Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap
Grade III race | |
Location |
Hawthorne Race Course Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1983 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.hawthorneracecourse.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 |
The Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first week of October at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois. A Grade III event since 1998, it is open to horses age three and older and is contested on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).
Inaugurated on October 9, 1983, the race is named in honor of Robert Francis Carey, founder of the American Brick Company and the Managing Director of Hawthorne from 1947 to his death in 1980.
Since inception it has been contested at various distances:
- 1983 : 1 1⁄16 miles
- 1984-1987 : 1 1⁄4 miles
- 1988-1989 : 1 1⁄8 miles
- 1990-1993, 1995–present : 1 mile
- 1994 : 1 mile, 70 yards
In 1985, 1994 and again in 2009, soft course conditions from heavy rains resulted in the race being transferred to the main dirt track.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 mile)
- 1:33.40 - Soviet Line (1998)
Most wins:
- 2 - Homing Pigeon (1995, 1996)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 3 - Harvey L. Vanier (1989, 1995, 1996)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Nancy A. Vanier (1989, 1995, 1996)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2009 | Public Speaker | 4 | Junior Alvarado | Dale Bennett | Peter J. Karahalios | 1:42.16 |
2008 | Wise River | 5 | Francisco Torres | Clark Hanna | Don L. Benge | 1:35.04 |
2007 | Classic Campaign | 5 | Richard Migliore | William I. Mott | Kinsman Stable | 1:33.95 |
2006 | No Tolerance | 5 | Jesse M. Campbell | Michael B. Campbell | Easy Money 2006 LLC, et al. | 1:35.54 |
2005 | Spruce Run | 7 | Rex A. Stokes III | Linda L. Rice | Golden Dome Stable | 1:39.97 |
2004 | Scooter Roach | 5 | Jesse M. Campbell | David Kassen | Butterfly Stable, et al. | 1:34.51 |
2003 | Mystery Giver | 5 | Carlos H. Marquez | Chris M. Block | Team Block | 1:34.70 |
2002 | Kimberlite Pipe | 6 | Christophe A. Emigh | Michael Wright, Jr. | John D. Gunther | 1:35.94 |
2001 | Galic Boy | 6 | Ray Sibille | Mickey A. Goldfine | Arthur I. Appleton | 1:35.10 |
2000 | Where's Taylor | 4 | Corey Lanerie | Michael Stidham | Barry & Mark Golden | 1:36.31 |
1999 | Ray's Approval | 6 | Earlie Fires | Robert L. Irwin | James Orr Jr. | 1:37.01 |
1998 | Soviet Line | 8 | Shane Sellers | Kiaran McLaughlin | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum | 1:33.40 |
1997 | Trail City | 6 | Jerry D. Bailey | William I. Mott | W. I. Mott & Robert Verchota | 1:36.04 |
1996 | Homing Pigeon | 6 | Robby Albarado | Harvey L. Vanier | Nancy A. Vanier | 1:36.58 |
1995 | Homing Pigeon | 5 | Robby Albarado | Harvey L. Vanier | Nancy A. Vanier | 1:38.09 |
1994 | Recoup The Cash | 4 | Juvenal Diaz | Jere Smith, Sr. | Richard Trebat | 1:40.91 |
1993 | High Habitation | 5 | Gabe Retana | Michael L. Reavis | C.C. Tan | 1:35.33 |
1992 | Double Booked | 7 | José Ferrer | Linda L. Rice | Robert Gorham | 1:39.82 |
1991 | Slew the Slewor | 4 | Garrett Gomez | P. Noel Hickey | P. Noel Hickey | 1:38.72 |
1990 | Allijeba | 4 | Kerwin Clark | Larry Robideaux | Robert Allensworth | 1:39.20 |
1989 | Iron Courage | 5 | Dave Penna | Harvey L. Vanier | Nancy A. Vanier & Ray Roncari | 1:47.00 |
1988 | New Colony | 5 | Rene Douglas | Charlie Stutts | Louise & Anthony DiAntonio | 1:47.60 |
1987 | The Sassman | 4 | Kerwin Clark | Rickey Harris | Herbster, Brubaker, Harris | 2:05.40 |
1986 | Pass the Line | 5 | Juvenal Diaz | Frank Solimena | Stanley M. Ersoff | 2:01.00 |
1985 | River Lord | 6 | not found | Sol Durschslag | Jim Nolan & Sol Durschslag | 2:06.20 |
1984 | Ronbra | 4 | Carlos H. Marquez | J. R. "Bob" Garrard | Doris & Russell Boss | 2:03.80 |
1983 | Sir Pele | 4 | not found | Laz Barrera | Aaron & Marie Jones | 1:55.00 |