Turnback the Alarm Handicap
The Turnback the Alarm Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age three-years-old and older run over a distance 1+1⁄8 miles run annually in late October or early November usually Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $150,000.
Grade III race | |
Location | Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1995 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | NYRA |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Fillies & Mares, three-years-old and older |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 (2021) |
History
The event is named after, Turnback the Alarm, a winner of five Grade 1 races on New York Racing Association tracks in 1992 and 1993[1] including the Coaching Club American Oaks, Mother Goose Stakes as a three-year-old and the Go for Wand Stakes, Shuvee Handicap, Hempstead Handicap as a four-year-old. She was bought by Japanese interests and taken there in 1997, where she produced a winner from the sire Sunday Silence.[1]
The event was inaugurated on 1 November 1995 and was won by Incinerate, who was ridden by Filiberto Leon and trained by the US Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens in a time of 1:48.89 by three lengths.[2]
In 1999 the event was classified as Grade III.[3]
The event was held at Belmont Park in 2008, 2010 and between 2012–2017 and 2021.[4] While the event was held at Belmont Park the distance was decreased to 1+1⁄16 miles.[4]
Records
Speed record:
- 1+1⁄8 miles: 1:48.89 - Incinerate (1995)
- 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:41.96 - America (2015)
Margins:
- 9+1⁄2 lengths - Indian Vale (2005)
Most wins:
- No horse has won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - John Velazquez (1998, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2017)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 4 - Todd A. Pletcher (2005, 2009, 2014, 2017)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Stronach Stables (1995, 2007)
- 2 - Helen C. Alexander, Helen K. Groves & Dorothy A. Matz (2000, 2008)
- 2 - Bobby Flay (2014, 2015)
- 2 - Alpha Delta Stables (2012, 2016)
Winners
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
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At Aqueduct | ||||||||||
2022 | Battle Bling | 4 | Kendrick Carmouche | Rob Atras | Michael Dubb & Gandharvi LLC | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:53.60 | $150,000 | III | |
At Belmont Park | ||||||||||
2021 | Gibberish | 4 | Dylan Davis | Saffie A. Joseph Jr. | e Five Racing Thoroughbreds | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:51.93 | $145,500 | III | [5] |
At Aqueduct | ||||||||||
2020 | Royal Flag | 4 | Trevor McCarthy | Chad C. Brown | William S. Farish III | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:54.08 | $97,000 | III | [6] |
2019 | Golden Award | 4 | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Summer Wind Equine | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.46 | $150,000 | III | [7] |
2018 | Teresa Z | 4 | Trevor McCarthy | Anthony R. Margotta Jr. | St. Elias Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:51.68 | $150,000 | III | [8] |
At Belmont Park | ||||||||||
2017 | Eskenformoney | 5 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | StarLadies Racing & Lisa Troutt | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.12 | $200,000 | III | [9] |
2016 | Lewis Bay | 3 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad C. Brown | Alpha Delta Stables | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.09 | $200,000 | III | [10] |
2015 | America | 4 | Christopher P. DeCarlo | William I. Mott | Bobby Flay | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:41.96 | $200,000 | III | [11] |
2014 | Dame Dorothy | 3 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Bobby Flay | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.50 | $200,000 | III | [12] |
2013 | Stanwyck | 4 | Alex O. Solis | John Shirreffs | Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Moss | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.62 | $200,000 | III | [13] |
2012 | Afleeting Lady | 5 | Joel Rosario | Dale L. Romans | Alpha Delta Stables & Richard Santulli | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:42.17 | $150,000 | III | [14] |
At Aqueduct | ||||||||||
2011 | Arena Elvira | 4 | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Carolyn Wilson | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:51.59 | $98,000 | III | [15] |
At Belmont Park | ||||||||||
2010 | Our Khrysty | 4 | Ramon A. Dominguez | Todd M. Beattie | Renpher Stable | 1+1⁄16 miles | 1:43.21 | $100,000 | III | [16] |
At Aqueduct | ||||||||||
2009 | Unbridled Belle | 6 | Ramon A. Dominguez | Todd A. Pletcher | Team Valor International | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.20 | $109,000 | III | [17] |
At Belmont Park | ||||||||||
2008 | Altesse | 5 | John R. Velazquez | Claude R. McGaughey III | Helen C. Alexander, Helen K. Groves & Dorothy A. Matz | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.02 | $107,600 | III | [18] |
At Aqueduct | ||||||||||
2007 | Sugar Shake | 4 | Javier Castellano | Robert J. Frankel | Stronach Stables | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.02 | $105,300 | III | [19] |
2006 | Miss Shop | 3 | Raul I. Rojas | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.93 | $107,800 | III | [20] |
2005 | Indian Vale | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Melnyk Racing | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.83 | $105,800 | III | [21] |
2004 | Personal Legend | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:51.27 | $110,700 | III | [22] |
2003 | Pocus Hocus | 5 | Jose A. Santos | James A. Jerkens | Susan & John Moore | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.67 | $107,500 | III | [23] |
2002 | Svea Dahl | 5 | Richard Migliore | Bruce N. Levine | Roddy J. Valente | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.42 | $108,000 | III | [24] |
2001 | Rochelle's Terms | 4 | Robbie Davis | Howard M. Tesher | Four Media Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:51.19 | $108,500 | III | [25] |
2000 | § Atelier | 3 | Edgar S. Prado | Claude R. McGaughey III | Helen C. Alexander, Helen K. Groves & Dorothy A. Matz | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.95 | $113,200 | III | [26] |
1999 | Belle Cherie | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Philip G. Johnson | Belle Meadows Farm & Lael Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.03 | $110,000 | III | [27] |
1998 | Snit | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Barclay Tagg | William M. Backer | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:51.30 | $82,900 | Listed | [28] |
1997 | Mil Kilates | 4 | Joe Bravo | Alfredo Callejas | Robert Perez | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.40 | $80,550 | Listed | [29] |
1996 | Shoop | 5 | Jerry D. Bailey | Gasper S. Moschera | Barbara J. Davis | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:51.35 | $78,279 | Listed | [30] |
1995 | Incinerate | 5 | Filiberto Leon | H. Allen Jerkens | Stronach Stables | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.89 | $81,675 | Listed | [2] |
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
References
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