Ouija Board Handicap Explained

Surface:Turf
Class:Grade III
Horse Race:Ouija Board Handicap
Location:Lone Star Park
Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
Inaugurated:1997
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website:www.lonestarpark.com
Distance:1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track:Left-handed
Qualification:Fillies & Mare, 3-years-old & up
Weight:Assigned
Purse:$200,000

The Ouija Board Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually on Memorial Day at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

A Grade III event since 2003, it is contested on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) and is open to fillies and mares, age three and older.

Inaugurated in 1997 as the Fort Worth Handicap, it was contested at a distance of miles until 1999 when it was renamed the Prestonwood Distaff Handicap and set at a distance of one mile. From 2000 through 2006 it was raced as the Winstar Distaff Handicap. In 2007, the race was renamed to honor superstar filly Ouija Board, the European Horse of the Year in 2004 and 2006 who won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 2004 when the Breeders' Cup races were hosted by Lone Star Park.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile)

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011Wasted Tears6Julien LeparouxBart B. EvansBart B. Evans1:34.06
2010Wasted Tears5Cliff BerryBart B. EvansBart B. Evans1:33.25
2009Wasted Tears 4Eguard TejeraBart B. EvansBart B. Evans1:32.81
2008Brownie Points5Luis QuinonezDonnie K. Von HemelPin Oak Stable1:35.82
2007Lady of Venice 4Garrett GomezPatrick BianconeMartin S. Schwartz1:38.32
2006Sweet Talker4Ramon DominguezH. Graham MotionCourtlandt Farms 1:38.66
2005Katdogawn5Jerry BaileyWallace DollaseJim Ford Inc./John Cuchna 1:39.53
2004Academic Angel5Shane SellersSteve AsmussenCash Asmussen1:35.98
2003Eagle Lake5Gerard MelanconCole NormanTurf Express Inc. 1:43.02
2002Queen of Wilshire6David FloresDarrell ViennaE A Ranches1:38.96
2001Voladora6Cliff BerryDonnie K. Von HemelGeorge O. Kleier 1:42.23
2000Mumtaz4Victor EspinozaThomas M. AmossBates, Hendricks, et al. 1:37.28
1999Heritage Of Gold4Casey LambertSteve AsmussenJack Garey1:37.75
1998Arctica 4E.J. PerrodinTony J. RicheyRoyce Roberts1:46.53
1997Fresa5Corey LanerieBill SticeTom Ball1:46.68

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