Ack Ack Handicap

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The Ack Ack Handicap is a Grade III race for Thoroughbred horses run at Churchill Downs in the fall. In 2006, because Churchill was hosting the Breeders' Cup races, the Ack Ack was run on the same card on the same day.

Open to horses aged three and up, the Ack Ack is set at a distance of 8 furlongs (one mile) on the dirt, and offers a purse of $200,000. The Ack Ack Handicap is sponsored by Emirates Airline.

The race is named for the great Ack Ack, inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Horse of the Year in 1971, as well as ranking number 44 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.