Arlington Handicap

The Arlington Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1929 at Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Open to three-year-olds & up, it is currently a Grade III stakes run in July at a distance of 1 ¹⁄₄ miles on turf. It offers a purse of $200,000 and serves as the final local prep race for the Arlington Million.

The race was hosted by the now defunct Washington Park Race Track in 1943, 1944 and 1945, and by the Hawthorne Race Course in 1985.

The Arlington Handicap was run on dirt in 1929–1940, 1942–1953, 1963, 1965–1972, and in 1975. There was no race held in 1940, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1998, or 1999.

Distances:

• ⁷⁄₈ mile - 1968
• 1 mile - 1963, 1966–1967
• 1 ¹⁄₈ miles - 1929, 1952, 1965
• 1 ¹⁄₄ miles - 1930–1939, 1942–1951, 1984 to present
• 1³⁄₁₆ miles - 1941, 1953–1962, 1964, 1973–1976
• 1 ¹⁄₂ miles - 1972, 1977–1983

Records

Speed record:

• 2:00.62 - Sky Classic (1992) (at current distance of 1 ¹⁄₄ miles on Arlington Park turf)
• In 1985, Pass the Line ran 1 ¹⁄₄ miles on turf in 2:00 2/5 at Hawthorne Race Course.

Most wins:

• 2 - Round Table (1958, 1959)
• 2 - Cosmonaut (2006, 2007)
• 3 - Rahystrada (2010, 2012, 2013)

Most wins by an owner:

• 4 - Calumet Farm (1936, 1947, 1949, 1950)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Bill Shoemaker (1958, 1959, 1965, 1983)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - Robert J. Frankel (1991, 1994, 1996, 2000)

Winners of the Arlington Handicap

References

• The Arlington Handicap at Pedigree Query