Gallant Bloom Stakes

Gallant Bloom Handicap

Grade II race
Location	Belmont Park Elmont, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1994
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Gallant Blloom Handicap at the NYRA
Race information
Distance	6.5 furlongs
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$150,000

The Gallant Bloom Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late September at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York. A Grade II event open to fillies and mares age three and up, it is contested at a distance of six and a half furlongs on the dirt.

Gallant Bloom won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly champion of 1968, the 1969 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and the 1969 American 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 inaugural race was run at six furlongs in 1994.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 6.5 furlongs)

• 1:14.71 - Dust and Diamonds (2012)

Most wins:

• 2 - Indian Blessing (2008, 2009)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - John Velazquez (1997, 2001, 2004, 2009)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - John C. Kimmel (1996, 1998)
• 2 - Bob Baffert (2008, 2009)
• 3 - Steven Asmussen (2004, 2012, 2013)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Patti & Hal Earnhardt III (2008, 2009)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2013	Cluster of Stars	4	Javier Castellano	Steven Asmussen	Turtle Bird Stable	1:15.75
2012	Dust and Diamonds	4	Julien Leparoux	Steven Asmussen	Padua Stables	1:14.71
2011	Pomeroys Pistol	3	Javier Castellano	Amy Tarrant	Amy Tarrant	1:16.60
2010	My Jen	3	Julien Leparoux	Eddie Kenneally	Windmill Manor Farm	1:17.13
2009	Indian Blessing	4	John Velazquez	Bob Baffert	Patti & Hal Earnhardt III	1:15.29
2008	Indian Blessing	3	Corey Nakatani	Bob Baffert	Patti & Hal Earnhardt III	1:16.24
2007	Jazzy	5	Garrett Gomez	Mark A. Hennig	Team Valor Stable	1:16.71
2006	Great Intentions	6	Javier Castellano	Michael E. Hushion	Barry K. Schwartz	1:16.13
2005	Umpateedle	6	Aaron Gryder	Mark Shuman	Michael Gill	1:16.35
2004	Lady Tak	4	John Velazquez	Steve Asmussen	Heiligbrodt Stable	1:16.04
2003	Harmony Lodge	5	Richard Migliore	Todd A. Pletcher	Laura & Eugene Melnyk	1:16.20
2002	Nasty Storm	4	Jose A. Santos	Dallas Stewart	Denny Crum et al.	1:17.89
2001	Finder's Fee	4	John Velazquez	C. R. McGaughey III	Ogden Phipps	1:17.60
2000	Dream Supreme	3	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Kinsman Stable	1:15.96
1999	Positive Gal	3	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Bob & Beverly Lewis	1:16.86
1998	Catinca	3	Richard Migliore	John C. Kimmel	Robert K. Waxman	1:15.60
1997	Top Secret	4	John Velazquez	George R. Arnold II	John H. Peace	1:16.00
1996	Miss Golden Circle	4	Richard Migliore	John C. Kimmel	Caesar P. Kimmel	1:16.26
1995	Classy Mirage	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Allen H. Jerkens	Middletown Stables	1:17.34
1994	Vivano	5	Herb McCauley	Howard M. Tesher	Sidney L. Port	1:10.93

References

• The 2009 Gallant Bloom Handicap at the NTRA