Donn Handicap
| Grade I race (discontinued) | |
| Location |
Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1959 |
| Last run | 2016 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website |
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| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-year-olds and up |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | $500,000 |
The Donn Handicap is a former American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late January/early February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The race is named after the Donn family, who for many years owned and operated the racetrack. It was open to horses four years old and up, raced on dirt over a distance of one and one-eighth miles.
Three horses have won the race twice. Inaugurated at a distance of a mile and a half, the only horse to ever win the race twice at that distance was One-Eyed-King who did it back-to-back in 1959 and 1960. At its present distance of one and one-eighth miles, Pistols and Roses won it back-to-back in 1993 and 1994 as did the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Cigar for the two ensuing years.
A total of three horses that have won the Donn Handicap went on to be named either the Eclipse Award for American Horse of the Year or American Champion Older Male Horse that year: Saint Liam, Skip Away and Cigar. In addition, reigning Horse of the Year Invasor won the Donn in 2007 prior to taking the Dubai World Cup.
From 2017, the Donn Handicap is replaced on the Gulfstream racing calendar by the new $12 million Pegasus World Cup race.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 1⁄8 miles)
- 1 1⁄8 miles - 1:46.40 - Jumping Hill (1979)
Most wins by a horse:
- 2 - Cigar (1995 & 1996)
- 2 - Pistols and Roses (1993 & 1994)
- 2 - One-Eyed-King (1959 & 1960)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 5 - Todd A. Pletcher (2010 & 2003, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 6 - Jerry D. Bailey (1988, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001 & 2004)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Allen E. Paulson (1995 & 1996)
- 2 - Shadwell Stable (2007 & 2009)
- 2 - Willis Family Stable (1993 & 1994)
- 2 - Twin Creeks Racing Stable (2013, 2015)
Winners of the Donn Handicap since 1972
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time | Purse |
Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mshawish | 6 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Al Shaqab Racing | 1-1/8 | 1:47.89 | $500,000 | I |
| 2015 | Constitution | 5 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Twin Creeks Racing Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:49.51 | $500,000 | I |
| 2014 | Lea | 5 | Joel Rosario | William I. Mott | Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, Adele B. | 1-1/8 | 1:46.86 | $500,000 | I |
| 2013 | Graydar | 4 | Edgar Prado | Todd A. Pletcher | Twin Creeks Racing Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:48.25 | $500,000 | I |
| 2012 | Hymn Book | 6 | John Velazquez | Shug McGaughey | Stuart S. Janney, III | 1-1/8 | 1:49.16 | $500,000 | I |
| 2011 | Giant Oak | 5 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Chris M. Block | Virginia H. Tarra Trust | 1-1/8 | 1:48.23 | $500,000 | I |
| 2010 | Quality Road | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Edward P. Evans | 1-1/8 | 1:47.49 | $500,000 | I |
| 2009 | Albertus Maximus | 5 | Alan Garcia | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.96 | $500,000 | I |
| 2008 | Spring At Last | 4 | Eibar Coa | Doug O'Neill | Reddam / WinStar | 1-1/8 | 1:48.35 | $500,000 | I |
| 2007 | Invasor | 4 | Fernando Jara | Kiaran McLaughlin | Shadwell Racing | 1-1/8 | 1:48.43 | $500,000 | I |
| 2006 | Brass Hat | 5 | Willie Martinez | William B. Bradley | Fred F. Bradley | 1-1/8 | 1:47.79 | $500,000 | I |
| 2005 | Saint Liam | 5 | Edgar Prado | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | William & Suzanne Warren | 1-1/8 | 1:48.43 | $500,000 | I |
| 2004 | Medaglia d'Oro | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1-1/8 | 1:47.68 | $500,000 | I |
| 2003 | Harlan's Holiday | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Starlight Stable LLC | 1-1/8 | 1:49.17 | $500,000 | I |
| 2002 | Mongoose | 4 | Edgar Prado | H. James Bond | Gary & Mary West | 1-1/8 | 1:49.63 | $500,000 | I |
| 2001 | Captain Steve | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Pegram | 1-1/8 | 1:48.95 | $500,000 | I |
| 2000 | Stephen Got Even | 4 | Shane Sellers | Nick Zito | Stephen & Tomisue Hilbert | 1-1/8 | 1:48.50 | $500,000 | I |
| 1999 | Puerto Madero | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard Mandella | Haras Santa Olga | 1-1/8 | 1:48.34 | $500,000 | I |
| 1998 | Skip Away | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Sonny Hine | Carolyn Hine | 1-1/8 | 1:50.17 | $300,000 | I |
| 1997 | Formal Gold | 4 | Joe Bravo | William W. Perry | John D. Murphy | 1-1/8 | 1:47.49 | $300,000 | I |
| 1996 | Cigar | 6 | Jerry D. Bailey | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1-1/8 | 1:49.12 | $300,000 | I |
| 1995 | Cigar | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | William I. Mott | Allen E. Paulson | 1-1/8 | 1:49.68 | $300,000 | I |
| 1994 | Pistols and Roses | 5 | Heberto Castillo, Jr. | George Gianos | Willis Family Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:50.67 | $300,000 | I |
| 1993 | Pistols and Roses | 4 | Heberto Castillo, Jr. | George Gianos | Willis Family Stables | 1-1/8 | 1:50.10 | $400,000 | I |
| 1992 | Sea Cadet | 4 | Alex Solis | Ron McAnally | Verne H. Winchell | 1-1/8 | 1:48.17 | $500,000 | I |
| 1991 | Jolie's Halo | 4 | Robin Platts | Happy Alter | Arthur I. Appleton | 1-1/8 | 1:47.50 | $500,000 | I |
| 1990 | Primal | 5 | Earlie Fires | Jimmy Bracken | Tartan Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:50.00 | $200,000 | I |
| 1989 | Cryptoclearance | 5 | Jose A. Santos | Scotty Schulhofer | Philip Teinowitz | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $200,000 | I |
| 1988 | Jade Hunter | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Richard J. Lundy | Summa Stable/Paulson | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $200,000 | I |
| 1987 | Little Bold John | 5 | Mike A. Gonzalez | John Robb | Hidden Hill Farm et al. | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $200,000 | II |
| 1986 | Creme Fraiche | 4 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Brushwood Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:51.20 | $125,000 | II |
| 1985 | Mo Exception | 4 | Robert Breen | Ken Masters | Kenneth Kleier | 1-1/8 | 1:48.60 | $125,000 | II |
| 1984 | Play Fellow | 4 | Pat Day | Harvey L. Vanier | Vanier/Lauer/Victor | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $100,000 | II |
| 1983 | Deputy Minister | 4 | Don MacBeth | Reynaldo H. Nobles | Due Process Stable et al. | 1-1/8 | 1:48.60 | $100,000 | II |
| 1982 | Joanie's Chief | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Gene Jacobs | M/M Peter Barbarino | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $100,000 | II |
| 1981 | Hurry Up Blue | 4 | Carlos Lopez | Reynaldo H. Nobles | Due Process Stable | 1-1/8 | 1:49.00 | $100,000 | II |
| 1980 | Lot O' Gold | 4 | Don Brumfield | Smiley Adams | Frederick E. Lehmann | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $90,000 | II |
| 1979 | Jumping Hill | 7 | Jeffrey Fell | Horatio Luro | El Peco Ranch | 1-1/8 | 1:46.40 | $90,000 | II |
| 1978 | Man's Man | 4 | Robert Woodhouse | Thomas W. Kelley | Glenn S. Bromagen | 1-1/16 | 1:42.20 | $100,000 | II |
| 1977 | Legion | 7 | Larry Saumell | G. F. Jabalee | Ralph E. Chapman | 1-1/8 | 1:48.80 | $60,000 | II |
| 1976 | Foolish Pleasure | 4 | Braulio Baeza | LeRoy Jolley | John L. Greer | 7 fur. | 1:21.40 | $60,000 | II |
| 1975 | Proud And Bold | 5 | Gene St. Leon | John Zarthar | Bob Van Worp, Sr. | 1-1/8 | 1:48.00 | $60,000 | II |
| 1974 | Forego | 4 | Heliodoro Gustines | Frank Y. Whiteley, Jr. | Lazy F Ranch | 1-1/8 | 1:48.60 | $60,000 | III |
| 1973 | Triumphant | 4 | Braulio Baeza | Joe Bollero | Russell L. Reineman | 1-1/8 | 1:47.80 | $60,000 | III |
| 1972 | Going Straight | 4 | Braulio Baeza | Elwood McCann | Donamire Farm | 1-1/8 | 1:51.20 | $60,000 | |
Earlier winners
- 1971 - Judgable
- 1970 - Twogundan
- 1969 - Funny Fellow
- 1968 - Favorable Turn
- 1967 - Francuis U
- 1966 - Tronado
- 1965 - Gun Bow
- 1964 - Cedar Key
- 1963 - Tutankhamen
- 1962 - Jay Fox
- 1961 - General Arthur
- 1960 - One-Eyed-King
- 1959 - One-Eyed-King
See also
References
- The Donn Handicap at Pedigree Query
- The Donn Handicap at the NTRA
- Ten Things You Should Know About the Donn Handicap at Hello Race Fans!
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