Pan American Handicap
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| Grade III race | |
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| Pan American Handicap | |
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| Location | Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida  |
| Inaugurated | 1962 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.gulfstreampark.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1½ miles (12 furlongs) |
| Track | Grass, left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-Year-Olds and Up |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | $150,000 |
The Pan American Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of March at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Raced on turf over a distance of one and a half miles, the event is open to horses four years of age and older.
A Grade III race since 2006, the Pan American Handicap was rated a GII event from 1990 through 2005 prior to which it had been a Grade I event since 1983.
Inaugurated in 1962 as a race competed over a distance of one and one eighth miles, it was changed to its present one and a half miles in 1965.
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[edit] Records
Time record: (at present distance of 1½ miles)
- 2:23.15 - Unite's Big Red (1999)
Most wins:
- 2 - Buck's Boy (1998, 2000)
[edit] Winners of the Pan American Handicap since 1988
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2008 | Presious Passion | 5 | Ariel Smith | Mary Hartmann | Patricia Generazio | 2:26.15 |
| 2007 | Jambalaya | 5 | Javier Castellano | Catherine Day Phillips | Todd & C. D. Phillips | 2:24.98 |
| 2006 | Silver Whistle | 4 | Edgar Prado | William I. Mott | Stronach Stables | 2:24.35 |
| 2005 | Navesink River | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Char-Mari Stable | 2:25.95 |
| 2004 | Quest Star | 5 | Pat Day | W. Elliott Walden | Mansell Stables | 2:26.46 |
| 2003 | Quest Star | 4 | Edgar Prado | W. Elliott Walden | Mansell Stables | 2:28.45 |
| 2002 | Deeliteful Irving | 4 | Chris DeCarlo | Todd A. Pletcher | Anstu Stables | 2:24.14 |
| 2001 | What A Brainstorm | 4 | John R. Velazquez | James E. Picou | John Eaton/Steve Laymon | 2:23.75 |
| 2000 | Buck's Boy | 7 | Edgar Prado | P. Noel Hickey | Quarter B Farm | 2:24.80 |
| 1999 | Unite's Big Red | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Randy Mills | Breakaway Racing Stable | 2:23.15 |
| 1998 | Buck's Boy | 5 | Earlie Fires | P. Noel Hickey | Quarter B Farm | 2:23.43 |
| 1997 | Flag Down | 7 | Jose Santos | Christophe Clement | Allen E. Paulson | 2:27.08 |
| 1996 | Celtic Arms | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Ben D. A. Cecil | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:25.71 |
| 1995 | Awad | 5 | Eddie Maple | David Donk | Ryehill Farm | 2:29.44 |
| 1994 | Fraise | 6 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Madeleine A. Paulson | 2:24.65 |
| 1993 | Fraise | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | William I. Mott | Madeleine A. Paulson | 2:32.86 |
| 1992 | Wall Street Dancer | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | Niall M. O'Callaghan | John D. Gunther | 2:25.53 |
| 1991 | Phantom Breeze | 5 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Bertram R. Firestone | 2:29.55 |
| 1990 | My Big Boy | 7 | Heberto Castillo, Jr. | C. R. McGaughey III | Heidi Doubleday | nf |
| 1989 | Mi Selecto | 4 | Not found | W. Augusti | Eduardo Azpurua, Sr. | nf |
| 1988 | Carotene | 5 | Don Seymour | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 2:25.00 |
[edit] Earlier winners
- 1987 - Iroko
- 1986 - Power Break
- 1985 - Selous Scout
- 1984 - Tonzarun
- 1983 - Highland Blade
- 1982 - Robsphere
- 1981 - Little Bonny
- 1980 - Flitalong
- 1979 - Noble Dancer
- 1978 - Bowl Game
- 1977 - Gravelines
- 1976 - Improviser
- 1975 - Buffalo Lark
- 1974 - London Company
- 1973 - Lord Vancouver
- 1972 - Unanime
- 1971 - Chompion
- 1970 - One For All
- 1969 - Hibernian
- 1968 - Irish Rebellion
- 1967 - War Censor
- 1966 - Pillanlelbun
- 1965 - Cool Prince
- 1964 - Babington
- 1963 - Sensitivo
- 1962 - Shirley Jones
