The Lone Star Park Handicap was a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses three-years-old and older over a distance 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. 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.
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 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time Purse Grade 2018Shotgun Kowboy6Luis S. QuinonezC. R. TroutC. R. Trout1:44.84$200,000III2017Danzing Candy 4Mike E. SmithBob BaffertHalo Farms, J. and D. Bashor 1:43.01$200,000III2016Cyrus Alexander4Martin GarciaJerry HollendorferSpendthrift Farm/Stonestreet Stables1:43.12$200,000III2015Majestic City6Charles C. LopezRichard BaltasBloom Racing Stable1:43.31$200,000III2014Grand Contender6Richard E. EramiaThomas M. AmossMaggi Moss1:43.83$200,000III2013Master Rick4Ricardo Santana, Jr.Steven AsmussenRichard L. Davis1:42.09$300,000III2012Nates Mineshaft4Donald Edward SimingtonWesley E. HawleyOrth/Hawley1:42.91$300,000III2011Awesome Gem8Robby AlbaradoCraig DollaseWest Point Thoroughbreds1:43.48$300,000III2010Redding Colliery4Rosie NapravnikKiaran McLaughlinMrs. Fitriani Hay.1:42.13$300,000III2009It's a Bird6Julien LeparouxMartin D. WolfsonEdmund A. Gann1:41.83$400,000III2008Giant Gizmo4Garrett GomezRobert J. FrankelStronach Stable1:43.01$400,000III2007Bob and John4Garrett GomezBob BaffertStonerside Stable1:45.02$400,000III2006Magnum5Pat ValenzuelaDarrell ViennaHerrick Racing LLC 1:42.88$400,000III2005Supah Blitz5Jon CourtDouglas F. O'NeillBlack Saddle Stable et al.1:41.90$300,000III2004Yessirgeneralsir4Omar FigueroaDallas KeenJim D. Jackson 1:41.29$300,000III2003Pie N Burger5Jamie TheriotCole NormanKagele Bros. et al. 1:42.03$300,000III2002Congaree4Pat DayBob BaffertStonerside Stable1:42.96$300,000III2001Dixie Dot Com6David FloresWilliam Morey, Jr.D. & C. Chaiken/B. & R. Heller 1:40.53$300,000III2000Luftikus4David FloresVladimir CerinStronach Stable 1:40.87$300,000III1999Mocha Express5Marlon St. JulienTim HarderMary Dodd/A. R. Harder1:43.36$300,000 1998Mocha Express4Marlon St. JulienTim HarderA. R. Harder/Don Strate 1:42.17$200,000 1997Connecting Terms4Larry MelanconW. Elliott WaldenPrestonwood Farm1:41.97$200,000
References
The 2008 Lone Star Park Handicap at the NTRA