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21-477: The race was named for Gallant Fox , the second winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1930. The inaugural running took place on October 12, 1939 at the Jamaica track and was won by Belair Stud Stable's Isolater whose jockey, James Stout , and his trainer, Jim Fitzsimmons would both have careers that led to induction in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame . On December 13, 1975, Edward R. Scharps' gelding Sharp Gary won

42-795: A single racecard at Havre de Grace Racetrack . He went on to ride for noted owners such as Harry F. Sinclair , and Samuel D. Riddle and was the leading money-winning jockey in the United States in 1921, 1923, and again in 1927. He won both the Belmont Stakes five times and the Jockey Club Gold Cup on four occasions, the Kentucky Derby three times and the Preakness Stakes once. In 1923, he won 39 stakes races for Harry F. Sinclair's Rancocas Stable, ten of which were on ultimate Horse of

63-780: A white blaze , was foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky , and was one of many leading American racehorses sired by the French-bred stallion Sir Gallahad III . His dam was the mare Marguerite , who also produced Gallant Fox's full brother Fighting Fox , whose wins included the Grand Union Hotel Stakes , the Wood Memorial Stakes , and the Carter Handicap . Owned by the Belair Stud of Collington, Maryland , Gallant Fox

84-523: A year before it was beaten by Sun Beau . In October, after wins against older horses in the Saratoga Cup and the Jockey Club Gold Cup , it was announced that Gallant Fox would be retired to stud. At the end of the year, he was described as "easily the outstanding Thoroughbred" of 1930. Although at the time there was no organized "Horse of the Year" award, The Blood-Horse retrospective named Gallant Fox as

105-465: The 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 -mile (2.6 km) Gallant Fox Handicap in track record time. Ten days later Sharp Gary won the 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 -mile (3.6 km) Display Handicap , the longest major stakes event in North America. Future U.S. and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Sandy Hawley was aboard Gary Sharp for both wins. As a result of bad weather, the 2000 Gallant Fox Handicap

126-644: The Belmont Stakes from Whichone, who had missed the Derby but won the Withers Stakes and had been favored to win by many "experts". Before the end of June, Gallant Fox added a win in the Dwyer Stakes at odds of 1/10, although the lack of effective opposition (Whichone missed the race through injury) made the victory a "hollow" one. By July, Gallant Fox was being described as a "super horse" and about 60,000 were in attendance at Arlington Park near Chicago when he won

147-515: The 1930 American Horse of the Year. The most respected Thoroughbred racing magazine in North America and now owned by The Jockey Club , The Blood-Horse commissioned an exhaustive review covering the period 1887 through 1935 to provide their list of national Champions that is used by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and Churchill Downs, Inc. , among others. (Furlongs) Position Impeded Widener Chute Run before KY Derby Won

168-597: The Arlington Classic by a neck from Gallant Knight with the top weight of 126 pounds. Gallant Fox and Whichone met again in August in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga , but in a huge upset, they finished second and third to 100/1 outsider Jim Dandy , who appeared ideally suited for the muddy track and won by three lengths. Fitzsimmons blamed the state of the ground for the colt's defeat and claimed that he had only run on

189-477: The Year winner Zev , including the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and a match race against England's Epsom Derby winner Papyrus . Sande's most famous wins came aboard Gallant Fox in 1930 when he won the U.S. Triple Crown . Sande's fame was such that he was immortalized in a number of poems by Damon Runyon . Following his retirement in 1932, Earl Sande remained in the industry as a trainer . In 1938 he

210-493: The favorite for the Preakness Stakes , that year the first of the "Triple Crown" races. Ridden by Earl Sande , he took the lead early in the straight and held the late challenge of Crack Brigade by three quarters of a length. The win was enthusiastically received with the popular Sande smiling and raising his whip to the crowd. The Kentucky Derby , two weeks later, attracted a crowd of 50,000 despite heavy rain at Louisville, and Gallant Fox started favorite. He broke slowly but took

231-526: The insistence of his owner. In the Lawrence Realization Stakes at Belmont Park in September, Gallant Fox, by then generally acknowledged as the champion of the year, defeated Questionnaire by a nose. His win took his earnings to $ 317,865, surpassing the world record held since 1923 by Zev. By the end of a season, Gallant Fox had increased his earnings to $ 328,165, although the record lasted only

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252-487: The lead on the backstretch from the filly Alcibiades before winning by two lengths from Gallant Knight , completing the course in 2:07 3/5 on a muddy track. Sande won the race for a record third time, following victories on Zev and Flying Ebony . By this time, Gallant Fox was becoming known as "the red-headed-horse" because of the bright red hood he wore in his races, and was also called "The Fox of Belair" or simply "The Fox." At Belmont Park three weeks later, he won

273-484: The newly named Triple Crown Famously lost to Jim Dandy by eight lengths Gallant Fox was retired to stud after the 1930 racing season and had a twenty-two year breeding career. Among his progeny were 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha and Granville , the 1936 Horse of the Year . He also sired Omaha's full brother Flares , who in 1938 became only the second American-bred to ever win England's Ascot Gold Cup . Gallant Fox

294-739: The track ahead of Gallant Fox, so he would chase after them. In 1929, Gallant Fox won twice, taking the Flash Stakes and the Cowdin Stakes , but in his biggest test he finished third to Harry Payne Whitney 's Whichone in the Belmont Futurity Stakes . The colt was regarded as a major contender for 1930's major three-year-old races and confirmed his status with a win in the Wood Memorial Stakes , beating Crack Brigade by four lengths at Jamaica Race Course in April. In May, Gallant Fox started as

315-471: Was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the second winner of the American Triple Crown . In a racing career which lasted from 1929 to 1930, Gallant Fox won 11 of his 17 races including the three Triple Crown races. The term "Triple Crown" was not commonly used at the time but was employed by The New York Times to describe the colt's achievements. Gallant Fox was a bay colt with

336-493: Was an American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer . Born in Groton, South Dakota , Earl Sande started out as a bronco buster in the early 1900s but then became a successful American quarter horse rider before switching to thoroughbred horse racing in 1918. Sande joined Cal Shilling and Johnny Loftus as a contract rider for Commander J. K. L. Ross . In 1919, he tied an American record with six wins on

357-617: Was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame . Blood-Horse magazine's ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century listed Gallant Fox at #28. Legend – ₩ = Triple Crown winners, ♥ = Filly Legend – ₩ = Triple Crown Winners, ♥ = Filly Legend – ₩ = Triple Crown Winners, ♥ = Filly Earl Sande American Classics wins: Kentucky Derby (1923, 1925, 1930) Preakness Stakes (1930) Belmont Stakes (1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1930) United States Triple Crown (1930) Earl Harold Sande (November 13, 1898 – August 19, 1968)

378-531: Was rescheduled and raced on January 1, 2001. With long-distance racing steadily declining in popularity with fans, and breeding now almost exclusively designed for speed, after seventy one years the Gallant Fox was canceled following the 2009 edition. Speed record: Most wins: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Most wins by an owner: On dirt: On turf : Gallant Fox Gallant Fox (March 23, 1927 – November 13, 1954)

399-519: Was the United States' leading trainer and by the mid-1940s owned and operated his own racing stable. In 1955, Earl Sande was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. His life story was told in the 2004 book by Richard J. Maturi titled " Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga " ( ISBN   0-9607298-5-2 ). Earl Sande died in 1968 in a Jacksonville, Oregon nursing home. This American horse racing biographical article

420-496: Was the first US Triple Crown winner to sire a second-generation Triple Crown champion when his son Omaha won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1935. Fifty-eight years later, in 1993, Affirmed became the second when his son, Peteski , won the Canadian Triple Crown . Gallant Fox died on November 13, 1954, and was buried at Claiborne Farm. His epitaph famously reads, "He swept like a meteor across the racing sky of 1930." In 1957, he

441-437: Was trained by "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons and ridden in his major victories by Earl Sande . Early in his career, Gallant Fox was known for being distracted at times, supposedly being late out of the gate in his maiden race due to an airplane flying overhead. Gallant Fox also would become reluctant to run unless there was at least one other horse accompanying him. To help work him out, Fitzsimmons would have other horses placed around

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