Bowling Green Handicap
Grade II race | |
Location |
Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1958 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 3⁄8 miles (11 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $250,000 (2015) |
The Bowling Green Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Raced on turf, the Grade II event is open to four-year-olds and up who are willing to race the 1 3⁄8 miles distance. Previously run in June or July, the Bowling Green was run for the 57th time on August 1, 2015. In 2014 it was moved back to July.
In winning the Bowling Green Handicap on June 17, 1990 at Belmont Park, With Approval set a new World Record of 2:10.20 for 1 3⁄8 miles on turf. As of July 2016, the record remains unmatched.[1]
Named for the area on the lower tip of Manhattan Island, the Bowling Green was raced at Aqueduct Race Track from 1963 to 1967 before moving to Belmont Park. The 2008 edition was replaced in its summer spot by the Man o' War Stakes. The Man o' War was moved from a fall schedule to improve turf scheduling competition. In 2015 the New York Racing Association moved the Bowling Green to Saratoga.[2]
Since inception in 1958, the Bowling Green has been contested at various distances:
- 1 3⁄8 miles (11 furlongs) : 1958-1959, 1978-2011, 2015 to present
- 1 1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs) : 2014
- 1 1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs) : 1977, 2012-2013
- 1 5⁄8 miles (13 furlongs) : 1963-1967
- 1 1⁄2 miles (12 furlongs) : 1960-1962, 1968-1976
Records
Speed record: (at distance of 1 3⁄8 miles)
- 2:10.20 - With Approval (new World Record)
Most wins:
- 2 - Whitmore's Conn (2002, 2003)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Rokeby Stables (1970, 1972, 1973, 1984)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Jorge Velasquez (1969, 1970, 1982)
- 3 - Jerry Bailey (1984, 1991, 2001)
- 3 - John Velazquez (1994, 1998, 2012)
- 3 - Javier Castellano (2013, 2015, 2016)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2016 | Flintshire (GB) | 6 | Javier Castellano | Chad C. Brown | Juddmonte Farms | 2:18.24 |
2015 | Red Rifle | 5 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Twin Creeks Racing | 2:13.69 |
2014 | Hangover Kid | 6 | Jose Lezcano | Jason Servis | Four Tags Stable | 2:28.18 |
2013 | Hyper | 6 | Javier Castellano | Chad C. Brown | Ken & Sarah Ramsey | 2:01.37 |
2012 | Air Support | 4 | John Velazquez | Claude R. McGaughey | Stuart S. Janney, III | 2:06.12 |
2011 | Grassy | 5 | Garrett Gomez | Christophe Clement | Claiborne Farm/Dilschneider | 2:19.69 |
2010 | Al Khali | 4 | Alan Garcia | Bill Mott | Brous Stable/Wachtel Stale | 2:15.23 |
2009 | Grand Couturier | 6 | Alan Garcia | Robert Ribaudo | Marc Keller | 2:15.86 |
2008 | no race | |||||
2007 | Sunriver | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Todd Pletcher | Aaron U. & Marie Jones | 2:12.68 |
2006 | Go Deputy | 6 | Fernando Jara | Todd Pletcher | Wertheimer et Frere | 2:17.49 |
2005 | Cacht Wells | 5 | Eibar Coa | Stanley M. Hough | Castletop Stable | 2:15.49 |
2004 | Kicken Kris | 4 | Edgar Prado | Michael Matz | Brushwood Stable | 2:12.19 |
2003 | Whitmore's Conn | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Randy Schulhofer | Michael & Lynn Shanley | 2:15.92 |
2002 | Whitmore's Conn | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Randy Schulhofer | Michael & Lynn Shanley | 2:13.43 |
2001 | King Cugat | 4 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Centennial Farms | 2:10.62 |
2000 | Elhayq | 5 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Kiaran McLauglin | Shadwell Racing | 2:13.81 |
1999 | Honor Glide | 5 | Jose Santos | Christophe Clement | Robert Schaedle III | 2:11.07 |
1998 | Cetewayo | 4 | John Velazquez | Michael Dickinson | John A. Chandler | 2:13.45 |
1997 | Influent | 6 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Howard M. Tesher | M. Becker et al. | 2:11.06 |
1996 | Flag Down | 6 | Jose Santos | Christophe Clement | Allen E. Paulson | 2:13.29 |
1995 | Sentimental Moi | 5 | Ramon Perez | William Badgett, Jr. | Landon Knight | 2:15.48 |
1994 | Turk Passer | 4 | John Velazquez | Anthony Margotta, Jr. | Michael Shanley | 2:13.25 |
1993 | Dr. Kiernan | 4 | Chris Antley | Gary Sciacca | Howard T. Whitbred | 2:17.70 |
1992 | Wall Street Dancer | 4 | Pat Day | Niall O'Callaghan | John D. Gunther | 2:12.92 |
1991 | Three Coins Up | 3 | Jerry Bailey | John P. Campo | Ol' Pippingrock Farm | 2:10.86 |
1990 | With Approval | 4 | Craig Perret | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 2:10.20 |
1989 | El Senor | 5 | Herb McCauley | William W. Wright | Frances W. Luro | 2:18.60 |
1988 | Coeur de Lion | 4 | Craig Perret | William B. Cocks | Evergreen Farms | 2:13.40 |
1987 | Theatrical | 5 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Bertram R. Firestone | 2:14.00 |
1986 | Uptown Swell | 4 | Eddie Maple | Richard J. Lundy | Virginia Kraft Rayson | 2:14.80 |
1985 | Sharannpour | 5 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Robert J. Frankel | Jerry Moss | 2:18.20 |
1984 | Hero's Honor | 4 | Jerry Bailey | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stables | 2:14.00 |
1983 | Tantalizing | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | Angel Penna, Sr. | Ogden Mills Phipps | 2:14.80 |
1982 | Open Call | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | Robert Reinacher, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 2:24.80 |
1981 | Great Neck | 5 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Jan H. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 2:12.00 |
1980 | Sten | 5 | Jeffrey Fell | Richard T. DeStasio | Michael Berry | 2:13.20 |
1979 | Overskate | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | John H. Stafford | 2:11.40 |
1978 | Tiller | 4 | Jeffrey Fell | David A. Whiteley | William Haggin Perry | 2:12.40 |
1977 | Hunza Dancer | 5 | Jean Cruguet | Arthur Breasley | Ravi Tikkoo | 1:58.80 |
1976 | Erwin Boy | 5 | Ron Turcotte | James P. Conway | Sea High Stable | 2:26.00 |
1975 | Barcas | 4 | Marco Castaneda | Leonard Imperio | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 2:32.20 |
1974 | Take Off | 5 | Ron Turcotte | Frank Catrone | Ada L. Rice | 2:26.40 |
1973 | Summer Guest | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:29.20 |
1972 | Run The Gantlet | 4 | Robert Woodhouse | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:27.80 |
1971 | Drumtop | 5 | Chuck Baltazar | Roger Laurin | James B. Moseley | 2:25.40 |
1970 | Fort Marcy | 6 | Jorge Velasquez | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable | 2:26.60 |
1969 | Czar Alexander | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | Angel Penna, Sr. | Gustave Ring | 2:27.40 |
1968 | High Hat | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | Kay E. Jensen | Mrs. Wallace Gilroy | 2:27.40 |
1967 | Poker | 4 | William Boland | Edward A. Neloy | Ogden Phipps | 2:41.40 |
1966 | Moontrip | 5 | Larry Adams | Randy Sechrest | Ewing Kauffman | 2:38.80 |
1965 | Or et Argent | 4 | Walter Blum | Wayne B. Stucki | Colin Campbell | 2:40.60 |
1964 | Cedar Key | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | Bill Shoemmaker | Jerry Basta | 2:41.80 |
1963 | Pollingfold | 4 | Willie Harmatz | not found | Mrs. Frank E. Power | 2:45.40 |
1962 | Royal Record | 4 | Hedley Woodhouse | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Wheatley Stable | 2:33.20 |
1961 | Dead Center | 4 | Jack Yother | not found | A. J. Pupino | 2:29.80 |
1960 | Amber Morn | 4 | Pete Anderson | not found | Ken-Love Farm | 2:29.20 |
1959 | Bell Hop | 4 | Bobby Ussery | Oleg Dubassoff | John M. Schiff | 2:14.60 |
1958 | Rafty | 6 | Eric Guerin | Hollie Hughes | Sanford Stud Farms | 2:17.20 |
Notes
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
- ↑ Grening, David. "Saratoga slates six Grade 1's on Travers Day". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
References
- The 2008 Bowling Green Handicap at the NTRA
- Video at YouTube of With Approval setting a new World Record in winning the 1990 Bowling Green Handicap