After that, Gallant Bloom won twelve stakes races in a row, beginning in 1968 at age two and ending in 1970.
She beat Shuvee in the Gardenia and was voted two-year-old champion filly by Daily Racing Form.
The rival Thoroughbred Racing Association and Turf & Sports Digest awards were won by Process Shot.
But at the same time, Gallant Bloom won every race she ran, at any distance, on any surface at eight race tracks, in the process defeating Shuvee three times (the Gardenia, the Delaware Oaks, and the Gazelle Handicap), and Gamely once in the Matchmaker Stakes.
For this, Gallant Bloom was awarded the top Three-Year-Old Filly even though Shuvee had seemed the out-and-out winner early in the season.
Gallant Bloom also won the Daily Racing Form award for Champion Female Handicap Horse.