The Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race open to horses aged three and older that was run each year at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida until the track closed at the end of the 2001 racing season. At the time, it was the oldest grass race in America.

The race was inaugurated as the Miami Cup Handicap ion March 13, 1926 and was open to horses age three and older. In addition to the President's gold cup, winner Boon Companion received what at the time was a very sizeable winner's purse of $24,950. From 1929 through 1952 it was run as the Miami Beach Handicap then in 1953 was renamed the Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap.Miami Daily News – March 2, 1954 The race was run on dirt until 1939 when it was permanently moved to the turf. It was a Grade 1 event in 1989 when financial difficulties saw racing at Hialeah Park suspended. On resumption in 1992, the race lost its graded stakes status.

Run in two divisions in 1944, the race was contested at different distances: 1 mile – 1932–1938 1 mile, 70 yards – 1929–1931 miles – 1926, 1939–1944 miles – 1927 miles – 1995–1999, 2001 miles – 1946 miles – 2000 miles – 1947–1994

Records Speed record: 2:25.40 @ 1 miles – El Senor (1989)

Most wins: 2 – Gleaming (1972, 1973) 2 – Nijinsky's Secret (1983, 1984)

Most wins by an owner: 3 – Allen E. Paulson (1987, 1998, 2001) 3 – Calumet Farm (1966, 1972, 1973) 3 – Hasty House Farm (1955, 1962, 1964)

Most wins by a jockey: 3 – Ángel Cordero Jr. (1972, 1973, 1979)

Most wins by a trainer: 3 – Harry Trotsek (1955, 1962, 1964)

Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time2001Del Mar Show4Robbie DavisWilliam I. MottAllen E. Paulson trust 11:53.062000Monkey Puzzle4René DouglasStephen L. DiMauroJoseph F. Graffeo12:13.501999Federal Trial4Robbie DavisLou M. GoldfineArthur I. Appleton11:52.671998Yagli5Heberto Castillo Jr.William I. MottAllen E. Paulson 11:51.791997Sharp Appeal4Gary BoulangerMartin D. WolfsonMartin L. Cherry11:54.931996Signal Tap5John VelazquezFlint S. SchulhoferCentennial Farm11:53.151995Turk Passer5John VelazquezAnthony Margotta Jr.Michael Shanley, Leonard Leveen, Steven M. Weiss11:54.401994Awad4Eddie MapleDavid G. DonkRyehill Farm (Jim & Eleanor Ryan)12:30.001993Spectacular Tide4René DouglasStanley M. HoughElizabeth & David Whelan12:25.601992Crystal Moment7Rick WilsonRonald HoughtonLongleaf Pine Farm (Shirley "Cosy" Lathrop)12:28.221990 – 1991 Race not held1989El Senor5Herb McCauleyWilliam W. WrightFrances W. Luro12:25.401988Double Bed5Gérald MosséFrançois DoumenRonald Reeves12:27.801987Theatrical 5Pat DayWilliam I. MottAllen E. Paulson12:28.601986Sondrio5Craig PerretHoward M. TesherCraig B. Singer12:27.601985Selous Scout4Robin PlattsRoger AttfieldCharles Rittenberg 12:27.201984Nijinsky's Secret6José Vélez Jr.Kent StirlingJohn A. "Bud" McDougald12:26.801983Nijinsky's Secret5José Vélez Jr.Kent StirlingJohn A. "Bud" McDougald12:27.201982The Bart6Eddie DelahoussayeJohn SullivanFranklin N. Groves 12:26.001981Lobsang5Mike VeneziaVictor J. NickersonWalter Haefner12:27.201980John Henry 5Darrel McHargueRon McAnallyDotsam Stable12:29.401979Bowl Game5Ángel Cordero Jr.John M. Gaver Jr.Greentree Stable12:26.601978Noble Dancer6Steve CauthenThomas J. KellyHaakon Fretheim 12:28.001977Improviser5Miguel A. RiveraJohn J. WeipertElmendorf Farm12:28.001976Legion6Earlie FiresGerald F. JabaleeRalph Chapman12:29.201976Lord Henham4Roger I. VelezStephen A. DiMauroRobert E. Sangster12:28.201975Outdoors6Daryl MontoyaJohn W. RussellOgden Phipps12:27.401974Big Whippendeal4Miguel A. RiveraOscar DishmanKinsman Stable12:26.201973Gleaming5Ángel Cordero Jr.Reggie CornellCalumet Farm12:27.601972Gleaming4Ángel Cordero Jr.Reggie CornellCalumet Farm12:27.201971Drumtop5Chuck BaltazarRoger LaurinJames B. Moseley12:26.801970Vent du Nord5Ron TurcotteAl ScottiEmanuel Mittman12:27.401969Blanquette5Sandino HernandezAngel Penna Sr.Gustave Ring 12:29.001968He's A Smoothie5Braulio BaezaWarren BeasleyWilliam R. Beasley12:32.801967War Censor4Earlie FiresS. Bryant OttFourth Estate Stable12:28.201966Kentucky Jug5William BolandHorace A. JonesCalumet Farm12:27.201965Hot Dust5Steve BrooksSidney J. SmithMrs. Alfred J. Giordano12:29.201964Carteret6Ray BroussardHarry TrotsekHasty House Farm12:28.601963Intercepted4Robert UsseryJoseph H. Pierce Sr.Pin Oak Farm12:40.401962El Loco5John SellersHarry TrotsekHasty House Farm12:29.801961Wolfram5John L. RotzBurley ParkeHarbor View Farm12:29.601960Amerigo5Bill HartackHarris BrownLillian B. Christopher12:29.201959Tudor Era6Pete AndersonArnold N. WinickMrs. Herbert Herff12:29.801958Meeting 5John RuaneJohn SceusaTartan Stable12:27.801957Jabneh 5Bill HartackPhil S. GoodwinEugenia E. Bankhead12:31.201956Guardian6Ray MikkonenGeorge M. OdomJosephine Widener Bigelow12:29.201955Stan 5John AdamsHarry TrotsekHasty House Farm12:29.601954Picador 7Hedley WoodhousePreston M. BurchBrookmeade Stable12:28.801953Royal Vale5William BolandJames E. RyanEsther du Pont Weir12:28.801952Pilaster8Nick ShukFrank A. BonsalMrs. Henry L. Straus12:30.201951Going Away5Joe CulmonePreston M. BurchBrookmeade Stable12:31.601950Chicle II5Hedley WoodhouseJoseph H. Pierce Sr.Palatine Stable (Frank Rosen)12:29.001949Dinner Hour 5Angel RiveraLarry H. ThompsonHelen S. Reineman12:30.401948Stud Poker5Donald MacAndrewsPaul L. Kelley Edward E. Voynow12:29.201947Tel O'Sullivan4James StoutGeorge W. CarrollMrs. Louis Rabinowitz12:36.001946Frere Jacques 4Conn McCrearyMarion McGonigleJacob Sher12:04.201945No race held due to WW II restrictions1944-1Air Current5Ted AtkinsonWalter A. KelleyAllen T. Simmons11:44.401944-2Rascal5Conn McCrearyPaul L. KelleyV. L. Shea11:45.001943No race held due to WW II restrictions1942Sir Marlboro6Eddie ArcaroEddie CoatesMrs. Joseph Eitinger 11:44.801941Robert L7Eddie ArcaroJohn B. PartridgeJohn B. Partridge11:47.401940Sandy Boot 7Willie Lee JohnsonJohn B. PartridgeJames D. Norris11:48.201939Maeriel6Joseph RenickGeorge E. PhillipsMaemere Farm11:46.201938Wise Prince6Carroll BiermanHirsch JacobsFelix Spatola 1m1:37.001937White Cockade4Hilton DabsonJames E. FitzsimmonsOgden Phipps1m1:39.001936Nectarine4Joseph RenickBert S. MichellJean Denmark1m1:36.401935Larranaga6Wayne WrightFrank J. KearnsAnall Stable (Allan A. Ryan)1m1:37.201934Springsteel5Jimmy BurkeWilliam IrvineSylvester W. Labrot1m1:38.001933Curaçao4Silvio CoucciWilliam BrennanGreentree Stable1m1:38.201932Repentance4Herbert CallahanMose LowensteinGladys M. Pulitzer1m1:36.401931Silverdale5Eddie AmbroseJohn F. SchorrEdward B. McLean1m,70yds1:45.401930Herrick4Charles KurtsingerJames GassC. E. Hamilton1m,70yds1:42.201929Fly Hawk5Danny McAuliffeA. G. "Bob" RobertsonWilliam Maher1m,70yds1:43.601927War Eagle3Eddie AmbroseJohn F. SchorrEdward B. McLean11:51.201926Boon Companion4Vincent StottAl G. WoodmanCoventry Stable (S. A. Cowan)11:46.40

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