Aqueduct Racetrack Ozone Park, New York, United States
Inaugurated
1975
Race type
Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website
NYRA
Race information
Distance
6 furlongs
Surface
Dirt
Track
left-handed
Qualification
Four-years-old and older
Weight
Assigned
Purse
US$200,000 (since 2012)
The Tom Fool Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older at a distance of six furlongs on the dirt run annually in early March at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $200,000.
The TomFoolHandicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for four-year-olds and older at a distance of six furlongs on the dirt run annually...
20th Century, he was ranked #11. The TomFoolHandicap, contested at Belmont Park, is named in his honor. TomFool retired from stud duties in 1972 and...
hoof. His first 2004 start came on July 4 at Belmont Park in the TomFoolHandicap. This time, he stayed close behind the early leaders and then moved...
Aqueduct in 2007. Her highlight in New York was a victory in the TomFoolHandicap with Smokume at Belmont Park. During her time in New York, she rode...
starts that year, with the highlight being a third place finish in the TomFoolHandicap. Elusive Quality won four of seven starts at age five. He started...
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foot. Winners of the race who went on to become notable stallions include TomFool (1953), Native Dancer (1954), Buckpasser (1967), Fappiano (1981), Gulch...
Four horses have won the Handicap Triple Crown: Whisk Broom II (1913) TomFool (1953) Kelso (1961) Fit to Fight (1984) Tom Hall (2019-05-29). "Fit to...
horses, multiple stakes winners Gulch (Metropolitan Handicap) and King's Swan (TomFoolHandicap). Over a sloppy track that favored front runners, Personal...
horse. Immaculately bred, Tompion was the son of the Hall of Fame horse TomFool. His damsire was Count Fleet, the 1943 U.S. Triple Crown champion. During...
Sysonby Handicap winners were four American Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductees Armed, Triple Crown winner Citation, and TomFool. In...
of the track moved the event back one week. Originally, the Santa Anita Handicap, San Felipe Stakes, Frank E. Kilroe Mile and Buena Vista Stakes were scheduled...