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Tom Fool Handicap

44 Running on Saturday, March 09, 2019

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 back to back years, they are Salutos Amigos (2015-2016); Calibrachoa (2011-2012); Groovy (1986-1987); Rise Jim (1981-1982.

$200,000 6 Furlongs (Dirt) Grade:III

Year Horse Age Weight Time Owner Trainer Jockey Value
2018 Skyler's Scramjet 4/C 115 1:11.38 SJB Stable and Micozzi, Marcello Michelle Nevin Trevor McCarthy $200,000
2017 Spartiatis  -  115 1:11:23 Constantine Peter Beler Leon J. Blusiewicz Rajiv Maragh $200,000
2016 Salutos Amigos 6 122 1:10:17 David Jacobson and Southern Equine Stable LLC David Jacobson Cornelio Velasquez $200,000
2015 Salutos Amigos 5 125 1:09:61 David Jacobson and Southern Equine Stable LLC David Jacobson Cornelio Velasquez $200,000
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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