Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap

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Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated2017
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance1 1/4 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and up
Purse$250,000

The Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap was a Grade II Thoroughbred race for horses three-years-old and up run on dirt at Saratoga Race Course in New York from 1994 through 2005. From 1994 through 1996, it was run as the Saratoga Cup Handicap, the name of another race that was run from 1865 through 1955.

A Grade II event, it was set at a distance of 1 1/8 miles for its inaugural running but changed in 1995 to 1 1/4 miles. It offered a purse of $250,000.[1]

Records[]

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 3 - (1995, 1996, 2000)

Most wins by an owner:

Winners[]

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Purse
2005 Suave 4 John Velazquez Jay Em Ess Stable (Mace & Samantha Siegel) 114 2:03.38 $250,000
2004 Evening Attire 6 Cornelio Velásquez Patrick J. Kelly Joseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly 114 2:00.83 $250,000
2003 Puzzlement 4 Jorge Chavez H. Allen Jerkens Joseph V. Shields Jr. 114 2:03.54 $300,000
2002 Evening Attire 4 Shaun Bridgmohan Patrick J. Kelly Joseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly 114 2:02.95 $300,000
2001 Aptitude 4 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 114 2:01.55 $300,000
2000 Pleasant Breeze 5 Jorge Chavez William L. Clifton Jr. 114 2:02.17 $300,000
1999 Running Stag 5 Shane Sellers Philip Mitchell Richard Cohen 114 2:01.11 $300,000
1998 Awesome Again 4 Pat Day Patrick B. Byrne Stronach Stables 114 2:03.14 $300,000
1997 Cairo Express 5 Jean-Luc Samyn Mohammed Moubarak Buckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok) 114 2:03.99 $200,000
1996 L'Carriere 5 Jorge Chavez H. James Bond Virginia Kraft Payson 114 2:01.67 $200,000
1995 L'Carriere 4 Jerry Bailey H. James Bond Virginia Kraft Payson 114 2:02.87 $200,000
1994 Thunder Rumble 5 Richard Migliore Richard O'Connell Braeburn Farm (Konrad & Ursula Widner) 118 1:48.52 $250,000

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap". Equibase Co. LLC. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
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