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3 unusual facts about San Juan Capistrano Handicap


San Juan Capistrano Handicap

14 - Charles Whittingham (1957, 1959, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989)

As of 2008, no San Juan Capistrano winner has made the trip to Flemington for the Melbourne Cup.

Since 2007, the winner of the San Juan Capistrano has received ballot free entry into Australia's greatest horse race and the staying championship of the world, the Melbourne Cup.


Triplicate

In March he defeated Howard Hawks' won the 1½ mile San Juan Capistrano Handicap in track record time and on July 27 beat the best horses on the West Coast in the $100,000 Hollywood Gold Cup.


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