The Potomac Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in the latter part of September at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Open to three-year-old horses, it was raced on dirt at a distance of a mile-and-a-sixteenth.
First run at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland, it was restricted to two-year-olds and run at a distance of one mile. The 1918 running was won by Calumet Farm's two-year-old colt, Be Frank, ridden by Lavelle Ensor. [1] The following year the race moved to the Havre de Grace Racetrack and was changed to an event for three-year-olds and set at a distance of a mile-and-a-sixteenth.
The Potomac Handicap was won by four National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductees including 1919 U.S. Triple Crown winner Sir Barton and Man o' War who won the 1920 edition. Despite being assigned highweight of 138 pounds, Man o' War set a new Havre de Grace track record for a mile-and-a-sixteenth.
The PotomacHandicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in the latter part of September at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace...
rode Azucar to victory in the first $100,000 horse race, the Santa Anita Handicap, defeating such greats as Equipoise and Twenty Grand. Woolf finished second...
in races such as the Maryland Handicap while also turning in a couple of puzzling losses, including the Autumn Handicap. He finished the year with $88...
Stakes at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack and the mile-and-a-sixteenth PotomacHandicap at Havre de Grace Racetrack in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Menow ended...
including the Coaching Club American Oaks, Saratoga Special Stakes and the PotomacHandicap when it was held at Laurel Park Racecourse. Within two years he had...
Crown champion Sir Barton. On September 29, 1920, Man o' War won the PotomacHandicap at Havre de Grace. His son, U.S. Triple Crown winner War Admiral, won...
Grace Racetrack he defeated Pompey to win the mile and a sixteenth PotomacHandicap. A disagreement between the two owners of Log Cabin Stable in the fall...
of her losses coming against males. After finishing fourth in the PotomacHandicap, she was retired as the all-time money earning filly or mare in American...
were the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes and the Stars and Stripes Handicap. In his best finish in an American Classic, Snider rode owner Fred W. Hooper's...
did not run in the Belmont Stakes but that year he won the Potomac and Westchester Handicaps in the Northeastern United States, then the prestigious American...
race while winning the first of three consecutive Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicaps at Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago. Several more important victories...
summer, including a seventh place finish behind Good Gamble in the PotomacHandicap and a third place finish in the Roseland Purse at Havre de Grace. She...
racing. Although Feustel won the May 1922 Newtown Stakes and Richmond Handicap with Sam Riddle's horses, by the end of the year he was once again training...
Long Island National Cemetery Major racing wins Edgemere Handicap (1922, 1937) PotomacHandicap (1922) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1924) Chesapeake Stakes (1925)...
Among his best mounts was Wildair with whom he won the 1920 Metropolitan Handicap and ran third in the 1920 Preakness and Prudery, considered in retrospect...
Discovery for most of his races between 1934 and 1936, winning major handicaps from New York City to Detroit and Chicago and in California. Plagued by...
Cup Handicap (1938) Clark Handicap (1939, 1943, 1953) Kentucky Oaks (1939) Santa Anita Derby (1939) PotomacHandicap (1940) San Carlos Handicap (1940)...
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