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Long Island Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1894 (revived 1956)

Surface
  
Turf

Location
  
Aqueduct Racetrack Ozone Park, New York, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
NYRA history of the Long Island Handicap

Distance
  
1 ⁄2 miles (12 furlongs)

The Long Island Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in November at Aqueduct Racetrack, in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The race is for fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race the one and one-half miles on the turf.

Formerly a Grade II event, the race was down-graded to Grade III status in 2007.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of  1 1⁄2 miles on turf)

  • 2:29.00 - Villandry (1992)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Parka (1964, 1965)
  • 2 - Hush Dear (1982, 1983)
  • 2 - Criticism (2008, 2009)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 5 - Cragwood Stables (1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - Jorge Velasquez (1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1980)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - MacKenzie Miller (1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1976)

    • References

    Long Island Handicap Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA