Green Flash Handicap

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Green Flash Handicap Race Facts

  • Location: Del Mar Racetrack, Del Mar, CA
  • Inaugural Race: 2003
  • Distance: 5/8th mile (5 furlongs)
  • Track Type: Left-handed, Turf
  • Age Qualifications: Three Year Olds and up
  • 2023 Purse: $150,000
  • 2023 Race Date: Saturday, September 2nd

2023 Green Flash Handicap Race Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / PLACE / SHOW
8
Motorious (GB)
Geovanni Franco / Philip D'Amato
$7.20 / $4.80 / $3.20
9
Cherubic Factor
Antonio Fresu / Peter Eurton
$17.20 / $9.40
5
Beer Can Man
Ramon A. Vazquez / Philip D'Amato
$4.60
3
Turn On The Jets (IRE)
Hector Isaac Berrios / Philip D'Amato
6
Lane Way
Mike E. Smith / Richard E. Mandella
11
Bus Buzz
Edwin A. Maldonado / Steve Knapp
10
Bran (FR)
Juan J. Hernandez / John W. Sadler
4
Silent Poet
Armando Ayuso / John W. Sadler
1
Fast Buck
Diego A. Herrera / Cesar DeAlba
12
Packs a Wahlop
Flavien Prat / Jeff Mullins

Exotic Payoffs:

  • $1.00 Exacta (8-9) Paid: $65.10
  • $0.50 Trifecta (8-9-5) Paid: $216.35
  • $0.10 Superfecta (8-9-5-3) Paid: $169.79

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Green Flash Handicap Race History

The Flower Bowl Stakes is a Grade III horse race run each year at Del Mar Racetrack. For its 20th running, the race was elected to become a qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in 2022 as part of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" Challenge Series.

Even in its short history, two horses have already won the race twice: California Flag (2009, 2010) and Lieutenant Dan (2021, 2022). Aboard California Flag for his 2009 victory was jockey Joseph Talamo, who holds the record for most wins at 3 (2009, 2011, 2019). That year California Flag would go on to win the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in route to being named Co-California Horse of the Year (along with 2009 Breeders Cup Sprint winner Dancing in Silks).

Green Flash Handicap Past Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey / Trainer
Distance / Time
2023
Motorious (GB)
Geovanni Franco / Philip D'Amato
5 F / 0:56.07
2022
Lieutenant Dan
Juan Hernandez / Steven Miyadi
5 F / 0:55.87
2021
Lieutenant Dan
Geovanni Franco / Steven Miyadi
5 F / 0:55.98
2020
Chaos Theory
Umberto Rispoli / John W. Sadler
5 F / 0:56.22
2019
Mr Vargas
Joseph Talamo / Brian J. Koriner
5 F / 0:56.15
2018
Stormy Liberal
Drayden Van Dyke / Peter L. Miller
5 F / 0:55.66
2017
Tribalist
Victor Espinoza / Blake R. Heap
5 F / 0:56.93
2016
Why Two
Norberto Arroyo Jr. / Michael Machowsky
5 F / 0:56.01
2015
Holy Lute
Santiago Gonzalez / James M. Cassidy
5 F / 0:56.24
2014
Merit Man
Kent J. Desormeaux / Robert B. Hess Jr.
5 F / 0:57.22