Green Flash Handicap
Appearance
Grade III race | |
Location | Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 2003 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing - Turf |
Website | Del Mar Thoroughbred Club |
Race information | |
Distance | 5 furlongs |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three years old and older |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 (2022) |
The Green Flash Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for thoroughbreds three years old and older, over a distance of five furlongs on the turf held annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $150,000.
History
[edit]The race was inaugurated in 2003 as a Listed event.[1]
In 2014 the event was moved to the All Weather Track.[2]
The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2019.[3]
Records
[edit]Speed record:
- 54.75 - Fast Parade (2006)
Margins:
- 3+1⁄4 lengths – Fast Parade (2006)
- Most wins
- 2 - California Flag (2009, 2010)
- 2 - Lieutenant Dan (2021, 2022)
- 2 - Motorious (GB) (2023, 2024)
- Most wins by a jockey
- 3 - Joseph Talamo (2009, 2011, 2019)
- Most wins by a trainer
- 3 - Brian J. Koriner (2009, 2010, 2019)
- Most wins by an owner
- 2 - Hi Card Ranch (2009, 2010)
- 2 - Nicholas B. Alexander (2021, 2022)
- 2 - Anthony Fanticola (2023, 2024)
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Time | Purse | Gr. | Ref. |
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2024 | Motorious (GB) | Antonio Fresu | Philip D'Amato | Anthony Fanticola | 56.14 | $152,500 | III | [4] |
2023 | Motorious (GB) | Geovanni Franco | Philip D'Amato | Anthony Fanticola | 56.07 | $153,500 | III | [5] |
2022 | Lieutenant Dan | Juan J. Hernandez | Steven Miyadi | Nicholas B. Alexander | 55.87 | $152,500 | III | [6] |
2021 | Lieutenant Dan | Geovanni Franco | Steven Miyadi | Nicholas B. Alexander | 55.98 | $101,500 | III | [7] |
2020 | Chaos Theory | Umberto Rispoli | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing | 56.22 | $101,000 | III | [8] |
2019 | Mr Vargas | Joseph Talamo | Brian J. Koriner | Jay Em Ess Stable | 56.15 | $100,351 | III | [9] |
2018 | Stormy Liberal | Drayden Van Dyke | Peter L. Miller | Rockingham Ranch & D. A. Bernsen | 55.66 | $88,400 | Listed | [10] |
2017 | Tribalist | Victor Espinoza | Blake R. Heap | G. Watts Humphrey Jr. | 56.93 | $104,620 | [11] | |
2016 | Why Two | Norberto Arroyo Jr. | Michael Machowsky | Kagele Brothers, E. Marchosky, K. Shaw & Lo Hi Stable | 56.01 | $100,000 | [12] | |
2015 | Holy Lute | Santiago Gonzalez | James M. Cassidy | Class Racing Stables | 56.24 | $87,080 | [13] | |
2014 | Merit Man | Kent J. Desormeaux | Robert B. Hess Jr. | B. Chandler, Double Kee & Purple Shamrock | 57.22 | $94,500 | [2] | |
2013 | Sirocco Strike | Julien R. Leparoux | Jeff Mullins | Trueline Racing | 55.34 | $100,690 | [14] | |
2012 | Shrug | Victor Espinoza | Carla Gaines | Swift Thoroughbreds | 56.00 | $93,600 | [15] | |
2011 | Raetodandty | Joseph Talamo | Val Brinkerhoff | Val Brinkerhoff | 55.64 | $105,745 | [16] | |
2010 | California Flag | Mike E. Smith | Brian J. Koriner | Hi Card Ranch | 55.58 | $102,175 | [17] | |
2009 | California Flag | Joseph Talamo | Brian J. Koriner | Hi Card Ranch | 55.22 | $106,100 | Listed | [18] |
2008 | Get Funky | Jose Valdivia Jr. | John W. Sadler | Keith Abraham | 55.10 | $102,175 | Listed | [19] |
2007 | Barber | Richard Migliore | Art Sherman | William J. Zellerbach | 55.71 | $95,760 | Listed | [20] |
2006 | Fast Parade | Norberto Arroyo Jr. | Peter L. Miller | Gary & Cecil Barber | 54.75 | $95,545 | Listed | [21] |
2005 | Courageous King | Mike E. Smith | Wesley A. Ward | R and R King Stables & Wesley Ward | 55.11 | $76,300 | Listed | [22] |
2004 | Geronimo (CHI) | Corey Nakatani | Michael Machowsky | W. C. Buster Jr., Rusty Hays, Surfside Equine, et al. | 55.15 | $76,350 | Listed | [23] |
2003 | King Robyn | Alex O. Solis | Jeff Mullins | Cornejo Racing | 55.45 | $78,800 | Listed | [1] |
Legend:
All Weather Track
Turf
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2003 Green Flash H. Listed (race 7)". Equibase. 20 August 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ a b "2014 Green Flash H. Black Type (race 7)". Equibase. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "GREEN FLASH HANDICAP - MULTIPLE TRACKS". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2024 Green Flash H. Grade 3 (race 9)". Equibase. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "2023 Green Flash H. Grade 3 (race 9)". Equibase. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "2022 Green Flash H. Grade 3 (race 9)". Equibase. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "2021 Green Flash H. Grade 3 (race 6)" (PDF). Equibase. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "2020 Green Flash H. Grade 3 (race 3)". Equibase. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "2019 Green Flash H. Grade 3 (race 3)". Equibase. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2018 Green Flash H. Listed - (race 7)". Equibase. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2017 Green Flash H. Black Type - (race 7)". Equibase. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2016 Green Flash H. Black Type - (race 7)". Equibase. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2015 Green Flash H. Black Type - (race 7)". Equibase. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2013 Green Flash H. Black Type - (race 7)". Equibase. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2012 Green Flash H. Black Type - (race 7)". Equibase. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2011 Green Flash H. Black Type - (race 7)". Equibase. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2010 Green Flash H. Black Type - (race 7)". Equibase. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2009 Green Flash H. Listed - (race 8)". Equibase. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2008 Green Flash H. Listed - (race 7)". Equibase. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2007 Green Flash H. Listed - (race 7)". Equibase. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2006 Green Flash H. Listed - (race 7)". Equibase. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2005 Green Flash H. Listed - (race 7)". Equibase. 17 August 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "2004 Green Flash H. Listed - (race 7)". Equibase. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2020.