Lincoln Handicap of its redevelopment. Lincoln Handicap The Lincoln Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at Doncaster in late March or early April. It is traditionally the feature event on the first Saturday of Britain's turf flat racing season. It usually takes place one or two weeks before the Grand National, and for betting purposes the two races form the Spring Double. The only jockey to have ever won both legs was David Dick in 1956. An event called
ASW Handicap Chase after a previous chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse who died in 1997, aged 69. ASW Handicap Chase The ASW Handicap Chase was a National Hunt handicap chase in England which was open to horses aged five years and older. It was run at Cheltenham over a distance of 4 miles and 1 furlong (6,637 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day. The race was first run in 1953 as the Fred Withington Handicap Chase, and was last run in 2004. From 1975 the race was sponsored by Bass and then later by Food Brokers Ltd