Gallant Bloom Handicap

The Gallant Bloom Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are three years old and older run over a distance of furlongs on the dirt held annually in late September at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
History.
The event is name in honor of Gallant Bloom who won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Filly champion of 1968, the 1969 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and the 1969 American Champion Older Female Horse. In "The Blood-Horse" ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Gallant Bloom is ranked #79.
The event was inaugurated on 30 August 1992 at Saratoga Race Course as a three-year-old fillies race over six furlongs. and was won by the Canadian bred filly Apelia who defeated the Grade I Frizette Stakes winner Preach by lengths. Later, in 2014 Apelia would be honored into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
The following year the event was not held but was resumed in 1994 at Belmont Park with handicap conditions for three-year-old and older fillies and mares to enter. In 1995 the distance of the event was increased to furlongs.
In 1997 the event was classified as Grade III and was upgraded to Grade II in 2001.
The quality of the entrants for the event has justified its high status. The 2007 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Indian Blessing won this event twice and is the only dual winner to date. In 2008 Indian Blessing went onto be crowned American Champion Female Sprint Horse.
Records.
Speed record:
Margins:
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey:
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Most wins by an owner: