Arlington Handicap

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The Arlington Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1929 at Arlington Park racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Open to 3-Year-Olds & Up, it is currently a Grade III stakes run in July at a distance of 1¼ miles on turf. It offers a purse of $200,000 and serves as the final local prep race for the Arlington Million.

Misstep won the inaugural running. Past winners include Sun Beau, (1931), Equipoise (1933), Discovery (1935), Busher (1945), Armed (1947), Coaltown (1949), Ponder (1950) and Round Table, who had back-to-back wins in 1958 and 1959.

In 1975, Royal Glint set a track record for the Arlington Handicap for 1 3/16 miles and the 1992 winner Sky Classic set a stakes record for the current distance of 1¼ miles.

[edit] Recent winners of the Arlington Handicap

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Cosmonaut	5	Julien Leparoux	Patrick Biancone	Flying Zee Stable	2:01.32
2006	Cosmonaut	4	Julien Leparoux	Patrick Biancone	Flying Zee Stable	2:03.10
2005	Cool Conductor	4	Cornelio Velasquez	Ralph Nicks	David E. Garner	2.02.26
2004	Senor Swinger	4	Brice Blanc	Bob Baffert	Robert & Beverly Lewis	2:03.38
2003	Honor In War	4	David Flores	Paul McGee	Turn Stable LLC	2:02.71
2002	Falcon Flight	6	Rene Douglas	Donald Burke, Jr.	Gary A. Tanaka	2:03.13
2001	Make No Mistake	6	Robby Albarado	Burke Kessinger, Jr.	Bruce Barton & Alvin D. Haynes	2:02.53
2000	Northern Quest	5	Robby Albarado	Robert J. Frankel	Plus U Stables	2:02.13