# Hawthorne Handicap

The Hawthorne Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in May from 1974 thru 2008 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The race was open to fillies and mares age three and older and regularly drew from the West Coast's top female runners.
The Hawthorne Handicap was raced on three different surfaces.
* 1973-1974: dirt
* 1976-1980: turf
* 1981-2006: dirt
* 2007-2008: all weather dirt composite track

## Historical notes

The inaugural running of the Hawthorne Handicap took place on May 25, 1974 and was won by Tallahto. Owned by Elizabeth Keck and bred by her husband Howard, Tallahto would win eight stakes races for her owner of which three were Grade 1 events and two were Grade 2 stakes.
In 2001, Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron won his fifth consecutive edition of the Hawthorne Handicap aboard Printemps. That feat tied McCarron with the Hollywood Park record for most consecutive wins of a single race set in the Los Angeles Handicap in 1974 by Don Pierce.
Hall of Fame jockeys Laffit Pincay Jr. and Chris McCarron each won the Hawthorne Handicap eight times. Their combined total of sixteen wins equals half of all the Hawthorne Handicap editions ever run.
In 1989 and 1990 Bayakoa won back-to-back editions of the Hawthorne. Both times, she would go on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff and be voted the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Older Female Horse.
The final edition of the Hawthorne Handicap took place on May 4, 2008 and was won by Tough Tiz's Sis owned by Karl Watson & Paul Weitman and ridden by Aaron Gryder.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1:32.80 @ 1 mile: Bayakoa (1989)
* 1:40.60 @ 1-1/16 miles on turf: Country Queen (1980)
* 1:41.84 @ 1-1/16 miles on dirt: Tough Tiz's Sis (2008)
Most wins:
* Country Queen (1979, 1980)
* Adored (1984, 1985)
* Bayakoa (1989, 1990)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 8 - Laffit Pincay Jr. (1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990)
* 8 - Chris McCarron (1981, 1987, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 6 - Ron McAnally (1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2001)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 - Maribel G. Blum (1979, 1980)
* 2 - H. Joseph Allen (1981, 1982)
* 2 - Ethel D. Jacobs (Lessee) (1984, 1985)
* 2 - Frank & Janis Whitham (1989, 1990)
* 2 - Sidney & Jenny Craig (1995, 1999)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Purse $ | Gr. |
| 2008 | Tough Tiz's Sis | 4 | Aaron Gryder | Bob Baffert | Karl Watson & Paul Weitman | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.84 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2007 | River Savage | 5 | Omar Berrio | Antonio "A.C." Avila | L-Bo Racing (Shawn Turner et al.) & Monte Pyle | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.08 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2006 | Star Parade | 7 | Martin Pedroza | Darrell Vienna | Gary A. Tanaka | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.26 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2005 | Hollywood Story | 4 | Victor Espinoza | John Shirreffs | George Krikorian | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.42 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2004 | Summer Wind Dancer | 4 | Victor Espinoza | Jeff Mullins | Richard & Yvette Wira & Linda Vetter | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.56 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2003 | Keys To The Heart | 4 | Jose Valdivia Jr. | Beau Greely | Thomas Nichols | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.97 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2002 | Queen of Wilshire | 6 | Pat Valenzuela | Darrell Vienna | E. A. Ranches (Ernie & Lisa Auerbach) | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.16 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2001 | Printemps | 4 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Amerman Racing Stables (John & Jerry Amerman) | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.21 | $150,000 | G2 |
| 2000 | Riboletta | 5 | Chris McCarron | Eduardo Inda | Aaron & Marie Jones | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.33 | $150,000 | G2 |
| 1999 | Victory Stripes | 5 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Sidney & Jenny Craig | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.73 | $150,000 | G2 |
| 1998 | I Ain't Bluffing | 4 | Chris McCarron | Ronald W. Ellis | Siegel family | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.49 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1997 | Twice The Vice | 6 | Chris McCarron | Ronald W. Ellis | Martin & Pam Wygod | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.72 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1996 | Borodislew | 6 | Corey Nakatani | John Shirreffs | 505 Farms | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.28 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1995 | Paseana | 8 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Sidney & Jenny Craig | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.40 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1994 | Golden Klair | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Darrell Vienna | No Problem Stable & Sido Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.41 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1993 | Freedom Cry | 5 | Alex Solis | Gary F. Jones | Hi Card Ranch (Keith & Barbara Card) | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.12 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1992 | Sacramentada | 6 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard Mandella | Randall D. Hubbard | 1-1/16 m | 1:43.04 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1991 | Brought To Mind | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Ron McAnally | Tadahiro Hotehama | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.50 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1990 | Bayakoa | 6 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ron McAnally | Frank & Janis Whitham | 1 m | 1:34.00 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1989 | Bayakoa | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ron McAnally | Frank & Janis Whitham | 1 m | 1:32.80 | $100,000 | G2 |
| 1988 | Integra | 4 | Gary Stevens | Henry M. Moreno | George Aubin (Lessee) | 1 m | 1:36.00 | $75,000 | G2 |
| 1987 | Seldom Seen Sue | 4 | Chris McCarron | Gary F. Jones | Frederick & Howard Drakos | 1 m | 1:33.60 | $75,000 | G2 |
| 1986 | Dontstop Themusic | 6 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Randy Winick | Albert R. & Dana N. Broccoli | 1 m | 1:35.40 | $75,000 | G2 |
| 1985 | Adored | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Ethel D. Jacobs (Lessee) | 1 m | 1:34.80 | $75,000 | G2 |
| 1984 | Adored | 4 | Fernando Toro | Laz Barrera | Ethel D. Jacobs (Lessee) | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.80 | $60,000 | G2 |
| 1983 | Marisma | 5 | Kenneth D. Black | Lee J. Rossi | Carl Joseph Maggio | 1-1/16 m | 1:44.80 | $50,000 | G2 |
| 1982 | Weber City Miss | 5 | Sandy Hawley | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.40 | $50,000 | G3 |
| 1981 | Save Wild Life | 4 | Chris McCarron | Howard M. Tesher | H. Joseph Allen | 1-1/16 m | 1:42.80 | $60,000 | L/R |
| 1980 | Country Queen | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Randy Winick | Maribel G. Blum & Gainesway Farm | 1-1/16 m | 1:40.60 | $50,000 | L/R |
| 1979 | Country Queen | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Randy Winick | Maribel G. Blum, George Sarant, Arnold N. Winick | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.20 | $40,000 | L/R |
| 1978 | Sensational | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Mill House Stable | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.80 | $40,000 | L/R |
| 1977 | Cascapedia | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Gordon C. Campbell | Bernard J. Ridder | 1-1/16 m | 1:40.80 | $40,000 | L/R |
| 1976-1 | Swingtime | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles E. Whittingham | Mary Jones Bradley & Charles E. Whittingham | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.80 | $30,000 | L/R |
| 1976-2 | Mia Amore | 4 | Fernando Toro | Jaime Villagomez | John Valpredo | 1-1/16 m | 1:41.80 | $30,000 | L/R |
| 1975 | Tizna | 6 | Jerry Lambert | Henry M. Moreno | Nile Financial Corp. (Victor Zemborain) | 7 f | 1:20.60 | $30,000 | UGS |
| 1974 | Tallahto | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Charles E. Whittingham | Elizabeth A. Keck | 7 f | 1:20.70 | $30,000 | UGS |