Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes
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| Grade I race | |
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| Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship | |
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| Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California  |
| Inaugurated | 1969 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.santaanita.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1¼ miles (10 furlongs) |
| Track | Grass, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & Up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $250,000 |
The Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the Oak Tree Racing Association's Autumn Meeting at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
It is raced over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the turf and is one of the final prep races leading to the Breeders' Cup Turf. A Grade I event open to horses three years old and up, it currently offers a purse of $250,000.
Inaugurated as the Oak Tree Stakes in 1969, from 1971 through 1995 it was called the Oak Tree Invitational Stakes, and from 1996 through 1999, the Oak Tree Turf Championship Stakes.
From 1969 through 1994 it was raced at a distance of 1½ miles.
[edit] Records
Time record: (at current 1¼ miles distance)
- 1:58.48 - Admise (1996)
Most wins:
- 3 - John Henry (1980, 1981, 1982)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Dotsam Stable (1980, 1981, 1982)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 8 - Bill Shoemaker (1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 9 - Charles Whittingham (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1986)
[edit] Winners of the Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2007 | Artiste Royal | 6 | Joe Talamo | Neil Drysdale | David and Jill Heerensperger | 1:59.89 |
| 2006 | The Tin Man | 8 | Victor Espinoza | Richard Mandella | Ralph & Aury Todd | 2:00.12 |
| 2005 | Fourty Niners Son | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Neil D. Drysdale | Tom Baxter | 2:01.17 |
| 2004 | Star Over The Bay | 6 | Tyler Baze | Mike Mitchell | G Racing / VanBurger et al | 1:58.70 |
| 2003 | Storming Home | 5 | Gary Stevens | Neil Drysdale | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:01.64 |
| 2002 | The Tin Man | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Richard Mandella | Ralph & Aury Todd | 1:58.93 |
| 2001 | Senure | 5 | Alex Solis | Bobby Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:59.47 |
| 2000 | Mash One | 6 | David R. Flores | Robert J. Frankel | Amerman Racing / Palumbo | 2:00.67 |
| 1999 | Mash One | 5 | David R. Flores | Robert J. Frankel | Amerman Racing / Palumbo | 1:59.07 |
| 1998 | Military | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Wallace Dollase | The Thoroughbred Corp. | 2:02.04 |
| 1997 | Rainbow Dancer | 6 | Alex Solis | Jenine Sahadi | Evergreen Farm | 2:01.94 |
| 1996 | Admise * | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Walter Greenman | Biszantz & Vandeweghe | 1:58.48 |
| 1995 | Northern Spur | 4 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Charles J. Cella | 2:02.37 |
| 1994 | Sandpit | 5 | Corey Nakatani | Richard Mandella | Sierra Thoroughbreds | 2:25.12 |
| 1993 | Kotashaan | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard Mandella | La Presle Farm | 2:25.06 |
| 1992 | Navarone | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Rodney Rash | Robert E. Hibbert | 2:24.29 |
| 1991 | Filago | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert J. Frankel | Emund A. Gann | 2:23.62 |
| 1990 | Rial | 5 | Rafael Meza | A. Pico Perdomo | Enrique Carlos Boelcke | 2:23.80 |
| 1989 | Hawkster | 3 | Russell Baze | Ron McAnally | M/M J. Shelton Meredith | 2:22.80 |
| 1988 | Nasr El Arab | 3 | Gary L. Stevens | Andre Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:25.20 |
| 1987 | Allez Milord * | 4 | Chris McCarron | John Gosden | Gallagher Farm | 2:36.20 |
| 1986 | Estrapade | 6 | Fernando Toro | Charles Whittingham | Allen E. Paulson | 2:26.00 |
| 1985 | Yashgan | 4 | Chris McCarron | John Sullivan | Liebau et al | 2:27.20 |
| 1984 | Both Ends Burning | 4 | Russell Baze | Neil Drysdale | Burdett-Coutts & Nelson | 2:25.40 |
| 1983 | Zalataia | 4 | Freddy Head | Andre Fabre | Edith de Gil | 2:29.20 |
| 1982 | John Henry | 7 | Bill Shoemaker | Ron McAnally | Dotsam Stable | 2:24.00 |
| 1981 | John Henry | 6 | Bill Shoemaker | Ron McAnally | Dotsam Stable | 2:23.40 |
| 1980 | John Henry | 5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Ron McAnally | Dotsam Stable | 2:23.40 |
| 1979 | Balzac | 4 | Chris McCarron | Charles Whittingham | Elizabeth A. Keck | 2:25.40 |
| 1978 | Exceller | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 2:24.60 |
| 1977 | Crystal Water | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Roger E. Clapp | Connie M. Ring | 2:26.40 |
| 1976 | King Pellinore | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Cardiff Stock Farm | 2:31.40 |
| 1975 | Top Command | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | M/M Q. Martin / Murty Farm | 2:26.00 |
| 1974 | Tallahto | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Charles Whittingham | Elizabeth A. Keck | 2:25.80 |
| 1973 | Portentous | 3 | John Ramirez | E. S. Jackson | Daniel Schwartz | 2:25.60 |
| 1972 | Cougar II | 6 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Mary F. Jones | 2:27.20 |
| 1971 | Cougar II | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Mary F. Jones | 2:24.60 |
| 1970 | Daryl's Joy | 4 | Johnny Sellers | Charles Whittingham | R. K. C. Goh | 2:26.20 |
| 1969 | Czar Alexander | 4 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Angel Penna, Sr. | Gustav Ring | 2:23.40 |
- In 1996, Bon Point finished first but was disqualified and set back to fiftth place.
- In 1987 the winning time may have been affected because the race was started on the backstretch instead of from its normal hillside position.
