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49 Running on Saturday, March 04, 2023
In honor of 1953 Horse of the Year, Tom Fool, the G3 Tom Fool Handicap attracts some of the best in training in the New York circuit and around the nation. The race was inaugurated in 1975. Four horses have won the Tom Fool Handicap in back to back years: Salutos Amigos (2015-2016), Calibrachoa (2011-2012), Groovy (1986-1987), and Rise Jim (1981-1982).
$150,000.00 6 Furlongs (Dirt) Grade:III
| Year | Horse | Age | Weight | Time | Owner | Trainer | Jockey | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Officiating | 4 | 123 | 1:12.22 | Three Diamonds Farm | Saffie A. Joseph, Jr. | Manuel Franco | $110,000 |
| 2021 | Chateau | 6 | 119 | 1:12.10 | Michael Dubb | Rob Atras | Kendrick Carmouche | $110,000 |
| 2020 | Mind Control | 4 | 125 | 1:10.88 | Red Oak Stable (Brunetti) and Madaket Stables LLC | Gregory D. Sacco | Junior Alvarado | $110,000 |
| 2019 | Do Share | 4 | 119 | 1:08.77 | Three Diamonds Farm | Michael J. Maker | Reylu Gutierrez | $110,000 |
| 2018 | Skyler's Scramjet | 4/C | 115 | 1:11.38 | SJB Stable and Micozzi, Marcello | Michelle Nevin | Trevor McCarthy | $110,000 |
| 2017 | Spartiatis | - | 115 | 1:11:23 | Constantine Peter Beler | Leon J. Blusiewicz | Rajiv Maragh | $110,000 |
| 2016 | Salutos Amigos | 6 | 122 | 1:10:17 | David Jacobson and Southern Equine Stable LLC | David Jacobson | Cornelio Velasquez | $110,000 |
| 2015 | Salutos Amigos | 5 | 125 | 1:09:61 | David Jacobson and Southern Equine Stable LLC | David Jacobson | Cornelio Velasquez | $110,000 |
| 2014 | Strapping Groom | 7 | 123 | 1:09.85 | Drawing Away Stable and Jacobson, David | David Jacobson | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | $120,000 |
| 2013 | Comma to the Top | 5 | 118 | 1:10.26 | Gary Barber | Peter Miller | Joel Rosario | $120,000 |
| 2012 | Calibrachoa | 5 | 118 | 1:09.07 | Repole Stable | Todd A. Pletcher | Cornelio H. Velasquez | $120,000 |
| 2011 | Calibrachoa | 4 | 119 | 1:09.67 | Repole Stable | Todd Pletcher | Ramon Dominguez | $90,000 |
| 2009 | Munnings | 3 | 112 | 1:21.08 | Magnier,Tabor,Smith | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | $120,000 |
| 2008 | Lucky Island (ARG) | 4 | 118 | 1:22.73 | Shadwell Stable | Kiaran McLaughlin | Alan Garcia | $90,000 |
| 2007 | High Finance | 4 | 114 | 1:21.81 | West Point Stable | Richard Violette Jr. | John Velazquez | $120,000 |
| 2006 | Silver Train | 4 | 121 | 1:21.66 | Four Roses Thoroughbreds | Richard Dutrow Jr. | Edgar Prado | $90,000 |
| 2005 | Smokume | 4 | 115 | 1:21.92 | Hobeau Farm | H. Allen Jerkens | Chantal Sutherland | $90,000 |
| 2004 | Ghostzapper | 4 | 119 | 1:20 2/5 | Stronach Stables | Robert Frankel | Javier Castellano | $90,000 |
| 2003 | Aldebaran | 5 | 122 | 1:22 2/5 | Flaxman Stable | Robert Frankel | Jerry Bailey | $90,000 |
| 2002 | Left Bank | 5 | 121 | 1:20 | Michael B. Tabor | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | $90,000 |
| 2001 | Exchange Rate | 4 | 114 | 1:21 1/5 | Padua Stables | D. Wayne Lukas | Jerry Bailey | $90,000 |
| 2000 | Trippi | 3 | 112 | 1:21 3/5 | Dogwood Stable | Todd Pletcher | Jerry Bailey | $90,000 |
| 1999 | Crafty Friend | 6 | 116 | 1:20 3/5 | Ahmed bin Salman | John Kimmel | Richard Migliore | $90,000 |
| 1998 | Banker's Gold | 4 | 115 | 1:21 | Georgia E. Hofmann | H. Allen Jerkens | Jorge Chavez | $90,000 |
| 1997 | Diligence | 4 | 116 | 1:22 2/5 | Kinsman Stable | Nicholas P. Zito | Jose Santos | $90,000 |
| 1996 | Kayrawan | 4 | 113 | 1:22 4/5 | Shadwell Stable | Kiaran McLaughlin | Richard Migliore | $64,860 |
| 1995 | Lite the Fuse | 4 | 117 | 1:21 3/5 | Richard E. Dutrow | Richard E. Dutrow | Julie Krone | $65,220 |
| 1994 | Virginia Rapids | 4 | 124 | 1:22 1/5 | Middletown Stables | H. Allen Jerkens | Jean-Luc Samyn | $64,380 |
| 1993 | Birdonthewire | 4 | 119 | 1:20 4/5 | Robert Kaufman | Philip Serpe | Craig Perret | $67,680 |
| 1992 | Rubiano | 5 | 126 | 1:21 3/5 | Centennial Farm | Flint S. Schulhofer | Julie Krone | $70,920 |
| 1991 | Mr. Nasty | 4 | 119 | 1:21 3/5 | Hidden Lane Farm | Guadalupe Preciado | Angel Cordero Jr. | $67,800 |
| 1990 | Quick Call | 6 | 119 | 1:21 1/5 | Lynda B. Stokes | Sidney Watters Jr. | Jorge Chavez | $52,680 |
| 1989 | Sewickley | 4 | 119 | 1:24 | Robert S. Evans | Flint S. Schulhofer | Randy Romero | $67,920 |
| 1988 | King's Swan | 8 | 128 | 1:22 2/5 | Alvin Akman | Richard Dutrow | Angel Cordero Jr. | $100,980 |
| 1987 | Groovy | 4 | 128 | 1:22 2/5 | Lone Star Stable | Jose Martin | Angel Cordero Jr. | $81,900 |
| 1986 | Groovy | 3 | 112 | 1:21 3/5 | John A. Ballis | Jose Martin | Jose Santos | $66,960 |
| 1985 | Track Barron | 4 | 123 | 1:22 | Peter M. Brant | Leroy Jolley | Angel Cordero Jr. | $82,260 |
| 1984 | Believe The Queen | 4 | 126 | 1:22 2/5 | Bohemia Stable | H. Allen Jerkens | Jorge Velasquez | $70,680 |
| 1983 | Deputy Minister | 4 | 126 | 1:22 1/5 | Robert Brennan | Reynaldo Nobles | Donald MacBeth | $52,020 |
| 1982 | Rise Jim | 6 | 119 | 1:23 4/5 | William Grinold | Joseph O'Shea | Angel Cordero Jr. | $32,940 |
| 1981 | Rise Jim | 5 | 119 | 1:21 1/5 | William Grinold | Joseph O'Shea | Angel Cordero Jr. | $32,820 |
| 1980 | Plugged Nickle | 3 | 121 | 1:22 1/5 | John M. Schiff | Thomas J. Kelly | Jeffrey Fell | $33,060 |
| 1979 | Cox's Ridge | 5 | 119 | 1:22 1/5 | Loblolly Stable | Joseph B. Cantey | Eddie Maple | $25,500 |
| 1978 | J. O. Tobin | 4 | 129 | 1:20 4/5 | George Pope Jr. | Lazaro S. Barrera | Jeffrey Fell | $25,950 |
| 1977 | Mexican General | 4 | 115 | 1:22 | Mrs. A. H. Lowenthal | J. Bowes Bond | Craig Perret | $22,605 |
| 1976 | El Pitirre | 4 | 114 | 1:24 2/5 | Enrique Ubarri | Lazaro S. Barrera | Angel Cordero Jr. | $26,550 |
| 1975 | Kinsman Hope | 5 | 116 | 1:21 2/5 | Hobeau Farm | H. Allen Jerkens | John Ruane | $26,925 |
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