Gallant Bob Stakes

Gallant Bob Stakes
Grade II race
LocationParx Casino and Racing
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, United States
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
WebsiteParx
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree years old
Weight124 lbs. with allowances
GI winners 2 lbs. added
Purse$400,000 (2023)

The Gallant Bob Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three years olds, over a distance of six furlongs on the dirt held annually in September at Parx Casino and Racing racetrack in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The event currently carries a purse of $400,000.

History

The race was inaugurated in 1979[1] as the Gallant Bob Handicap[2] after the horse Gallant Bob[3] who was the first Pennsylvania based horse to earn an Eclipse Award in 1975.[2] The inaugural even was run with conditions of four year olds and older and was held in January.[4]

The event had a lengthy absence of 11 years of twelve years between 1987 and 1998 and when the event resumed in 1999 conditions were changed that the event was only for three year olds.[1]

In 2013 the event was upgraded to a Grade III and in 2019 the event was upgraded to a Grade II.[5]

Records

Speed record:

  • 6 furlongs – 1:07.51 - Royal Currier (2011)
  • 7 furlongs – 1:22.40 - Georgeandthedragon (1981)

Margins:

  • 3+3⁄4 lengths – Royal Currier (2011)

Most wins by a jockey

Most wins by a trainer

  • 3 – Guadalupe Preciado (2014, 2022, 2024)

Most wins by an owner

  • 2 – Nicholas Cammarano Jr. (2022, 2024)

Winners

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Gallant Bob Stakes (, Jr., )
2024 Bentornato 3 Irad Ortiz Jr. Guadalupe Preciado Nicholas Cammarano Jr. 6 furlongs 1:09.92 $400,000 II [6]
2023 Damon's Mound 3 Junior Alvarado Michelle Lovell Michele Love & Cliff Love 6 furlongs 1:10.24 $400,000 II [7]
2022 Scaramouche 3 John R. Velazquez Guadalupe Preciado Nicholas Cammarano Jr. 6 furlongs 1:10.38 $300,000 II [8]
2021 Jackie's Warrior 3 Joel Rosario Steve Asmussen J.Kirk & Judy Robison 6 furlongs 1:08.64 $300,000 II [9]
2020 Race not held
2019 King Jack 3 Joel Rosario Jerry Hollendorfer Michael C. Stinson 6 furlongs 1:08.89 $300,000 II [10]
2018 Firenze Fire 3 Irad Ortiz Jr. Jason Servis Mr. Amore Stable 6 furlongs 1:11.27 $300,000 III [11]
2017 Coal Front 3 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Robert V. LaPenta & Head of Plains Partners 6 furlongs 1:08.94 $300,000 III [12]
2016 Noholdingback Bear 3 Eurico Rosa Da Silva Michael P. De Paulo Bear Stables 6 furlongs 1:09.61 $300,000 III [13]
2015 Trouble Kid 3 Joshua Navarro Ramon Preciado Barbara Hopkins 6 furlongs 1:10.56 $300,000 III [14]
2014 Favorite Tale 3 John Bisono Guadalupe Preciado PJG Stable 6 furlongs 1:08.16 $300,000 III [15]
2013 City of Weston 3 Paco Lopez Antonio Sano Cloud Nine Lumoni 6 furlongs 1:09.63 $300,000 III [16]
2012 Well Spelled 3 Pablo Fragoso Benjamin W. Perkins Jr. GSP Racing Stable 6 furlongs 1:09.88 $300,000 Listed [17]
2011 Royal Currier 3 Stewart Elliott Patricia Farro MAT Stables 6 furlongs 1:07.51 $250,000 Listed [18]
2010 Bank Merger 3 Stewart Elliott Kiaran P. McLaughlin Darley Stable 6 furlongs 1:09.31 $250,000 Listed [19]
Gallant Bob Handicap
2009 Pashito the Che 3 Eibar Coa Scott A. Lake Tuna Stables and Off The Hook Racing 6 furlongs 1:08.42 $250,000 Listed [20]
2008 Rollers 3 Michael J. Luzzi Barclay Tagg Lael Stables 6 furlongs 1:09.48 $250,000 Listed [21]
2007 Premium Wine 3 Harry Vega Anthony W. Dutrow Zayat Stables 6 furlongs 1:09.93 $250,000 Listed [22]
2006 Diabolical 3 Mario G. Pino Steve Klesaris Puglisi Racing & Steve Klesaris 6 furlongs 1:08.40 $97,000 Listed [23]
2005 Joey Carson 3 Anthony S. Black Timothy F. Ritchey Big Daddy Stables 6 furlongs 1:10.29 $100,000 Listed [24]
2004 Abbondanza 3 Eibar Coa Timothy J. Tullock Jr. Germania Farms 6 furlongs 1:08.11 $100,000 Listed [25]
2003 Northern Air 3 Joseph Rocco Mark Shuman Michael J. Gill 6 furlongs 1:10.16 $150,000 Listed [26]
2002 Thunderello 3 Jose Flores Scott A. Lake Charles G. Mady 6 furlongs 1:09.83 $150,000 Listed [27]
2001 Sea of Green 3 Jose Flores Janis L. Gerace Janis L. Gerace 6 furlongs 1:11.14 $150,000 Listed [28]
2000 Ultimate Warrior 3 Roberto Alvarado Jr. Bernard S. Flint Bernard S. Flint & James Ryan 6 furlongs 1:09.41 $150,000 Listed [29]
1999 Valid Trefaire 3 Jorge F. Chavez Emanuel Tortora James R. Lewis Jr. 6 furlongs 1:08.93 $140,000 Listed [30]
1987–1998 Race not held
1986 Berngoo 4 Danny Wright James P. Simpson A. Rettaliata 6 furlongs 1:09.60 $42,830 [31]
1985 Rocky Knave 4 Danny Nied Robert Camac Appleton & Nix 7 furlongs 1:23.00 $29,075 [32]
1984 Two Davids 4 John Neid Jr. Dennis Heimer Stanley Joselson 6 furlongs 1:09.60 $28,350 [33]
1983 Race not held
1982 Main Stem 4 Rochelle F. Lee Mark J. Reid Tresvant Stable 7 furlongs 1:23.20 $28,975 [34]
1981 Georgeandthedragon 4 Jorge Tejeira Mark Perlsweig SKS Stable 7 furlongs 1:22.40 $28,200 [35]
1980 Our Gary 4 Herb McCauley Daniel Perlsweig Edgehill Farm 7 furlongs 1:23.60 $27,750 [36]
1979 Al Battah 4 John Neid Jr. William Pricket[37] William Pricket 7 furlongs 1:22.60 $27,075 [4]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "The Gallant Bob Handicap Gr. II" (PDF). Parx Casino and Racing. Parx Racing Media Guide for 2020. 2020. p. 18. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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