The Lincoln Heritage Handicap is an American

Thoroughbred horse race Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...

held annually at

Arlington Park Arlington International Racecourse (formerly Arlington Park, the name was Arlington Park Jockey Club from as soon as 1948 up to 1955) was a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago reg ...

in Arlington Heights, Illinois. An ungraded stakes raced on

turf Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls. In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricult ...

open to

fillies A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...

and

Mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than fo ...

s, 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 The track surface of a horse racing track refers to the material of which the track is made. There are three types of track surfaces used in modern horse racing. These are: *Turf, the most common track surface in Europe *Dirt, the most common trac ...

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 Hawthorne Race Course is a racetrack for horse racing in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, near Chicago. The oldest continually run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating syst ...

* mile : 1977–1978 on dirt * miles : 1980, on dirt * miles : 1979–1984, 1986, 1989–2008, on turf * miles : 2009, on

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: * 7 – Earlie Fires (1980, 1984, 1988 (2×), 1993, 1994, 2003) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 – Moises Yanez (1984, 1986, 1994, 2008) * 4 – P. Noel Hickey (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

Dead Heat A dead heat is a rare situation in various racing sports in which the performances of competitors are judged to be so close that no difference between them can be resolved. The result is declared a tie and the competitors are awarded a joint ra ...

for first.{{refend

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