Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Jamaica Race Course, Jamaica, Queens, New York |
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Inaugurated | 1941 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Race information | |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three years old and up |
The Daingerfield Handicap was an American long distance Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1941 through 1953 at Jamaica Race Course, Jamaica, Queens, New York. Run on dirt for horses age three and older, for the first two years it was contested at two miles after which the distance was set at two and one-sixteenth miles.
The race was created to honor Algernon Daingerfield, a Secretary of The Jockey Club for many years who had died on June 10, 1941.[1][2]