Pan American Handicap

Turf race infobox
class = Grade III
horse race = Pan American Handicap


caption =
location = Gulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1962
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.gulfstreampark.com www.gulfstreampark.com]
distance = 1½ miles (12 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Four-Year-Olds and Up
weight = Handicap
purse = $150,000
bonuses = The Pan American Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of March at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Raced on turf over a distance of one and a half miles, the event is open to horses four years of age and older.

A Grade III race since 2006, the Pan American Handicap was rated a GII event from 1990 through 2005 prior to which it had been a Grade I event since 1983.

Inaugurated in 1962 as a race competed over a distance of one and one eighth miles, it was changed to its present one and a half miles in 1965.

Records

Time record: (at present distance of 1½ miles)
* 2:23.15 - Unite's Big Red (1999)

Most wins:
* 2 - Buck's Boy (1998, 2000)

Winners of the Pan American Handicap since 1988

Earlier winners

*1987 - Iroko
*1986 - Power Break
*1985 - Selous Scout
*1984 - Tonzarun
*1983 - Highland Blade
*1982 - Robsphere
*1981 - Little Bonny
*1980 - Flitalong
*1979 - Noble Dancer

*1978 - Bowl Game
*1977 - Gravelines
*1976 - Improviser
*1975 - Buffalo Lark
*1974 - London Company
*1973 - Lord Vancouver
*1972 - Unanime
*1971 - Chompion
*1970 - One For All

*1969 - Hibernian
*1968 - Irish Rebellion
*1967 - War Censor
*1966 - Pillanlelbun
*1965 - Cool Prince
*1964 - Babington
*1963 - Sensitivo
*1962 - Shirley Jones

References

* [http://www.ntra.com/races.aspx?id=22511&section=races Pan American Handicap at the NTRA]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=134 Pan American Handicap at Pedigree Query]