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Mint Julep Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1992

Surface
  
Turf

Website
  
www.churchilldowns.com

Location
  
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

The Mint Julep Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. Usually run in mid May, the Grade III event is open to fillies and mares age three and older. It is contested on Turf over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs).

The race is named for the Mint Julep, a popular drink with racing fans at Churchill Downs, particularly seen on Kentucky Derby day. Sponsored by Early Times whiskey, the Mint Julep Handicap currently offers a purse of $100,000.

Records

Speed record
  • 1:40.70 - Quite A Bride (2007)
    • Most wins
  • 2 - Megans Bluff (2001, 2002)
    • Most wins by an owner
  • 2 - Bruce Barton/Alvin Haynes (1999, 2000)
  • 2 - James C. Routsong (2001, 2002)
    • Most wins by a jockey
  • 4 - Robby Albarado (1997, 2005, 2006, 2007)
    • Most wins by a trainer
  • 4 - William I. Mott (1996, 2005, 2006, 2007)

    • References

    Mint Julep Handicap Wikipedia
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