Hollie Hughes Handicap

Hollie Hughes Handicap

Restricted race
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1979
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance	6 furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	New York State bred, age four & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$100,000

The Hollie Hughes Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1979 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A six furlong sprint raced on dirt, it is open to horses bred in the State of New York age four and older. Run in mid February, then in mid January, now returned to the month of February, the race currently offers a purse of $100,000.

The race is named in honor of New York native Hollie Hughes, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee who trained horses from a New York base for 70 years.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:08.60 - Stalwart Member (1997)

Most wins:

• 3 - Papua (2003, 2004, 2005)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Junior Alvarado (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016)
• 3 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1981, 1983, 1989)
• 3 - Richard Migliore (1994, 2003, 2005)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 5 - Michael E. Hushion (1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014)

Most wins by an owner:

• 5 - Barry K. Schwartz (1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2016	Drama King	4	Junior Alvarado	Rudy R. Rodriguez	Bethlehem Stables et al	1:10.89
2015	Captain Serious	4	Jose L. Ortiz	Michael E. Hushion	Barry K. Schwartz	1:10.70
2014	Be Bullish	9	Junior Alvarado	Richard Dutrow Jr.	Repole Stable	1:12.05
2013	Saginaw	7	Junior Alvarado	David Jacobson	Drawing Away Stable/Jacobson	1:10.51
2012	Law Enforcement	7	Alan Garcia		Camelia J. Casby	1:10.95
2011	Be Bullish	6	Junior Alvarado	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	Sullivan Lane Stable, Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	1:11.62
2008	Gold and Roses	6	Rajiv Maragh	Thomas M. Bush	Henry C. Gregory	1:10.82
2007	Introspect	7	Eddie Martin, Jr.	Billy Turner	Castle Village Farm	1:11.64
2006	Big Apple Daddy	4	Orlando Mojica	Bruce N. Levine	Ervin Rodriguez	1:11.49
2005	Papua	6	Richard Migliore	Michael E. Hushion	Barry K. Schwartz	1:09.60
2004	Papua	5	Michael Luzzi	Michael E. Hushion	Barry K. Schwartz	1:10.40
2003	Papua	4	Richard Migliore	Michael E. Hushion	Barry K. Schwartz	1:10.60
2002	Vodka	5	Heberto Castillo, Jr.	John O. Hertler	Joseph W. Gerrity, Jr.	1:11.10
2001	Say Florida Sandy	7	Joe Bravo	Juan Serey	John Rotella	1:09.40
2000	Kashatreya	6	Octavio Vergara	John O. Hertler	Seymour Cohn	1:09.40
1999	Kashatreya	5	Julio Pezua	John O. Hertler	Seymour Cohn	1:10.20
1998	Thepromonroe	6	Chuck C. Lopez	Michael E. Hushion	Barry K. Schwartz	1:10.00
1997	Stalwart Member	4	Herb McCauley	Howard Tesher	Edwin Watchel	1:08.60
1996	Crafty Alfel	8	Frank Alvarado	Charles Carlesimo	James Fabricature	1:09.80
1995	Crafty Alfel	7	Julio Pezua	Charles Carlesimo	James Fabricature	1:11.20
1994	Fabersham	6	Richard Migliore	Gasper Moschera	Barbara J. Davis	1:12.00
1993	Detox	4	Mike E. Smith	Michael W. Downing	Charles J. Murphy Jr.	1:10.40
1992	Argyle Lake	6	Dennis Carr	Peter Ferriola	James Riccio	1:11.00
1991	Argyle Lake	5	Herb McCauley	Peter Ferriola	James Riccio	1:10.60
1990	Appealing Guy	4	Jacinto Vasquez	Gary Sciacca	Vincent McGuire	1:08.80
1989	Notebook	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	1:10.80
1988	Summer Tale	5	Nick Santagata	Peter Ferriola	Gold'N'Oats Stable	1:11.20
1987	Landing Plot	4	Jose A. Santos	Arthur Wendel	Triad Stable	1:11.00
1986	Hamlet	6	Robbie Davis	Peter Ferriola	Vee-Pee-Jay Stable	1:10.80
1985	Elegant Life	5	Jorge Velasquez	Michael Brice	Irma Brice	1:10.80
1984	Columbia Holme	4	Ruben Hernandez	Ramon M. Hernandez	Assunta Louis Farm	1:10.20
1983	Master Digby	4	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Howard Tesher	Jerome Brody	1:10.40
1982	Accipiter's Hope	4	Nick Santagata	Stephen L. DiMauro	Harold I. Snyder	1:12.20
1981	Kim's Chance	5	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Steven T. Jerkens	Rodger E. Leslie	1:11.40
1980	Kim's Chance	4	Ruben Hernandez	Steven T. Jerkens	Rodger E. Leslie	1:12.40
1979	Billy Redcoat	5	Joseph Brocklebank	R. Von Skopczynski, Jr.	Victoria Sloma	1:11.40

References

• The Hollie Hughes Handicap at the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, Corp. Inc.