New Orleans Handicap

Grade II race
New Orleans Handicap
Location	Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana
Inaugurated	1924
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.fairgroundsracecourse
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old & up
Weight	Weight-For-Age
Purse	$400,000

The New Orleans Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Open to horses four years old and up, the race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. It currently offers a purse of $500,000.

Due to flooding as a result of Hurricane Katrina, the 2006 edition of the New Orleans Handicap was run at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Historical notes

Wild Again, the winner of the very first Breeders' Cup Classic, took this race in 1984, and Mineshaft won this race during his 2003 Horse of the Year campaign.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)

• 1:48.13 - Phantom On Tour (1998) (new track record)

Most wins:

• 2 - Marriage (1943, 1944)
• 2 - Tenacious (1958, 1959)
• 2 - Honor Medal (1987, 1988)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Ray Broussard (1958, 1959, 1961, 1964)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - Todd Pletcher (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)

Most wins by an owner:

• 6 - Dorothy Dorsett Brown (1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1983)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade
2011	Mission Impazible	4	Garrett K. Gomez	Todd Pletcher	Twin Creeks Racing Stables	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.02	$400,000	II
2010	Battle Plan	5	Javier Castellano	Todd Pletcher	Overbrook Farm	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.33	$300,000	II
2009	Macho Again	4	Robby Albarado	Dallas Stewart	West Point Thoroughbreds	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.21	$500,000	II
2008	Circular Quay	4	Garrett Gomez	Todd A. Pletcher	Michael & Doreen Tabor	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.80	$500,000	II
2007	Master Command	5	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Aaron & Marie Jones	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.89	$500,000	II
2006	Brass Hat	5	Willie Martinez	William B. Bradley	Fred F. Bradley	1 1/8 Miles	1:51.35	$400,000	II
2005	Badge of Silver	5	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.78	$500,000	II
2004	Peace Rules	4	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.61	$500,000	II
2003	Mineshaft	4	Robby Albarado	Neil J. Howard	William S. Farish III et al.	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.92	$500,000	II
2002	Parade Leader	5	Corey Lanerie	Neil J. Howard	W. Farish & J. Hudson, Jr.	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.44	$500,000	II
2001	Include	4	Jerry Bailey	Bud Delp	Robert E. Meyerhoff	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.00	$500,000	II
2000	Allen's Oop	5	Eddie Martin, Jr.	Dallas Keen	James D. Jackson	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.80	$500,000	III
1999	Precocity	5	Willie Martinez	Bobby C. Barrett	John A. Franks	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.00	$500,000	III
1998	Phantom On Tour	4	Larry Melancon	Lynn S. Whiting	W. Cal Partee	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.13	$500,000	III
1997	Isitingood	6	David Flores	Bob Baffert	Mike Pegram & Terry Henn	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.40	$500,000	III
1996	Scotts Scoundrel	4	Ronald Ardoin	Bret Thomas	Virgil Huskey	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.80		III
1995	Concern	4	Mike E. Smith	Richard W. Small	Robert E. Meyerhoff	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.40		III
1994	Brother Brown	4	Pat Day	Ron Goodridge	Bowline & Cohrs	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.80		III
1993	Latin American	5	Garrett Gomez	Robert Marshall	Robert Marshall	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.20		III
1992	Jarraar	5	Bobby Walker, Jr.	Thomas M. Amoss	Sapphire Reg. Stb. & R. Colton	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.80		III
1991	Silver Survivor	5	Larry Melancon	Glenn Hild	Carolyn Manning	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.00		III
1990	Festive	5	Bobby Walker, Jr.	Thomas M. Amoss	John A. Franks	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.40		III
1989	Galba	5	Antonio Castanon	Neil D. Drysdale	Clover Racing Stables	1 1/8 Miles	1:51.20		II
1988	Honor Medal	7	Pat Day	Neil D. Drysdale	Lettuce Farm	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.00		II
1987	Honor Medal	6	Russell Baze	Neil D. Drysdale	Lettuce Farm	1 1/8 Miles	1:52.20		II
1986	Herat	4	Rafael Meza	Jack Van Berg	Jack Van Berg	1 1/4 Mile	2:01.80		II
1985	Westheimer	4	Larry Snyder	William I. Mott	Mike Rutherford	1 1/4 Mile	2:01.80		II
1984	Wild Again	4	Pat Day	Vincent Timphony	Black Chip Stables	1 1/4 Mile	2:02.00		II
1983	Listcapade	4	E. J. Perrodin	Dewey Smith	Dorothy Dorsett Brown	1 1/4 Mile	2:03.20		II
1982	It's The One	5	Walter Guerra	Laz Barrera	Flying Horse Stable, et al.	1 1/4 Mile	2:01.80		II
1981	Sun Catcher	4	Alonzo Guajardo	Dianne Carpenter	Sundance Stable	1 1/4 Mile	2:03.40		II
1980	Pool Court	5	Ronald Ardoin	Harry Trotsek	Al Wagner & Ed Seltzer	1 1/4 Mile	2:04.60		III
1979	A Letter To Harry	5	Ed Delahoussaye	John T. Oxley	R. F. Salmon	1 1/4 Mile	2:02.60		III
1978	Life's Hope	5	Chris McCarron	John A. Nerud	Harbor View Farm	1 1/4 Mile	2:02.20	$122,500	III
1977	Tudor Tambourine	4	A. Trosdair	Joseph E. Broussard	C. Cohen & R. Fertel	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.80		III
1976	Master Derby	4	Darrel McHargue	Smiley Adams	Golden Chance Farm	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.00	$100,000	III
1975	Lord Rebeau	4	Carlos H. Marquez	William Hightower	Paul Cresci	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.60	$100,000	III
1974	Smooth Dancer	4	Larry Adams	John O. Meaux	Harvey Peltier	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.60	$75,000	III
1973	Combat Ready	4	Leroy Moyers	David Erb	Albert Stall	1 1/8 Miles	1:51.00		III
1972	Urgent Message	4	Gene St. Leon	Jose A. Martin	Gustave Ring	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.80
1971	Rio Bravo	5	Fernando Valdizan	Dewey Smith	T. Allie & J. E. Grissom	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.80	$75,000
1970	Etony	5	Phil Rubbico	George Geier	Sam Gray & George Schmeideskamp	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.20	$75,000
1969	Miracle Hill	5	Dave Whited	Dewey Smith	T. Allie & J. E. Grissom	1 1/8 Miles	1:54.80	$70,700
1968	Diplomat Way	4	Leroy Moyers	John O. Meaux	Harvey Peltier	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.20	$63,800
1967	Cabildo	4	Jimmy Combest	Alcee Richard	Dorothy Dorsett Brown	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.60	$69,100
1966	Just About	4	Leroy Moyers	Jack M. Bradley	Alice E. Hill	1 1/8 Miles	1:48.80	$77,000
1965	Valiant Man	6	Bobby Ussery	Joseph H. Pierce, Jr	Ed & Harry Seltzer	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.20	$64,000
1964	Green Hornet	5	Ray Broussard	Alcee Richard	Dorothy Dorsett Brown	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.20	$61,500
1963	Endymion	4	Jimmy Nichols	Sylvester Veitch	George D. Widener, Jr.	1 1/8 Miles	1:51.40
1962	Yorktown	5	Jimmy Nichols	Sylvester Veitch	George D. Widener, Jr.	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.60	$50,000
1961	Greek Star	6	Ray Broussard	Charles V. Reynolds	Sidney M. Barton	1 1/8 Miles	1:49.80	$58,150
1960	Tudor Era	7	Robert Stevenson	Arnold N. Winick	Mrs. Herbert Herff	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.80	$58,900
1959	Tenacious	5	Ray Broussard	John B. Theall	Dorothy Dorsett Brown	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.20	$62,500
1958	Tenacious	4	Ray Broussard	John B. Theall	Dorothy Dorsett Brown	1 1/8 Miles	1:51.00	$61,900
1957	Kingmaker	4	Sam Boulmetis, Sr.	William C. Winfrey	Happy Hill Farm	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.20	$60,600
1956	Find	6	Eric Guerin	William C. Winfrey	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1 1/8 Miles	1:52.40	$63,900
1955	Sea O' Erin	4	Kenneth Church	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farms	1 1/8 Miles	1:50.20	$62,900
1954	Grover B	5	Paul J. Bailey	Thomas P. Morgan	Thomas P. Morgan	1 1/8 Miles	1:52.00	$50,000
1953	Smoke Screen	6	Gerald Porch	Conn McCreary	Reverie Knolls Farm	1 1/16 Miles	1:44.00	$50,000
1952	Oil Capitol	5	Kenneth Church	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farms	1 1/16 Miles	1:44.20	$25,000
1951	Mount Marcy	6	Kenneth Church	Sylvester Veitch	C. V. Whitney	1 1/16 Miles	1:44.80	$25,000
1950	Red Camelia	4	Pat Milligan	John B. Theall	Dorothy Dorsett Brown	1 1/16 Miles	1:49.40	$25,000
1949	My Request	4	Claude Erickson	James P. Conway	Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker	1 1/16 Miles	1:44.40	$25,000
1948	Star Reward	4	Steve Brooks	Jack C. Hodgins	Dixiana Farm	1 1/16 Miles	1:48.80	$25,000
1947	Earshot	4	Frank S. Moon	Arthur F. Skelton	William G. Helis	1 1/16 Miles	1:44.80	$25,000
1946	Hillyer Court	4	Willie Lee Johnson	Ken Force, Jr.	Bernard Seroy	1 1/16 Miles	1:45.20	$25,000
1945	no race
1944	Marriage	8	Jesse Higley	Rene A. Coward	Rene A. Coward & Carl L. Dupuy	1 1/16 Miles	1:45.00	$25,000
1943	Marriage	7	Arthur Craig	Rene A. Coward	Rene A. Coward & Carl L. Dupuy	1 1/16 Miles	1:43.80	$28,000
1942	no race
1941	no race
1940	Rough Diamond	8	Arnold Sorsen	Clyde Troutt	Clyde Troutt	1 1/16 Miles	1:49.20	$1,200
1939	Chance Sweet	4	Johnny Oros	not found	Eugene Drillon	1 1/16 Miles	1:46.80	$1,500
1938	Novelette	3	Vincent Nodarse	Clyde Troutt	Clyde Troutt	1 1/16 Miles	1:47.00	$2,000
1937	Skeeter	3	Frank Ritz	Charles S. Bancroft	Charles S. Bancroft	1 Mile	1:41.80	$1,500
1936	Julia Grant	4	Homer Spears	Rene A. Coward	Rene A. Coward	1m, 70 yds	1:47.40
1935	Jesting	5	Young	Chester J. Bild	Chester J. Bild	1 Mile	1:39.40	$600
1934	Slapped	4	Leon "Buddy" Haas	Ben A. Jones	Leonard Wilson	1 1/8 Miles	1:53.60	$2,000
1933	Rocky News	5	Johnny Kacala	Joseph F. Patterson	Audley Farm	1 1/16 Miles	1:52.60	$2,000
1932	Spanish Play	4	Charles Landolt	C. H. Knebelkamp	C. H. Knebelkamp & Richard S. Morris	1 1/8 Miles	1:54.80	$2,000
1931	Jimmy Moran	4	Eugene James	Mose Goldblatt	Mose Goldblatt	1 1/16 Miles	1:45.80	$10,775
1930	Donnay	4	Eddie Steffan	Frank M. Taylor	Rancocas Stable	1 1/16 Miles	1:45.20	$12,225
1929	Vermajo	3	Anthony Pascuma	Charles E. Durnell	Three D's Stock Farm	1 1/16 Miles	1:46.40	$42,100
1928	Justice F	4	Anthony Pascuma	Doc Riddle	William Daniel	1 1/16 Miles	1:45.80	$70,000
1927	Cotlogomor	5	Charles Allen	Al G. Woodman	Coventry Stable	1 1/16 Miles	1:50.20	$50,000
1926	Nurmi	3	J. Thomas	Clyde Phillips	Greentree Stable	1 1/16 Miles	1:47.00	$39,000
1925	Quatrain	3	Edgar Legere	T. J. Herman	Frederick Johnson	1 1/16 Miles	1:44.60	$25,000
1924	Fredericktown	3	Ivan Parke	W. H. Fizer	Henry Stark	1 Mile	1:40.60	$2,000

References

• The New Orleans Handicap at the NTRA