Honorable Miss Handicap

The Honorable Miss Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Grade II event is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race six furlongs on the dirt.

The Honorable Miss, named after a winning mare from the Pen-Y-Bryan Farm, was run at six and a half furlongs in 1993, currently carries a purse of $200,000.

The race will be in its 26th running in 2017.

Past winners

• 2016 - Haveyougoneaway (5) (Kendrick Carmouche)
• 2015 - Street Story¹ (4) (Javier Castellano)
• 2014 - R Free Roll (4) (Paco Lopez)
• 2013 - Dance to Bristol (4) (Xavier Perez)
• 2012 - C C's Pal (5) (Junior Alvarado)
• 2011 - Tar Heel Mom (6) (Alex Solis)
• 2010 - Secret Gypsy (5) (Jamie Theriot)
• 2009 - Game Face (4) (Edgar Prado)
• 2008 - Any Limit (5) (Cornelio Velasquez)
• 2007 - Burmilla (4) (Rafael Bejarano)
• 2006 - Stormy Kiss (ARG) (4) (Javier Castellano)
• 2005 - Forest Music (4) (John Velazquez)
• 2004 - My Trusty Cat (4) (Pat Day)
• 2003 - Willa On the Move (4) (Edgar Prado)
• 2002 - Mandy's Gold (4) (Edgar Prado)
• 2001 - Big Bambu (4) (Jerry Bailey)
• 2000 - Bourbon Belle (5) (Willie Martinez)
• 1999 - Bourbon Belle (4) (Pat Johnson)
• 1998 - Furlough (4) (Mike Smith)
• 1997 - Dancin Renee (5) (Richard Migliore)
• 1996 - Twist Afleet (5) (Mike Smith)
• 1995 - Low Key Affair (4) (Pat Day)
• 1994 - Classy Mirage (4) (Julie Krone)
• 1993 - Nannerl (Jerry Bailey)
• 1992 - Nice Assay (Chris McCarron)
• 1991 - Fresh (Nicole Shae Saurini)

¹In 2015, La Verdad finished first but was later disqualified and unplaced for a drug violation.^[1]

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