38.32 2006 Sweet Talker 4 Ramon Dominguez H. Graham Motion Courtlandt Farms 1:38.66 2005 Katdogawn 5 Jerry Bailey Wallace Dollase Jim Ford Inc./John Cuchna 1:39.53 2004 Academic Angel 5 Shane Sellers Steve Asmussen Cash Asmussen 1:35.98 2003 Eagle Lake 5 Gerard Melancon Cole Norman Turf Express Inc. 1:43.02 2002 Queen of Wilshire 6 David Flores Darrell Vienna E A Ranches 1:38.96 2001 Voladora 6 Cliff Berry Donnie K. Von Hemel George O. Kleier 1:42.23 2000 Mumtaz 4 Victor Espinoza Thomas M. Amoss Bates, Hendricks, et al. 1:37.28 1999 Heritage Of Gold 4 Casey Lambert Steve Asmussen Jack Garey 1:37.75 1998 Arctica 4 E.J. Perrodin Tony J. Richey Royce Roberts 1:46.53 1997 Fresa 5 Corey Lanerie Bill Stice Tom Ball 1:46.68 References
Categories:- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Horse races in the United States
- Mile category horse races for fillies and mares
- Recurring sporting events established in 1997
- Horse races in Texas
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