Tom Fool Handicap

The Tom Fool Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early March at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, New York. It was formerly held at Belmont Park. The race is a Grade III event open to horses age four and up who are willing to race the six furlongs distance on dirt.

Tom Fool Handicap
Grade III race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Ozone Park, New York, United States
Inaugurated1975
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteTom Fool Handicap – NYRA
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old & up
WeightAssigned[1]
PurseUS$200,000 (since 2012)[2]

History

The race is named for U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Tom Fool who was champion two-year-old of 1951 and U.S. Horse of the Year in 1953. He is one of four horses to win the New York Handicap Triple which consists of the Metropolitan Handicap, the Suburban Handicap and the Brooklyn Handicap.[3]

The race was originally run at Belmont Park in July at a distance of seven furlongs and was open to three-year-olds and up. In 2011, it was moved to Aqueduct where it is run in March and is open to four-year-olds and up. From 2011 to 2017, it was run on the inner track but is now run on the main track.[2]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:08.77 – Do Share (2019)
  • 1:20.17 – Left Bank (2002) (at former distance of 7 furlongs)

Most wins:

  • 2 – Salutos Amigos (2015, 2016)
  • 2 – Calibrachoa (2011, 2012)
  • 2 – Rise Jim (1981, 1982)
  • 2 – Groovy (1986, 1987)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2020 Mind Control 4 Junior Alvarado Gregory D. Sacco Red Oak Stable & Madaket Stables 1:10.88
2019 Do Share 6 Reylu Gutierrez Michael J. Maker Three Diamonds Farm 1:08.77
2018 Skyler's Scramjet 4 Trevor McCarthy Michelle Nevin SJB Stable & Marcello Micozzi 1:11.38
2017 Spartiatis 7 Rajiv Maragh Leon J. Blusiewicz Constantine Peter Beler 1:11.23
2016 Salutos Amigos 6 Cornelio Velásquez David Jacobson Jacobson/Southern Equine Stable 1:10.17
2015 Salutos Amigos 5 Cornelio Velásquez David Jacobson Jacobson/Southern Equine Stable 1:09.61
2014 Strapping Groom 7 Irad Ortiz Jr. David Jacobson Drawing Away Stable/Jacobson 1:09.85
2013 Comma to the Top 5 Joel Rosario Peter Miller Gary Barber 1:10.26
2012 Calibrachoa 5 Cornelio Velásquez Todd Pletcher Mike Repole 1:09.07
2011 Calibrachoa 4 Ramon Domínguez Todd Pletcher Repole Stable 1:09.67
2010 Race not run
2009 Munnings 3 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher Tabor & partners/Magnier/Smith 1:21.08
2008 Lucky Island 4 Alan Garcia Kiaran McLaughlin Shadwell Racing 1:22.73
2007 High Finance 4 John Velazquez Richard Violette Jr. West Point Stable 1:21.81
2006 Silver Train 4 Edgar Prado Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Four Roses Thoroughbreds 1:21.66
2005 Smokume 4 Chantal Sutherland H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1:21.92
2004 Ghostzapper 4 Javier Castellano Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stables 1:20.42
2003 Aldebaran 5 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Flaxman Stable 1:22.54
2002 Left Bank 5 John Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Michael B. Tabor 1:20.17
2001 Exchange Rate 4 Jerry Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Padua Stables 1:21.24
2000 Trippi 3 Jerry Bailey Todd A. Pletcher Dogwood Stable 1:21.69
1999 Crafty Friend 6 Richard Migliore John C. Kimmel the Thoroughbred Corporation 1:20.62
1998 Banker's Gold 4 Jorge F. Chavez H. Allen Jerkens Georgia E. Hofmann 1:21.04
1997 Diligence 4 José A. Santos Nick Zito Kinsman Stable 1:22.40
1996 Kayrawan 4 Richard Migliore Kiaran McLaughlin Shadwell Racing 1:22.95
1995 Lite the Fuse 4 Julie Krone Richard Dutrow Sr. Richard Dutrow Sr. 1:21.72
1994 Virginia Rapids 4 Jean-Luc Samyn H. Allen Jerkens Middletown Stables 1:22.27
1993 Birdonthewire 4 Craig Perret Philip Serpe Robert Kaufman 1:20.93
1992 Rubiano 5 Julie Krone Flint S. Schulhofer Centennial Farm 1:21.70
1991 Mr. Nasty 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Guadalupe Preciado Hidden Lane Farm 1:21.60
1990 Quick Call 6 Jorge F. Chavez Sidney Watters Jr. Lynda B. Stokes 1:21.57
1989 Sewickley 4 Randy Romero Flint S. Schulhofer Robert S. Evans 1:24.00
1988 King's Swan 8 Ángel Cordero Jr. Richard Dutrow Sr. Alvin Akman 1:22.40
1987 Groovy 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Jose A. Martin Lone Star Stable 1:22.40
1986 Groovy 3 José A. Santos Jose A. Martin John A. Ballis 1:21.60
1985 Track Barron 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. LeRoy Jolley Peter M. Brant 1:22.00
1984 Believe The Queen 4 Jorge Velásquez H. Allen Jerkens Bohemia Stable 1:22.40
1983 Deputy Minister 4 Don MacBeth Reynaldo Nobles Robert E. Brennan 1:22.20
1982 Rise Jim 6 Ángel Cordero Jr. Joseph O'Shea William H. Grinold 1:23.80
1981 Rise Jim 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Joseph O'Shea William H. Grinold 1:21.20
1980 Plugged Nickle 3 Jeffrey Fell Thomas J. Kelly John M. Schiff 1:22.20
1979 Cox's Ridge 5 Eddie Maple Joseph B. Cantey Loblolly Stable 1:22.20
1978 J. O. Tobin 4 Jeffrey Fell Laz Barrera George A. Pope Jr. 1:20.80
1977 Mexican General 4 Craig Perret J. Bowes Bond Mrs. A. H. Lowenthal 1:22.00
1976 El Pitirre 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Laz Barrera Enrique Ubarri 1:24.40
1975 Kinsman Hope 5 John Ruane H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1:21.40

References
  1. "Chart of the 2020 Tom Fool". Equibase. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. "Stakes profile". Equibase. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. Hunter, Avalyn. "Tom Fool (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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