Whirlaway Handicap

Whirlaway Handicap

Discontinued stakes race
Location	Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Inaugurated	1946-1952
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance	1+3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old and up
Purse	U.S.$40,000

The Whirlaway Handicap is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race run at Washington Park Race Track in Chicago, Illinois. The event was first held on August 21, 1946, and had its final running on August 16, 1952. Open to horses three years of age and older, the race on dirt was run as the Whirlaway Stakes from 1946 to 1951 and for 1952 as the Whirlaway Handicap.

In winning the 1949 race, Coaltown set a new world record for one mile on dirt while beating his Calumet Farm stablemate Ponder who on May 7 had won the 1949 Kentucky Derby.

Race distances:

• 1 3/16 miles : 1952
• 1 1/8 miles : 1946–1948, 1951
• 1 mile : 1949-1950

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist. (Mile)	Time	Purse U.S$.
1952	Crafty Admiral	4	Eddie Arcaro	Robert B. Odom	Charfran Stable (Charles & Frances Cohen)	13⁄16 M	1:58.60	$40,000
1951	Wistful	5	Steve Brooks	Ben Jones	Calumet Farm	11⁄8 M	1:48.60	$40,000
1950	Curandero	4	Darrell Madden	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	1 M	1:34.40	$40,000
1949	Coaltown	4	Steve Brooks	Jimmy Jones	Calumet Farm	1 M	1:34.00	$40,000
1948	Colossal	5	Ovie Scurlock	Ivan Parke	Fred W. Hooper	11⁄8 M	1:48.20	$40,000
1947	Armed	6	Douglas Dodson	Jimmy Jones	Calumet Farm	11⁄8 M	1:48.60	$40,000
1946	Armed	5	Douglas Dodson	Ben Jones	Calumet Farm	11⁄8 M	1:51.20	$40,000