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Fair Grounds Handicap

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Distance
  
About  1 ⁄8 miles

Track
  
left-handed

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Website
  
www.fairgroundsracecourse.com

The Fair Grounds Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and up run at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana early in the year. A Grade IIIT stakes race, it's set at a distance of 1 and one-eighth miles or 9 furlongs on the turf, and currently offers a purse of $125,000.

This race is part of Louisiana Derby Preview Day at the New Orleans oval.

Earlier winners (partial)

  • 1999 - Aboriginal Apex (6) (Stakes winner.)
  • 1998 - Joyeux Danseur (5) (Grade I stakes winner.)
  • 1997 - Snake Eyes (7) (Multiple graded stakes winner.)
  • 1996 - Born Wild (4) (Multiple graded stakes winner.)
  • 1995 - Yukon Robbery (7) (Multiple graded stakes winner.)
  • 1994 - Yukon Robbery (6)
  • 1993 - Yukon Robbery (5)
  • 1992 - Rainbows For Life (4)
  • 1991 - First Tea (4)
  • 1988 - Top Quest (GB) (5)

    • References

    Fair Grounds Handicap Wikipedia
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