Narragansett Special

Narragansett Special
Discontinued stakes race
LocationNarragansett Park
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
Inaugurated1934 - Winner: Time Supply
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1+316 miles (9.5 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-years-old & up
WeightHandicap
Purse$25,000

The Narragansett Special was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. At the time of its inaugural running in 1934, the Narragansett Special offered a purse of $32,500 added money making it the biggest race run at the track. Only Suffolk Downs' Massachusetts Handicap, which ran the next summer, had a bigger purse in New England. Both rich contests drew the best talent that the nation had to offer.[1]

Open to horses age three and older, the race was run over a distance of 1+316 miles (9.5 furlongs). The Special started at the top of the Narragansett stretch with a run of 3/16ths to the wire and then one full lap around the one mile dirt oval.

  1. ^ "$25,000 ADDED RACE DRAWS FIELD OF SIX; 40,000 Will See Faireno Go to Post Today as Favorite in Narragansett Special". The New York Times. 31 October 1934. Retrieved 24 June 2016.