The Dixie Handicap is a 1924 drama film directed by Reginald Barker.

The horse called Preakness captured the Dinner Party Stakes (now called the Dixie Handicap) on Oct. 25, 1870, beating Ecliptic and Foster in the two-mile race.

Smith came back two races later to ride the superstar Lure to victory in the Early Times Dixie Handicap, the colt's fourth straight success and his fifth in six starts on the grass.

In spring he won the Philadelphia Handicap at Havre de Grace and the Dixie Handicap and Pimlico, before being rested till autumn.

The Dixie Handicap (1924)

Since she had fared so well that year and won the Dixie Handicap the year prior she was given a weight allowance of only two pounds (carrying 116 pounds compared to 118).

He had already won the Dixie Handicap, so he went home with first prize of $112,860 plus the bonus of $140,000.

Run for many years as the Dixie Handicap, in 1965 it was raced in two divisions at a mile and a half.

A @ indicates that this race was run at Laurel Park Racecourse from 1915 to 1919 as the Dixie Handicap.

From 1915 through 1918, Laurel Park Racecourse hosted a Dixie Handicap.