The Cabrillo Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California, from 1966 through 1990. Open to horses age three and older, the Grade 3 event was raced on dirt. Contested at various distances, in its final years it was set at a mile and one-eighth (nine furlongs)
The race was won by such top horses as Cougar II,New York Times article August 23, 1970 Kennedy Road,August 20, 1973 Proud Birdie,Los Angeles Times - August 7, 1977 Gato Del Sol,Boston Globe - August 25, 1983 Ferdinand,Los Angeles Times – August 30, 1987 and Precisionist.Oxnard, California Press-Courier - August 29, 1988
The Cabrillo Handicap was run in two divisions in 1966.
Winners
1990 - Miserden 1989 - Lively One 1988 - Precisionist 1987 - Ferdinand 1986 - Hopeful Word 1985 - Last Command 1984 - Video Kid 1983 - Gato Del Sol 1982 - Caterman 1981 - Tahitian King 1980 - Teddy Doon 1979 - Quick Turnover 1978 - Vic's Magic
1977 - Proud Birdie 1976 - Branford Court 1975 - Against The Snow 1974 - War Heim 1973 - Kennedy Road 1972 - Imaginative 1971 - Kobuk King 1970 - Cougar II 1969 - Balsamo 1968 - Pinjara 1967 - Bern Book 1966 - Adopted 1966 - Old Mose
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