Both senses of "gauntlet" had the variant spelling "gantlet". Run the Gantlet was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Elliott Burch. His sire was Run the Gantlet, an American multiple Grade I winner and successful sire. Run the Gantlet won the International in 1971; his son Providential won it in 1981. As a three-year-old, Run the Gantlet excelled in races on turf.