Inaugurated 1941 Track left-handed | Surface Dirt | |
Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Distance 1 ⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs) | ||
The Grey Lag Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to horses age three and older, in itss final years it was contested on dirt over a distance of one and three-sixteenths miles (9.5 furlongs).
Inaugurated on May 10, 1941 at the Jamaica Racetrack, the race was named in honor of 1921 American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Grey Lag. It was last run in 1999 at Aqueduct Racetrack as a Grade III event.
Winners of the Grey Lag Handicap include U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Assault, Nashua, Arts and Letters, Stymie, Sword Dancer, and Tom Fool.
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