Top Flight Handicap

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = Top Flight Handicap


caption =
location = Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1940
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html Aqueduct Racetrack at NYRA]
distance = 1 mile (8 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Fillies & Mares, 3-years-old & up
weight = Assigned
purse = $150,000
bonuses = The Top Flight Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The Grade II event is open to fillies and mares, age three and older. It is contested over a distance of one mile on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $150,000.

The Top Flight Handicap was run at Belmont Park at a mile and a sixteenth prior to 1961. From 1961 to 1993, it was run at a mile and an eighth.

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 was never beaten by a member of her own sex.

Past winners

* 2007 - Mini Sermon (3) (Eibar Coa)
* 2006 - Rahy's Appeal (Alan Garcia) (Malibu Mint, ridden by Eibar Coa, had won by the disqualification of Rahys' Appeal for jockey interference, but that disqualification has been repealed)
* 2005 - Stellar Jayne (4) (Jerry Bailey)
* 2004 - Daydreaming (3) (Jerry Bailey)
* 2003 - Randaroo (3) (Heberto Castillo Jr.)
* 2002 - Sightseek (3) (Jerry Bailey)
* 2001 - Cat Cay (4) (John Velazquez)
* 2000 - Reciclada CH (5) (Jerry Bailey)
* 1999 - Belle Cherie (3) (John Velazquez)
* 1998 - Catinca (3) (Richard Migliore)
* 1997 - Dixie Flag (3) (Mike Luzzi)
* 1996 - Flat Fleet Feet (3) (Mike E. Smith)
* 1995 - Twist Afleet (4) (Mike Smith)
* 1994 - Educated Risk (4) (Mike Smith)
* 1993 - You'd Be Surprised (4) (Jerry Bailey)
* 1992 - Firm Stance (4) (Pat Day)
* 1991 - Buy the Firm (5) (Julie Krone)
* 1990 - Dreamy Mimi (4) (Jerry Bailey)
* 1989 - Banker's Lady (4) (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
* 1988 - Clabber Girl (4) (Jose Santos)
* 1987 - Ms. Eloise (4) (Robbie Davis)
* 1986 - Ride Sally (4) (Walter Guerra)
* 1985 - Flip's Pleasure (5) (Jean-Luc Samyn)
* 1984 - Sweet Missus (4) (Robert Thibeau)
* 1983 - Adept (4) (Karen Rogers)
* 1982 - Andover Way (4) (Jorge Velasquez)
* 1981 - Chain Bracelet (4) (Ruben Hernandez)
* 1980 - Glorious Song (4) (Jorge Velasquez)
* 1979 - Waya (5) (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
* 1978 - Northernette (4) (Jeffrey Fell)
* 1977 - Shawi (4) (Michael Venezia)
* 1976 - Proud Delta (4) (Jorge Velasquez)
* 1975 - Twixt (6) (William Passmore)

* 1974 - Lady Love (4) (Eddie Maple)
* 1973 - Poker Night (3) (Robert Woodhouse)
* 1972 - Inca Queen (4) (Garth Patterson)
* 1971 - Shuvee (5) (Ron Turcotte)
* 1970 - Shuvee (4) (Braulio Baeza)
* 1969 - Amerigo Lady (5) (Manuel Ycaza)
* 1968 - Amerigo Lady (4) (Jorge Velasquez)
* 1967 - Straight Deal (5) (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
* 1966 - Summer Scandal (4) (Garth Patterson)
* 1965 - Affectionately (5) (Walter Blum)
* 1964 - Oil Royalty (6) (H. Grant)
* 1963 - Firm Policy (4) (M. Ycaza)
* 1962 - Pepper Patch (5) (D. Pierce)
* 1961 - Make Sail (4) (M. Ycaza)
* 1960 - Royal Native (4) (Bill Hartack)
* 1959 - Big Effort (4) (Bill Shoemaker)
* 1958 - Plucky Roman (4) (H. Grant)
* 1957 - Plotter (4) (Pete D. Anderson)
* 1956 - Searching (4) (C. McCreary) (dam of Affectionately)
* 1955 - Pario (4) (Eric Guerin)
* 1954 - Sunshine Nell (6) ((Eddie Arcaro)
* 1953 - Marta (6) (C. McCreary)
* 1952 - Renew (5) (W. Boland)
* 1951 - Busanda (4) (E. Guerin)
* 1950 - Nell K. (4) ((G. Hettinger)
* 1949 - But Why Not (5) (D. Gorman)
* 1948 - Honeymoon (5) (D. Gorman)
* 1947 - Rytina (4) (Ted Atkinson)
* 1946 - Sicily (4) (E. Arcaro)
* 1945 - Miss Keeneland (4) (Albert Snider)
* 1944 - Boojiana (3) (T. Atkinson)
* 1943 - Mar-Kell (4) (B. Thompson)
* 1942 - Level Best (4) (D. Meade)
* 1941 - Tangled (3) (C. McCreary)
* 1940 - True Call (3) (D. Meade)