The Gallant Fox Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of December at Aqueduct Racetrack in the Borough of Ozone Park, Queens, New York. An ungraded stakes, it is open to horses age three and older and contested on dirt at a distance of one and five eighths miles.
Inaugurated in 1939 at the old Jamaica Racetrack, it is named for Gallant Fox, the second winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1930. In 1958, the race was moved to the Aqueduct Racetrack.
The Gallant Fox Handicap has been raced at various distances:
- 1⅝ miles : 1939-1947, 1954–1959, 1961 present
- 11/ miles : 1948-1953
- 1¾ miles : 1960
As a result of bad weather, the 2000 Gallant Fox Handicap was rescheduled and raced on January 1, 2001.
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