Gallant Fox (March 23, 1927 - November 13, 1954) was a United States thoroughbred horse racing champion. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ...

Born at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky from the mare "Marguerite" and sired by Sir Gallahad III, Gallant Fox was a bay colt who became the second horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown. Paris is a city located in Bourbon County, Kentucky. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...

Owned by the Belair Stud of Bowie, Maryland, Gallant Fox was ridden by Earl Sande and trained by Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons. After a mediocre campaign as a two-year-old, at age three he was a winner 9 times in 10 races among them the 1930 Wood Memorial Stakes and the Triple Crown races, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. His only loss that year was to a 100 to 1 shot, Jim Dandy, at the Travers Stakes. Belair Stud was an American thoroughbred horse racing stable and breeding farm founded by Provincial Governors Samuel Ogle and Benjamin Tasker in 1737 in Maryland in Colonial America near what is now the city of Bowie. ... Location in Maryland Founded  -Incorporated 1870 {{{incorporated}}}  County Prince Georges County Mayor G. Frederick Robinson Area  - Total  - Water 41. ... James Edward (Sunny Jim) Fitzsimmons (July 23, 1874 – March 11, 1966) was a thoroughbred racehorse trainer. ... The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. ... The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... The Travers Stakes, held at Saratoga Race Course near Saratoga Springs, New York, is the oldest major thoroughbred horse race in the United States. ...

He was retired to stud after the 1930 racing season. He stood at stud for 22 years. Among his progeny were 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha and Granville the 1936 Kentucky Derby champion and Horse of the Year. Omaha (b. ... Horse of the Year is the highest honor given in American thoroughbred horse racing. ...

Gallant Fox was first US Triple Crown winner to sire a second generation Triple Crown champion when his foal Omaha won the US Triple Crown in 1935. Fifty eight years later, in 1993, Affirmed became the second when one of Affirmed's foals, Peteski, won the Canadian Triple Crown. Omaha (b. ... Affirmed, a chestnut colt born February 21, 1975, at Harbor View Farm, Ocala, Florida – died January 12, 2001 at Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, was an American thoroughbred race horse that won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1978, only the 11th horse to accomplish the feat. ...

Gallant Fox died in 1954 and is buried at Claiborne Farm. In 1957, he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The The Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century listed Gallant Fox at #28. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... The Blood-Horse is an international weekly news magazine about Thoroughbred horses, horse breeding, and horseracing. ... Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 United States thoroughbred horse racing champions of the 20th Century: Man O War Secretariat Citation Kelso Count Fleet Dr. Fager Native Dancer Forego Seattle Slew Spectacular Bid Tom Fool Affirmed War Admiral Buckpasser Colin Damascus Round Table Cigar Bold Ruler Swaps Equipose...