Английская Википедия:Apple Blossom Handicap

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Шаблон:Infobox horseraces The Apple Blossom Handicap is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, run under handicap conditions over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in April at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The 2022 running carried a purse of $1,000,000.

History

The race over the years has become the premier event for distaffers in the Spring, however its beginnings were inconsistent and were far from what we see today.

Nonetheless, the inaugural running was on 21 March 1958, as the Apple Blossom Purse, for horses three-years-old or older over the current distance and was won by the three year old colt Count De Blanc in a time of 1:43Шаблон:Frac. The event at that time was a preparatory event for the Arkansas Derby because in his next start Count De Blanc duly proceeded to win that event. The current preparatory event for the Arkansas Derby is the Rebel Stakes but that event was not first run until 1962.

The event was not held again until 1963. Oaklawn Park acknowledges in their records that the event was won by Verna Lea Farm's four year old Submerge. Outside resources indicate that the event was held on 6 March 1963 as a claiming race for horses four years old or older over a distance of six furlongs. The event again was idle until 1968 when it was held as the Apple Blossom Purse for three year olds and older. The following year in 1969 the event was held as the Apple Blossom Handicap.

In 1973 the administration of Oaklawn Park modified the conditions of the event to allow only for fillies and mares that are four years old or older to start.

In 1975 the distance of the event was increased to one mile and seventy yards. That year the Champion Susan's Girl won the event in her only visit to the track in her 63 race career. The win would bring her career winnings to close to the record $1 million which would be first for a US filly or mare.

The American Graded Stakes Committee in 1977 upgraded the event to Grade III status and in quick succession upgraded it again to Grade II the following year.

In 1980 the distance of the event was increased slightly by 40 yards to one and one-sixteenth miles. The purse for the event had risen substantially to over $200,000 by 1981 and with the best female competitors entering the event the status of the race had been set at Grade I.

The list of champions who had won the event in the 20th century was impressive, includes: Susan's Girl, Canadian champion Northernette, Track Robbery, North Sider, Argentine bred Bayakoa, Paseana from Argentina who won the event twice and was third as an eight-year-old in 1995 to the 1994 US Three-Year-Old Champion filly Heavenly Prize, Escena and Banshee Breeze.

In the 2000s Allen E. Paulson's Champion mare Azeri won the event for a record three times becoming the US Horse of the Year of 2002, and the US Champion Older Female Horse three years running: 2002, 2003, and 2004. In her honor Oaklawn Park in 2005 renamed the Oaklawn Breeders' Cup Stakes to the Azeri Stakes.

The champion mare Zenyatta won the event twice (2008, 2010) during her phenomenal nineteen race winning streak. In 2010 Oaklawn Park president Charles J. Cella was negotiating with the owners of the two top females in U.S. racing in 2009, Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta to have a purse of $5 million if both horses were to start. However, the day after a loss by Rachel Alexandra in the New Orleans Ladies at the Fair Grounds her connections announced that she would not run in the Apple Blossom.

The 2019 winner Midnight Bisou continued winning four more events before finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park. Nonetheless, her record during the year was strong enough to have her crowned US Champion Older Female Horse for the year.

The prize money of the event was scheduled to increase from $750,000 to $1,000,000 in 2020 but was reduced to $600,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States reducing fan attendance. In 2021, the purse was increased to $1,000,000 to attract champions Monomoy Girl and Swiss Skydiver.

Records

Speed record:

• Шаблон:Frac miles – 1:40.29 Heatherten (1984) (New race and track record)
• 1 mile and 70 yards – 1:40.60 Summertime Promise (1976)

Margins:

• Шаблон:Frac lengths – By Land by Sea (1988)

Most wins:

• 3 – Azeri (2002, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 7 – Mike E. Smith (1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2019)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 – William I. Mott (1984, 1985, 1998, 2014)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 – Allen E. Paulson (1998, 2002, 2003, 2004)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade	Ref
Apple Blossom Handicap
2023	Clairiere	5	Joel Rosario	Steven M. Asmussen	Stonestreet Stables	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.36	$1,000,000	I
2022	Letruska	6	José Ortiz	Fausto Gutierrez	St George Stables	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.22	$980,000	I
2021	Letruska	5	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Fausto Gutierrez	St George Stables	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.14	$1,000,000	I
2020	Ce Ce	4	Victor Espinoza	Michael W. McCarthy	Bo Hirsch	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.14	$600,000	I
2019	Midnight Bisou	4	Mike E. Smith	Steven M. Asmussen	Bloom Racing Stable, Madaket Stables & Allen Racing	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.88	$750,000	I
2018	Unbridled Mo	5	Ricardo Santana Jr.	Todd A. Pletcher	Red Oak Stable	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.94	$700,000	I
2017	Stellar Wind	5	Victor Espinoza	John W. Sadler	Hronis Racing	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.75	$600,000	I
2016	Forever Unbridled	4	John R. Velazquez	Dallas Stewart	Charles E. Fipke	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.08	$600,000	I
2015	Untapable	4	John R. Velazquez	Steven M. Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.96	$600,000	I
2014	Close Hatches	4	Joel Rosario	William I. Mott	Juddmonte Farms	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.75	$588,000	I
2013	On Fire Baby	4	Joe M. Johnson	Gary G. Hartlage	Anita Cauley	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:44.13	$500,000	I
2012	Plum Pretty	4	Rafael Bejarano	Bob Baffert	Peachtree Stable	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.64	$490,000	I
2011	Havre de Grace	4	Шаблон:Nowrap	J. Larry Jones	Fox Hill Farms	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.19	$490,000	I
2010	Zenyatta	6	Mike E. Smith	John Shirreffs	Jerry & Ann Moss	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:50.71	$490,000	I
2009	Seventh Street	4	Rajiv Maragh	Kiaran P. McLaughlin	Darley Stable	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.13	$490,000	I
2008	Zenyatta	4	Mike E. Smith	John Shirreffs	Jerry & Ann Moss	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.64	$500,000	I
2007	Ermine	4	Eddie Castro	Ronny W. Werner	Oxbow Racing	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:44.02	$500,000	I
2006	Spun Sugar	4	Michael J. Luzzi	Todd A. Pletcher	Stronach Stables	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.59	$500,000	I
2005	Dream of Summer	6	Pat Valenzuela	Juan J. Garcia	James Weigel	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.86	$500,000	I
2004	Azeri	6	Mike E. Smith	D. Wayne Lukas	Allen E. Paulson	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.20	$500,000	I
2003	Azeri	5	Mike E. Smith	Laura de Seroux	Allen E. Paulson	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.00	$500,000	I
2002	Azeri	4	Mike E. Smith	Laura de Seroux	Allen E. Paulson	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.75	$500,000	I
2001	§ Gourmet Girl	6	Calvin H. Borel	Alcides Pico Perdomo	Gary A. Tanaka	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.15	$500,000	I
2000	Heritage of Gold	5	Shane Sellers	Thomas M. Amoss	Jack Garey	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.22	$500,000	I
1999	Banshee Breeze	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Carl A. Nafzger	Jayeff B. Stable & James B.Tafel	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.64	$500,000	I
1998	Escena	5	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:40.95	$500,000	I
1997	§ Halo America	7	Calvin H. Borel	Bobby C. Barnett	John A. Franks	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.60	$500,000	I
1996	Twice the Vice	5	Chris McCarron	Ronald W. Ellis	Martin & Pam Wygod	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.60	$500,000	I
1995	Heavenly Prize	4	Pat Day	Claude R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.60	$500,000	I
1994	Nine Keys	4	Mike E. Smith	Angel A. Penna Jr.	Lazy F Ranch	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.00	$500,000	I
1993	Paseana (ARG)	6	Chris McCarron	Ron McAnally	Sidney H. Craig	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.80	$500,000	I
1992	Paseana (ARG)	5	Chris McCarron	Ron McAnally	Sidney H. Craig	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.00	$500,000	I
1991	Degenerate Gal	6	Pat Day	Burk Kessinger Jr.	Ronald W. McDonald	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.20	$500,000	II
1990	Gorgeous	4	Eddie Delahoussaye	Neil D. Drysdale	Robert N. Clay	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:40.40	$350,000	II
1989	Bayakoa (ARG)	5	Laffit Pincay Jr.	Ron McAnally	Janis & Frank Whitham	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.60	$250,000	I
1988	By Land by Sea	4	Fernando Toro	Gary F. Jones	Gary F. Jones & Jayeff B. Stable	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.20	$250,000	I
1987	§ North Sider	5	Angel Cordero Jr.	D. Wayne Lukas	Paul Paternostro & D. Wayne Lukas	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:41.20	$270,500	I
1986	Love Smitten	5	Chris McCarron	Edwin J. Gregson	Gail & Del Chase	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:40.40	$270,300	I
1985	Sefa's Beauty	6	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Farid Sefa	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:42.20	$269,500	I
1984	Heatherten	5	Sam Maple	William I. Mott	John A. Franks	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:40.20	$279,000	I
1983	Miss Huntington	6	Jorge Velasquez	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:44.80	$287,700	I
1982	Track Robbery	6	Eddie Delahoussaye	Robert L. Wheeler	Summa Stable	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:45.20	$268,400	I
1981	Bold 'n Determined	4	Eddie Delahoussaye	Neil D. Drysdale	Saron Stable	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:44.20	$219,700	II
1980	Billy Jane	4	John Lively	Mitch Shirota	Albert A. Savill	Шаблон:Frac miles	1:43.60	$177,150	II
1979	Miss Baja	4	Eddie Maple	Joseph B. Cantey	Lockhart Spears	Шаблон:Nowrap	1:43.00	$178,000	II
1978	Northernette (CAN)	4	Don Brumfield	Шаблон:Nowrap	Peter M. Brant	1 mile & 70 yards	1:42.00	$123,550	II
1977	Hail Hilarious	4	Donald R. Pierce	Neil D. Drysdale	Saron Stable	1 mile & 70 yards	1:41.40	$137,150	III
1976	Шаблон:Nowrap	4	Darrel G. McHargue	Jack Van Berg	Kenneth Opstein	1 mile & 70 yards	1:40.60	$59,600
1975	Susan's Girl	6	James D. Nichols	James L. Newman	Fred W. Hooper	1 mile & 70 yards	1:42.40	$61,200
1974	Big Dare	4	Bobby Ussery	Joseph P. Dorignac III	Joseph P. Dorignac Jr.	6 furlongs	1:11.80	$31,750
1973	Levee Night	5	Danny Gargan	Roy T. Gillem	John T. Shouse	6 furlongs	1:11.00	$20,000
1972	Plenty Old	5	Robert. L. Baird	Dewey P. Smith	Audley Farms	6 furlongs	1:09.60	$20,000
1971	Sir Realist	5	Harlon Dalton	Olen Battles	Mrs. Herman Udouj	6 furlongs	1:10.20	$20,000
1970	♯§ Zuke's Bad Boy	4	Robert Mundorf	Robert L. Irwin	Marion Van Berg Stable	6 furlongs	1:11.00	$15,000
1969	Jay Roam	4	Larry Snyder	Robert L. Irwin	Marion Van Berg Stable	6 furlongs	1:10.20	$12,500
Apple Blossom Purse
1968	†Roman K	4	Hector Viera	Jean O. Brennan	Dr. Keith Knapp	6 furlongs	1:10.80	$10,000		Шаблон:Nowrap
1964–1967		Race not held
1963	Submerge	4	Danny Weiler	Arthur W. Beuzeville	Verna Lea Farm	6 furlongs	1:15.20	$2,400		Шаблон:Nowrap
1959–1962		Race not held
1958	Count De Blanc	3	Johnny Sellers	Charles C. Norman	Charles W. & Jake H. Riedinger	1 mile & 70 yards	1:43.40	$2,600		Шаблон:Nowrap

Шаблон:Refbegin Legend:
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Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
† In the 1968 running Big Tim won the race but was disqualified to second after stewards ruled she had bumped and interfered with Roman K.
♯ In the 1970 running American Victory was first past the post but was disqualified by the stewards for interference on the fourth-place finisher Roaring Thunder after his jockey Louis Cacioppo lodged a complaint against Larry Snyder. Marion Van Berg's entry of Zuke's Bad Boy and Roaring Thunder was declared the winner and Royal Cap was moved to second. American Victory was moved to fourth.
‡ Claiming event Шаблон:Refend

See also

• List of American and Canadian Graded races

External links

• Oaklawn Park Media Guide 2020
• Ten Things You Should Know About the Apple Blossom Handicap at Hello Race Fans!