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.^[1]

It was last run in 1978.

Winners

• 1978 - Radar Ahead
• 1977 - Text
• 1976 - L'Heureux
• 1975 - Forceten
• 1974 - Carry The Banner
• 1973 - Out of the East
• 1972 - Kentuckian
• 1971 - Violonor
• 1970 - Western Welcome
• 1969 - Tell
• 1968 - First Mate
• 1967 - Tumble Wind

• 1966 - Exhibitionist
• 1965 - Carpenter's Rule
• 1964 - Close By
• 1963 - Oppo
• 1962 - Doc Jocoy
• 1961 - Mr. America
• 1960 - T. V. Lark
• 1959 - Hillsdale
• 1958 - Round Table
• 1957 - Terrang
• 1956 - Swaps
• 1955 - Curragh King

• 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