Inaugurated 1982 Distance 1 ⁄16 miles | Website www.churchilldowns.com Surface Turf | |
Location Churchill Downs
Louisville, Kentucky, United States Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing | ||
The Locust Grove Handicap is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Churchill Downs in late June/early July at Louisville, Kentucky. Raced on turf at a distance of 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs), it is open to fillies and mares, three years of age and older.
In 1982 the race was run at a distance of one mile then the following year changed to 1 1/16 and was raced at that distance until 1990 when it was increased to its present 1 1⁄8 miles. It is now again run at 1 1/16.
In winning the 2003 running of the Locust Grove Handicap, Ipi Tombe became the first horse bred in Zimbabwe to ever win a race at Churchill Downs.
Records
Time record: (at the distance of 1 1⁄8 miles)
References
Locust Grove Handicap Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA