Round Table Stakes

(Redirected from Round Table Handicap)

The Round Table Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run on dirt and on turf forty-four times between 1961 and 2007. First run at Washington Park Race Track in Homewood, Illinois as the Round Table Handicap, in 1963 it was moved to Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights. In 1985 a fire destroyed the track's grandstand and clubhouse and its races were hosted that year by Chicago's Hawthorne Race Course. A stakes race open to three-year-old horses, it was last contested on Polytrack synthetic dirt over a distance of one and one-eighth miles. From inception through 1968, it was a handicap race for horses age three and older.[1]

Round Table Stakes
Discontinued stakes race
LocationArlington Park,
Arlington Heights, Illinois,
United States
Inaugurated1961
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Race information
Distance1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Purse$100,000

The race was named for Round Table, the 1958 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Round Table retired with earnings of $1,749,869, the most for any horse in world Thoroughbred racing history.[2] Kerr Stable's win with Rambler II in the 1964 edition of the Round Table Handicap was particularly special for stable owner Travis Kerr who was the owner of Round Table.[3]

The Round Table was run in two divisions in 1974, 1975 and 1983. It was not run in 1988, 1998 and 1999.

Notable past winners include John Henry who won his first graded stakes in impressive style with a twelve-length margin of victory in the September 16, 1978 Round Table Handicap.[1]

In its last running in 2007, the colt Pavarotti set a track record in winning the 2007 edition of the Round Table Stakes. The race was slated to be run in 2008 but was placed on hiatus and dropped from the 2009 schedule.

Track

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Surface

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  • Turf (31) : 1961–1972, 1974–1987, 1989–1993 (31)
  • Dirt (13) : 1973, 1994–1997, 2000–2006 (12)
  • Polytrack (1) : 2007 (1)

Distances

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  • 1 mile (2) : 1973, 1974
  • 1 1/16 miles (14) : 1961–1962, 1964–1966, 1968–1972, 1975–1978
  • 1 1/8 miles (24) : 1963, 1967, 1979–1984, 1986–1987, 1992–1997, 2000–2007
  • 1 3/16 miles (4) : 1985, 1989–1991

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:42 flat @ 1 1/16 miles on turf: Rambler II (1964)
  • 1:47.40 @ 1 1/8 miles on turf: World Class Splash (1992)
  • 1:47.73 @1 1/8 miles on dirt: Devilment 1:47.73 (2005)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Gr.
2007 Pavarotti 3 René Douglas Todd Pletcher Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith 1+18 m 1:49.75
2006 Casino Evil 3 Francisco Torres Michael A. Tomlinson Haps Stable (Paul Hanifl & Vince Foglia) 1+18 m 1:50.12
2005 Devilment 3 Carlos H. Marquez Jr. Michael Stidham Pin Oak Stable 1+18 m 1:47.73
2004 Cryptograph 3 Don Pettinger Donnie K. Von Hemel Pin Oak Stable 1+18 m 1:51.53
2003 Wiggins 3 Eusebio Razo Jr. Anthony Granitz William Pacella, Joseph Rizza, Ronald Schwed 1+18 m 1:50.47
2002 Cowboy Stuff 3 Pat Valenzuela Don Von Hemel Sr. Shelley Bates & Don Von Hemel Sr. 1+18 m 1:48.98
2001 Discreet Hero 3 Shane Laviolette Albert Stall Jr. B. Wayne Hughes 1+18 m 1:49.72 G3
2000 Fan The Flame 3 Eddie Martin Jr. Randy L. Morse Michael Langford 1+18 m 1:50.08 G3
1998 – 1999 Race not held
1997 Rojo Dinero 3 Mark Guidry Kelly Von Hemel Steven D. Caldwell 1+18 m 1:51.90 G3
1996 Slew O' Mink 3 Don Pettinger Donnie K. Von Hemel Bad Boy Racing Ltd. 1+18 m 1:51.51 G3
1995 Kingdom City 3 Craig Perret W. Elliott Walden Jeffrey S. Sullivan & John L. Wieczorek 1+18 m 1:50.38 G3
1994 Danville 3 Larry Melancon William G. Huffman Top of the Key Stable (Gary Lavin & partners) 1+18 m 1:51.07 G3
1993 Snake Eyes 3 Wigberto Ramos Steven L. Morguelan Melvin Isenstein 1+18 m 1:49.80 G3
1992 World Class Splash 3 Garrett Gomez P. Noel Hickey Richard E. Trebat 1+18 m 1:47.40 G3
1991 Fraise 3 Robbie Davis Richard J. Lundy Madeleine Paulson 1+316 m 1:56.25 G3
1990 Super Fan 3 Shane Sellers Steven Penrod Hermitage Farm (Warner L. Jones Jr.) 1+316 m 2:02.40 G3
1989 Ebros 3 Jorge Velásquez Richard J. Lundy Allen E. Paulson 1+316 m 1:58.40 G2
1988 Race not held
1987 Blue Finn 3 Dave Penna James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1+18 m 1:56.40 G2
1986 Marvin's Policy 3 Sandy Hawley Darrell Vienna David Milch 1+18 m 1:49.20 G2
1985 Montagnet 3 Don Brumfield Dennis W. Ebert Jim H. Plemmons 1+316 m 1:56.40 G2
1984 Tall Grass Walker 3 Earlie Fires Henry M. "Pete" Wylie Kenneth C. Plattner 1+18 m 1:53.40 G2
1983-1 Jack Slade 3 Don Brumfield David C. Kassen Andrew Adams 1+18 m 1:49.60 G2
1983-2 Susie's Table 3 Gerland Gallitano Robin Frank Oriental Stable (Vernal Lee & Eric Frank) 1+18 m 1:49.80 G2
1982 Lucence 3 Pat Day Steven Penrod Claiborne Farm 1+18 m 1:52.80 G2
1981 Waterway Drive 3 Jerry Bailey Robin Frank Eric Frank 1+18 m 1:56.80 G2
1980 The Messanger 3 Pat Day Oscar Dishman Jr. Archie Donaldson 1+18 m 1:58.00 G3
1979 Rossi Gold 3 Ron Hirdes Raymond S. Lawrence Jr. Frank McMahon 1+18 m 1:53.60 G3
1978 John Henry 3 Jose Amy Robert A. Donato Dotsam Stable 1+116 m 1:45.80 G3
1977 True Colors 3 Ed Delahoussaye Willard C. Freeman Robert C. Billips 1+116 m 1:44.80 G3
1976 Effervescing 3 Rudy Turcotte John W. Russell Ogden Phipps 1+116 m 1:44.60 G3
1975-1 Brents Prince 3 Ben Feliciano James Morgan Mary Classen 1+116 m 1:43.80 G3
1975-2 Crafty Drone 3 John Powell Richard P. Hazelton Harham Farm 1+116 m 1:45.80 G3
1974-1 Emperor Rex 3 Hector Viera Howard M. Tesher Harold Snowden 1 m 1:36.60 G3
1974-2 Hasty Flyer 3 Mike Miceli Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1 m 1:37.20 G3
1973 King's Reel 3 Robert Breen William J. Resseguet Jr. Gerald Robins 1 m 1:37.20 G3
1972 King's Bishop 3 Jacinto Vásquez Thomas J. Kelly Craig F. Cullinan Jr. 1+116 m 1:43.40
1971 Mr. Pow Wow 3 Ray Broussard Joseph M. Bollero Greenbrier Stable 1+116 m 1:43.40
1970 Pass The Drink 3 Mike Venezia Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps 1+116 m 1:43.80
1969 Larceny Kid 3 David Whited MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 1+116 m 1:43.40
1968 Come On II 7 Walter Blum Jose d'Agostino Alberto d'Agostino 1+116 m 1:47.80
1967 Assagai 4 Larry Adams MacKenzie Miller Cragwood Stables 1+18 m 1:51.40
1966 Maris 4 Earlie Fires Willard L. Proctor Josephine Potrykus 1+116 m 1:42.80
1965 Lord Date 4 Mickey Solomone Frank H. Merrill Jr. North Star Ranch 1+116 m 1:43.20
1964 Rambler II 5 Herberto Hinojosa Warren Stute Kerr Stable 1+116 m 1:42.00
1963 Bronze Babu 5 Herberto Hinojosa Jose de Murguiondo Hill 'n' Dale Farms 1+18 m 1:55.80
1962 Porvenir II 8 Avelino Gomez Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1+116 m 1:43.20
1961 Oink 4 Johnny Sellers Steve Ippolito Jacnot Stable (O. T. & Jack R. Hogan) 1+116 m 1:43.00

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wire-To-Wire Recaps of Arlington Million". Chicago Tribune. 1989-06-28. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  2. ^ "Round Table, Thoroughbred Champion, Dies". Los Angeles Times. AP. 1987-06-14. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  3. ^ "Rambler 2nd Triumphs". Democrat and Chronicle, page 32. 1964-05-31. Retrieved 2020-08-05.