Argonaut Handicap


The Argonaut Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1940 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. A one-mile race on dirt, it was open to horses age three and older.
In 1956, Swaps won this race while setting a new world record for one mile with time of 1:33 1/5.
It was last run in 1978.

Winners






  • 1954 - Curragh King
  • 1953 - Fleet Bird
  • 1952 - Admiral Drake
  • 1951 - Be Fleet
  • 1950 - Old Rockport
  • 1949 - Ace Admiral
  • 1948 - Shannon
  • 1947 - Olhaverry
  • 1946 - Occupy
  • 1944 - Okana
  • 1941 - Joy Boy
  • 1940 - Specify