Lone Star Park Handicap
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Discontinued stakes
| horse race = Lone Star Park Handicap
| image =
| caption =
| location = Lone Star Park
Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
| inaugurated = 1997
| race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
| website = {{URL|http://www.lonestarpark.com/}}
| distance = {{frac|1|1|16}} miles (8.5 furlongs)
| surface = Dirt
| track = left-handed
| qualification = Three-years-old and older
| weight = Assigned
| purse = $200,000 (2017)
| bonuses =
}}
The Lone Star Park Handicap was a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses three-years-old and older over a distance {{frac|1|1|16}} miles on the dirt held annually during the last week of May at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas that was last held in 2018.
History
The event was inaugurated in 1997, the year Lone Star Park opened. The event was classified as a Grade III in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=1074#raceHistory|title=Lone Star Park Handicap (Gr. 3)|work=equibase|date=2017|accessdate=27 May 2017}} In 2001, Dixie Dot Com became the only horse to win in the same year the Lone Star Park Handicap and the Texas Mile Stakes, known as "The Texas Two Step." In 2013, Master Rick accomplished the same feat.{{cite web|url=https://imgrum.me/tag/gradedstakes |title=#gradedstakes |date=2017 |accessdate=27 May 2017 |work=Imgrun}}
In 2010, Rosie Napravnik became the first female rider to win a graded stakes race in Lone Star Park history.
Records
Speed record:
- 1:40.53 - Dixie Dot Com (2001) (stakes and track record)
Most wins:
- 2 - Mocha Express (1998, 1999)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 - Marlon St. Julien (1998, 1999)
- 2 - David Flores (2000, 2001)
- 2 - Garrett Gomez (2007, 2008)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Bob Baffert (2002, 2007, 2017)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Stronach Stable (2000, 2008)
- 2 - Stonerside Stable (2002, 2007)
Winners
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| style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:38px" | Year ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:135px"| Winner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:28px"| Age ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:135px"| Jockey ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:140px"| Trainer ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:170px"| Owner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:40px" align=center| Time ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:75px"| Purse ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:40px"| Grade |
|---|
| 2018
|Shotgun Kowboy |6 |Luis S. Quinonez |C. R. Trout |C. R. Trout |1:44.84 |$200,000 |III |
| 2017
|Danzing Candy |4 |Halo Farms, J. and D. Bashor |1:43.01 |align=center|$200,000 |align=center|III |
| 2016
|Cyrus Alexander |4 |Spendthrift Farm/Stonestreet Stables |1:43.12 |align=center|$200,000 |align=center|III |
| 2015
|Majestic City |6 |Bloom Racing Stable |1:43.31 |align=center|$200,000 |align=center|III |
| 2014
|Grand Contender |6 |1:43.83 |align=center|$200,000 |align=center|III |
| 2013
|Master Rick |4 |Richard L. Davis |1:42.09 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2012
|Nates Mineshaft |4 |Orth/Hawley |1:42.91 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2011
|8 |1:43.48 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2010
|Redding Colliery |4 |Mrs. Fitriani Hay. |1:42.13 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2009
|It's a Bird |6 |1:41.83 |align=center|$400,000 |align=center|III |
| 2008
|Giant Gizmo |4 |1:43.01 |align=center|$400,000 |align=center|III |
| 2007
|4 |1:45.02 |align=center|$400,000 |align=center|III |
| 2006
|Magnum |5 |Herrick Racing LLC |1:42.88 |align=center|$400,000 |align=center|III |
| 2005
|Supah Blitz |5 |Black Saddle Stable et al. |1:41.90 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2004
|Yessirgeneralsir |4 |Jim D. Jackson |1:41.29 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2003
|Pie N Burger |5 |Kagele Bros. et al. |1:42.03 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2002
|4 |1:42.96 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2001
|Dixie Dot Com |6 |D. & C. Chaiken/B. & R. Heller |1:40.53 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 2000
|Luftikus |4 |1:40.87 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center|III |
| 1999
|Mocha Express |5 |Mary Dodd/A. R. Harder |1:43.36 |align=center|$300,000 |align=center| |
| 1998
|Mocha Express |4 |A. R. Harder/Don Strate |1:42.17 |align=center|$200,000 |align=center| |
| 1997
|Connecting Terms |4 |1:41.97 |align=center|$200,000 |align=center| |
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100117234651/http://ntra.com/races.aspx?section=races&id=30169 The 2008 Lone Star Park Handicap at the NTRA]
Category:Graded stakes races in the United States
Category:Open mile category horse races
Category:1997 establishments in Texas