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New Orleans Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1924

Purse
  
400,000 USD

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Fair Grounds Race Course New Orleans, Louisiana

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Website
  
www.fairgroundsracecourse.com

Distance
  
1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)

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The New Orleans Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Open to horses four years old and up, the race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. It currently offers a purse of $400,000.

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Due to flooding as a result of Hurricane Katrina, the 2006 edition of the New Orleans Handicap was run at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Records

Speed record: (at current distance of  1 1⁄8 miles)

  • 1:48.13 - Phantom On Tour (1998) (new track record)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Marriage (1943, 1944)
  • 2 - Tenacious (1958, 1959)
  • 2 - Honor Medal (1987, 1988)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Ray Broussard (1958, 1959, 1961, 1964)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 6 - Todd Pletcher (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 6 - Dorothy Dorsett Brown (1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1983)

    • References

    New Orleans Handicap Wikipedia
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