Bowling Green Handicap

Bowling Green Handicap
Grade II race
Location Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
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)

Most wins:

  • 2 - Whitmore's Conn (2002, 2003)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Winners

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2018 Glorious Empire 7 Julien Leparoux James L. Lawrence II Matthew Schera 2:19.41
2018 Channel Maker 4
 Joel Rosario
 William I. Mott
 Gary Barber/Wachtel Stable
 2:19.41
2017 Hunter O'Riley 4 Florent Geroux Jimmy Toner Sean Shay and Michael J. Ryan 2:12.94
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 McLaughlin 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

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  2. ↑ Grening, David. "Saratoga slates six Grade 1's on Travers Day". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

References

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