The Top Flight Handicap is an American race for Thoroughbredfillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race the one mile on the dirt. The Top Flight is run each year at Aqueduct Racetrack for a purse of $150,000 and is a Grade II event. For the processor with the same codename , see Athlon. ... Filly is also a town in Belgium. ... 13 year old Peruvian Paso mare A broodmare and foal In English, a mare (an old Germanic word) is a female horse; the word is also an etymological root of marshal (originally marescalcus horse servant). Mares are considered easier to handle than males, which are called stallions or after castration... Aqueduct Racetrack, known as the Big A, is a horse racetrack in the neighborhood of Ozone Park in the New York City borough of Queens. ... A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ...
In its 69th running in 2008, the race in named for Top Flight, ranked in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century at #66. Top Flight (April 15, 1929 - 1949) was an American U.S. Hall of Fame Thoroughbred filly racehorse. ... In 1999, The Blood-Horse magazine compiled a list of what its staff members considered to be the top 100 racehorses of the 20th Century who had competed in the United States. ...
Past winners
2007 - Mini Sermon (3) (Eibar Coa)
2006 - Malibu Mint (4) (Eibar Coa) (by the disqualification of Rahys' Appeal for jockey interference)