Tags: Horse Race, Race.

The Westchester Handicap is a Thoroughbred horse race at Belmont Park on Long Island New York run annually in early May. Open to horses age three and older it is contested at a distance of one mile on dirt. It is a Grade III race with a purse of $150000. From 1959 to 1971 the race was open to horses age four years old and up. Originally called the Yorktown Handicap it was first run in 1918 at the old Empire City Race Track.

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