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.Ottawa Citizen, December 22, 1933 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.New York Times, March 11, 1934 In 1938 the race name was shortened to the McLennan Memorial Handicap and shortened again in 1948 to the McLennan Handicap.
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: 2 - James Stout (1938, 1952) 2 - Ted Atkinson (1944, 1949)
Most wins by a trainer: 5 - Horace A. Jones (1947, 1949, 1958, 1960, 1961)
Most wins by an owner: 6 - Calumet Farm (1944, 1947, 1949, 1958, 1960, 1961)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time1961Yorky4Johnny SellersHorace A. JonesCalumet Farm m.1:48.001960On-and-On4Steve BrooksHorace A. JonesCalumet Farm m.1:48.801959Sharpsburg6Howard GrantTony PuglisiRoy E. Faircloth m.1:49.001958Iron Liege4Bill HartackHorace A. JonesCalumet Farm m.1:48.001957Summer Tan5David ErbSherrill W. WardDorothy Firestone Galbreath m.1:48.801956Switch On5Bobby UsseryJohn A. NerudGerald S. Colella m.1:49.401955Social Outcast5Eric GuerinWilliam C. WinfreyAlfred G. Vanderbilt II m.1:49.401954Elixir6Sam BoulmetisDavid J. SchneiderDavid J. Schneider m.1:49.001953Crafty Admiral5Kenneth ChurchRobert B. OdomCharfran Stable (Charles & Frances Cohen) m.1:53.401952Spartan Valor4James StoutFrank CatroneWilliam G. Helis Jr. m.1:47.201951Gangway6Logan BatchellerPaul L. KelleyPaul L. Kelley m.1:49.401950Three Rings5Hedley WoodhouseWillie KnappEvelyn L. Hopkins m.1:50.201949Coaltown4Ted AtkinsonHorace A. JonesCalumet Farm m.1:48.401948El Mono4Porter RobertsRoscoe TroxlerDaniel Lamont m.1:48.401947Armed6Douglas DodsonHorace A. JonesCalumet Farm m.1:50.001946Concordian4Joe RenickRobert B. OdomBarney A. Murphy m.1:48.601945 Race not held1944Sun Again5Ted AtkinsonBen A. JonesCalumet Farm m.1:52.201943 Race not held1942Market Wise4Wendell EadsGeorge CarrollLouis Tufano m.1:50.801941Haltal4Conn McCrearySteve JudgeWoodvale Farm m.1:49.001941Big Pebble5George SeaboWilliam B. FinneganCircle M Ranch m.1:48.801940Many Stings5Ruperto DonosoMose ShapoffLeo J. Marks m.1:50.601939Stagehand4Jack WestropeEarl SandeH. Maxwell Howard m.1:48.201938Piccolo5James StoutWalter A. CarterR. A. Moore m.1:50.601937Finance 5Charles KurtsingerBert S. MichellMrs. Emil Denemark m.1:48.801936Sablin4John LongdenFrank Gilpin Edward F. Seagram m.1:49.201935Stand Pat 4John GilbertFrank Gilpin Edward F. Seagram m.1:49.201934Blessed Event3Don MeadeHerbert J. ThompsonEdward R. Bradley m.1:48.40
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