Oaklawn Handicap
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Grade II race | |
Location | Oaklawn Park Race Track Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1946 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Four-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $600,000 (2015) |
The Oaklawn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of April at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
A Grade II event raced on dirt, since 1984 it has been contested over a distance of 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs). It previously was raced at 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).
Records
Track record: (at current distance of 1 1⁄8 miles)
- 1:46 3/5 - Snow Chief (1987) (New race and track record)
Most wins:
- 2 - Styrunner (1957, 1959)
- 2 - Gay Revoke (1964, 1965)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Pat Day (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2001)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - D. Wayne Lukas (1985, 1989, 2005, 2014)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Allen E. Paulson (1990, 1995, 1996, 2000)
Winners of the Oaklawn Handicap since 1969
* † In 2009, It's a Bird won the race but was later disqualified after testing positive for trace levels of naproxen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
Earlier winners
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- 1968 - Diplomat Way
- 1967 - Mike's Red
- 1966 - Swift Ruler
- 1965 - Gay Revoke
- 1964 - Gay Revoke
- 1963 - Wa-Wa Cy
- 1962 - Blue Croon
- 1961 - Santiago
- 1960 - Little Fitz
- 1959 - Styrunner
- 1958 - Manassas
- 1957 - Styrunner
- 1956 - Come On Red
- 1955 - No race
- 1954 - Andros
- 1953 - Our Challenge
- 1952 - Spur On
- 1951 - Boo Boo Shoo
- 1950 - Thwarted
- 1949 - Fancy Flyer
- 1948 - Dinner Hour
- 1947 - Sugar Beet
- 1946 - Lights Abeam
- 1944 - Challenge Me