The Lincoln Heritage Handicap is an American
Thoroughbred horse race held annually at
Arlington Park in
Arlington Heights, Illinois
Arlington Heights is a municipality in Cook County with a small portion in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of the city's downtown. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 77,676. Per the ...
. An ungraded
stakes raced on
turf open to
fillies and
Mares, age three and older, it is contested over a distance of miles (8.5 furlongs).
The 2009 edition had to be moved to the main track's
Polytrack synthetic dirt.
Inaugurated in 1976 as the Anita Peabody Handicap, in 1998 it was renamed the Lincoln Heritage Handicap.
In 1980, 1981, 1984, and in 1988, the race was run in two divisions.
Since inception, the race has been contested at various distances on both dirt and turf:
* 1 mile : 1976, 1987, on turf
* 1 mile : 1985, 1988, on dirt at
Hawthorne Race Course
* mile : 1977–1978 on dirt
* miles : 1980, on dirt
* miles : 1979–1984, 1986, 1989–2008, on turf
* miles : 2009, on
Polytrack synthetic dirt
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of miles on turf)
* 1:42.20 –
Lady Shirl (1990)
Most wins:
* 3 –
Lady Shirl (1990, 1991, 1993)
Most wins by a
jockey
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:
* 7 –
Earlie Fires
Earlie Stancel Fires (born March 19, 1947, in Rivervale, Arkansas
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(1980, 1984, 1988 (2×), 1993, 1994, 2003)
Most wins by a
trainer:
* 4 –
Moises Yanez (1984, 1986, 1994, 2008)
* 4 –
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(1990, 1991, 1993, 1996)
* 4 –
Chris M. Block (2000, 2001, 2004, 2009)
Most wins by an owner:
* 5 – Irish Acres Farm (1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997)
Winners
† In 1994 and 1997 there was a
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References
The 2009 Lincoln Heritage Handicap at Bloodhorse.com
Mile category horse races for fillies and mares
Horse races in Illinois
Ungraded stakes races in the United States
Turf races in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1976
Arlington Park
1976 establishments in Illinois