Havre de Grace Racetrack, Havre de Grace, Maryland United States
Inaugurated
1913
Race type
Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance
6 furlongs
Surface
Dirt
Track
left-handed
Qualification
Three-year-olds and up
The Philadelphia Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held thirty-eight times between 1913 and 1950 at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Run on dirt, the race was open to horses of either sex age three and older.
From inception in 1913 through 1919, and again from 1947 through 1950, the event was contested at a sprint distance of six furlongs. In between, it was raced at a mile and a sixteenth.
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