Metropolitan Handicap

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The Metropolitan Handicap is a prestigious American Grade I thoroughbred horse race traditionally run at Belmont Park, renowned as one of the country's top one-mile dirt races for older horses.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Metropolitan Handicap canonical 4

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grade I stakes race ⓘ
Thoroughbred horse race ⓘ
flat horse race ⓘ
ageRestriction three years old and older ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Met Mile ⓘ
The Met ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
distanceStatus one-turn mile at Belmont Park ⓘ
distanceUnit miles ⓘ
governingBody New York Racing Association ⓘ
hasRaceType flat racing ⓘ
hasVenue Belmont Park ⓘ
hasWeightAssignment handicap weights ⓘ
horseRaceType handicap ⓘ
inaugurated 1891 ⓘ
isAnnual true ⓘ
isPrestigious true ⓘ
locatedIn Elmont, New York ⓘ
United States ⓘ
notableCharacteristic high-quality older milers ⓘ
notableFor one of the top one-mile dirt races in the United States ⓘ
partOf American graded stakes races ⓘ
raceCategory open company ⓘ
raceClass Grade I ⓘ
raceDistance 1 mile ⓘ
8 furlongs ⓘ
raceLocation Belmont Park ⓘ
raceQualification older horses ⓘ
three-year-olds and up ⓘ
raceSexRestriction none ⓘ
raceStatus active ⓘ
raceSurface dirt ⓘ
raceTrack Belmont Park Racetrack ⓘ
linked to: Belmont Park
raceTrackOwner New York Racing Association ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
surfaceType dirt ⓘ
timingSystem parimutuel wagering event ⓘ
trackConfiguration left-handed ⓘ
typicalMonthRun June ⓘ
usualSurfaceCondition fast dirt when dry ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belmont Park → notableRaceHosted → Metropolitan Handicap ⓘ
Belmont Stakes Racing Festival → hasPart → Metropolitan Handicap ⓘ
Belmont Park → notableRace → Metropolitan Handicap ⓘ
subject linked to: The Championship Track
Quality Road → wonRace → Metropolitan Handicap ⓘ