Lone Star Park Handicap Explained

Class:Discontinued stakes
Horse Race:Lone Star Park Handicap
Location:Lone Star Park
Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
Inaugurated:1997
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance: miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface:Dirt
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Three-years-old and older
Weight:Assigned
Purse:$200,000 (2017)

The Lone Star Park Handicap was a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses three-years-old and older over a distance miles on the dirt held annually during the last week of May at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas that was last held in 2018.

History

The event was inaugurated in 1997, the year Lone Star Park opened. The event was classified as a Grade III in 2000.[1] In 2001, Dixie Dot Com became the only horse to win in the same year the Lone Star Park Handicap and the Texas Mile Stakes, known as "The Texas Two Step." In 2013, Master Rick accomplished the same feat.[2]

In 2010, Rosie Napravnik became the first female rider to win a graded stakes race in Lone Star Park history.[1]

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
Purse
Grade
2018Shotgun Kowboy6Luis S. QuinonezC. R. TroutC. R. Trout1:44.84$200,000III
2017Danzing Candy 4Mike E. SmithBob BaffertHalo Farms, J. and D. Bashor 1:43.01$200,000III
2016Cyrus Alexander4Martin GarciaJerry HollendorferSpendthrift Farm/Stonestreet Stables1:43.12$200,000III
2015Majestic City6Charles C. LopezRichard BaltasBloom Racing Stable1:43.31$200,000III
2014Grand Contender6Richard E. EramiaThomas M. AmossMaggi Moss1:43.83$200,000III
2013Master Rick4Ricardo Santana, Jr.Steven AsmussenRichard L. Davis1:42.09$300,000III
2012Nates Mineshaft4Donald Edward SimingtonWesley E. HawleyOrth/Hawley1:42.91$300,000III
2011Awesome Gem8Robby AlbaradoCraig DollaseWest Point Thoroughbreds1:43.48$300,000III
2010Redding Colliery4Rosie NapravnikKiaran McLaughlinMrs. Fitriani Hay.1:42.13$300,000III
2009It's a Bird6Julien LeparouxMartin D. WolfsonEdmund A. Gann1:41.83$400,000III
2008Giant Gizmo4Garrett GomezRobert J. FrankelStronach Stable1:43.01$400,000III
2007Bob and John4Garrett GomezBob BaffertStonerside Stable1:45.02$400,000III
2006Magnum5Pat ValenzuelaDarrell ViennaHerrick Racing LLC 1:42.88$400,000III
2005Supah Blitz5Jon CourtDouglas F. O'NeillBlack Saddle Stable et al.1:41.90$300,000III
2004Yessirgeneralsir4Omar FigueroaDallas KeenJim D. Jackson 1:41.29$300,000III
2003Pie N Burger5Jamie TheriotCole NormanKagele Bros. et al. 1:42.03$300,000III
2002Congaree4Pat DayBob BaffertStonerside Stable1:42.96$300,000III
2001Dixie Dot Com6David FloresWilliam Morey, Jr.D. & C. Chaiken/B. & R. Heller 1:40.53$300,000III
2000Luftikus4David FloresVladimir Cerin1:40.87$300,000III
1999Mocha Express5Marlon St. JulienTim HarderMary Dodd/A. R. Harder1:43.36$300,000
1998Mocha Express4Marlon St. JulienTim HarderA. R. Harder/Don Strate 1:42.17$200,000
1997Connecting Terms4Larry MelanconW. Elliott WaldenPrestonwood Farm1:41.97$200,000

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lone Star Park Handicap (Gr. 3). equibase. 2017. 27 May 2017.
  2. Web site: #gradedstakes . 2017 . 27 May 2017 . Imgrun.