The Bel Air Handicap was a
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...
run in mid July at
Hollywood Park Racetrack
Hollywood Park was a thoroughbred race course located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the Forum indoor arena. In 1994, the original Hollywood Park Casino was added to t ...
in
Inglewood, California. Open to horses age three and older, it was contested on dirt at a distance of a mile and a sixteenth. In its final year it was a Grade III even
offering a purse of
United States dollar, U.S.$$100,000.
First run in 1939, the Bel Air Handicap was not run again until 1968. From 1980 through 1982 there was no race run.
In 1997, winner Crafty Friend equaled the Hollywood Park track record for a mile and a sixteenth with a time of 1:40 flat.
Winners
Earlier winners
*1994 - Region
*1993 - Marquetry
*1992 - Renegotiable
*1991 -
Twilight Agenda
*1990 - Prospectors Gamble
*1989 -
Rahy
*1988 - Cutlass Reality
*1987 - Judge Angelucci
*1986 - Super Diamond
*1985 - My Habitony
*1984 - Bid Us
*1983 - Poley
*1979 - Sirlad
*1978 -
Vigors
*1977 -
Ancient Title
{{Infobox racehorse
, horsename = Ancient Title
, image =
, caption =
, sire = Gummo
, grandsire = Fleet Nasrullah
, dam = Hi Little Gal
, damsire = Bar Le Duc
, sex = Gelding
, foaled = 1970
, country = United States
, colour = Ba ...
*1976 - Riot In Paris
*1975 - Stardust Mel
*1974 - Finalista
*1973 - Tri Jet
*1972 - Dating
*1971 - What Goes On
*1970 - Summer Sorrow
*1969 - Boughs O' Holly
*1968 - Nevada Marga
*1939 - Leading Article
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References
June 15, 1939 ''Los Angeles Times'' article on the Bel Air Handicap
*[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/75139405.html?dids=75139405:75139405&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+08%2C+2001&author=BOB+MIESZERSKI&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=HORSE+RACING%3B+Smile+Again+Wins+Bel+Air&pqatl=google July 8, 2001 ''Los Angeles Times'' article on the Bel Air Handicap]
Discontinued horse races
Horse races in California
Hollywood Park Racetrack