Locust Grove Handicap

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Grade III race
Locust Grove Handicap
Location	Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky
Inaugurated	1982
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.churchilldowns.com
Race information
Distance	1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & Up
Weight	Handicap
Purse	$150,000

The Locust Grove Handicap is an American Grade III Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Churchill Downs in late June/early July at Louisville, Kentucky. Raced on turf at a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs), it is open to fillies and mares, three years of age and older.

In 1982 the race was run at a distance of one mile then the following year changed to 11/16 and was raced at that distance until 1990 when it was increased to its present 1⅛ miles.

In winning the 2003 running of the Locust Grove Handicap, Ipi Tombe became the first horse bred in Zimbabwe to ever win a race at Churchill Downs.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners of the Locust Grove Handicap since 1999 3 Earlier winners 4 References

[edit] Records

Time record: (at present distance of 1⅛ miles)

• 1:46.75 - Shaconage (2004)

Most wins:

• 2 - Colstar (2000, 2001)

[edit] Winners of the Locust Grove Handicap since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Mauralakana	4	Julien Leparoux	Patrick L. Biancone	M Hassan, L. Lakin et al	1:47.99
2006	Rich In Spirit	4	Mark Guidry	Tom Proctor	Glen Hill Farm	1:50.00
2005	Delta Princess	6	Brice Blanc	William I. Mott	Saud bin Khaled	1:48.90
2004	Shaconage	4	Brice Blanc	Mitch Shirota	Andrena Van Doren	1:46.75
2003	Ipi Tombe	5	Pat Day	W. Elliott Walden	Team Valor et al	1:47.70
2002	VooDoo Dancer	4	Jose A. Santos	Christophe Clement	Green Hills Farm	1:46.91
2001	Colstar	5	Jon Court	Paul Fout	Beverly R. Steinman	1:48.79
2000	Colstar	4	Alberto Delgado	Paul Fout	Beverly R. Steinman	1:47.44
1999	Shires Ende	4	Willie Martinez	Richard R. Scherer	Carolyn Friedberg	1:49.11

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] References

• The Locust Grove Handicap at Pedigree Query