Mervyn Leroy Handicap
| Grade II race | |
| Location |
Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1980 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website |
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| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $150,000 |
The Mervyn LeRoy Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of May at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. A Grade II event open to horses, age three and up, it is contested over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on Cushion Track synthetic dirt, the race
Named for the American film director, Mervyn LeRoy who was a racing enthusiast and one of the track's founders, the Mervyn LeRoy Handicap carries a purse of $150,000 and is a prep to the Hollywood Gold Cup.
Elevated to a Grade I event in 1988, it was downgraded to its present Grade II status in 1991.
Records
Speed record:
- 1 1⁄16 mile - 1:40.20 - Ruhlmann (1989)
- 1 mile - 1:32.80 - Precisionist (1985)
Most wins:
- 2 - Surf Cat (2006, 2008)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1986, 1987, 1989, 2002)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Robert J. Frankel (1982, 1983, 1991, 1993)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Jerry Moss (1983, 1989)
- 2 - Rosendo G. Parra (2003, 2004)
- 2 - Aase Headley & Marsha Naify (2006, 2008)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time |
Grade |
Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Liaison | 6 | Victor Espinoza | John W. Sadler | C R K Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:42.79 | II | $150,000 |
| 2012 | Morning Line | 5 | Joseph Talamo | John Shirreffs | Farish/Dixiana Stables/Thoroughbred Legends Racing Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:42.42 | II | $150,000 |
| 2011 | Crown of Thorns | 6 | Tyler Baze | Richard Mandella | Spendthrift Farm | 1-1/16 | 1:42.73 | II | $150,000 |
| 2010 | Rail Trip | 5 | Rafael Bejarano | Ron Ellis | Jay Em Ess Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:42.37 | II | $150,000 |
| 2009 | Ball Four | 8 | Joe Talamo | Patrick Biancone | Flying Zee Stable | 1-1/16 | 1:41.58 | II | $150,000 |
| 2008 | Surf Cat | 6 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Aase Headley & Marsha Naify | 1-1/16 | 1:41.13 | II | $150,000 |
| 2007 | Molengao | 6 | Victor Espinoza | Paulo Lobo | Stud TNT | 1-1/16 | 1:42.86 | II | $150,000 |
| 2006 | Surf Cat | 4 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Aase Headley & Marsha Naify | 1-1/16 | 1:40.65 | II | $150,000 |
| 2005 | Ace Blue | 5 | David Flores | Paulo Lobo | Eternamente Rio Stud | 1-1/16 | 1:41.45 | II | $150,000 |
| 2004 | Even The Score | 6 | David Flores | Vladimir Cerin | Rosendo G. Parra | 1-1/16 | 1:40.81 | II | $150,000 |
| 2003 | Total Impact | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Laura de Seroux | Rosendo G. Parra | 1-1/16 | 1:40.88 | II | $150,000 |
| 2002 | Sky Jack | 6 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Douglas F. O'Neill | Rene & Margie Lambert | 1-1/16 | 1:41.36 | II | $150,000 |
| 2001 | Futural | 5 | Chris McCarron | Craig Dollase | Jess Miller & Jack Weitz | 1-1/16 | 1:42.02 | II | $150,000 |
| 2000 | Out Of Mind | 5 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Richard E. Mandella | Sierra Thoroughbreds | 1-1/16 | 1:41.82 | II | $150,000 |
| 1999 | Budroyale | 6 | Garrett Gomez | Ted H. West | Jeffrey Sengara | 1-1/16 | 1:42.12 | II | $150,000 |
| 1998 | Wild Wonder | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Greg Gilchrist | VHW Stables | 1-1/16 | 1:40.92 | II | $100,000 |
| 1997 | Hesabull | 4 | Goncalino Almeida | Mike Chambers | Ron Judy | 1-1/16 | 1:41.30 | II | $100,000 |
| 1996 | Siphon | 5 | David Flores | Richard E. Mandella | Linneo Eduardo de Paula Machado | 1-1/16 | 1:40.44 | II | $100,000 |
| 1995 | Tossofthecoin | 5 | Corey Nakatani | Ron McAnally | Sidney Craig | 1-1/16 | 1:40.70 | II | $100,000 |
| 1994 | Del Mar Dennis | 4 | Sal Gonzalez, Jr. | J. Paco Gonzalez | Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan | 1-1/16 | 1:40.48 | II | $155,000 |
| 1993 | Marquetry | 6 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Morley Engelson & R. J. Frankel | 1-1/8 | 1:49.10 | II | $155,000 |
| 1992 | Another Review | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Chris Speckert | Thomas Mellon Evans | 1-1/16 | 1:41.38 | II | $150,000 |
| 1991 | Louis Cyphre | 5 | Jose A. Santos | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1-1/16 | 1:40.80 | I | $185,000 |
| 1990 | Super May | 4 | Robbie Davis | Richard E. Mandella | Jack Kent Cooke | 1-1/16 | 1:40.80 | I | $200,000 |
| 1989 | Ruhlmann | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Charles E. Whittingham | Jerry Moss | 1-1/16 | 1:40.20 | I | $200,000 |
| 1988 | Judge Angelucci | 5 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Charles E. Whittingham | Olin B. Gentry | 1-1/16 | 1:40.80 | I | $200,000 |
| 1987 | Zabaleta | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | John Gosden | Michael Riordan | 1 mile | 1:34.80 | II | $200,000 |
| 1986 | Skywalker | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Michael C. Whittingham | Oak Cliff Stable | 1 mile | 1:34.80 | II | $200,000 |
| 1985 | Precisionist | 4 | Chris McCarron | L. Ross Fenstermaker | Fred W. Hooper | 1 mile | 1:32.80 | II | $200,000 |
| 1984 | Sari's Dreamer | 5 | Rafael Meza | Melvin F. Stute | Carl Grinstead & Ben Rochelle | 1 mile | 1:34.20 | II | $160,000 |
| 1983 | Fighting Fit | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Robert J. Frankel | Jerry Moss | 1 mile | 1:35.80 | II | $100,000 |
| 1982 | Mehmet | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Robert J. Frankel | A. J. Chlad et al. | 1 mile | 1:34.60 | II | $100,000 |
| 1981 | Eleven Stitches | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Donn Luby | Morey & Claudia Mirkin | 1 mile | 1:36.40 | $160,000 | |
| 1980 | Spectacular Bid | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1 mile | 1:40.40 | $200,000 | |
See also
References
- The Mervyn Leroy Handicap at Pedigree Query
- The 2009 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap at Thoroughbred Times
- The Mervyn LeRoy Handicap at Hollywood Park
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