Razorback Handicap
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The Razorback Handicap is a race for Thoroughbred
horses run at Oaklawn Park
each year. The race is open to four-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. A Grade III
event, the Razorback offers a purse of $125,000.
The 1 1/16-mile test older horses is a prep for the Grade II $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap
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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...
horses run at Oaklawn Park
Oaklawn Park
Oaklawn Park is an American thoroughbred racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is the home to The Racing Festival of the South.In 2009, the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Of the top Ten, Oaklawn was ranked...
each year. The race is open to four-year-olds and up willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. A Grade III
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
event, the Razorback offers a purse of $125,000.
The 1 1/16-mile test older horses is a prep for the Grade II $500,000 Oaklawn Handicap
Oaklawn Handicap
The Oaklawn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of April at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas....
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Past winners
- 2011 - It Happened Again (Michael Baze)
- 2010 - Win Willy (Cliff Berry)
- 2009 - Let It Rock (Terry Thompson)
- 2008 - Jonesboro (Calvin BorelCalvin BorelCalvin H. Borel is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby...
) - 2007 - Magna Graduate (John Velazquez)
- 2006 - Purim (Robby AlbaradoRobby AlbaradoRobby J. Albarado is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding at the age of 12 at bush tracks in his native Louisiana and after turning professional, earned his first win at Evangeline Downs in 1990...
) - 2005 - Absent Friend
- 2004 - Sonic West
- 2003 - Colorful Tour
- 2002 - Mr. Ross
- 2001 - Mr. Ross
- 2000 - Well Noted
- 1999 - Desert Air
- 1998 - Desert Demon
- 1981 - Temperence HillTemperence HillTemperence Hill was a Champion American Thoroughbred stallion racehorse.Bred in Kentucky by Dr. Albert F. Polk, Jr.'s Oriskany Farm, Temperence Hill was sired by Stop The Music and out of the Etonian mare, Sister Shannon...
- 1976 - Royal GlintRoyal GlintRoyal Glint was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by the renowned Claiborne Farm of Paris, Kentucky, he was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table and was out of the mare Regal Gleam, the 1966 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly...