Grade III race | |
Location |
Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California |
---|---|
Inaugurated | 1967 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 6.5 furlongs |
Surface | Polytrack |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $100,000 (2015) |
The Rancho Bernardo Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. It is open to fillies and mares age three and up and raced at a distance of six and one-half furlongs on Polytrack. A Grade III event, it currently offers a purse of $100,000. As of 2008, it is a Breeders' Cup "Win And You're In" event, qualifying the winner to run in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
Since inception the race has been contested at various distances and surfaces:
Quicken Tree won this race in 1967.
Speed record: (at current distance of 6.5 furlongs)
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner: