- Gallant Bloom Handicap
The Gallant Bloom Handicap is an American
Thoroughbred horse race open to fillies and mares age three and up, and is run each fall atBelmont Park onLong Island, New York for a purse of $150,000. A Grade II event, it is set at a distance of six and a halffurlong s on the dirt.Gallant Bloom won theEclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly champion of 1968, the 1969American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and the 1969American Champion Older Female Horse . In "The Blood-Horse" ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Gallant Bloon is ranked #79.The first time this race was run it was set at the distance of six
furlong s in 1994, but changed to 6 ½ furlongs in 1995.Past winners
Winners of the Gallant Bloom are:
* 2008 -
Indian Blessing (Corey Nakatani )
* 2007 - Jazzy (ARG) (Garett Gomez )
* 2006 - Great Intentions (Javier Castellano )
* 2005 - Umpateedle (Aaron Gryder)
* 2004 - Lady Tak (John Velazquez )
* 2003 - Harmony Lodge (Richard Migliore)
* 2002 - Nasty Storm (Jose Santos )
* 2001 - Finder's Fee (John Velazquez)
* 2000 - Dream Supreme (Pat Day )
* 1999 - Positive Gal (Jerry Bailey )
* 1998 - Catinca (Richard Migliorel)
* 1997 - Top Secret (John Velazquez)
* 1996 - Miss Golden Circle (Richard Migliore)
* 1995 - Classy Mirage (Jerry Bailey)
* 1994 - Vivano (Herb McCauley )External links
* [http://www.nyra.com/belmont/ Belmont Park official website]
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