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Lincoln Heritage Handicap

Lincoln Heritage Handicap
Ungraded stakes race
Location Arlington Park
Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
Inaugurated 1976
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.arlingtonpark.com
Race information
Distance 1 116 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface Turf
Track Left-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Lincoln Heritage Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois. An ungraded stakes raced on turf open to fillies and Mares, age three and older, it is contested over a distance of 1 116 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:

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 116 miles on turf)

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:


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