Bold Ruler Handicap

The Bold Ruler Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of October at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A Grade III event, it is contested on dirt at a distance of six furlongs. The race is named for U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bold Ruler. The race was run as a handicap prior to 1981.

The Bold Ruler Handicap had been hosted by Belmont Park and was at Aqueduct Racetrack in 2001. It was moved back to the Aqueduct track for 2009. And to Belmont in 2010.

In the 1998 running, Kelly Kip, ridden by Jean-Luc Samyn, set an Aqueduct track record of 1:07.61 for the six furlongs distance. Samyn and Kelly Kip returned the following year to break that record, running the six furlongs in 1:07.54. In 2009 the Bold Ruler was run at 7 furlongs.

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Belmont Park Graded Stakes Races

Stakes Race	Grade	Purse
Westchester Handicap	III	$150,000
Beaugay Stakes	III	$150,000
Fort Marcy Stakes	III	$100,000
Peter Pan Stakes	II	$200,000
Sheepshead Bay Stakes	II	$250,000
Metropolitan Handicap	I	$750,000
Sands Point Stakes	II	$200,000
Acorn Stakes	I	$300,000
Ogden Phipps Handicap	I	$400,000
Vagrancy Handicap	II	$200,000
Brooklyn Handicap	II	$200,000
Jaipur Stakes	III	$150,000
Belmont Stakes	I	$1000,000
Just A Game Stakes	I	$500,000
Manhattan Handicap	I	$500,000
True North Handicap	II	$400,000
Woody Stephens Stakes	II	$400,000
Hill Prince Stakes	III	$150,000
Mother Goose Stakes	I	$300,000
New York Stakes	II	$200,000
Dwyer Stakes	II	$200,000
Bed O'Roses Handicap	III	$150,000
Poker Stakes	III	$150,000
Suburban Handicap	II	$350,000
Victory Ride Stakes	III	$150,000
Man O'War Stakes	I	$600,000
Bowling Green Handicap	II	$150,000
Garden City Stakes	I	$250,000
Noble Damsel Stakes	III	$100,000
Gallant Bloom Handicap	II	$150,000
Kelso Handicap	II	$200,000
Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes	I	$500,000
Beldame Invitational Stakes	I	$350,000
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes	I	$500,000
Jockey Club Gold Cup	I	$750,000
Vosburgh Invitational Stakes	I	$350,000
Miss Grillo Stakes	III	$100,000
Pilgrim Stakes	III	$100,000
Tempted Stakes	III	$100,000
Nashua Stakes	II	$150,000
Frizette Stakes	I	$300,000
Jamaica Handicap	I	$250,000
Champagne Stakes	I	$300,000
Athenia Stakes	III	$100,000
Knickerbocker Stakes	III	$100,000
Turnback The Alarm Handicap	III	$100,000
Bold Ruler Handicap	III	$100,000