Bougainvillea Handicap

The Bougainvillea Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race run between 1940 and 2001 at Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida. A race for horses age three and older, it was run at a distance of 1 1/8 miles on turf. The race was named for the purple bougainvillea flower which is an integral part of the track's floral blueprint.[1]

Bougainvillea Handicap
Discontinued Grade 3 stakes race
LocationHialeah Park
Hialeah, Florida
Inaugurated1940
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree years old & up
PurseUS$100,000

History

The inaugural running in 1940 was won by William F. Mannagh's Liberty Flight. Sent off by the betting public at odds of more than 10:1, he was the longshot of the seven starters. In a rare occurrence, the second-place finisher High One had the second longest odds and third-place finisher Dunade had the third longest odds. Armor Bearer, the betting favorite, finished last.[2]

In 1964, Parka set a new course record of 1:53 4/5 in winning the Bougainvillea Handicap. He returned to Hialeah the following year to win the race again in exactly the same time.[3]

In 1970, Secretariat's Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte aboard Vent du Nord became the only jockey to ever win the "Hialeah Turf Series", three races consisting of the Palm Beach, Bougainvillea and Hialeah Turf Cup Handicaps.[4]

In 1973 the Graded stakes race system was recorded for the first time in the United States. The February 10, 1973 edition of the Bougainvillea Handicap was awarded Grade 2 status. This historical event was won by Gleaming, owned by the renowned Calumet Farm of Lexington, Kentucky.[5]

The final running of the Bougainville Handicap took place on March 31, 2001 and was won by Make No Mistake, owned by Walter Haefner's Moyglare Stud Farm.[6]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:46.04 @ 1​1⁄8 miles : Signal Tap (1996)
  • 1:51 4/5 @ 1​3⁄16 miles : Toonerville (1976)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Frere Jacques (1947, 1949)
  • 2 – Chicle (1950, 1951)
  • 2 – Parka (1964, 1965)
  • 2 – London Company (1974, 1975)
  • 2 – Flying Pidgeon (1985, 1986)
  • 2 – Sharp Appeal (1997, 1998)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 – LeRoy Jolley (1974, 1975, 1983) (Note: subject to change due to 4 missing names)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Jacob Sher (1947, 1949)
  • 2 – Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen) (1950, 1951)
  • 2 – Hasty House Farm (1956, 1958)
  • 2 – Pelican Stable (Rachel Carpenter) (1964, 1965)
  • 2 – Calumet Farm (1966, 1973)
  • 2 – Chance Hill Farm (1974, 1975)
  • 2 – Constance Daparma / Armand Marcanthony (1985, 1986)
  • 2 – Martin L. Cherry (1997, 1998)

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles)		 Time
 Gr
2001 Make No Mistake 6 José A. Santos Christophe Clement Moyglare Stud Farm, Ltd. 1​1⁄8 M 1:50.10 3
2000 Down The Aisle 7 Javier Castellano William I. Mott Albert Coppola Sr. / Charles H. Deters 1​1⁄8 M 1:49.46 3
1999 Parade Ground 4 Pat Day Neil J. Howard William S. Farish III / Stephen C. Hilbert 1​1⁄8 M 1:47.04 3
1998 Sharp Appeal 5 Herb McCauley Martin D. Wolfson Martin L. Cherry 1​1⁄8 M 1:46.40 3
1997 Sharp Appeal 4 José A. Santos Martin D. Wolfson Martin L. Cherry 1​1⁄8 M 1:47.95 3
1996 Signal Tap 5 John Velazquez Scotty Schulhofer Centennial Farms 1​1⁄8 M 1:46.04 3
1995 Lassigny 4 Jerry Bailey William I. Mott Prince Sultan al Kabeer 1​1⁄8 M 1:47.92 3
1994 Awad 4 Eddie Maple David Donk Ryehill Farm (James P. Ryan) 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.60 3
1993 Carterista 4 Carlos Lopez Sr. Ronald B. Spatz S. A. of South Florida, Inc. 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.81
1992 Race not held
1991 Buckhar 3 Jean Cruguet Willard C. Freeman John W. Meriwether 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.80
1990 Race not held
1989 Forlitano 8 Corey Black Thomas J. Skiffington Evergreen Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.80 2
1988 Salem Drive 6 Gene St. Leon Richard J. Lundy Virginia Kraft Payson 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.40 2
1987 Akabir 5 Jerry Bailey Thomas J. Skiffington Minnesota Sunrise Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.00 2
1986 Flying Pidgeon 5 José A. Santos Luis Olivares Constance Daparma / Armand Marcanthony 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.20 2
1985-1 Pass The Line 4 Alexis Solis Carl Domino Stanley Ersoff 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.20 2
1985-2 Flying Pidgeon 4 José A. Santos Luis Olivares Constance Daparma / Armand Marcanthony 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.60 2
1984 Four Bases 5 Alex Solis Gilberto Puentes Murray M. Garren 1​3⁄16 M 1:52.40 2
1983-1 Nijinsky's Secret 5 José A. Vélez Jr. Kent H. Stirling Mrs. Bud. McDougald 1​3⁄16 M 1:52.80 2
1983-2 Lamerok 4 Jacinto Vásquez LeRoy Jolley Peter M. Brant 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.00 2
1982 Gleaming Channel 4 Mike Lee Reed Combest Mitchell Wolfson 1​3⁄16 M 1:52.00 2
1981 Spence Bay 6 Octavio Vergara Neal Winick N. B. Hunt / Summa Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.00 3
1980 Premier Ministre 4 Ramon Encinas Angel Penna Sr. Daniel Wildenstein 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.20 3
1979 Scythian Gold 4 Jean Cruguet Victor Morgan Mary Zimmerman 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.20 2
1978 Noble Dancer 6 Ángel Cordero Jr. Tommy Kelly Haakon Fretheim 1​3⁄16 M 1:52.60 2
1977 All Friends 5 Earlie Fires Arthur Hoffman Marvin L. Warner 1​3⁄16 M 1:52.80 2
1976-1 Sea Lawyer 6 Gerland Gallitano Kenneth O. Kemp Shore View Farm Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:52.40 2
1976-2 Toonerville 5 Gene St. Leon Norman St. Leon Norman St. Leon, et al. 1​3⁄16 M 1:51.80 2
1975-1 Snurb 7 Gene St. Leon Reed Combest B.L.T. Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.60 2
1975-2 London Company 5 Marco Castaneda LeRoy Jolley Chance Hill Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.00 2
1974 London Company 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. LeRoy Jolley Chance Hill Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:52.80 2
1973 Gleaming 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.40 2
1972 Star Envoy 4 Jacinto Vásquez Everett W. King Lloyd I. Miller 1​3⁄16 M 1:52.60
1971-1 Shelter Bay 5 Robert Woodhouse Scotty Schulhofer Tartan Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.00
1971-2 More The Merrier 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. S. H. Klein / S. R. Davitian 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.00
1970-1 Great Cohoes 5 Eddie Belmonte Arnold N. Winick Maribel G. Blum 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.40
1970-2 Vent du Nord 5 Ron Turcotte Alfred A. Scotti Emanuel Mittman 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.80
1969 Fort Marcy 5 Manuel Ycaza J. Elliott Burch Rokeby Stable 1​3⁄16 M 2:03.00
1968 Flit-To 5 John L. Rotz James P. Conway Robert Lehman 1​3⁄16 M 1:55.20
1967 Tequillo 4 Jorge Velásquez Raymond F. Metcalf Paul L. Benshoof 1​3⁄16 M 1:57.60
1966 Kentucky Jug † 5 William Boland Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.80
1966 Lord Date † 5 Calvin Stone Frank H. Merrill Jr. North Star Ranch 1​3⁄16 M 1:54.80
1965 Parka 7 John L. Rotz Warren A. Croll Jr. Pelican Stable (Rachel Carpenter) 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.80
1964 Parka 6 Wayne Chambers Warren A. Croll Jr. Pelican Stable (Rachel Carpenter) 1​3⁄16 M 1:53.80
1963 Bronze Babu 5 Herb Hinojosa Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. Mrs. Ephraim Winer 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.00
1962 Eurasia 6 Bill Hartack Frank J. McManus Greentree Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.80
1961 Wolfram 5 John L. Rotz Burley E. Parke Harbor View Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.20
1960 Noble Sel 4 George Gibb Dr. Frank J. Recio 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.80
1959 General Arthur 5 Jack Leonard James W. Smith Brae Burn Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:59.80
1958 Stephanotis 5 Bill Hartack Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:59.00
1957 Espea 4 Robert Martin Eugene Jacobs Jaclyn Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:57.60
1956 Summer Solstice 4 John Adams Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1​3⁄16 M 1:59.20
1955 Cascanuez 7 Bobby Ussery Robert B. Odom Charfran Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.00
1954 Parnassus 4 Chris Rogers Willard C. Freeman John S. Phipps 1​3⁄16 M 1:55.40
1953 Iceberg 5 Jorge Contreras Horatio Luro W. Arnold Hanger 1​3⁄16 M 1:57.60
1952 Picador 5 Ronnie Nash Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.80
1951 Chicle II 6 Hedley Woodhouse Joseph H. Pierce Sr. Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen) 1​3⁄16 M 1:58.20
1950 Chicle II 5 Hedley Woodhouse Joseph H. Pierce Sr. Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen) 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.00
1949 Frere Jacques 7 Douglas Dodson L. Harry Silver Jacob Sher 1​3⁄16 M 1:57.20
1948 Master Bid 5 Henri Mora Marion Barton Perne L. Grissom 1​3⁄16 M 2:01.00
1947 Frere Jacques 5 Ted Atkinson Jacob Sher 1​3⁄16 M 1:57.40
1946 Cat Bridge 4 Porter Roberts George R. Watkins 1​3⁄16 M 1:56.60
1943 – 1945 Race not held
1942 Signator 4 William Strickler Ross O. Higdon Woolford Farm ​3⁄4 M 1:12.20
1941 Potranco 4 Irving Anderson Alexis G. Wilson Lexbrook Stable (M. A. & L. D. Kern) ​3⁄4 M 1:11.60
1940 Liberty Flight 5 Willie Lee Johnson D. W. Carroll W. F. Mannagh ​3⁄4 M 1:10.60
  • † 1966 – Kentucky Jug and Lord Date ran a dead heat for first.

B&W Photo collection titled: Collection titled 57 Old Photos of Hialeah Park in All its Architectural Grandeur

References
  1. "Hialeah Park Casino bets park improvements also will increase employment in the city". Miami Herald. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  2. "Liberty Flight Wins Bougainvillea Handicap at Hialeah Race Track". Montreal Gazette. 1940-02-27. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. "Parka Wins Turf Event For Second Year In A Row". Santa Ana Register Newspaper Archives. 1965-01-31. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  4. "Ron Turcotte". Secretariat.com. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  5. "Calumet Farm's Gleaming Wins Bougainvillea Handicap". The Town Talk from Alexandria, Louisiana. 1973-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  6. "Bougainvillea Handicap". Equibase Company. 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
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