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Turnback the Alarm Handicap
Listed race
Location Aqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated1995
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website NYRA
Race information
Distance1+18 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, three-years-old and older
WeightAssigned
Purse $150,000 (2021)

The Turnback the Alarm Handicap is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age three-years-old and older run over a distance 1+18 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.

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+116 miles. [4]

In 2023 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed status [5]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1+18 miles: 1:48.89 - Incinerate (1995)
  • 1+116 miles: 1:41.96 - America (2015)

Margins:

  • 9+12 lengths - Indian Vale (2005)

Most wins:

  • No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

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
At Aqueduct
2023 Interstatedaydream 4 Trevor McCarthy Brad E. Cox Flurry Racing Stables 1+18 miles 1:50.34 $145,500 Listed [6]
2022 Battle Bling 4 Kendrick Carmouche Rob Atras Michael Dubb & Gandharvi 1+18 miles 1:53.60 $139,500 III [7]
At Belmont Park
2021 Gibberish 4 Dylan Davis Saffie A. Joseph Jr. e Five Racing Thoroughbreds 1+18 miles 1:51.93 $145,500 III [8]
At Aqueduct
2020 Royal Flag 4 Trevor McCarthy Chad C. Brown William S. Farish III 1+18 miles 1:54.08 $97,000 III [9]
2019 Golden Award 4 Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Summer Wind Equine 1+18 miles 1:49.46 $150,000 III [10]
2018 Teresa Z 4 Trevor McCarthy Anthony R. Margotta Jr. St. Elias Stable 1+18 miles 1:51.68 $150,000 III [11]
At Belmont Park
2017 Eskenformoney 5 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher StarLadies Racing & Lisa Troutt 1+116 miles 1:43.12 $200,000 III [12]
2016 Lewis Bay 3 Irad Ortiz Jr. Chad C. Brown Alpha Delta Stables 1+116 miles 1:42.09 $200,000 III [13]
2015 America 4 Christopher P. DeCarlo William I. Mott Bobby Flay 1+116 miles 1:41.96 $200,000 III [14]
2014 Dame Dorothy 3 Javier Castellano Todd A. Pletcher Bobby Flay 1+116 miles 1:43.50 $200,000 III [15]
2013 Stanwyck 4 Alex O. Solis John Shirreffs Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Moss 1+116 miles 1:42.62 $200,000 III [16]
2012 Afleeting Lady 5 Joel Rosario Dale L. Romans Alpha Delta Stables & Richard Santulli 1+116 miles 1:42.17 $150,000 III [17]
At Aqueduct
2011 Arena Elvira 4 Junior Alvarado William I. Mott Carolyn Wilson 1+18 miles 1:51.59 $98,000 III [18]
At Belmont Park
2010 Our Khrysty 4 Ramon A. Dominguez Todd M. Beattie Renpher Stable 1+116 miles 1:43.21 $100,000 III [19]
At Aqueduct
2009 Unbridled Belle 6 Ramon A. Dominguez Todd A. Pletcher Team Valor International 1+18 miles 1:50.20 $109,000 III [20]
At Belmont Park
2008 Altesse 5 John R. Velazquez Claude R. McGaughey III Helen C. Alexander, Helen K. Groves & Dorothy A. Matz 1+18 miles 1:50.02 $107,600 III [21]
At Aqueduct
2007 Sugar Shake 4 Javier Castellano Robert J. Frankel Stronach Stables 1+18 miles 1:50.02 $105,300 III [22]
2006 Miss Shop 3 Raul I. Rojas H. Allen Jerkens Hobeau Farm 1+18 miles 1:50.93 $107,800 III [23]
2005 Indian Vale 3 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Melnyk Racing 1+18 miles 1:49.83 $105,800 III [24]
2004 Personal Legend 4 Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1+18 miles 1:51.27 $110,700 III [25]
2003 Pocus Hocus 5 Jose A. Santos James A. Jerkens Susan & John Moore 1+18 miles 1:50.67 $107,500 III [26]
2002 Svea Dahl 5 Richard Migliore Bruce N. Levine Roddy J. Valente 1+18 miles 1:50.42 $108,000 III [27]
2001 Rochelle's Terms 4 Robbie Davis Howard M. Tesher Four Media Farm 1+18 miles 1:51.19 $108,500 III [28]
2000 § Atelier 3 Edgar S. Prado Claude R. McGaughey III Helen C. Alexander, Helen K. Groves & Dorothy A. Matz 1+18 miles 1:48.95 $113,200 III [29]
1999 Belle Cherie 3 John R. Velazquez Philip G. Johnson Belle Meadows Farm & Lael Stable 1+18 miles 1:50.03 $110,000 III [30]
1998 Snit 4 John R. Velazquez Barclay Tagg William M. Backer 1+18 miles 1:51.30 $82,900 Listed [31]
1997 Mil Kilates 4 Joe Bravo Alfredo Callejas Robert Perez 1+18 miles 1:49.40 $80,550 Listed [32]
1996 Shoop 5 Jerry D. Bailey Gasper S. Moschera Barbara J. Davis 1+18 miles 1:51.35 $78,279 Listed [33]
1995 Incinerate 5 Filiberto Leon H. Allen Jerkens Stronach Stables 1+18 miles 1:48.89 $81,675 Listed [2]


Notes:
§ Ran as an entry

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

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