Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap

The Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run from 1983 through 2013 at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois. A former Grade 3 event, it was open to horses age three and older and contested on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs).

Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationHawthorne Race Course
Stickney/Cicero, Illinois,
United States
Inaugurated1983
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.hawthorneracecourse.com
Race information
Distance1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
PurseUS$75,000

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.

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

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Speed record:

  • 1:33.40 @ 1 mile: Soviet Line (1998)
  • 1:47.00 @ 1 1-8 miles: Iron Courage (1989)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Homing Pigeon (1995, 1996)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 – Nancy A. Vanier (1989, 1995, 1996)
  • 3 – Team Block (2003, 2010, 2012)

Winners

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time Win $ Gr.
2013 The Pizza Man 4 Francisco Torres Roger Brueggemann Midwest Thoroughbreds 1-1/8 m 1:50.62 $75,000
2012 Suntracer 4 Eduardo E. Perez Chris M. Block Team Block 1-1/8 m 1:48.75 $100,000
2011 Princeville Condo 6 Jozbin Z. Santana Michele Boyce Terry Biondo & Cherrywood Stables II (Michele Boyce & Nate Ruffolo) 1-1/16 m 1:42.20 $60,000
2010 Amazing Results 5 Eduardo E. Perez Chris M. Block Team Block 1 m 1:35.65 $100,000 G3
2009 Public Speaker 4 Junior Alvarado Dale Bennett Peter J. Karahalios 1 m † 1:42.16 $100,000
2008 Wise River 5 Francisco Torres Clark Hanna Don L. Benge 1 m 1:35.04 $150,000 G3
2007 Classic Campaign 5 Richard Migliore William I. Mott Kinsman Stable 1 m 1:33.95 $150,000 G3
2006 No Tolerance 5 Jesse M. Campbell Michael B. Campbell Easy Money 2006 LLC, et al. 1 m 1:35.54 $150,000 G3
2005 Spruce Run 7 Rex A. Stokes III Linda L. Rice Golden Dome Stable (Robert H. & Mary Ellen Harris, Robert M. Harris) 1 m 1:39.97 $150,000 G3
2004 Scooter Roach 5 Jesse M. Campbell David Kassen Butterfly Stable (Larry Slavin, Lois Temkin, David Flanbaum) 1 m 1:34.51 $150,000 G3
2003 Mystery Giver 5 Carlos H. Marquez Chris M. Block Team Block 1 m 1:34.70 $150,000 G3
2002 Kimberlite Pipe 6 Christopher Emigh Michael W. Wright Jr. John D. Gunther 1 m 1:35.94 $150,000 G3
2001 Galic Boy 6 Ray Sibille Mickey A. Goldfine Arthur I. Appleton 1 m 1:35.10 $150,000 G3
2000 Where's Taylor 4 Corey Lanerie Michael Stidham Barry & Mark Golden 1 m 1:36.31 $150,000 G3
1999 Ray's Approval 6 Earlie Fires Robert L. Irwin James Orr Jr. 1 m 1:37.01 $150,000 G3
1998 Soviet Line 8 Shane Sellers Kiaran McLaughlin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1 m 1:33.40 $150,000 G3
1997 Trail City 6 Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott William I. Mott & Robert Verchota 1 m 1:36.04 $150,000
1996 Homing Pigeon 6 Robby Albarado Harvey L. Vanier Nancy A. Vanier 1 m 1:36.58 $150,000
1995 Homing Pigeon 5 Robby Albarado Harvey L. Vanier Nancy A. Vanier 1 m 1:38.09 $100,000
1994 Recoup The Cash 4 Juvenal Diaz Jere Smith Sr. Richard Trebat 1 m,70 yd † 1:40.91 $100,000
1993 High Habitation 5 Gabe Retana Michael L. Reavis Cesar C. Tan 1 m 1:35.33 $100,000
1992 Double Booked 7 José Ferrer Linda L. Rice Robert Gorham 1 m 1:39.82 $100,000
1991 Slew the Slewor 4 Garrett Gomez P. Noel Hickey P. Noel Hickey 1 m 1:38.72 $150,000
1990 Allijeba 4 Kerwin Clark Larry Robideaux Jr. Robert Allensworth 1 m 1:39.20 $135,000
1989 Iron Courage 5 Dave Penna Harvey L. Vanier Nancy A. Vanier & Ray Roncari 1-1/8 m 1:47.00 $150,000 G3
1988 New Colony 5 René Douglas Charlie Stutts] Louise & Anthony DiAntonio 1-1/8 m 1:47.60 $150,000 G3
1987 The Sassman 4 Kerwin Clark Rickey B. Harris Phyllis & Lou Herbster, Warren Brubaker, Rickey B. Harris 1-1/4 m 2:05.40 $100,000 G3
1986 Pass the Line 5 Juvenal Diaz Frank Solimena Stanley M. Ersoff 1-1/4 m 2:01.00 $150,000 G3
1985 River Lord 6 Randy Meier Sol Durschslag Jim Nolan & Sol Durschslag 1-1/4 m † 2:06.20 $100,000
1984 Ronbra 4 Carlos H. Marquez J. R. "Bob" Garrard Doris & Russell Boss 1-1/4 m 2:03.80 $100,000
1983 Sir Pele 4 Octavio Vergara Laz Barrera Aaron & Marie Jones 1-3/16 m 1:55.00 $100,000
  • † Transferred from the turf course to the dirt track.

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