Hawthorne Handicap

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade III
horse race = Hawthorne Handicap


caption =
location = Hollywood Park Racetrack
Inglewood, California
inaugurated = 1974
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.hollywoodpark.com www.hollywoodpark.com]
distance = 1¹/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
track = Cushion Track, left-handed
qualification = Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up
weight = Assigned
purse = $100,000
bonuses = The Hawthorne Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late April at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Grade III race is open to fillies and mares, 3-Years-Old and Up, and was raced on dirt until 2006 when the new synthetic Cushion Track was installed. It is run over a distance of 1¹/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) and currently offers a purse of $100,000.

Since inception in 1974, the Hawthorne Handicap has been raced at various distances:
* 7 furlongs : 1974-1975
* 8.5 furlongs : 1976-1984, 1991 to present
* 8 furlongs : 1985-1990

In 2001, jockey Chris McCarron tied a California record for consecutive stakes race wins when he won the race for the fifth straight time.

Records

Speed record:
*1:40.60 (on dirt) - Country Queen (1980)

Most wins:
* Country Queen (1979, 1980)
* Adored (1984, 1985)
* Bayakoa (1989, 1990)

Most wins by a jockey:
* ? - Not Found

Most wins by a trainer:
* 6 - Ron McAnally

Winners of the Hawthorne Handicap

Earlier winners

*1994 - Golden Klair
*1993 - Freedom Cry
*1992 - Sacrementada
*1991 - Brought To Mind
*1990 - Bayakoa
*1989 - Bayakoa
*1988 - Integra
*1987 - Seldom Seen Sue
*1986 - Don't Stop The Music
*1985 - Adored
*1984 - Adored

*1983 - Marisma
*1982 - Weber City Miss
*1981 - Save Wild Life
*1980 - Country Queen
*1979 - Country Queen
*1978 - Sensational
*1977 - Cascapedia
*1976 - Swingtime
*1975 - Tizna
*1974 - Tallahto