New Orleans Handicap

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The New Orleans Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. Open to horses four years old and up, the race is run at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. It currently offers a purse of $400,000.

Due to flooding as a result of Hurricane Katrina, the 2006 edition of the New Orleans Handicap was run at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Video New Orleans Handicap

Historical notes

Wild Again, the winner of the first Breeders' Cup Classic, took this race in 1984, and Mineshaft won this race during his 2003 Horse of the Year campaign.

Maps New Orleans Handicap

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 ¹/₈ miles)

• 1:48.13 - Phantom On Tour (1998) (new track record)

Most wins:

• 2 - Marriage (1943, 1944)
• 2 - Tenacious (1958, 1959)
• 2 - Honor Medal (1987, 1988)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Ray Broussard (1958, 1959, 1961, 1964)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 6 - Todd Pletcher (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)

Most wins by an owner:

• 6 - Dorothy Dorsett Brown (1950, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1983)

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Winners

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References

• The New Orleans Handicap at the NTRA

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