# Palm Beach Handicap

The Palm Beach Handicap is a discontinued American Grade 3 Thoroughbred horse race run between 1937 and 1976 at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. Open to horses aged three and older, from inception through 1965 it was run on dirt after which it became a race on turf.

## Historical notes

First run on February 27, 1937, the race was won by Calumet Farm's Count Morse with jockey Irving Anderson aboard. Following that inaugural running, the Palm Beach Handicap was not held again until 1941, a year frequently reported as its first edition. The final running took place on January 21, 1976 and was won by Sea Lawyer who was ridden by Gerland Gallitano for the Shore View Farm partnership of three Florida medical doctors.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1:39.80 @ 1-1/16 miles on turf : Star Envoy (1972)
* 1:22.00 @ 7 furlongs on dirt: Crafty Admiral (1952) & Pointer (1960)
Most wins:
* 2 - Switch On (1956, 1957)
* 2 - Point du Jour (1966, 1967)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Ron Turcotte (1966, 1967, 1969, 1970)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - John A. Nerud (1956, 1957, 1962, 1964)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 - Calumet Farm (1937, 1941)
* 2 - Greentree Stable (1944, 1949)
* 2 - Hasty House Farm (1953, 1973)
* 2 - Edith Baily Dent (1966, 1967)
* 2 - Emanuel Mittman (1969, 1970)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Win $ | Gr. |
| 1976 | Sea Lawyer | 6 | Gerland Gallitano | Kenneth O. Kemp | Shore View Farm Inc. | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:41.60 | $20,800 | G3 |
| 1975 | Buffalo Lark | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | Joseph M. Bollero | Rogers Red Top Farm (Walter F. Mullady) | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:41.00 | $21,645 | G3 |
| 1974 | Take Off | 5 | Ruben Hernandez | Frank Catrone | Ada L. Rice | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:41.60 | | G3 |
| 1973 | Unanime | 6 | Jorge Velasquez | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:42.20 | $22,197 | G3 |
| 1972-1 | Joe Gaylord | 5 | Craig Perret | Arnold N. Winick | Maribel G. Blum | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:41.00 | |
| 1972-2 | Star Envoy | 4 | Jacinto Vasquez | Everett W. King | Lloyd I. Miller | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:39.80 | |
| 1971-1 | Drumtop | 5 | Chuck Baltazar | Roger Laurin | James B. Moseley | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:41.40 | $17,306 |
| 1971-2 | Mongo's Pride | 4 | Carlos Marquez Sr. | Don Combs | Mrs. Russell L. Reineman | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:42.00 | $17,306 |
| 1970 | Vent du Nord | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Alfred A. Scotti | Emanuel Mittman | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:41.00 | $20,897 |
| 1969-1 | Needles Stitch | 5 | John L. Rotz | Freeman E. McMillan | Robert Braunsdorf & Robert Levine | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:43.60 | $16,656 |
| 1969-2 | Doon | 4 | Ron Turcotte | Alfred A. Scotti | Emanuel Mittman | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:43.20 | $16,656 |
| 1968-1 | Abe's Hope | 5 | Braulio Baeza | Del W. Carroll | Grand Prix Stable (Joseph Bartell & Robert Byfield) | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:44.00 | $17,680 |
| 1968-2 | Polyfoto | 6 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Michael F. Fogarty | Patrick C. Rowe | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:42.80 | $17,355 |
| 1967-1 | Point du Jour | 6 | Ron Turcotte | Nick Combest | Edith Baily Dent | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:46.20 | $17,420 |
| 1967-2 | Third Martini | 8 | Ernest Cardone | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:45.80 | $17,582 |
| 1966-1 | First Family | 4 | Larry Adams | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:42.60 | $18,135 |
| 1966-2 | Point du Jour | 5 | Ron Turcotte | Nick Combest | Edith Baily Dent | 1-1/16 m (t) | 1:46.20 | $18,135 |
| 1965 | Lt. Stevens | 4 | Tommy Barrow | Charles P. Sanborn | Ernest Woods | 7 f (d) | 1:24.00 | $19,890 |
| 1964 | Rainy Lake | 5 | Bobby Ussery | John A. Nerud | Joseph M. Roebling | 7 f (d) | 1:23.00 | $20,962 |
| 1963 | Ridan | 4 | Steve Brooks | LeRoy Jolley | Dorothy Jolley, Ernest Woods, John L. Greer | 7 f (d) | 1:22.80 | $19,240 |
| 1962 | Intentionally | 6 | Bobby Ussery | John A. Nerud | Tartan Stable | 7 f (d) | 1:22.60 | $21,742 |
| 1961 | April Skies | 4 | Heriberto Hinojosa | Gene W. Semler | Jerome DeRenzo | 7 f (d) | 1:23.00 | $19,272 |
| 1960 | Pointer | 4 | Walter Blum | Ira G. Hanford | Loren P. Guy | 7 f (d) | 1:22.00 | $15,841 |
| 1959 | Clem | 5 | Johnny Sellers | William W. Stephens | Adele L. Rand | 7 f (d) | 1:23.20 | $16,068 |
| 1958 | Encore | 4 | Sam Boulmetis | J. Elliott Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 7 f (d) | 1:23.80 | $15,775 |
| 1957 | Switch On | 6 | Sam Boulmetis | John A. Nerud | Formella Stables (James Forma & Gerald S. Colella) | 7 f (d) | 1:24.20 | $20,750 |
| 1956 | Switch On | 5 | Bobby Ussery | John A. Nerud | Gerald S. Colella | 7 f (d) | 1:24.00 | $19,175 |
| 1955 | Blessbull | 4 | John H. Skelly | Herbert E. Lewis | Maurice Sims | 6 f (d) | 1:09.40 | $14,975 |
| 1954 | Impasse | 4 | James D. Nichols | Francis J. Scott | Valley Farm (L. Larry Katz) | 7 f (d) | 1:24.00 | $14,725 |
| 1953 | Oil Capitol | 6 | Conn McCreary | Harry Trotsek | Hasty House Farm | 7 f (d) | 1:24.40 | $14,500 |
| 1952 | Crafty Admiral | 4 | Con Errico | Robert B. Odom | Charfran Stable (Charles & Frances Cohen) | 7 f (d) | 1:22.00 | $9,500 |
| 1951 | American Glory | 5 | Kenneth Church | Thomas J. Carroll | Cross Bell Ranch | 7 f (d) | 1:23.80 | $7,295 |
| 1950 | Nell K | 4 | Warren Mehrtens | John B. Partridge | Spring Hill Farm | 7 f (d) | 1:22.80 | $6,935 |
| 1949 | Blue Border | 5 | Ted Atkinson | George T. Poole | Greentree Stable | 7 f (d) | 1:23.00 | $9,100 |
| 1948 | Delegate | 4 | Ted Atkinson | Ross O. Higdon | Woolford Farm | 7 f (d) | 1:24.40 | $7,950 |
| 1947 | The Shaker | 4 | Carson Kirk | Charles V. Gribbin | Samuel D. Riddle | 7 f (d) | 1:23.40 | $8,500 |
| 1946-1 | Happy Buckie | 4 | Lawrence Hansman | Charles M. Feltner | Gustave Ring | 7 f (d) | 1:23.20 | $8,925 |
| 1946-2 | Buzfuz | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Joseph B. Rosen | Sunshine Stable (Dan Chappell & Moze Rauzin) | 7 f (d) | 1:22.80 | $8,550 |
| 1945 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1944-1 | Four Freedoms | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable | 7 f (d) | 1:26.40 | $4,040 |
| 1944-2 | Old Grad | 5 | Mike Caffarella | | Canupet Stable | 7 f (d) | 1:28.80 | $4,140 |
| 1943 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1942 | Get Off | 6 | Basil James | William B. Finnegan | Edward S. Moore | 7 f (d) | 1:25.20 | $4,990 |
| 1941 | Beau James | 5 | Wendell Eads | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 7 f (d) | 1:26.00 | $4,490 |
| 1938 | - 1940 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 1937 | Count Morse | 4 | Irving Anderson | Frank J. Kearns | Calumet Farm | 1 m (d) | 1:36.00 | |