Longacres Mile Handicap

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade III
horse race = Longacres Mile Handicap


caption =
location = Emerald Downs
Auburn, Washington, USA
inaugurated = 1935
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.emeralddowns.com/default.asp?cat=8&id=103 Longacres Mile]
distance = 1 mile (8 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds and up
weight = Handicap
purse = $400,000
bonuses = The Longacres Mile Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in August at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington. The race is open horses three years of age and older and is run on dirt over a distance of one mile (eight furlongs). A Grade III event, currently offering a purse of $400,000, it is the showpiece of the Emerald Downs' race meeting.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Longacres Mile automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. [http://www.breederscup.com/challenge.aspx]

First run in 1935 at Longacres Racetrack in Renton, after the track's closing in September 1992, for the next three years the race was run at Yakima Meadows. In 1996 it was moved to its present location.

In 2008, Jennifer Whitaker became the first female jockey to win the Longacres Mile.

Records

In 2003, Sky Jack set the record for the both the fastest time and widest margin of victory at 1:33.00 and 6 ¼ lengths.

Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 - Gary Baze
* 3 - Russell Baze

Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 - Jim Penney
* 4 - Allen Drumheller
* 3 - Robert J. Frankel

Winners of the Longacres Mile since 1978

Earlier winners

*1977 - Theologist
*1976 - You Wipi
*1975 - Jim
*1974 - Times Rush
*1973 - Silver Mallet
*1972 - Red Wind
*1971 - Pitch Out
*1970 - Silver Double
*1969 - Praise Jay
*1968 - Steel Blade
*1967 - Kings Favor
*1966 - Aurelius
*1965 - Siempre
*1964 - Viking Spirit

*1963 - Full Regalia
*1962 - Full Regalia
*1961 - Sparrow Castle
*1960 - Doctrinaire
*1959 - Gigantic
*1958 - Collaborator
*1957 - Miracle Escort
*1956 - Hula Boola
*1955 - Quality Quest
*1954 - Greek Runner
*1953 - Ocean Mist
*1952 - Eddies Boy
*1951 - Little Rolo
*1950 - Two And Twenty

*1948 - Amble In
*1947 - Hank H
*1946 - Amble In
*1945 - Prince Ernest
*1944 - Hard Twist
*1943 - Race Not Run
*1942 - Lavengro
*1941 - Campus Fusser
*1940 - Pala Squaw
*1939 - Brief Moment
*1938 - Triplane
*1937 - Sallys Booter
*1936 - Exotude
*1935 - Coldwater

References

* [http://www.emeralddowns.com/default.asp?cat=8&id=103 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs]
* [http://www.ntra.com/races.aspx?section=races&id=14645 Longacres Mile at the NTRA]