Inaugurated 1973 Distance 7 furlongs | Website www.laurelpark.com Surface Dirt | |
Location Laurel Park Racecourse,
Laurel, Maryland,
United States Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing | ||
The General George Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually on Presidents' Day in mid February at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. A Grade III event, it is open to horses age three and older and is named for General George Washington (1731–1799), first president of The United States and Commanding General of the American Revolutionary Army.
Raced on dirt over a distance of seven furlongs, it currently offers a purse of $250,000. The General George Handicap typically draws the third highest crowd of the year at Laurel Park Race Course each year. Held on Presidents' Day annually, it trails only the Maryland Million and the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes in average attendance.
The race was held at Bowie Race Course from 1973–84 and at Pimlico Race Course in 1986. It was not held in 1979, 1982–83 or 2006. In 2006, the General George Handicap was not run due to concerns over an outbreak of the equine herpesvirus that shut down all racing in Maryland for several weeks.
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