Turnback the Alarm Handicap

The Turnback the Alarm Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. A Grade III event open to fillies and mares, age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of a mile and an eighth (nine furlongs).

Turnback the Alarm Handicap

Grade III race
Location	Aqueduct Racetrack Queens, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1995
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com/aqueduct/Stakes/TurnBacktheAlarm.shtml
Race information
Distance	​1 ^1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000+

The event is named for the good racing filly, Turnback The Alarm, a winner of five Grade 1 races on New York Racing Association tracks.

In 2013, 2014 and 2015, this race was held at Belmont Park and offered a purse of $200,000.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:41.96 - America (2015) at current distance of 8.5 furlongs
• 1:48.89 - Incinerate (1995) at 9 furlongs

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)
• 2 - H. Allen Jerkens (1995, 2006)
• 2 - Claude R. McGaughey III (2000, 2008)
• 2 - Robert J. Frankel (2004, 2007)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Stronach Stables (1995, 2007)
• 2 - Bobby Flay (2014, 2015)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2018	Teresa Z	4	Trevor McCarthy	Anthony R. Margotta, Jr	St. Elias Stable	1:51.68
2017	Eskenformoney	5	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	StarLadies Racing and Lisa Troutt	1:43.12
2016	Lewis Bay	3	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Chad Brown	Alpha Delta Stables	1:42.09
2015	America	4	Christopher P. DeCarlo	William I. Mott	Bobby Flay	1:41.96
2014	Dame Dorothy	3	Javier Castellano	Todd Pletcher	Bobby Flay	1:43.50
2013	Stanwyck	4	Alex Solis	John Shirreffs	Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Moss	1:42.62
2012	Afleeting Lady	5	Joel Rosario	Dale L. Romans	Michael Lauffer/Cubbedge	1:42.17
2011	Arena Elvira	4	Junior Alvarado	Bill Mott	Carolyn Wilson	1:51.59
2010	Our Khrysty	4	Ramon Dominguez	Todd Beattie	Renpher Stable	1:43.21
2009	Unbridled Belle	6	Ramon Dominguez	Todd A. Pletcher	Team Valor	1:50.20
2008	Altesse	5	John Velazquez	Claude R. McGaughey III	Helen C. Alexander	1:50.02
2007	Sugar Shake	4	Javier Castellano	Robert J. Frankel	Stronach Stables	1:50.02
2006	Miss Shop	3	Raul Rojas	H. Allen Jerkens	Hobeau Farm	1:50.93
2005	Indian Vale	3	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Melnyk Racing	1:49.83
2004	Personal Legend	4	Jerry D. Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1:51.27
2003	Pocus Hocus	5	José A. Santos	James A. Jerkens	Susan & John Moore	1:50.67
2002	Svea Dahl	5	Richard Migliore	Bruce N. Levine	Roddy J. Valente	1:50.42
2001	Rochelle's Terms	4	Robbie Davis	Howard M. Tesher	Four Media Farm	1:51.19
2000	Atelier	3	Edgar Prado	Claude R. McGaughey III	Alexander & Groves	1:48.95
1999	Belle Cherie	3	John Velazquez	Philip G. Johnson	Belle Meadows Farm	1:50.03
1998	Snit	4	John Velazquez	Barclay Tagg	William M. Backer	1:51.30
1997	Mil Kilates	4	Joe Bravo	Alfredo Callejas	Robert Perez	1:49.40
1996	Shoop	5	Jerry D. Bailey	Gasper Moschera	Barbara J. Davis	1:51.35
1995	Incinerate	5	Filiberto Leon	H. Allen Jerkens	Stronach Stables	1:48.89

References

• The 2009 Turnback The Alarm Handicap at the NTRA