Hawthorne Racecourse (9/29/06)
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Hawthorne Gold Cup Day Information and Facts
The Stakes Races
- 34th running of the $100,000 Indian Maid Handicap, 1 1/16 miles turf for f&m, 3yo&up (7th race, post time: 3:58 p.m. CDT).
- 70th running of the $500,000 Grade II Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap, 1 ¼ miles for 3yo&up (8th race, post time: 4:31 p.m. CDT).
- 24th running of the $150,000 Grade III Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap, 1 mile turf for 3yo&up (9th race, post time: 5:04 p.m. CDT)
The Indian Maid, Gold Cup and Carey are packaged in a $50,000 guaranteed Golden Pick Three wager (races 7 through 9).
There are 104 horses entered in the 11 races on Saturday at Hawthorne (not including also eligibles), an average of 9.45 per race.
Hawthorne’s live racing is broadcast daily on Horse Racing Television (HRTV).
Past performances for the entire Gold Cup Day card can be downloaded for FREE at www.hawthorneracecouse.com beginning late Thursday afternoon.
Hawthorne Gold Cup Stats
2006 Trainer Records in the Gold Cup:
Niall O’Callaghan – 4-1-1-1-$455,000 (best, Hail The Chief, win 2002)
Todd Pletcher – First Gold Cup
Mike Campbell – First Gold Cup
Jim Penney – First Gold Cup
Dale Romans – First Gold Cup
J. Buenaventura Vargas – First Gold Cup
Rebecca Maker – First Gold Cup
2006 Jockey Records in the Gold Cup:
Mark Guidry – 9-2-1-0-$511,000 (best, Yourmissingthepoint, win 1995; Buck’s Boy, win 1997)
Eusebio Razo Jr. – 6-0-1-2-$324,500 (best, Lord of the Game, 2nd 2005)
Robby Albarado – 2-0-1-0-$165,000 (best Tenpins, 2nd 2003)
Ricky Frazier – 3-0-0-1-$83,975 (best, Classic Account, 3rd 1989)
Jesse Campbell – 3-0-0-0-$22,500 (best, Scooter Roach, 5th 2003)
John Velazquez – First Gold Cup
Jose Ferrer – First Gold Cup
Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Famers who have won the Gold Cup:
17 jockeys: Bill Boland, Frank Coltiletti, Pat Day, Barulio Baeza, Bill Shoemaker, Johnny Longden, Eric Guerin, Laffit Pincay Jr., Avelino Gomez, Steve Brooks, Eddie Arcaro, Raymond Workman, Jacinto Vasquez, George Woolf, Jorge Velasquez, Eddie Delahoussaye and Ron Turcotte.
12 trainers: Bobby Frankel, T. J. Healey, H. Allen Jerkens, Flint Schulhofer, Max Hirsch, Bill Molter, Grover “Buddy” Delp, John Nerud, Jack Van Berg, Thomas J. Kelley, Woody Stephens and Harry Trotsek.
7 Horses: Round Table, Sun Beau, Equipose, Challedon, Discovery, Dr. Fager and Kelso.
Gold Cup PP Standings
| Post |
Starts |
Wins |
2nd |
3rd |
Win% |
ITM% |
| 1 |
69 |
5 |
12 |
15 |
7.25% |
46.38%
|
| 2 |
69 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
14.49% |
42.03%
|
| 3 |
69 |
7 |
13 |
7 |
10.14% |
39.13%
|
| 4 |
69 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
14.49% |
33.33%
|
| 5 |
66 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
6.06% |
24.24%
|
| 6 |
62 |
12 |
6 |
9 |
19.35% |
43.55%
|
| 7 |
56 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
14.29% |
28.57%
|
| 8 |
46 |
3 |
10 |
6 |
6.52% |
41.30%
|
| 9 |
31 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
12.90% |
22.58%
|
| 10 |
19 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
15.79% |
21.05%
|
| 11 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
27.27% |
36.36%
|
| 12 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.00% |
12.50%
|
| 13 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0.00%
|
| 14 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.00% |
33.33%
|
| 15 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00% |
100.00%
|
| 16 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
Gold Cup Trainer Standings
| Trainer |
Wins |
| Frankel, Bobby |
3
|
| Wells, Howard |
3
|
| Healey, T.J. |
2
|
| Sonnier, J. Bert |
2
|
| Goldfine, Lou |
2
|
| Jerkens, H. Allen |
2
|
| Schulhofer, Flint |
2
|
| Hirsch, Max |
2
|
| Byrne, Patrick |
2
|
| Molter, W. |
2 |
Gold Cup Jock Standings By Wins
| Jockey |
Starts |
Wins |
2nd |
3rd |
Purses |
| Boland, William |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
$202,800.00
|
| Guidry, Mark |
9 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
$511,000.00
|
| Diaz, Juvenal |
12 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
$622,426.00
|
| Coltiletti, F. |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
$45,700.00
|
| Day, Pat |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
$890,864.00
|
| Baeza, Braulio |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
$159,580.00
|
| Maiben, J. |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
$42,900.00
|
| Santos, Jose |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
$609,420.00
|
| Meier, Randall |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
$639,876.00 |
Gold Cup Jock Standings By Starters
| Jockey |
Starts |
Wins |
2nd |
3rd |
Purses |
| Fires, Earlie |
14 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
$162,702.00
|
| Diaz, Juvenal |
12 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
$622,426.00
|
| Meier, Randall |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
$639,876.00
|
| Guidry, Mark |
9 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
$511,000.00
|
| Silva, Carlos |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
$99,088.00
|
| Hirdes, Ronald Jr. |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
$130,116.00
|
| Boland, William |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
$202,800.00
|
| Razo, Eusebio Jr. |
6 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
$324,500.00 |
Gold Cup Horse Standings by Wins
| Horse |
Starts |
Wins |
2nd |
3rd |
Purses |
| Sun Beau |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
$66,400.00
|
| Cryptoclearance |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
$609,420.00
|
| Round Table |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
$152,400.00
|
| Nodouble |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
$157,960.00 |
Gold Cup Horse Standings by Starts
| Horse |
Starts |
Wins |
2nd |
3rd |
Purses |
| Harham's Sizzler |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
$91,209.00
|
| Dr. Ole Nelson |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
$34,750.00
|
| Sun Beau |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
$66,400.00
|
| Plucky Play |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
$23,950.00
|
| Volcanic |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
$40,600.00 |
Gold Cup Lowest Winner's Odds
| Date |
Horse |
Finish |
Odds |
| 10/5/1935 |
Discovery |
1 |
$0.10
|
| 10/10/1998 |
Awesome Again |
1 |
$0.10
|
| 8/24/1933 |
Equipoise |
1 |
$0.18
|
| 10/21/1967 |
Dr. Fager |
1 |
$0.30
|
| 9/16/1939 |
Challedon |
1 |
$0.30
|
| 11/22/1980 |
Tunerup |
1 |
$0.50
|
| 8/16/1986 |
Ends Well |
1 |
$0.60
|
| 9/30/1950 |
Dr. Ole Nelson |
1 |
$0.70
|
| 10/11/1958 |
Round Table |
1 |
$0.70
|
| 10/19/1974 |
Group Plan |
1 |
$0.70
|
| 10/12/1957 |
Round Table |
1 |
$0.70
|
| 10/22/1966 |
Bold Bidder |
1 |
$0.80
|
| 11/15/1975 |
Royal Glint |
1 |
$0.90
|
| 9/17/1938 |
Esposa |
1 |
$0.90
|
| 10/18/1969 |
Nodouble |
1 |
$0.90
|
| 11/12/1977 |
On the Sly |
1 |
$0.90
|
| 10/6/1951 |
Seaward |
1 |
$1.00
|
| 6/24/1989 |
Cryptoclearance |
1 |
$1.00 |
Gold Cup Highest Winner's Odds
| Date |
Horse |
Finish |
Odds |
| 10/7/2000 |
Dust on the Bottle |
1 |
$38.70
|
| 9/11/1937 |
Sahri II |
1 |
$32.40
|
| 11/24/1979 |
Young Bob |
1 |
$28.40
|
| 10/2/2004 |
Freefourinternet |
1 |
$27.00
|
| 10/15/1955 |
Hasseyampa |
1 |
$24.20
|
| 10/17/1959 |
Day Court |
1 |
$16.80
|
| 10/23/1965 |
Moss Vale |
1 |
$14.40
|
| 11/16/1996 |
Come On Flip |
1 |
$13.80
|
| 10/11/1928 |
Display |
1 |
$12.95
|
| 5/19/2001 |
Duckhorn |
1 |
$11.80
|
| 8/27/1932 |
Plucky Play |
1 |
$11.17
|
| 11/23/1991 |
Sunny Sunrise |
1 |
$10.00 |
Gold Cup Slimmest Winning Margins
| Date |
Horse |
Lengths |
| 11/18/1995 |
Yourmissinthepoint |
Nose
|
| 9/20/1947 |
Be Faithful |
Nose
|
| 9/14/1946 |
Jack's Jill |
Nose
|
| 10/9/1999 |
Supreme Sound |
Nose
|
| 10/11/1928 |
Display |
Nose |
Gold Cup Largest Winning Margins
| Date |
Horse |
Lengths |
| 8/27/1988 |
Cryptoclearance |
10
|
| 11/22/1980 |
Tunerup |
7
|
| 10/15/1960 |
Kelso |
6
|
| 11/9/1985 |
Garthorn |
5
|
| 10/23/1965 |
Moss Vale |
5
|
| 9/30/1971 |
Twice Worthy |
5
|
| 8/31/1973 |
Tri Jet |
5
|
| 10/19/1974 |
Group Plan |
5 |
Fastest splits
¼ – Swoon’s Son (1957) :22 1/5
½ – Pavarotti (1983) :45 4/5
¾ – Gladwin (1970) 1:09 3/5
Mile – Easy Spur (1959) – 1:34 1/5
Final – Gladwin (1970) & Group Plan (1974) 1:58 4/5
The 2006 fall Thoroughbred meet at Hawthorne Race Course runs September 15 through December 31 with live racing five days per week: Wednesday through Sunday (except Nov. 23). The dark days are Monday and Tuesday (except Oct. 9). Post time on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday is 1:10 p.m. Friday post time through November 17 is 3 p.m., at which time it will revert back to 1:10 p.m. for the remainder of the meet.
Hawthorne’s spring 2006 Standardbred meet ran May 6 through June 17.
Hawthorne’s spring 2006 Thoroughbred meet ran February 24 through May 2.
For more information visit
www.hawthorneracecourse.com.
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