Lincoln Heritage Handicap

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 ¹⁄₁₆ 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:

• 1 mile : 1976, 1987, on turf
• 1 mile : 1985, 1988, on dirt at Hawthorne Race Course
•  ⁷⁄₈ mile : 1977-1978 on dirt
•  1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles : 1980, on dirt
•  1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles : 1979-1984, 1986, 1989–2008, on turf
•  1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles : 2009, on Polytrack synthetic dirt

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of  1 ¹⁄₁₆ 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 (2x), 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

References

• The 2009 Lincoln Heritage Handicap at Bloodhorse.com