Repeat winners

[Calzone Lord]

Famous Dirt Handicap races of NY:

Brooklyn Handicap (Discovery and Forego both won 3 straight)

Carter Handicap (no horse has ever won 3 straight)

Met Mile (Devil Diver only horse to win 3 straight -- Equipoise was DQ'd in '34 or would have joined him)

Suburban Handicap (no horse has ever won this race 3 times)

Whitney Handicap (Discovery is the only horse to win it 3 straight times)


Famous Dirt non handicaps of NY:

Jockey Club Gold Cup (Kelso won it 5 years in a row -- easily each time. No other horse has won it 3 straight)

Woodward (Forego won it 4 years in a row. Kelso won it 3 years in a row)


Famous Dirt Handicaps of CAL:

Santa Anita Handicap: (no horse has tripled)

Hollywood Gold Cup (Lava Man and Native Diver both won it 3 years in a row)

Pacific Classic (no horse has won it 3 years in a row)


No horse has won the Donn, Gulfstream Park Handicap, Stephen Foster, or Clark 3 times.

Goldikova is the only horse to ever win 3 Breeders Cup races -- as she won the BC Mile 3 years in a row.

[OldDog]

One of my old favorites, 10YO Musketier, won the Singspiel Stakes (G3, Woodbine) in 2009, 2011 and 2 weeks ago. He runs this Saturday at Arlington in the Stars and Stripes, by the way, spotting the others 5-7 pounds.

[DaTruth]

Honor Medal was a nose short (to stablemate Galba no less) of winning the New Orleans Handicap for three straight years.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by OldDog

One of my old favorites, 10YO Musketier, won the Singspiel Stakes (G3, Woodbine) in 2009, 2011 and 2 weeks ago. He runs this Saturday at Arlington in the Stars and Stripes, by the way, spotting the others 5-7 pounds.

Wow how on earth did I forget him?!

Great list DrugS and thanks da Truth cause I didn't know about that one at all.

[Calzone Lord]

I just looked at the history for the Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap -- the race Awesome Again used as a final prep for his Breeders Cup Classic win instead of the Goodwood.

The Hall of Famer Sun Beau is the only horse to win that race 3 straight times.

A lot of great names have won the Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap:

Sun Beau, Equipoise, Discovery, Challedon, Round Table, Kelso, Dr. Fager, Awesome Again ... and of course, Perfect Drift.

[my miss storm cat]

I didn't realize any of those horses had won it.

My point of reference only goes back as far as about It's No Joke and Super Frolic... right around 2005 (?)ish.