Grade I race | |
Location | Oaklawn Park Hot Springs, Arkansas |
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Inaugurated | 1958 (as Apple Blossom Purse) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, four-years-old and older |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | $1,250,000 (2024) |
The Apple Blossom Handicap is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, run under handicap conditions over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in April at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The 2024 running carried a purse of $1,250,000.