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The '''Genuine Risk Handicap''' is a race for [[thoroughbred]] [[race horse]]s, open to [[Filly|fillies]] and [[Mare (horse)|mares]] age three and up. The race is run each spring at six [[furlong]]s on the dirt at [[Belmont Park]] in [[New York (state)|New York]] and offers a purse of $150,000.

The [[Graded stakes race|Grade II]] [[Genuine Risk]] is named after the second filly of only three to win the [[Kentucky Derby]] in 1980.  Genuine Risk was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] in 1986. In the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century]], she was ranked #91.

In December 2006, the New York Racing Association {NYRA} announced the elimination of this race beginning in 2007 due to its poor placement on the Breeder's Cup Sprint run-up schedule.

==Past winners==

Some past winners of the Genuine Risk Handicap are:

*2006 - [[Behaving Badly (horse)|Behaving Badly]] ([[Victor Espinoza]])
*2005 - Bank Audit
*2002 - Bear Fan
*2003 - [[Shine Again]]
*2002 - [[Xtra Heat]] ([[Harry Vega]])
*2001 - Katz Me If You Can
*1992 - [[Wide Country (horse)|Wide Country]]
*1991 - [[Safely Kept]]
*1990 - [[Safely Kept]]
*1989 - [[Safely Kept]]

==External links==
* [http://www.nyra.com/belmont/ Belmont Park race track]

[[Category:Graded stakes races in the United States]]
[[Category:Sprint category horse races for fillies and mares]]
[[Category:Horse races in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Discontinued horse races in New York (state)]]
[[Category:2007 disestablishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007]]