Gallant Fox Handicap
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The Gallant Fox Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at the end of December at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Borough of Queens, New York.
The Gallant Fox, inaugurated in 1939 at the old Jamaica Racetrack (and run there until 1958), is open to three-years-old and up and set at a distance of one and five eighths miles) on the dirt. This ungraded stakes event offers a purse of $75,000.
The race is named for Gallant Fox, the second winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1930.
[edit] Past winners
- 2007 – Nite Light (3) (Mike Luzzi)
- 2006 – Successful Affair (Ramon Dominguez)
- 2005 – Navesink River (4) (Mike Luzzi)
- 2004 – Tamburello (CHI) (5) (Norberto Arroyo, Jr.)
- 2003 – Loving (BRZ) (7) (Jose Espinoza)
- 2002 – Coyote Lakes (8) (Mike Luzzi)
- 2001 – Coyote Lakes (7) (C.C. Lopez)
- 2001 – Coyote Lakes (7) (Mike Luzzi)
- 1999 – Early Warning (4) (Jorge Chavez)
- 1998 – Aavelord (4) (C.C. Lopez)
- 1997 – Unreal Turn (4) (C.C. Lopez)
- 1996 – Ave’s Flag (4) (Jorge Chavez)
- 1995 – Yourmissinthepoint (4) (John Velazquez)
- 1994 – Serious Spender (3) (Jorge Chavez)
- 1993 - Michelle Can Pass (5) (Mike E. Smith)
- 1992 – Michelle Can Pass (4) (Aaron Gryder)
- 1991 – Challenge My Duty (4) (Chris Antley)
- 1990 – Power Lunch (3) (Craig Perret)
- 1989 – Passing Ships (5) (Edgar Prado)
- 1988 – Nostalgia’s Star (6) (Eddie Maple)
- 1987 – Soar To The Stars (4) (Julie Krone)
- 1986 – Buckley Boy (4) (Michael A. Gonzalez)
- 1985 – Jane’s Dilemma (4) (Jorge Velasquez)
- 1984 – Puntivo (4) (Robbie Davis)
- 1983 – Dance Caller (3) (Jimmy Miranda)
- 1982 – Bar Dexter (5) (Jeffrey Fell)
- 1981 – Alla Breva (4) (Richard Migliore)
- 1980 – Relaxing (4) (Ramon Encinas)
- 1979 – Identical (4) (Eric Beitia)
- 1978 – Wise Philip (5) (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
- 1977 – Cunning Trick (4) Jean Cruguet)
- 1976 – Frampton Delight (4) (Steve Cauthen)
- 1975 – Sharp Gary (4) (Sandy Hawley)
- 1974 – Big Spruce (5) (Angel Santiago)
- 1973 – Big Spruce (4) (Angel Santiago)
- 1972 – Crafty Khale (3) (Braulio Baeza)
- 1971 – Hitchcock (5) (Ron Turcotte)
- 1970 – Hitchcock (4) (Eddie Belmonte)
- 1969 – Ship Leave (3) (Angel Cordero, Jr.)
- 1968 – Funny Fellow (3) (B. Baeza)
- 1967 – Niarkos (7) (Eddie Belmonte)
- 1966 – Munden Point (4) (John L. Rotz)
- 1965 – Choker (5) (Michael Venezia)
- 1964 – Smart (5) (E. Nelson)
- 1963 – Sunrise Flight (4) (L. Adams)
- 1962 – Sensitivo (5) (Manuel Ycaza)
- 1961 – Polylad (5) (H. Hinojosa)
- 1960 – Don Poggio (4) (S. Boulmetis)
- 1959 – Bald Eagle (4) (M. Ycaza)
- 1958 – Admiral Vee (6) (Ted Atkinson)
- 1957 – Eddie Schmidt (4) (Ismael Valenzuela)
- 1956 – Summer Tan (4) (D. Erb)
- 1955 – Misty Morn (3) (S. Cole)
- 1954 – Social Outcast (4) (O. Scurlock)
- 1953 – Royal Vale (5) (J. Westrope)
- 1952 – Spartan Valor (4) (James Stout)
- 1951 – County Delight (4) (Eric Guerin)
- 1950 – Better Self (5) (W. Boland)
- 1949 – Coaltown (4) (S. Brooks)
- 1948 – Faultless (4) (Hedley Woodhouse)
- 1947 – Stymie (6) (C. McCreary)
- 1946 - Stymie (5) (B. James)
- 1945 – Reply Paid (3) (H. Lindberg)
- 1944 – Some Chance (5) (A. Snider)
- 1943 – Eurasian (3) (H. Lindberg)
- 1942 – Dark Discovery (4) (Warren Mehrtens)
- 1941 – Market Wise (3) (W. Eads)
- 1940 – Salaminia (3) (D. Meade)
- 1939 – Isolater (6) (J. Stout)
