Islip Handicap
The Islip Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually from 1899 through 1907 at New York's Brighton Beach Race Course and then for a final time in 1910 with a drastically reduced purse at Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York. A race for horses age three and older, it was contested on dirt over a distance of one mile for the first two runnings then at a mile and one-eighth for the remainder.
| Discontinued stakes race | |
| Location | Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach, New York (1899–1909) Empire City Race Track in Yonkers, New York (1910) |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1899 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
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