The Iroquois Handicap run at

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in the fall of the year, is a race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares, aged three and up, that are

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-bred. It offers a purse of $125,000. Set at a mile and an eighth before 1981, at a mile from 1981 to 1984, a mile and 70 yards from 1985 to 1987, at six furlongs from 1989 to 1993, it is now at seven furlongs. In 1996, it ran at

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. The Iroquois Handicap is named for the Iroquois Indian Nation who still inhabit some of the region that now includes central New York State.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs) * 1:21.87 – Cluster of Stars (2013) Most wins: * 3 – Lottsa Talc (1994, 1995, 1996) *2 – La Verdad (2014, 2015 Most wins by a

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: * 3 – Michael Luzzi (2003, 2005, 2008) *3 – José Ortiz (2014, 2015, 2019) *3 – Javier Castellano (2011, 2013, 2016) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 –

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(1980, 1984, 1985) Most wins by an owner: * 2 –

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(1984, 1985) * 2 – W. Alec Martusewicz (1986, 1987) * 2 – Vincent McGuire & Charles (1995, 1996)

Winners

References

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