Essex Handicap
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The Essex Handicap is an American
Thoroughbred
horse race run annually during the first week of February at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas
. Open to horses age four and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs).
Inaugurated in 1948 as the Southland Handicap, its name was changed to the Essex beginning with the 1974 edition.
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race run annually during the first week of February at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...
. Open to horses age four and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs).
Inaugurated in 1948 as the Southland Handicap, its name was changed to the Essex beginning with the 1974 edition.
Past winners
- 2010 - Racing Bran (5) (Christopher A. Emigh)
- 2009 - Prom Shoes (5)
- 2008 - Spotsgone (5)
- 2007 - Jonesboro (5)
- 2006 - Rockport Harbor (4)
- 2005 - Absent Friend (5)
- 2004 - Private Emblem (5)
- 2003 - Colorful Tour (4)
- 2002 - Crafty Shaw (4)
- 2001 - Mr. Ross (6)
- 2000 - Maysville Slew (4)