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Ack Ack Handicap (Churchill Downs)

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Inaugurated
  
1991

Distance
  
1 mile (8 furlongs)

Website
  
www.churchilldowns.com

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Ack Ack Handicap is a Grade III race for Thoroughbred horses run annually during the first week of November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Open to horses aged three and up, it is contested at a distance of 8 furlongs (one mile) on the dirt.

Since inception in 1991, the Ack Ack Handicap has been contested at three different distances:

  • 8 furlongs : 1991, 2006–2009, 2012
  • 7.5 furlongs : 1994-2005
  • 8.5 furlongs : 2010, 2011 (Breeders' Cup)

    • The race is named for the great Ack Ack, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Horse of the Year in 1971, as well as ranking number 44 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.

    Records

    Speed record
  • 1:33.78 - Pants on Fire (2013) (at current distance of 8 furlongs)
  • 1:27.15 - Cappuchino (2003) (at previous distance of 7.5 furlongs)
    • Most wins
  • No horse has won this race more than once.
    • Most wins by a jockey
  • 4 - Calvin Borel (1996, 1998, 1999, 2004)
    • Most wins by a trainer
  • 2 - Bobby C. Barnett (1996, 1999)
  • 2 - William I. Mott (2001, 2007)
  • 2 - Paul J. McGee (2002, 2009)
  • 2 - Steven M. Asmussen (2008, 2015)
    • Most wins by an owner
  • 2 - John A. Franks (1996, 1999)

    • References

    Ack Ack Handicap (Churchill Downs) Wikipedia
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