The Honorable Miss Handicap is a

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American

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for

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and

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that are three years old or older over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt track scheduled annually in September at

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. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

The event is named after the winning mare Honorable Miss who won the

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twice at Belmont Park defeating male company. The inaugural running of the event was on 3 November 1985 at

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during the NYRA Big A Fall Meeting as the Honorable Miss Stakes and was won by the three-year-old filly Schematic, who was trained by the US Hall of Fame trainer

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in a time of 1:10. The following year the distance of the event was increased to 1 mile, and in 1987 the event was moved to Belmont Park and held during the NYRA Fall Meeting in October. The event was idle for four years, and NYRA resumed it they scheduled the race at Saratoga as a six-furlong sprint race. In 1996 the event was classified as Grade III and upgraded to Grade II in 2004. The distance for the event was increased to six and a half

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s only for the 1993 running. The event was run in split divisions in 2000.

Records

Speed record: *6 furlongs: 1:08.76 –

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(2023) Margins: * lengths – Wisla (1986) Most wins: * 2 – Bourbon Belle (1999, 2000) Most wins by a

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: * 3 – Edgar S. Prado (2002, 2003, 2009) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 – Steven M. Asmussen (2005, 2015, 2023) Most wins by an owner: * 2 – George & Kay Hofmeister, Donna Salmen & Susan Bunning (1999, 2000)

Winners

''Notes:''
† In 2015, La Verdad finished first but was later disqualified and unplaced for a drug violation.

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References