The Genuine Risk Handicap is a race for thoroughbred race horses, open to fillies and

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age three and up. The race is run each spring at six furlongs on the dirt at

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and offers a purse of $150,000. The

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Genuine Risk Genuine Risk (February 15, 1977 – August 18, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning the 1980 Kentucky Derby. Background Genuine Risk was a chestnut filly bred in Kentucky by Sally Humphrey. Sh ...

is named after the second filly of only three to win the

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in 1980. Genuine Risk was inducted into the

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in 1986. In the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century, she was ranked #91. In December 2006, the New York Racing Association {NYRA} announced the elimination of this race beginning in 2007 due to its poor placement on the Breeder's Cup Sprint run-up schedule.

Past winners

Some past winners of the Genuine Risk Handicap are: *2006 - Behaving Badly ( Victor Espinoza) *2005 - Bank Audit *2002 - Bear Fan *2003 - Shine Again *2002 -

Xtra Heat Xtra Heat (March 3, 1998—December 2022) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse and broodmare. Despite competing almost exclusively at sprint distances, she was named American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly at the Eclipse Awards for 200 ...

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) *2001 - Katz Me If You Can *1992 - Wide Country *1991 -

Safely Kept Safely Kept (April 7, 1986 – April 22, 2014) was a Maryland-bred Bay thoroughbred filly sired by Horatius. Safely Kept began her career in 1988 and won 24 of her 31 starts over the next three years. Most of her runs were against colts and geld ...

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Belmont Park race track
Graded stakes races in the United States Sprint category horse races for fillies and mares Horse races in New York (state) Discontinued horse races 2007 disestablishments in New York (state) Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007