Green Flash Handicap
{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Turf
| class = Grade III
| horse race = Green Flash Handicap
| image =
| caption =
| location = Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
| inaugurated = 2003
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing - Turf
| website = [http://www.dmtc.com Del Mar Thoroughbred Club]
| distance = 5 furlongs
| track = Left-handed
| qualification = Three years old and older
| weight = Assigned
| purse = $150,000 (2022)
| bonuses =
}}
The Green Flash Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for thoroughbreds three years old and older, over a distance of five furlongs on the turf held annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The event currently carries a purse of $150,000.
History
The race was inaugurated in 2003 as a Listed event.{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=DMR&CTRY=USA&DT=08/20/2003&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title= 2003 Green Flash H. Listed (race 7)|work=Equibase |date=20 August 2003 |accessdate=20 April 2020}}
In 2014 the event was moved to the All Weather Track.{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=DMR&CTRY=USA&DT=08/13/2014&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |title= 2014 Green Flash H. Black Type (race 7)|work=Equibase|date=13 August 2014 |accessdate=20 April 2020}}
The event was upgraded to a Grade III event in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=stakes&search_bar=stakes&field=view&id=5646 |title=GREEN FLASH HANDICAP - MULTIPLE TRACKS|work=Thoroughbred Pedigree Online|date=2020|accessdate=20 April 2020}}
Records
Speed record:
- 54.75 - Fast Parade (2006)
Margins:
- {{frac|3|1|4}} lengths – Fast Parade (2006)
; Most wins
- 2 - California Flag (2009, 2010)
- 2 - Lieutenant Dan (2021, 2022)
- 2 - Motorious (GB) (2023, 2024)
;Most wins by a jockey
- 3 - Joseph Talamo (2009, 2011, 2019)
;Most wins by a trainer
- 3 - Brian J. Koriner (2009, 2010, 2019)
;Most wins by an owner
- 2 - Hi Card Ranch (2009, 2010)
- 2 - Nicholas B. Alexander (2021, 2022)
- 2 - Anthony Fanticola (2023, 2024)
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Winners
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| style="width:30px" | Year
! style="width:110px" | Winner ! style="width:110px" | Jockey ! style="width:120px" | Trainer ! Owner ! style="width:25px" | Time ! style="width:35px" | Purse ! style="width:25px" | Gr. ! style="width:20px" | Ref. |
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| align="center"|2024
|Motorious (GB) |Antonio Fresu |Philip D'Amato |Anthony Fanticola |align=center|56.14 |align=center|$152,500 |align=center|III |
| align="center"|2023
|Motorious (GB) |Geovanni Franco |Philip D'Amato |Anthony Fanticola |align=center|56.07 |align=center|$153,500 |align=center|III |
| align="center"|2022
|Lieutenant Dan |Juan J. Hernandez |Steven Miyadi |Nicholas B. Alexander |align=center|55.87 |align=center|$152,500 |align=center|III |
| align="center"|2021
|Lieutenant Dan |Geovanni Franco |Steven Miyadi |Nicholas B. Alexander |align=center|55.98 |align=center|$101,500 |align=center|III |
| align="center"|2020
|Chaos Theory |Hronis Racing |align=center|56.22 |align=center|$101,000 |align=center|III |
| align="center"|2019
|Mr Vargas |Jay Em Ess Stable |align=center|56.15 |align=center|$100,351 |align=center|III |
| align="center"|2018
|Stormy Liberal |Rockingham Ranch & D. A. Bernsen |align=center|55.66 |align=center|$88,400 |align=center|Listed |
| align="center"|2017
|Tribalist |Blake R. Heap |align=center|56.93 |align=center|$104,620 |align=center| |
| align="center"|2016
|Why Two |Michael Machowsky |Kagele Brothers, E. Marchosky, K. Shaw & Lo Hi Stable |align=center|56.01 |align=center|$100,000 |align=center| |
| align="center"|2015
|Holy Lute |Santiago Gonzalez |James M. Cassidy |Class Racing Stables |align=center|56.24 |align=center|$87,080 |align=center| |
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|align="center"|2014 |Merit Man | Robert B. Hess Jr. |B. Chandler, Double Kee & Purple Shamrock |align=center|57.22 |align=center|$94,500 |align=center| |
| align="center"|2013
|Sirocco Strike |Trueline Racing |align=center|55.34 |align=center|$100,690 |align=center| |
| align="center"|2012
|Shrug |Swift Thoroughbreds |align=center|56.00 |align=center|$93,600 |align=center| |
| align="center"|2011
|Raetodandty |Val Brinkerhoff |Val Brinkerhoff |align=center|55.64 |align=center|$105,745 |align=center| |
| align="center"|2010
|California Flag |Brian J. Koriner |Hi Card Ranch |align=center|55.58 |align=center|$102,175 |align=center| |
| align="center"|2009
|California Flag |Brian J. Koriner |Hi Card Ranch |align=center|55.22 |align=center|$106,100 |align=center|Listed |
| align="center"|2008
|Get Funky |Keith Abraham |align=center|55.10 |align=center|$102,175 |align=center|Listed |
| align="center"|2007
|Barber |William J. Zellerbach |align=center|55.71 |align=center|$95,760 |align=center|Listed |
| align="center"|2006
|Fast Parade |Norberto Arroyo Jr. |Gary & Cecil Barber |align=center|54.75 |align=center|$95,545 |align=center|Listed |
| align="center"|2005
|Courageous King |R and R King Stables & Wesley Ward |align=center|55.11 |align=center|$76,300 |align=center|Listed |
| align="center"|2004
|Geronimo (CHI) |Michael Machowsky |W. C. Buster Jr., Rusty Hays, Surfside Equine, et al. |align=center|55.15 |align=center|$76,350 |align=center|Listed |
| align="center"|2003
|King Robyn |Cornejo Racing |align=center|55.45 |align=center|$78,800 |align=center|Listed |
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Legend:
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References
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Category:Graded stakes races in the United States
Category:2003 establishments in California
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2003
Category:Horse races in California
Category:Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
Category:Grade 3 stakes races in the United States
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