Fall Handicap

Fall Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSheepshead Bay Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York
Inaugurated1894–1909
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.pegasusworldcup.com
Race information
Distance6½ furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree Years Old & older

The Fall Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York from 1894 thru 1909 for horses of either sex age three and older. For easier identification purposes, the race is sometimes referred to as the Coney Island Fall Handicap. For its first two editions, the Fall Handicap was run on the track's short futurity course at 5¾ furlongs then for the next twelve runnings at 6 furlongs and the final two years at 6½ furlongs. The Fall Handicap was the first of the track's autumn serials, preceding the Ocean Handicap at 6½ furlongs and the Omnium Handicap at 1⅛ miles.[1]

  1. ^ "Condensed History Of The Fall Handicap". Daily Racing Form. 1908-08-30. Retrieved 2019-01-28 – via University of Kentucky Archives.