McLennan Handicap

The McLennan Handicap was an American thoroughbred horse race run annually each February from 1934–1961 at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. First run in 1934 as the Joseph McLennan Memorial Handicap, the race was named In honor of the late Joseph "Sandy" McLennan, the former racing secretary at Hialeah Park and at Chicago's Arlington Park who died in December 1933.[1] In winning the first edition in 1934, Col. Edward R. Bradley's Blessed Event equaled the world record for a mile and an eighth on dirt.[2] In 1938 the race name was shortened to the McLennan Memorial Handicap and shortened again in 1948 to the McLennan Handicap.

McLennan Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationHialeah Park Race Track
Hialeah, Florida, United States
Inaugurated1934
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightAssigned

In 1941 the race had twenty-five entries and had to be run in two divisions.

Records

Speed record:

  • Spartan Valor - 1:47.20

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Dist.
(Miles)		 Time
1961 Yorky 4 Johnny Sellers Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.00
1960 On-and-On 4 Steve Brooks Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.80
1959 Sharpsburg 6 Howard Grant Tony Puglisi Roy E. Faircloth 1+1⁄8 m. 1:49.00
1958 Iron Liege 4 Bill Hartack Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.00
1957 Summer Tan 5 David Erb Sherrill W. Ward Dorothy Firestone Galbreath 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.80
1956 Switch On 5 Bobby Ussery John A. Nerud Gerald S. Colella 1+1⁄8 m. 1:49.40
1955 Social Outcast 5 Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred G. Vanderbilt II 1+1⁄8 m. 1:49.40
1954 Elixir 6 Sam Boulmetis David J. Schneider David J. Schneider 1+1⁄8 m. 1:49.00
1953 Crafty Admiral 5 Kenny Church Robert B. Odom Charfran Stable (Charles & Frances Cohen) 1+1⁄8 m. 1:53.40
1952 Spartan Valor 4 James Stout Frank Catrone William G. Helis Jr. 1+1⁄8 m. 1:47.20
1951 Gangway 6 Logan Batcheller Paul L. Kelley Paul L. Kelley 1+1⁄8 m. 1:49.40
1950 Three Rings 5 Hedley Woodhouse Willie Knapp Evelyn L. Hopkins 1+1⁄8 m. 1:50.20
1949 Coaltown 4 Ted Atkinson Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.40
1948 El Mono 4 Porter Roberts Roscoe Troxler Daniel Lamont 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.40
1947 Armed 6 Douglas Dodson Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 1+1⁄8 m. 1:50.00
1946 Concordian 4 Joe Renick Robert B. Odom Barney A. Murphy 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.60
1945 Race not held
1944 Sun Again 5 Ted Atkinson Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 1+1⁄8 m. 1:52.20
1943 Race not held
1942 Market Wise 4 Wendell Eads George Carroll Louis Tufano 1+1⁄8 m. 1:50.80
1941 Haltal 4 Conn McCreary Steve Judge Woodvale Farm 1+1⁄8 m. 1:49.00
1941 Big Pebble 5 George Seabo William B. Finnegan Circle M Ranch 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.80
1940 Many Stings 5 Ruperto Donoso Mose Shapoff Leo J. Marks 1+1⁄8 m. 1:50.60
1939 Stagehand 4 Jack Westrope Earl Sande H. Maxwell Howard 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.20
1938 Piccolo 5 James Stout Walter A. Carter R. A. Moore 1+1⁄8 m. 1:50.60
1937 Finance 5 Charles Kurtsinger Bert S. Michell Mrs. Emil Denemark 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.80
1936 Sablin 4 John Longden Frank Gilpin Edward F. Seagram 1+1⁄8 m. 1:49.20
1935 Stand Pat 4 John Gilbert Frank Gilpin Edward F. Seagram 1+1⁄8 m. 1:49.20
1934 Blessed Event 3 Don Meade Herbert J. Thompson Edward R. Bradley 1+1⁄8 m. 1:48.40

References
  1. Ottawa Citizen, December 22, 1933
  2. New York Times, March 11, 1934
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