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Iroquois Handicap

Iroquois Handicap
Ungraded Stakes race
Location Belmont Park
Elmont, New York New York (state)
United States United States
Inaugurated 1979
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html
Race information
Distance 7 furlongs
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up
Purse $150,000

The Iroquois Handicap run at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York in the fall of the year, is a 7 furlong race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares, aged three and up, that are New York-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 Aqueduct Racetrack.

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

Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)

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