San Antonio Handicap

Grade II race
San Antonio Handicap
Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated	1935
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Four-year-olds & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000

The San Antonio Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A handicap event for horses age four and older, it is contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and one eighth.

Inaugurated in 1935, the San Antonio Handicap was run at a mile and a sixteenth in 1940 and 1941.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:46.20 - Vigors (1978)

Most wins:

• 2 - Gun Bow (1964, 1965)
• 2 - Gentlemen (1997, 1998)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 7 - Bill Shoemaker (1951, 1953, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1985)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 7 - Richard Mandella (1984, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 - Calumet Farm (1950, 1951, 1954, 1990)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2012	Game On Dude	5	Chantal Sutherland	Bob Baffert	Diamond Pride LLC/Lanni Family Trust/Mercedes Stable/Bernie Schiappa	1:46.88
2011	Gladding	4	Rafael Bejarano	John W. Sadler	C R K Stable	1:48.00
2010	Richard's Kid	5	Garrett Gomez	Bob Baffert	Zabeel Racing International	1:49.05
2009	Magnum	8	Joel Rosario	Darrell Vienna	Bill & Donna Mae Herrick	1:49.14
2008	Well Armed	5	Aaron Gryder	Eoin G. Harty	WinStar Farm	1:47.73
2007	Molengao	6	Garrett Gomez	Paulo Lobo	Stud TNT	1:48.67
2006	Spellbinder	5	Martin Pedroza	Richard Mandella	Ann & Jerry Moss	1:48.84
2005	Lundy's Liability	5	David Flores	Robert J. Frankel	Stud TNT/Mary Slack	1:49.05
2004	Pleasantly Perfect	6	Alex Solis	Richard Mandella	Diamond A Racing	1:47.25
2003	Congaree	5	Jerry Bailey	Bob Baffert	Stonerside Stable	1:47.60
2002	Redattore	7	Alex Solis	Richard Mandella	Luiz A. Taunay	1:48.66
2001	Guided Tour	5	Larry Melancon	Niall O'Callaghan	Morton Fink	1:48.26
2000	Budroyale	7	Garrett Gomez	Ted H. West	Jeffrey Sengara	1:48.70
1999	Free House	5	Chris McCarron	J. Paco Gonzalez	McCaffery & Toffan	1:48.54
1998	Gentlemen	6	Gary Stevens	Richard Mandella	Randall D. Hubbard	1:47.60
1997	Gentlemen	5	Gary Stevens	Richard Mandella	Randall D. Hubbard	1:47.38
1996	Alphabet Soup	5	Chris Antley	David Hofmans	Ridder Stable	1:49.96
1995	Best Pal	7	Chris McCarron	Richard Mandella	Golden Eagle Farm	1:47.43
1994	The Wicked North	5	Kent Desormeaux	David Bernstein	Philip Hersh	1:47.48
1993	Marquetry	6	Ed Delahoussaye	Robert J. Frankel	M. Engleson/R. Frankel	1:48.96
1992	Ibero	5	Alex Solis	Ron McAnally	I. Pavlovsky/F. Whitham	1:47.05
1991	Farma Way	4	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Quarter B. Farm	1:47.20
1990	Criminal Type	5	Alex Solis	D. Wayne Lukas	Calumet Farm	1:49.00
1989	Super Diamond	9	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Edwin J. Gregson	Roland & Ramona Sahm	1:48.80
1988	Judge Angelucci	5	Ed Delahoussaye	Charles Whittingham	Olin B. Gentry	1:48.60
1987	Bedside Promise	5	Gary Stevens	Robert L. Martin	Jawl Brothers	1:47.20
1986	Hatim	5	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	John Gosden	Juddmonte Farms	1:47.40
1985	Lord At War	5	Bill Shoemaker	Charles Whittingham	Peter Perkins (L)	1:48.20
1984	Poley	5	Chris McCarron	Richard Mandella	Bretzfield & Oliver	1:48.00
1983	Bates Motel	4	Terry Lipham	John Gosden	J. Getty Phillips/M. Riordan	1:47.00
1982	Score Twenty Four	5	Pat Valenzuela	James Jordan	Score Stable/Purner Jr.	1:47.80
1981	Flying Paster	5	Chris McCarron	Gordon C. Campbell	Bernard J. Ridder	1:46.60
1980	Beau's Eagle	4	Donald Pierce	Larry Rose	Relatively Stable	1:48.40
1979	Tiller	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	David A. Whiteley	William Haggin Perry	1:47.00
1978	Vigors	5	Darrel McHargue	Larry J. Sterling	William R. Hawn	1:46.20
1977	Ancient Title	7	Sandy Hawley	Keith L. Stucki	Ethel Kirkland	1:47.80
1976	Lightning Mandate	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Gary F. Jones	Golden Eagle Farm, et al.	1:48.20
1975	Cheriepe	5	Angel Santiago	W. Preston King	Camijo Stable	1:46.80
1974	Prince Dantan	4	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Pancho Martin	Sigmund Sommer	1:47.60
1973	Kennedy Road	5	Donald Pierce	Charles Whittingham	Helen G. Stollery	1:47.60
1972	Unconscious	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John G. Canty	Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr.	1:47.40
1971	Ack Ack	5	Bill Shoemaker	Charles Whittingham	Forked Lightning Ranch	1:47.00
1970	Dewan	5	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	James W. Maloney	William Haggin Perry	1:47.60
1969	Praise Jay	5	Miguel Yanez	William C. Holmes	John M. Hudspeth	1:49.60
1968	Rising Market	4	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Ted Saladin	M/M Bert W. Martin	1:48.40
1967	Pretense	4	Bill Shoemaker	Charles Whittingham	Llangollen Farm	1:48.60
1966	Hill Rise	5	Manuel Ycaza	William B. Finnegan	El Peco Ranch	1:47.00
1965	Gun Bow	5	Manuel Ycaza	Edward A. Neloy	Gedney Farms	1:47.80
1964	Gun Bow	4	Bill Shoemaker	Edward A. Neloy	Gedney Farms	1:47.40
1963	Physician	6	Donald Pierce	Lynne A. Boice	Lynne A. Boice	1:51.00
1962	Olden Times	4	Alex Maese	Mesh Tenney	Rex C. Ellsworth	1:53.60
1961	American Comet	5	Willie Harmatz	Marty L. Fallon	C. W. Smith Ent., Inc.	1:48.60
1960	Bagdad	4	Bill Shoemaker	Joseph S. Dunn	Howard B. Keck	1:48.20
1959	Bug Brush	4	Angel Valenzuela	Robert L. Wheeler	C. V. Whitney	1:46.40
1958	Round Table	4	William Shoemaker	William Molter	Kerr Stable	1:46.80
1957	Terrang	4	Ismael Valenzuela	Carl A. Roles	Poltex Stable	1:47.40
1956	Mister Gus	5	William Boland	Charles Whittingham	Llangollen Farm	1:49.00
1955	Gigantic	4	Roy Lumm	J. Frank Laboyne	Joe W. Brown	1:48.40
1954	Mark-Ye-Well	5	Eddie Arcaro	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1:52.00
1953	Trusting	5	Bill Shoemaker	Joseph S. Dunn	Mrs. Rea Warner	1:49.20
1952	Phil D.	4	Raymond York	James Jordan	Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Martin	1:49.80
1951	All Blue	4	Bill Shoemaker	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1:49.40
1950	Ponder	4	Steve Brooks	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1:50.20
1949	Dinner Gong	4	Jack Westrope	Frank E. Childs	Abe Hirschberg	1:49.60
1948	Talon	6	Eddie Arcaro	Horatio Luro	Richard N. Ryan	1:49.40
1947	El Lobo	6	William Bailey	Stuart Hamblen	Stuart Hamblen	1:49.20
1946	First Fiddle	7	Johnny Longden	Edward Mulrenan	Mrs. Edward Mulrenan	1:50.00
1941	Mioland	4	Leon Haas	Tom Smith	Charles S. Howard	1:45.40
1940	Seabiscuit	7	Red Pollard	Tom Smith	Charles S. Howard	1:42.40
1939	Whichcee	5	Basil James	Darrell Cannon	Austin C. Taylor	1:49.40
1938	Aneroid	5	Charles Rosengarten	Dion K. Kerr	John A. Manfuso	1:50.00
1937	Rosemont	5	Harry Richards	Richard E. Handlen	William duPont, Jr.	1:50.20
1936	Time Supply	5	Tommy Luther	Carl A. Roles	Frank A. Carreaud	1:49.40
1935	Head Play	5	Charlie Kurtsinger	J. Thomas Taylor	Mrs. Silas B. Mason	1:52.40

References

• The 2009 San Antoino Handicap at the NTRA