Inaugurated 1902 Purse 125,000 USD (2016) | Surface Dirt | |
Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing Website www.nyra.com/aqueduct/Stakes/QueensCounty.shtml Distance 1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) | ||
Aqueduct racetrack stakes races selections the queens county handicap 2016 12 17 2016
The Queens County Handicap is an American Ungraded Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the second week of December at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Open to horses age three years and older, it is contested on dirt at a distance of one and three-sixteenths miles (9.5 furlongs).
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- Aqueduct racetrack stakes races selections the queens county handicap 2016 12 17 2016
- Aqueduct racetrack race 8 selection queens county handicap 12 14 2013
- Records
- References
Inaugurated in 1902, the Queens County Handicap is one of America's oldest races still running. It was hosted by Belmont Park in 1946 and at the old Jamaica Racetrack in Jamaica, Queens, New York from 1956 to 1958. Since inception it has been contested at various distances:
The Queens County is, like many races at Aqueduct, named for a New York City borough. Queens is the borough that includes the Aqueduct race track. It is also the largest of New York City's five boroughs.
There was no race run in 1909, and from 1911 through 1913. The race, once a graded stakes, has lost that status.
Aqueduct racetrack race 8 selection queens county handicap 12 14 2013
Records
Speed record: (at distance of 1 3⁄16 miles)
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