The Turnback the Alarm Handicap is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age three-years-old and older run over a distance 1+1⁄8 miles run annually in late October or early November usually Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. The event currently offers a purse of $150,000.

The event is named after, Turnback the Alarm, a winner of five Grade 1 races on New York Racing Association tracks in 1992 and 1993^[1] including the Coaching Club American Oaks, Mother Goose Stakes as a three-year-old and the Go for Wand Stakes, Shuvee Handicap, Hempstead Handicap as a four-year-old. She was bought by Japanese interests and taken there in 1997, where she produced a winner from the sire Sunday Silence.^[1]

The event was inaugurated on 1 November 1995 and was won by Incinerate, who was ridden by Filiberto Leon and trained by the US Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens in a time of 1:48.89 by three lengths.^[2]

In 1999 the event was classified as Grade III.^[3]

The event was held at Belmont Park in 2008, 2010 and between 2012–2017 and 2021.^[4] While the event was held at Belmont Park the distance was decreased to 1+1⁄16 miles.^[4]

In 2023 the event was downgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to Listed status^[5]

Speed record:

• 1+1⁄8 miles: 1:48.89 - Incinerate (1995)
• 1+1⁄16 miles: 1:41.96 - America (2015)

Margins:

• 9+1⁄2 lengths - Indian Vale (2005)

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, 2017)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Stronach Stables (1995, 2007)
• 2 - Helen C. Alexander, Helen K. Groves & Dorothy A. Matz (2000, 2008)
• 2 - Bobby Flay (2014, 2015)
• 2 - Alpha Delta Stables (2012, 2016)

List of American and Canadian Graded races