Inaugurated 1948 | Track Synthetic, left-handed | |
Location Golden Gate Fields
Berkeley, California Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.goldengatefields.com Distance 1 1/16 Miles (8.5 Furlongs) |
The Berkeley Handicap is a Grade III race for thoroughbred horses held on the synthetic surface at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California, United States. Highlighting the Labor Day weekend, it's a race for three-year-olds and up of either gender and run at a distance of one and one sixteenth mile. The Berkeley was the richest race of the fall meeting, offering a purse of US$100,000.
In 2009, it was run on May 25 as part of the spring program.
Restless Con holds the track record at this distance of 1:39:50 on June 14, 1991.
Past winners
References
Berkeley Handicap Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA