Gazelle Stakes

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = Gazelle Stakes


caption =
location = Belmont Park
Elmont, New York flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1887
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.nyra.com/index_belmont.html Belmont Park]
distance = 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-old fillies
weight = Assigned
purse = $250,000
bonuses = The Gazelle Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race raced annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to three-year-old fillies, it is a Grade I event run over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on dirt. The race is sometimes a stepping stone to the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

Inaugurated in 1887, the first New York-bred winner of an Eclipse Award, Saratoga Dew, won this race in 1992. That year she was American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly‎.

The Gazelle was run at Gravesend Race Track from 1887 to 1916, at Aqueduct Racetrack from 1917 to 1955, in 1960, and from l962 to l968. It was not run from 1911 to 1916, nor from 1933 to 1935. Originally set at a mile and sixteenth from 1900 to 1958, it was set at one mile in l959 and 1960. From 1917 through 1920, it was open to fillies three-years-old and up.

Records

Time record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)
* 1:46.80 - Maud Muller (1974)

Most wins by an owner:
* 4 - Greentree Stable (1923, 1941, 1967, 111987)
* 4 - Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords (1928, 1937, 1945, 1951)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Angel Cordero, Jr. (1974, 1976, 1985, 1991)

Winners of the Gazelle Stakes since 1969

Earlier winners

*1968 - Another Nell
*1967 - Sweet Folly
*1966 - Prides Profile
*1965 - What A Treat
*1964 - Face The Facts
*1963 - Lamb Chop
*1962 - Bramalea
*1961 - Shimmy Dancer
*1960 - Berlo
*1960 - Sarcastic
*1959 - Sunset Glow
*1959 - Cee Zee
*1958 - Idun
*1957 - Bayou
*1956 - Scampering
*1955 - Manotick
*1954 - On Your Own
*1953 - Grecian Queen
*1952 - Hushaby Baby
*1951 - Kiss Me Kate
*1950 - Next Move
*1949 - Nell K.
*1948 - Sweet Dream
*1947 - Cosmic Missile
*1946 - Bridal Flower

*1945 - Ace Card
*1944 - Whirlabout
*1943 - Anthemion
*1942 - Vagrancy
*1941 - Tangled
*1940 - Fairy Chant
*1939 - Red Eye
*1938 - Invoke
*1937 - Regal Lily
*1936 - Gold Seeker
*1932 - Playfole
*1931 - Avenger
*1930 - Erin
*1929 - March Hare
*1928 - Bateau
*1927 - Flambino
*1926 - Corvette
*1925 - Nedana
*1924 - Priscilla Ruley *
*1923 - Untidy
*1922 - Lady Baltimore
*1921 - Banksia
*1920 - Pen Rose (4)
*1919 - Milkmaid (3)
*1918 - Fairy Wand (4)

*1917 - Regret (5)
*1910 - Ocean Bound
*1909 - Maskette
*1908 - Stamina
*1907 - Court Dress
*1906 - Flip Flap
*1905 - Tradition
*1904 - Beldame
*1903 - Stolen Moments
*1902 - Blue Girl
*1901 - Trigger
*1900 - Indian Fairy
*1899 - The Rose
*1898 - Geisha
*1897 - Casseopia
*1896 - Intermission
*1895 - The Butterflies
*1894 - Nahma
*1893 - Naptha
*1892 - Yorkville Belle
*1891 - Ambulance
*1890 - Amazon
*1889 - Gypsy Queen
*1888 - Winona
*1887 - Firenze

*In 1924 Lady Belle finished third but was disqualified.