New York Handicap Triple

The New York Handicap Triple is the name used to refer to three American handicap races for older Thoroughbred racehorses run by the New York Racing Association at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The three races are (in order, as of 2011):

Metropolitan Handicap
Brooklyn Handicap
Suburban Handicap

Four horses have won the Handicap Triple Crown:

Whisk Broom II (1913)^[1]
Tom Fool (1953)
Kelso (1961)^[2]
Fit to Fight (1984)

References

↑ Biography of Whisk Broom II at the Unofficial Thoroughbred Hall of Fame Retrieved 2011-08-21.
↑ Brian Bouyea, "Kelso: a lasting legacy". National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Retrieved 2011-08-21.

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