Ben Ali Handicap

This article is about the horse race at Lexington Race Course known as the Ben Ali Handicap. For another race at Keeneland with a similar name, see Ben Ali Stakes.
Ben Ali Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationKeeneland Race Course
Inaugurated1917
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance5.75 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree years old and up

The Ben Ali Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horserace run eleven times between 1917 and 1932 at Lexington Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. An important race usually run in April or early May, it was open to horses age three and older of either sex. The race was run on dirt over a distance of 5+3⁄4 furlongs for its final two runnings prior to which it had been contested at 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs).