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The Louisiana Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of January at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans Louisiana. Open to horses age four and older it is contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and a sixteenth (8.5 furlongs).Inaugurated on December 12 1942 the first running of the Louisiana Handicap was won by Calumet Farm’s 1941 U.S. Triple Crown winner Whirlaway.