Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Handicap was an American

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

horse race Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

held annually since 1934 at

Bay Meadows Racetrack Bay Meadows was a horse racing track in San Mateo, California from 1934 until 2008, in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. History Built on the site of an old airfield, Bay Meadows Racecourse was the longest continually operating t ...

San Mateo, California San Mateo ( ; ) is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula. About 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco, the city borders Burlingame to the north, Hillsborough to the west, San Francisco Bay and Foster C ...

. Held in late September, the Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Handicap is currently an ungraded stakes event for 3-year-olds and up, raced on

turf Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls. In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricultu ...

at a distance of 1 1/8-miles with a purse of $150,000. Inaugurated in 1934 as the Bay Meadows Handicap, on November 28, 2007 this Grade III stakes race was downgraded to an ungraded stakes by the

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Partial list of past winners

*2008 : Bold Chieftain *2007 : Now Victory *2006 : Flamethrowintexan *2005 : Adreamisborn *2004 : Needwood Blade *2003 : Mister Acpen *2002 : David Copperfield *2001 : Super Quercus *2000 : Devine Wind *1999 : Kirkwall *1998 : Hawksley Hill *1997 : El Angelo *1996 :

Gentlemen A gentleman (Old French: ''gentilz hom'', gentle + man) is any man of good and courteous conduct. Originally, ''gentleman'' was the lowest rank of the landed gentry of England, ranking below an esquire and above a yeoman; by definition, the ra ...

(ARG) *1995 : Caesour *1994 : Blues Traveller *1993 : Slew of Damascus *1992 : Forty Niner Days *1991 : French Seventyfive *1990 : Robinski *1989 : Ten Keys *1988 : Wait Till Monday *1987 : Show Dancer *1986 :

Palace Music Joseph Will Oldham (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace (Palace, Palace Flophouse, Palace Br ...

*1985 : Drumalis *1984 : Scruples *1983 : Interco *1982 :

Super Moment {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Super Moment , image = , caption = , sire = Big Spruce , grandsire = Herbager , dam = Seductive , damsire = Shantung , sex = Stallion , foaled = 1977 , country = United States , colour = Bay , breed ...

*1981 :

*1980 :

*1979 : Leonotis *1978 : Bywayofchicago *1977 : Painted wagon *1976 : Lifes Hope *1975 : Bahia Key *1974 : Indefatigable *1973 : Partners Hope *1963 : Mustard Plaster *1962 : Sea Orbit *1960 : Prize Host *1959 : Promised Land *1952 : Moonrush *1947 : Artillery *1938 :

Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse ...

*1937 :

*1936 : Special Agent *1935 :

Head Play Head Play (April 2, 1930 – December 11, 1954) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1933 Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series of races and as the horse on the losing end of the "Fighting F ...

*1934 :

Time Supply Time Supply (foaled 1931) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse sired by Time Maker out of the Fair Play mare Surplice. He was bred in Virginia at the Court Manor Stud of Willis Sharpe Kilmer in conjunction with Edward B. McLean. Kilmer had s ...

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External links

Bay Meadows official web site
Bay Meadows Racetrack Previously graded stakes races in the United States Horse races in California Open mile category horse races Turf races in the United States Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area Recurring sporting events established in 1934 Recurring events disestablished in 2007 1934 establishments in California 2007 disestablishments in California