First run in 1976, the Razorback Handicap is run at a distance of 1 1/16 miles on dirt at Oaklawn Park for 4-year-olds and up. The race has been graded since 1978 and reached its highest purse point in 2015 when the purse was set at $250,000. The Razorback Handicap’s winner’s list includes Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Opening Verse and Kentucky Derby winner Lil E. Tee. Jockey Pat Day has won the race six times and trainer Joseph Cantey won the race every year from 1981 to 1984.
First run in 1976, the Razorback Handicap is run at a distance of 1 1/16 miles on dirt at Oaklawn Park for 4-year-olds and up. The race has been graded since 1978 and reached its highest purse point in 2015 when the purse was set at $250,000. The Razorback Handicap’s winner’s list includes Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Opening Verse and Kentucky Derby winner Lil E. Tee. Jockey Pat Day has won the race six times and trainer Joseph Cantey won the race every year from 1981 to 1984.