The Gazelle Stakes (formerly Gazelle Handicap until 2004) is an American
thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...
held annually at
Aqueduct Racetrack in
Ozone Park, New York. It is a
Grade III event run over a distance of miles on dirt that is open to three-year-old
fillies
A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use:
*In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old.
*In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...
. The race was previously run in the Fall at Belmont Park and often used as a stepping stone to the Breeders' Cup Distaff. As of 2013, the race is now run in the Spring at Aqueduct, typically on the same day as the Wood Memorial, and is now used as a prep race for the Kentucky Oaks.
Race transition
Race name
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*Gazelle Handicap: 1887–2004
*Gazelle Stakes: since 2005
Grading
*Grade I: 1984–2012
*Grade II: 1973–1983 and since 2013
Distance[THE GAZELLE(web.archive.org)](_blank)
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*1987–1900: unknown
*1900–1958: 1 1⁄16 miles
*1959 and 1960: 1 mile
*since 1961: 1 1⁄8 miles
Qualification
*Three-year-old fillies
*Only 1917–1920 Three-years-old and up fillies
Venue
*Gravesend Race Track
Gravesend Race Track at Gravesend in Brooklyn, New York was a Thoroughbred horse racing facility that opened in 1886 and closed in 1910. The track was built by the Brooklyn Jockey Club with the backing of Philip and Michael Dwyer, two wealthy raci ...
: 1887–1916
* Belmont Park: 1956–1959, 1961, 1969–2008
*Aqueduct Racetrack: 1917–1955, 1960, 1962–1968, since 2009
There were no races in 1911–1916, and 1933–1935.
Records
Time record: (at current distance of miles)
* 1:46.80 – Maud Muller (1974)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Ángel Cordero Jr. (1974, 1976, 1985, 1991)
* 4 – Javier Castellano
Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977, in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
Castellano began his riding career in 1996 at Santa Rita and La Rinconada racecourses in Venezuela. In June 1997 ...
(2001, 2006, 2008, 2014)
Most wins by an trainer:
* 6 – James G. Rowe Sr. (1890, 1903, 1907, 1909, 1917, 1923)
* 6 – C. R. McGaughey III (1986, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2006)
* 6 – James E. Fitzsimmons (1924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1942, 1960)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Greentree Stable (1923, 1941, 1967, 1987)
* 4 – Sarah & Walter Jeffords (1928, 1937, 1945, 1951)
Winners
References
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Graded stakes races in the United States
Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies
1887 establishments in New York (state)
Gravesend Race Track
Belmont Park
Recurring sporting events established in 1887
Horse races in New York (state)
Grade 2 stakes races in the United States