Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Rhode Island Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Narragansett Race Track in Pawtucket Rhode Island from 1934 to 1948. The race was designed to be the closing day feature of the tracks very first meet. The handicap event was given a $10000 purse the largest of the meet. Older handicap horses were the racing stars of the day and the Rhode Island Handicap was to be the track’s signature race.