1. Historical notes

2. Records {{refbegin}}(1956–present)

3. Winners of the Long Island Handicap

4. Winners of the Long Island Handicap at Sheepshead Bay

5. References

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.

Historical notes

The original Long Island Handicap was established in 1894 at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. The race was open to horses of either gender age three and older and run on dirt over a distance of one mile and one furlong. It was last run in 1910 when the racetrack closed as a result of the Hart-Agnew Law, an anti-gambling bill passed into law by the Legislature of the State of New York

A second edition of the Long Island Handicap was inaugurated in 1956 at Belmont Park. Through 1971 the racewas open to horses of either gender, age three and older. It was hosted by Belmont Park in 1956–1960, 1962, 1964–1965, 1968–1969, 1972, 1975–1977, and 1989–1993.

The modern day race was contested on dirt from 1956 to 1959, 1972, 1975, 1989, 1997, and again in 2000. Since inception it has been raced at various distances:

• 1 mile, 1 furlong : 1894–1910
• 1 mile : 1972
• {{frac|1|1|16}} miles : 1973–1977
• {{frac|1|3|16}} miles : 1959, 1961, 1963–1967, 1970–1971
• {{frac|1|3|8}} miles : 1960, 1962, 1968–1969, 1989, 1997, 2000
• {{frac|1|1|2}} miles: 1990–1996, 1998–1999, 2001–present
• {{frac|1|5|8}} miles : 1956–1958

It was run in two divisions in 1958, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1985, 1990, and 1998.

Records {{refbegin}}(1956–present)

Speed record: (at current distance of {{frac|1|1|2}} miles on turf)

• 2:29.00 - Villandry (1992)

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

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

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

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

Winners of the Long Island Handicap

Winners of the Long Island Handicap at Sheepshead Bay

References

• [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DEEDF1531E033A2575AC2A9609C94659ED7CF June 29, 1894 New York Times article on Sir Walter winning the Long Island Handicap]
• The 2009 Long Island Handicap at Bloodhorse.com

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