Gallant Fox Handicap
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The Gallant Fox Handicap is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race in New York City which was run annually from 1939 through 2009. Hosted by the now defunct Jamaica Race Course in Jamaica, Queens from inception through 1957, it was then moved to Aqueduct Racetrack in the Borough of Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The race was open to horses age three and older and although contested on dirt at various distances for the most part it was a longer distance race.[1]
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Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1939 |
Race type | Thoroughbred ā Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 13 furlongs (1+5ā8 mi; 2.6 km) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | US$65,000 |
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The race was named for Gallant Fox, the second winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1930.