The Honey Fox Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years or older held over a distance of 1 mile on the turf scheduled annually in late February or early March at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, Florida.
[1] The event was named after the winning mare Honey Fox[2] who won thirteen races in her career including the Grade II Orchid Handicap.
In 1985 Gulfstream Park introduced a new race which was a predecessor to today's named event, known as the Joe Namath Stakes which continued the conditions established in the inaugural running in 1984 with a shorter distance of one mile.
This race was named after the New York Jets Super Bowl winning quarterback Joe Namath.
[3] Gulfstream Park acknowledges that the Honey Fox Stakes had its beginnings from the Joe Namath Handicap.