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:'' This article is about an American horse race. For the Australian horse race, see The Metropolitan.'' The Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile," is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). The 2015 running of the Metropolitan Handicap was to take place on June 6, 2015, prior to the running of the Belmont Stakes. The Met Mile was first run in 1891 at Morris Park Racetrack. Prior to 1897, it was run at a distance of miles. In 1904, its location was moved to Belmont Park. There it remained except for nine years; 1960 to 1967, 1969, and 1975 when it was hosted by Aqueduct Racetrack. It was not run in 1895, 1911, and 1912. The Met Mile is the first of three races in the New York Handicap Triple series, followed by the Suburban Handicap and Brooklyn Handicap. Four horses have won the Handicap Triple: * Whisk Broom II (1913) * Tom Fool (1953) * Kelso (1961) * Fit to Fight (1984) There was a Dead Heat for first in 1905.〔http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01E3DA1E3DE633A25756C0A9639C946497D6CF〕 ==Records== Time record: * 1:32.80 - Honour and Glory (1996) Most wins * 3 - Devil Diver (1943, 1944, 1945) * Equipoise won the race in 1932 and 1933 then after winning again in 1934, was disqualified. * Four other horses have officially won the Met Mile twice: Gulch (1987, 1988); Forego (1976, 1977); Stymie (1947, 1948); and Mad Hatter (1921, 1922). Most wins by an owner * 6 - Greentree Stable (1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1953, 1963) Most wins by a jockey * 5 - John Velazquez (1996, 1999, 2010, 2012, 2014) Most wins by a trainer * 6 - John M. Gaver, Sr. (1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1953, 1963) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metropolitan Handicap」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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