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Gallant Fox

Gallant Fox
Sire Sir Gallahad III
Grandsire Teddy
Dam Marguerite
Damsire Celt
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1927
Country United States
Colour Bay
Breeder Belair Stud
Owner Belair Stud. Colors: White, Red Dots, Red Cap
Trainer James E. Fitzsimmons
Record 17: 11-3-2
Earnings $328,165
Major wins

Flash Stakes (1929)
Cowdin Stakes (1929)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1930)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1930)
Dwyer Stakes (1930)
Arlington Classic (1930)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1930)
Saratoga Cup (1930)

Triple Crown race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1930)
Preakness Stakes (1930)
Belmont Stakes (1930)
Awards
2nd U.S. Triple Crown Champion
Informal U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1930)
Informal United States Horse of the Year (1930)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1957)
#28 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Gallant Fox Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack
Gallant Fox Lane in Bowie, Maryland
Last updated on June 09, 2012

Flash Stakes (1929)
Cowdin Stakes (1929)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1930)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1930)
Dwyer Stakes (1930)
Arlington Classic (1930)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1930)
Saratoga Cup (1930)

Gallant Fox (March 23, 1927 – November 13, 1954) was a United States Thoroughbred horseracing champion. In a racing career which lasted from 1929 to 1930, he ran seventeen times and won eleven races. As a three-year-old in 1930, he won nine of his ten races and became the second horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown. 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, a bay horse with 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 was trained by "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons and ridden in his major victories by Earl Sande.


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