Daytona Handicap

Grade III race
Daytona Handicap

Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated	2004
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance	About 6½ furlongs
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Four-year-olds & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$100,000

The Daytona Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Listed race, it was upgraded to a Grade III event for 2009. [1]. The race is open to horses age four and older and is contested on Santa Anita's downhill turf course at a distance of about 6½ furlongs.

Due to course conditions, the 2005 and 2006 editions of the Daytona Handicap were taken off the turf and run on the dirt track.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:12.49 - Tsigane (2004)

Most wins:

• No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

• No jockey has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a trainer:

• No trainer has won this race more than once.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2009	Desert Code	5	Aaron Gryder	David Hofmans	Tarabilla Farms	1:12.58
2008	Cheroot	7	Martin Pedroza	Darrell Vienna	Charlotte M. Wrather	1:12.82
2007	Night Chapter	6	Brice Blanc	Robert J. Frankel	Frankel/Diamond Pride, LLC	1:12.57
2006	Siren Lure	5	Alex Solis	Art Sherman	S. Kesselman/T & M Melkonian	1:16.20
2005	Royal Place	5	Garrett Gomez	Rafael Becerra	K. K. Sangara	1:14.03
2004	Tsigane	5	David Flores	Julio C. Canani	Prestonwood Farm	1:12.49

References

• Results of the 2008 Daytona Handicap at Santa Anita Park