Gallant Fox Handicap
Ungraded stakes race | |
Location |
Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1939 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website |
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Race information | |
Distance | 1 5⁄8 miles (13 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $65,000 |
The Gallant Fox Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of December at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Borough of Ozone Park, Queens, New York. An ungraded stakes, it is open to horses age three and older and contested on dirt at a distance of one and five eighths miles. dav Inaugurated in 1939 at the old Jamaica Racetrack, it is named for Gallant Fox, the second winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1930. In 1958, the race was moved to the Aqueduct Racetrack.
The Gallant Fox Handicap has been raced at various distances:
- 1 5⁄8 miles : 1939-1947, 1954–1959, 1961 present
- 1 1⁄16 miles : 1948-1953
- 1 3⁄4 miles : 1960
As a result of bad weather, the 2000 Gallant Fox Handicap was rescheduled and raced on January 1, 2001.
Records
Speed record:
Most wins:
- 3 - Coyote Lakes (2000, 2001, 2002)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 - Mike Luzzi (2000, 2002, 2005, 2007)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Max Hirsch (1942, 1946, 1947, 1950)
- 4 - H. Allen Jerkens (1957, 1958, 1965, 1983)
- 4 - Bruce N. Levine (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Roderick J. Valente (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Tiger's Rock | 3 | David Cohen | Todd Pletcher | Starlight Partners | 2:47.34 |
2008 | Delosvientos | 5 | Eddie Castro | Giuseppe Iadisernia | Giuseppe Iadisernia | 2:49.33 |
2007 | Nite Light | 3 | Mike Luzzi | Todd A. Pletcher | Edward P. Evans | 2:47.45 |
2006 | Successful Affair | 4 | Ramon Dominguez | Gary C. Contessa | Winning Move Stable | 2:44.22 |
2005 | Navesink River | 4 | Mike Luzzi | Todd A. Pletcher | Char-Mari Stable | 2:44.96 |
2004 | Tamburello | 5 | Norberto Arroyo, Jr. | Michael Miceli | Michael Miceli | 2:43.95 |
2003 | Loving | 7 | Jose L. Espinoza | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Goldfarb, Roach et al. | 2:45.08 |
2002 | Coyote Lakes[1] | 8 | Mike Luzzi | Bruce N. Levine | Roderick J. Valente | 2:43.54 |
2001 | Coyote Lakes[2] | 7 | Chuck C. Lopez | Bruce N. Levine | Roderick J. Valente | 2:44.77 |
2000 | Coyote Lakes[3] | 6 | Mike Luzzi | Bruce N. Levine | Roderick J. Valente | 2:45.74 |
1999 | Early Warning | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable | 2:42.94 |
1998 | Aavelord | 4 | Chuck C. Lopez | Bruce N. Levine | Roderick J. Valente | 2:46.00 |
1997 | Unreal Turn | 5 | Chuck C. Lopez | Frank Generazio, Jr. | Patricia A. Generazio | 2:46.60 |
1996 | Ave's Flag | 4 | Jorge F. Chavez | Steve Klesaris | McNulty, Omland | 2:45.80 |
1995 | Yourmissinthepoint | 4 | John Velazquez | Steve Klesaris | Mark Parezo | 2:45.20 |
1994 | Serious Spender | 3 | Jorge F. Chavez | Dominick A. Schettino | John Caputo | 2:44.80 |
1993 | Michelle Can Pass | 5 | Mike E. Smith | John M. DeStefano, Jr. | Jay Gee Jay Stable | 2:46.00 |
1992 | Michelle Can Pass | 4 | Aaron Gryder | John M. DeStefano, Jr. | Jay Cee Jay Stable | 2:45.80 |
1991 | Challenge My Duty | 4 | Chris Antley | D. Wayne Lukas | William M. Rickman | 2:47.00 |
1990 | Power Lunch | 3 | Craig Perret | D. Wayne Lukas | Calumet Farm | 2:47.00 |
1989 | Passing Ships | 5 | Edgar Prado | Robert P. Klesaris | Gold-N-Oats Stable | 2:50.20 |
1988 | Nostalgia's Star | 6 | Eddie Maple | C. R. McGaughey III | Mary J. Hinds | 2:45.60 |
1987 | Soar To The Stars | 4 | Julie Krone | C. R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps | 2:43.80 |
1986 | Buckley Boy | 4 | Michael A. Gonzalez | John J. Tammaro, Jr. | George C. Frostad | 2:44.20 |
1985 | Jane's Dilemma | 4 | Jorge Velasquez | J. William Boniface | Robert Meyerhoff | 2:48.00 |
1984 | Puntivo | 4 | Robbie Davis | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | 2:45.80 |
1983 | Dance Caller | 3 | Jimmy Miranda | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 2:45.80 |
1982 | Bar Dexter | 5 | Jeffrey Fell | Lou Mondello | Woodside Stud | 2:46.60 |
1981 | Alla Breva | 4 | Richard Migliore | Philip G. Johnson | Ken Mort Stable | 2:43.40 |
1980 | Relaxing | 4 | Ramon Encinas | Angel Penna, Sr. | Ogden Phipps | 2:42.40 |
1979 | Identical | 4 | Eric Beitia | Pancho Martin | Viola Sommer | 2:43.60 |
1978 | Wise Philip | 5 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | William Boland | Ruth E. Streit | 2:45.20 |
1977 | Cunning Trick | 4 | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner, Jr. | William T. Pascoe | 2:44.20 |
1976 | Frampton Delight | 4 | Steve Cauthen | Everett W. King | Len Ragozin | 2:46.00 |
1975 | Sharp Gary | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Robert J. Frankel | Edward R. Scharps | 2:40.40 |
1974 | Big Spruce | 5 | Angel Santiago | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm | 2:41.60 |
1973 | Big Spruce | 4 | Angel Santiago | Victor J. Nickerson | Elmendorf Farm | 2:42.00 |
1972 | Crafty Khale † | 3 | Braulio Baeza | Robert L. Dotter | Mrs. Nelson I. Asiel | 2:41.00 |
1971 | Hitchcock | 5 | Ron Turcotte | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 2:42.80 |
1970 | Hitchcock | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 2:41.60 |
1969 | Ship Leave | 3 | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Angel Penna, Sr. | Gustave Ring | 2:42.60 |
1968 | Funny Fellow | 3 | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 2:41.80 |
1967 | Niarkos | 7 | Eddie Belmonte | John H. Adams | Hasty House Farm | 2:43.60 |
1966 | Munden Point | 4 | John L. Rotz | Ira Hanford | Loren P. Guy | 2:42.60 |
1965 | Choker | 5 | Michael Venezia | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 2:48.00 |
1964 | Smart | 5 | Eldon Nelson | Henry S. Clark | Christiana Stable | 2:42.80 |
1963 | Sunrise Flight | 4 | Larry Adams | Walter A. Kelley | Little M. Farm | 2:43.00 |
1962 | Sensitivo | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | Arnold N. Winick | Robert F. Bensinger | 2:42.20 |
1961 | Polylad | 5 | Herb Hinojosa | Thomas M. Miles | Mrs. Q. A. S. McKean | 2:45.60 |
1960 | Don Poggio | 4 | Sam Boulmetis, Sr. | Robert L. Dotter | Gustave Ring | 2:55.80 |
1959 | Bald Eagle | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | Woody Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable | 2:41.00 |
1958 | Admiral Vee | 6 | Ted Atkinson | H. Allen Jerkens | Edward Seinfeld | 2:43.40 |
1957 | Eddie Schmidt | 4 | Ismael Valenzuela | H. Allen Jerkens | Leroy G. Burns | 2:42.40 |
1956 | Summer Tan | 4 | David Erb | Sherrill W. Ward | Dorothy Firestone Galbreath | 2:41.60 |
1955 | Misty Morn | 3 | Sidney Cole | James E. Fitzsimmons | Wheatley Stable | 2:42.40 |
1954 | Social Outcast | 4 | Ovie Scurlock | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 2:44.80 |
1953 | Royal Vale | 5 | Jack Westrope | James E. Ryan | Esther du Pont Weir | 1:55.40 |
1952 | Spartan Valor | 4 | James Stout | Frank Catrone | William G. Hellis Jr. | 1:56.20 |
1951 | County Delight | 4 | Eric Guerin | James E. Ryan | Rokeby Stable | 1:57.60 |
1950 | Better Self | 5 | William Boland | Max Hirsch | King Ranch | 1:57.00 |
1949 | Coaltown | 4 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:56.20 |
1948 | Faultless | 4 | Hedley Woodhouse | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:57.20 |
1947 | Stymie | 6 | Conn McCreary | Max Hirsch | Ethel D. Jacobs | 2:42.40 |
1946 | Stymie | 5 | Basil James | Max Hirsch | Ethel D. Jacobs | 2:42.80 |
1945 | Reply Paid | 3 | Herb Lindberg | George W. Carroll | Mrs. Louis Rabinowitz | 2:44.60 |
1944 | Some Chance | 5 | Albert Snider | B. Frank Christmas | Abram S. Hewitt | 2:46.00 |
1943 | Eurasian | 3 | Herb Lindberg | Sol Rutchick | Havahome Stable | 2:48.00 |
1942 | Dark Discovery | 4 | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | John A. Bell, Jr. | 2:44.20 |
1941 | Market Wise | 3 | Wendell Eads | George W. Carroll | Louis Tufano | 2:46.00 |
1940 | Salaminia | 3 | Don Meade | Duval A. Headley | Hal Price Headley | 2:43.60 |
1939 | Isolater | 6 | James Stout | James E. Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud | 2:43.00 |
- † In 1972, Autobiography finished first, but was disqualified and set back to second.
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