Tuzla Handicap
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The Tuzla Handicap is an American
Thoroughbred
horse race for older fillies and mares run at the Santa Anita Park
in Arcadia, California
at the beginning of the year. A Grade III
T stakes race for four-year-olds and up, it's set at a distance of 1 mile on the turf
course and offers a purse of $100,000.
The Tuzla is named for the French
-bred filly
Tuzla who, out of 26 starts, won 12 and placed in 6. Born in 1994, she was a Grade I winner and retired a millionaire.
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
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horse race for older fillies and mares run at the Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...
in Arcadia, California
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and located approximately northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains....
at the beginning of the year. A Grade III
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
T stakes race for four-year-olds and up, it's set at a distance of 1 mile on the turf
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course and offers a purse of $100,000.
The Tuzla is named for the French
France
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-bred filly
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
Tuzla who, out of 26 starts, won 12 and placed in 6. Born in 1994, she was a Grade I winner and retired a millionaire.
Winners
- 2009 – Foxysox (GB) (6) (Rafael Bejarano)
- 2008 - Trick's Pic (Victor EspinozaVictor EspinozaVictor Espinoza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding in his native Mexico and earned his first win there in 1992 before moving the following year to compete at racetracks in California....
) - 2007 - Singalong (5) (Awarded the win after the disqualification of Conveyor's Angel.)
- 2006 - Ticker Tape (5) (Kent DesormeauxKent DesormeauxKent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...
) - 2005 - Good Student (ARG) (5)
- 2004 - Fudge Fatale (4) (Jose Valdivia, Jr.Jose Valdivia, Jr.Jose Valdivia, Jr. is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of a top South American jockey, he is the nephew of retired jockey Fernando Toro and trainer, Juan Suarez. He and his family moved to the United States in 1989 and settled in the West Palm Beach, Florida area where his...
)