Count Fleet Sprint Handicap

Count Fleet Sprint Handicap
Grade III race
LocationOaklawn Park Race Track
Hot Springs, Arkansas,
United States
Inaugurated1974
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteOaklawn Jockey Club, Inc.
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old & up
WeightAssigned
Purse$500,000 (2019)

The Count Fleet Sprint Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid April. It takes place at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. During the race, horses age four and older compete over the sprint distance of six furlongs. Inaugurated in 1974,[1] the event currently offers a purse of US$500,000.[2]

The race is named in honor of the 1943 United States Triple Crown champion, Count Fleet.

In 2020, Whitmore became the first horse to win the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap three times.[3]

  1. ^ "COUNT FLEET SPRINT HANDICAP - OAKLAWN PARK, AR UNITED STATES - Grade III". Thoroughbred Pedigreequery. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  2. ^ "2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  3. ^ "Whitmore Rolls To Third Count Fleet Sprint Handicap Victory". Horse Racing News | Paulick Report. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-04-18.