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Palm Beach Handicap

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Palm Beach Handicap
Discontinued Grade III Stakes race
LocationHialeah Park Race Track
Hialeah, Florida,
United States
Inaugurated1937
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackGrass, left-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightHandicap

The Palm Beach Handicap is a discontinued American Grade 3 Thoroughbred horse race run between 1937 and 1976 at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. Open to horses aged three and older, from inception through 1965 it was run on dirt after which it became a race on turf.

Historical notes

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First run on February 27, 1937, the race was won by Calumet Farm's Count Morse with jockey Irving Anderson aboard. [1] Following that inaugural running, the Palm Beach Handicap was not held again until 1941, a year frequently reported as its first edition.[2] The final running took place on January 21, 1976 and was won by Sea Lawyer who was ridden by Gerland Gallitano for the Shore View Farm partnership of three Florida medical doctors.[3]

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:39.80 @ 1-1/16 miles on turf : Star Envoy (1972)
  • 1:22.00 @ 7 furlongs on dirt: Crafty Admiral (1952) & Pointer (1960)

Most wins:

  • 2 - Switch On (1956, 1957)
  • 2 - Point du Jour (1966, 1967)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Win $
Gr.
1976 Sea Lawyer 6 Gerland Gallitano Kenneth O. Kemp Shore View Farm Inc. 1-1/16 m (t) 1:41.60 $20,800 G3
1975 Buffalo Lark 5 Ruben Hernandez Joseph M. Bollero Rogers Red Top Farm (Walter F. Mullady) 1-1/16 m (t) 1:41.00 $21,645 G3
1974 Take Off 5 Ruben Hernandez Frank Catrone Ada L. Rice 1-1/16 m (t) 1:41.60 G3
1973 Unanime 6 Jorge Velasquez Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1-1/16 m (t) 1:42.20 $22,197 G3
1972-1 Joe Gaylord 5 Craig Perret Arnold N. Winick Maribel G. Blum 1-1/16 m (t) 1:41.00
1972-2 Star Envoy 4 Jacinto Vasquez Everett W. King Lloyd I. Miller 1-1/16 m (t) 1:39.80
1971-1 Drumtop 5 Chuck Baltazar Roger Laurin James B. Moseley 1-1/16 m (t) 1:41.40 $17,306
1971-2 Mongo's Pride 4 Carlos Marquez Sr. Don Combs Mrs. Russell L. Reineman 1-1/16 m (t) 1:42.00 $17,306
1970 Vent du Nord 4 Ron Turcotte Alfred A. Scotti Emanuel Mittman 1-1/16 m (t) 1:41.00 $20,897
1969-1 Needles Stitch 5 John L. Rotz Freeman E. McMillan Robert Braunsdorf & Robert Levine 1-1/16 m (t) 1:43.60 $16,656
1969-2 Doon 4 Ron Turcotte Alfred A. Scotti Emanuel Mittman 1-1/16 m (t) 1:43.20 $16,656
1968-1 Abe's Hope 5 Braulio Baeza Del W. Carroll Grand Prix Stable (Joseph Bartell & Robert Byfield) 1-1/16 m (t) 1:44.00 $17,680
1968-2 Polyfoto 6 Angel Cordero Jr. Michael F. Fogarty Patrick C. Rowe 1-1/16 m (t) 1:42.80 $17,355
1967-1 Point du Jour 6 Ron Turcotte Nick Combest Edith Baily Dent 1-1/16 m (t) 1:46.20 $17,420
1967-2 Third Martini 8 Ernest Cardone H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1-1/16 m (t) 1:45.80 $17,582
1966-1 First Family 4 Larry Adams Casey Hayes Meadow Stable 1-1/16 m (t) 1:42.60 $18,135
1966-2 Point du Jour 5 Ron Turcotte Nick Combest Edith Baily Dent 1-1/16 m (t) 1:46.20 $18,135
1965 Lt. Stevens 4 Tommy Barrow Charles P. Sanborn Ernest Woods 7 f (d) 1:24.00 $19,890
1964 Rainy Lake 5 Bobby Ussery John A. Nerud Joseph M. Roebling 7 f (d) 1:23.00 $20,962
1963 Ridan 4 Steve Brooks LeRoy Jolley Dorothy Jolley, Ernest Woods, John L. Greer 7 f (d) 1:22.80 $19,240
1962 Intentionally 6 Bobby Ussery John A. Nerud Tartan Stable 7 f (d) 1:22.60 $21,742
1961 April Skies 4 Heriberto Hinojosa Gene W. Semler Jerome DeRenzo 7 f (d) 1:23.00 $19,272
1960 Pointer 4 Walter Blum Ira G. Hanford Loren P. Guy 7 f (d) 1:22.00 $15,841
1959 Clem 5 Johnny Sellers William W. Stephens Adele L. Rand 7 f (d) 1:23.20 $16,068
1958 Encore 4 Sam Boulmetis J. Elliott Burch Brookmeade Stable 7 f (d) 1:23.80 $15,775
1957 Switch On 6 Sam Boulmetis John A. Nerud Formella Stables (James Forma & Gerald S. Colella) 7 f (d) 1:24.20 $20,750
1956 Switch On 5 Bobby Ussery John A. Nerud Gerald S. Colella 7 f (d) 1:24.00 $19,175
1955 Blessbull 4 John H. Skelly Herbert E. Lewis Maurice Sims 6 f (d) 1:09.40 $14,975
1954 Impasse 4 James D. Nichols Francis J. Scott Valley Farm (L. Larry Katz) 7 f (d) 1:24.00 $14,725
1953 Oil Capitol 6 Conn McCreary Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 7 f (d) 1:24.40 $14,500
1952 Crafty Admiral 4 Con Errico Robert B. Odom Charfran Stable (Charles & Frances Cohen) 7 f (d) 1:22.00 $9,500
1951 American Glory 5 Kenneth Church Thomas J. Carroll Cross Bell Ranch 7 f (d) 1:23.80 $7,295
1950 Nell K 4 Warren Mehrtens John B. Partridge Spring Hill Farm 7 f (d) 1:22.80 $6,935
1949 Blue Border 5 Ted Atkinson George T. Poole Greentree Stable 7 f (d) 1:23.00 $9,100
1948 Delegate 4 Ted Atkinson Ross O. Higdon Woolford Farm 7 f (d) 1:24.40 $7,950
1947 The Shaker 4 Carson Kirk Charles V. Gribbin Samuel D. Riddle 7 f (d) 1:23.40 $8,500
1946-1 Happy Buckie 4 Lawrence Hansman Charles M. Feltner Gustave Ring 7 f (d) 1:23.20 $8,925
1946-2 Buzfuz 4 Eddie Arcaro Joseph B. Rosen Sunshine Stable (Dan Chappell & Moze Rauzin) 7 f (d) 1:22.80 $8,550
1945 Race not held
1944-1 Four Freedoms 4 Eddie Arcaro John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 7 f (d) 1:26.40 $4,040
1944-2 Old Grad 5 Mike Caffarella Canupet Stable 7 f (d) 1:28.80 $4,140
1943 Race not held
1942 Get Off 6 Basil James William B. Finnegan Edward S. Moore 7 f (d) 1:25.20 $4,990
1941 Beau James 5 Wendell Eads Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 7 f (d) 1:26.00 $4,490
1938 - 1940 Race not held
1937 Count Morse 4 Irving Anderson Frank J. Kearns Calumet Farm 1 m (d) 1:36.00

References

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  1. ^ "Flamingo Annexed by Court Scandal". New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1937-02-28. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  2. ^ "Beau James Victor at Hialeah Track". San Bernardino Sun, Volume 46. 1941-01-19. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  3. ^ "Palm Beach Handicap". Equibase.com. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-12-16.