Toboggan Handicap
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| Grade III race | |
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| Toboggan Handicap | |
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| Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York  |
| Inaugurated | 1890 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | Six furlong sprint |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The Toboggan Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Race Track in Queens, New York. Open to horses aged three and older, the Grade III event is contested over at a distance of six furlongs on the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000 added.
The Toboggan will be in its 115th running in 2008. Before 1896, it was called the Toboggan Slide because it took place on a downhill course at Morris Park in the Bronx. The Toboggan Slide was not run in 1891 or 1895. The Toboggan Handicap was not run in 1911 and 1912. It was set at six furlongs from 1890 to 1993. Prior to 1890 it was three quarters of a mile. The race was run at Belmont Park from 1867 to 1961.
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- † In 1961, Chief of Chiefs finished first, but was disqualified and placed out of the money.)
