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Sixty Sails Handicap
| Class | Grade III |
|---|---|
| Location | Hawthorne Race Course Stickney/Cicero, Illinois, United States |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & Up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | US$150,000 (2014) |
The Sixty Sails Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of April at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney/Cicero, Illinois. A Grade III event open to Fillies and Mares, age three and older, it is contested on dirt at a distance of one mile and one eighth (9 furlongs).
Inaugurated in 1976 at Sportsman's Park, in 2004, the race was moved to Hawthorne Race Course. It was named for the racing filly Sixty Sails, owned by John Petre and Chris Vodanovich of New Orleans.
Since inception, the Sixty Sails Handicap has been contested at various distances:
- 1976–1981 : 1 mile (8 furlongs)
- 1982–1984 : 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
- 1985–present : 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
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