North American Records

Below are the records for various distances on the dirt and turf for North American tracks. All times have been converted to decimal (i.e. 1/5 = .20) for consistency. These records are current as of the end of 2002 and were taken from the American Racing Manual for 2003.

North American Dirt Records

Distance	Horse	Age	Weight	Track	Date	Time
2F	Onion Roll	7	111	Thistledown	09/27/1993	20.80
	Nervous Moment	2	120	Sportsman's Park	06/08/1998	20.80
	Minty Flavors	2	118	Hawthorne	05/14/1999	20.80
	Life is a Whirl	4	122	Calder	07/15/2000	20.80
2 1/2F	Nice Choice	7	121	Nuevo Laredo	09/25/1983	26.20
3F	Raisable Adversary	11	119	Remington Park	08/29/1999	31.20
3 1/2F	Steel Penny Black	2	115	Northlands Park	06/14/1984	38.20
	Spiderwoman	5	122	Douglas	04/23/2000	38.20
4F	Adventuresome Love	8	115	Stampede Park	04/03/1993	43.80
	Sally's Patch	4	122	Los Alamitos	12/04/1992	43.80
4 1/2F	Valiant Pete	4	121	Los Alamitos	08/11/1990	49.20
5F	Chinook Pass	3	113	Longeacres	09/17/1982	55.20
5 1/2F	Plenty Zloty	5	118	Turf Paradise	04/18/1995	1:01.10
	Silvey's Image	5	116	Turf Paradise	10/24/1992	1:01.20
6F	G Malleah	4	120	Turf Paradise	04/08/1995	1:06.60
6 1/2F	Lucky Forever	6	118	Hollywood Park	05/20/1995	1:13.24
7F	Rich Cream	5	118	Hollywood Park	05/28/1980	1:19.40
	Time to Explode	3	117	Hollywood Park	06/26/1982	1:19.40
7 1/2F	Awesome Daze	5	119	Hollywood Park	11/23/1997	1:26.26
1M	Dr. Fager	4	134	Arlington	08/24/1968	1:32.20
	Najran	4	113	Belmont Park	05/07/2003	1:32.24
1 1/16M	Hoedown's Day	5	119	Bay Meadows Fair	10/23/1983	1:38.40
1 1/8M	Simply Majestic	4	114	Golden Gate	04/02/1988	1:45.00
1 3/16M	Riva Ridge	4	127	Aqueduct	07/04/1973	1:52.40
	Farma Way	4	119	Pimlico	05/11/1991	1:52.40
1 1/4M	Spectacular Bid	4	126	Santa Anita	02/03/1980	1:57.80
1 5/16M	Gold Star Deputy	5	116	Aqueduct	04/10/1999	2:07.32
1 3/8M	Demi's Bret	4	116	Aqueduct	10/26/1997	2:12.31
1 7/16M	Who's In Command	5	111	Hastings Park	08/01/1987	2:23.00
1 1/2M	Secretariat	3	126	Belmont Park	06/09/1973	2:24.00
1 9/16M	Well Lit	5	120	Sportsman's Park	04/25/1992	2:35.77
1 5/8M	Swaps	4	130	Hollywood Park	07/25/1956	2:38.20
1 11/16M	Glen Gower	4	114	Hastings Park	09/09/1987	2:51.20
1 3/4M	Paper Junction	4	123	Lincoln State Fair	11/10/1985	2:50.40
1 13/16M	Fire North	6	111	Philadelphia Park	03/14/1992	3:04.80
1 7/8M	Asserche	6	123	Laurel Park	03/20/1994	3:11.56
1 15/16M	Chased Again	10	117	Shenandoah Downs	09/17/1960	3:24.60
2M	Kelso	7	124	Aqueduct	10/31/1964	3:19.20
2 1/8M	Laddie's Prince	4	116	Hastings Park	10/07/1987	3:30.00
2 1/4M	Paraje	7	113	Aqueduct	12/15/1973	3:47.80
2 5/16M	Heiress Marie	3	101	Cahokia Downs	07/16/1960	4:07.20
2 3/8M	Naughty Nipper	5	119	Lincoln State Fair	11/13/1983	4:34.20
2 1/2M	Miss Grillo	6	118	Pimlico	11/12/1948	4:14.60
2 9/16M	Diamond Platter	7	116	Finger Lakes	10/12/1974	4:50.00
2 5/8M	Amber Dare	3	115	Finger Lakes	11/17/1973	5:12.40
2 11/16M	Bea Beauty	8	122	Thistledown	09/08/1973	4:47.45
2 3/4M	Fourth Flight	7	116	Finger Lakes	11/24/1973	5:35.40
3M	Farragut	5	113	Agua Caliente	03/09/1941	5:15.00
3M 40YD	Bea Beauty	8	128	Thistledown	09/22/1973	5:31.80
3M 70YD	Gloria Dream	6	110	River Downs	08/09/1972	5:32.40
3 1/16M	Dauntless Pride	4	111	Finger Lakes	10/19/1974	5:45.40
3 1/4M	Dauntless Pride	4	117	Finger Lakes	10/26/1974	6:15.40
3 5/8M	Eastern Promise	6	120	Thistledown	10/06/1973	6:49.60
4M	Sotemia	5	119	Churchill Downs	10/07/2022	7:10.80
4M 70YD	Gloria Dream	6	113	Finger Lakes	11/04/1972	8:01.00
4 1/16M	Amber Dare	3	113	Finger Lakes	11/03/1973	8:12.40
4 1/8M	Victory Tour	4	115	Finger Lakes	11/02/1974	8:08.00

North American Turf Records

Distance	Horse	Age	Weight	Track	Date	Time
4F	Fine Tassles	5	122	Rillito	01/30/1994	46.60
4 1/2F	Cake N' Steak	8	118	Mountaineer Park	08/09/1993	50.00
5F	General Express	5	114	Monmouth Park	07/08/2000	54.60
	Bop	5	121	Penn National	08/03/2002	54.61
5 1/2F	Pembroke	5	120	Hollywood Park	07/15/1995	1:00.40
	Bettybird	3	112	Ellis Park	08/21/2002	1:00.52
6F	Answer Do	4	115	Hollywood Park	12/15/1990	1:07.00
6 1/2F	Key Twenty Two	6	115	Woodbine	06/04/1992	1:14.20
7F	Officialpermission	6	112	Belmont Park	07/23/2000	1:19.88
7 1/2F	Court Lark	6	115	Calder	07/16/1994	1:26.40
1M	Elusive Quality	5	117	Belmont Park	07/04/1998	1:31.63
1 1/16M	Told	4	123	Penn National	09/14/1980	1:38.00
1 1/8M	Kostroma	5	117	Santa Anita	10/20/1991	1:43.92
1 3/16M	Toonerville	4	120	Hialeah Park	02/07/1976	1:51.40
1 1/4M	Double Discount	4	116	Santa Anita	10/09/1977	1:57.40
1 5/16M	Ruff Mack	5	114	Mountaineer Park	08/25/1962	2:06.00
1 3/8M	With Approval	4	118	Belmont Park	06/17/1990	2:10.20
1 7/16M	Dina's Playmate	11	120	River Downs	08/30/1969	2:25.00
1 1/2M	Hawkster	3	121	Santa Anita	10/14/1989	2:22.80
1 5/8M	Tom Swift	5	110	Saratoga	08/23/1978	2:37.00
1 3/4M	Desperado Dan	4	115	Woodbine	07/22/1984	2:56.40
1 13/16M	Misting Rain	8	115	Retama Park	09/28/1996	3:13.22
1 7/8M	Code's Best	6	121	Mountaineer Park	09/04/2000	3:08.23
2M	Irish Harbour	6	113	Ellis Park	09/02/1996	3:20.20
2 1/16M	Deux-Moulins	8	124	Arlington	07/28/1955	3:30.80
2 1/4M	Buteo	6	122	River Downs	09/03/1990	3:48.40
2 3/8M	Lively London	5	113	Delaware	07/25/1986	4:09.00
2 13/16M	Augustus Bay	8	142	Camden	11/16/1974	5:24.00
2 7/8M	Call Louis	4	107	Delaware	08/24/1986	5:08.20

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