Discontinued Grade 3 stakes race | |
Location | Del Mar Racetrack, Del Mar, California |
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Inaugurated | 1966 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 1/8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
Purse | $300,000 |
The Cabrillo Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California, from 1966 through 1990. Open to horses age three and older, the Grade 3 event was raced on dirt. Contested at various distances, in its final years it was set at a mile and one-eighth (nine furlongs)
The race was won by such top horses as Cougar II, Kennedy Road, Proud Birdie, Gato Del Sol, Ferdinand, and Precisionist.
The Cabrillo Handicap was run in two divisions in 1966.
Winners
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References
- New York Times article August 23, 1970
- August 20, 1973
- Los Angeles Times - August 7, 1977
- Boston Globe - August 25, 1983
- Los Angeles Times – August 30, 1987
- Oxnard, California Press-Courier - August 29, 1988
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