Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap

Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap

Defunct Stakes race
Location	Hialeah Park Race Track Hialeah, Florida, United States
Inaugurated	1926
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1 ^3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old & up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$200,000

The Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race open to horses aged three and older that was run each year at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida until the track closed at the end of the 2001 racing season. At the time, it was the oldest grass race in America.

The race was inaugurated as the Miami Cup Handicap in 1926 and was open to horses age three and older. In addition to the President's gold cup, the winner received what at the time was a very sizeable purse of $25,000 added.^[1] From 1929 through 1952 it was run as the Miami Beach Handicap then in 1953 was renamed the Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap.^[2] The race was run on dirt until 1939 when it was permanently moved to the turf. It was a Grade 1 race in 1989 when financial difficulties saw racing at Hialeah Park suspended. On resumption in 1992, the race lost its graded stakes status.

Run in two divisions in 1944, the race was contested at different distances:

• 1 mile – 1932-1938
• 1 mile, 70 yards – 1929-1931
•  1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles – 1926, 1939-1944
•  1 ¹⁄₈ miles – 1927
•  1 ³⁄₁₆ miles – 1995-1999, 2001
•  1 ¹⁄₄ miles – 1946
•  1 ³⁄₈ miles – 2000
•  1 ¹⁄₂ miles – 1947-1994

Records

Speed record:

• 2:25.40 – El Senor (1989)

Most wins:

• 2 - Gleaming (1972, 1973)
• 2 - Nijinsky's Secret (1983, 1984)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Allen E. Paulson (1987, 1998, 2001)
• 3 - Calumet Farm (1966, 1972, 1973)
• 3 - Hasty House Farm (1955, 1962, 1964)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1972, 1973, 1979)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 - Harry Trotsek (1955, 1962, 1964)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time
2001	Del Mar Show	4	Robbie Davis	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson trust	1-3/16	1:53.06
2000	Monkey Puzzle	4	Rene Douglas	Stephen L. DiMauro	Joseph F. Graffeo	1-3/8	2:13.50
1999	Federal Trial	4	Robbie Davis	Lou M. Goldfine	Arthur I. Appleton	1-3/16	1:52.67
1998	Yagli	5	Heberto Castillo, Jr.	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1-3/16	1:51.79
1997	Sharp Appeal	4	Gary Boulanger	Martin D. Wolfson	Martin L. Cherry	1-3/16	1:54.93
1996	Signal Tap	5	John Velazquez	Flint S. Schulhofer	Centennial Farm	1-3/16	1:53.15
1995	Turk Passer	5	John Velazquez	Anthony Margotta, Jr.	L. Leveen/M. Shanley/S. Weiss	1-3/16	1:54.40
1994	Awad	4	Eddie Maple	David G. Donk	Ryehill Farm	1-1/2	2:30.00
1993	Spectacular Tide	4	Rene Douglas	Stanley M. Hough	Elizabeth & David Whelan	1-1/2	2:25.60
1992	Crystal Moment	7	Rick Wilson	Ronald Houghton	Longleaf Pine Farm	1-1/2	2:28.22
1991	no race
1990	no race
1989	El Senor	5	Herb McCauley	William W. Wright	Frances W. Luro	1-1/2	2:25.40
1988	Double Bed	5	Gérald Mossé	François Doumen	Ronald Reeves	1-1/2	2:27.80
1987	Theatrical	5	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	1-1/2	2:28.60
1986	Sondrio	5	Craig Perret	Howard M. Tesher	Craig B. Singer	1-1/2	2:27.60
1985	Selous Scout	4	Robin Platts	Roger Attfield	Charles Rittenberg	1-1/2	2:27.20
1984	Nijinsky's Secret	6	Jose Velez, Jr.	Kent Stirling	John A. McDougald	1-1/2	2:26.80
1983	Nijinsky's Secret	5	Jose Velez, Jr.	Kent Stirling	John A. McDougald	1-1/2	2:27.20
1982	The Bart	6	Eddie Delahoussaye	John Sullivan	Franklin N. Groves	1-1/2	2:26.00
1981	Lobsang	5	Mike Venezia	Victor J. Nickerson	Walter Haefner	1-1/2	2:27.20
1980	John Henry	5	Darrel McHargue	Ron McAnally	Dotsam Stable	1-1/2	2:29.40
1979	Bowl Game	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	John M. Gaver, Jr.	Greentree Stable	1-1/2	2:26.60
1978	Noble Dancer	6	Steve Cauthen	Thomas J. Kelly	Haakon Fretheim	1-1/2	2:28.00
1977	Improviser	5	Miguel A. Rivera	John J. Weipert	Elmendorf Farm	1-1/2	2:28.00
1976	Legion	6	Earlie Fires	Gerald F. Jabalee	Ralph Chapman	1-1/2	2:29.20
1976	Lord Henham	4	Roger I. Velez	Stephen A. DiMauro	Robert E. Sangster	1-1/2	2:28.20
1975	Outdoors	6	Daryl Montoya	John W. Russell	Ogden Phipps	1-1/2	2:27.40
1974	Big Whippendeal	4	Miguel A. Rivera	Oscar Dishman	Kinsman Stable	1-1/2	2:26.20
1973	Gleaming	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Reggie Cornell	Calumet Farm	1-1/2	2:27.60
1972	Gleaming	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Reggie Cornell	Calumet Farm	1-1/2	2:27.20
1971	Drumtop	5	Chuck Baltazar	Roger Laurin	James B. Moseley	1-1/2	2:26.80
1970	Vent du Nord	5	Ron Turcotte	Al Scotti	Emanuel Mittman	1-1/2	2:27.40
1969	Blanquette	5	Sandino Hernandez	Angel Penna, Sr.	Gustave Ring	1-1/2	2:29.00
1968	He's A Smoothie	5	Braulio Baeza	Warren Beasley	William R. Beasley	1-1/2	2:32.80
1967	War Censor	4	Earlie Fires	S. Bryant Ott	Fourth Estate Stable	1-1/2	2:28.20
1966	Kentucky Jug	5	William Boland	Horace A. Jones	Calumet Farm	1-1/2	2:27.20
1965	Hot Dust	5	Steve Brooks	Sidney J. Smith	Mrs. Alfred J. Giordano	1-1/2	2:29.20
1964	Carteret	6	Ray Broussard	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	1-1/2	2:28.60
1963	Intercepted	4	Robert Ussery	Joseph H. Pierce, Jr.	Pin Oak Farm	1-1/2	2:40.40
1962	El Loco	5	John Sellers	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	1-1/2	2:29.80
1961	Wolfram	5	John L. Rotz	Burley Parke	Harbor View Farm	1-1/2	2:29.60
1960	Amerigo	5	Bill Hartack	Harris Brown	Mrs. Tilyou Christopher	1-1/2	2:29.20
1959	Tudor Era	6	Pete Anderson	Arnold N. Winick	Mrs. Herbert Herff	1-1/2	2:29.80
1958	Meeting	5	John Ruane	John Sceusa	Tartan Stable	1-1/2	2:27.80
1957	Jabneh	5	Bill Hartack	W. D. Hughes	Eugenia E. Bankhead	1-1/2	2:31.20
1956	Guardian	6	Ray Mikkonen	George M. Odom	Josephine Widener Bigelow	1-1/2	2:29.20
1955	Stan	5	John Adams	Harry Trotsek	Hasty House Farm	1-1/2	2:29.60
1954	Picador	7	Hedley Woodhouse	Preston M. Burch	Brookmeade Stable	1-1/2	2:28.80
1953	Royal Vale	5	William Boland	James E. Ryan	Esther du Pont Weir	1-1/2	2:28.80
1952	Pilaster	8	Nick Shuk	Frank A. Bonsal	Mrs. Henry L. Straus	1-1/2	2:30.20
1951	Going Away	5	Joe Culmone	Preston M. Burch	Brookmeade Stable	1-1/2	2:31.60
1950	Chicle	5	Hedley Woodhouse	Joseph H. Pierce, Sr.	Palatine Stable	1-1/2	2:29.00
1949	Dinner Hour	5	Angel D. Rivera		Helen S. Reineman	1-1/2	2:30.40
1948	Stud Poker	5	Donald MacAndrews	Paul L. Kelley	Edward E. Voynow	1-1/2	2:29.20
1947	Tel O'Sullivan	4	James Stout	George W. Carroll	Mrs. Louis Rabinowitz	1-1/2	2:36.00
1946	Frere Jacques	4	Conn McCreary		Jacob Sher	1-1/4	2:04.20
1945	no race		WW II restrictions
1944	Air Current	5	Ted Atkinson	Walter A. Kelley	Allen T. Simmons	1-1/16	1:44.40
1944	Rascal	5	Conn McCreary		V. L. Shea	1-1/16	1:45.00
1943	no race		WW II restrictions
1942	Sir Marlboro	6	Eddie Arcaro	Eddie Coates	Mrs. Joseph Eitinger	1-1/16	1:44.80
1941	Robert L	7	Eddie Arcaro	John B. Partridge	John B. Partridge	1-1/16	1:47.40
1940	Sandy Boot	7	Willie Lee Johnson	John B. Partridge	James D. Norris	1-1/16	1:48.20
1939	Maeriel	6	Joseph Renick	George E. Phillips	Maemere Farm	1-1/16	1:46.20
1938	Wise Prince	6	Carroll Bierman	Hirsch Jacobs	Felix Spatola	1M	1:37.00
1937	White Cockade	4	Hilton Dabson	James E. Fitzsimmons	Ogden Phipps	1M	1:39.00
1936	Nectarine	4	Joseph Renick	Bert S. Michell	Mrs. Emil Denmark	1M	1:36.40
1935	Larranaga	6	Wayne Wright	Frank J. Kearns	Anall Stable	1M	1:37.20
1934	Springsteel	5	Jimmy Burke	William Irvine	Sylvester W. Labrot	1M	1:38.00
1933	Curaçao	4	Silvio Coucci	William Brennan	Greentree Stable	1M	1:38.20
1932	Repentance	4	Herbert Callahan	Mose Lowenstein	Gladys M. Pulitzer	1M	1:36.40
1931	Silverdale	5	Eddie Ambrose	John F. Schorr	Edward B. McLean	1m, 70yds	1:45.40
1930	Herrick	4	Charles Kurtsinger		C. E. Hamilton	1m, 70yds	1:42.20
1929	Fly Hawk	5	O. Brown	A. G. Robertson	William Maher	1m, 70yds	1:43.60
1927	War Eagle	3	Eddie Ambrose	John F. Schorr	Edward B. McLean	1-1/8	1:51.20
1926	Boon Companion	4	V. Scott	A. G. Woodman	Coventry Stable	1-1/16	1:46.40

Notes

1. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=dVMtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i9cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5903,5954306&dq=miami+cup+handicap&hl=en
2. Miami Daily News - March 2, 1954

References

• The Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap at Pedigree Query