Saratoga Special Stakes

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Saratoga Special Stakes
Grade II race
Our Talisman.jpg
Our Talisman, oil on canvas
Painting by Bob Demuyser (1920–2003)
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1901
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com/index_saratoga.html
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$200,000 (since 2012)[1]

The Saratoga Special Stakes is an American grade II thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is for two-year-olds willing to race six furlongs on the dirt.[2]

With its first run in 1901, the Saratoga Special was a winner-take-all race until 1959 when it became a standard stakes race. The race was held at Belmont Park on the Widener Course in 1943, 1944, and 1945. There was no race in 1911 and 1912 due to the New York State legislated ban on parimutuel betting that led to the closure of all New York racetracks. There was also no race held in 2004.

Since inception it has been contested at various distances:

  • 5.5 furlongs : 1901–1906
  • 6 furlongs : 1907–1993, 2005, 2020
  • 6+1⁄2 furlongs : 1994–2003, 2006–2019

Only four horses have ever won all three Saratoga Racecourse events for two-year-olds. Regret (1914), Campfire (1916), Dehere (1993), and (2000) each swept the Saratoga Special, Sanford Stakes and Hopeful Stakes.

Records[]

Speed record:

  • at 6+1⁄2 furlongs – 1:15.57 Corfu (2013)
  • at 6 furlongs – 1:09 – General Assembly (1978)

Most wins by a jockey:

  • 7 – Eddie Arcaro (1935, 1947, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959)

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

  • 4 – Harry Payne Whitney (1914, 1920, 1922, 1929)
  • 4 – George D. Widener (1923, 1930, 1950, 1969)

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2021 High Oak Junior Alvarado William Mott LRE Racing and JEH Racing Stable 1:16.53
2020 Jackie's Warrior Joel Rosario Steven Asmussen J. Kirk & Judy Robison 1:09.62
2019 Green Light Go Junior Alvarado Jimmy Jerkens Stronach Stables 1:15.68
2018 Call Paul Irad Ortiz Jr. Jason Servis Dubb, Simon, Bethlehem Stables LLC, Irom 1:16.55
2017 Copper Bullet Irad Ortiz Jr. Steve Asmussen Winchell Thoroughbreds 1:16.45
2016 Gunnevera Javier Castellano Antonio Sano Peacock Racing 1:17.00
2015 Exaggerator Junior Alvarado J. Keith Desormeaux Big Chief Racing 1:16.39
2014 Javier Castellano Tony Dutrow A & J Lieblong 1:16.79
2013 John Velazquez Todd Pletcher M. Tabor/S. Magnier/D. Smith 1:15.57
2012 Alan Garcia Klaravich Stables/William H. Lawrence 1:16.53
2011 Union Rags Javier Castellano Michael Matz Chadds Ford Stable 1:18.33
2010 Kantharos Garrett Gomez Steve Asmussen Stonestreet Stables 1:18.63
2009 D' Funnybone Edgar Prado Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Paul Pompa Jr. 1:17.58
2008 Robby Albarado Kirk/Riordan/Bates 1:15.67
2007 Kodiak Kowboy Shaun Bridgmohan Steve Asmussen / 1:15.95
2006 Edgar Prado Scott Blasi Gold Square 1:16.83
2005 Gary Stevens Patrick Biancone Darley Stable 1:10.38
2004 no race
2003 Jerry Bailey Steven Asmussen Ron Winchell 1:15.97
2002 Jerry Bailey Patrick Biancone Michael B. Tabor 1:17.65
2001 Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1:17.35
2000 José A. Santos Linda L. Rice Bowling & Thompson 1:16.88
1999 Edgar Prado Peter Callahan 1:17.78
1998 Jorge Chavez Noreen Carpenito 1:17.18
1997 Favorite Trick Pat Day Patrick B. Byrne Joseph LaCombe 1:17.15
1996 Jorge Chavez Stanley M. Hough Brodsky/Goslow/Shelley 1:16.37
1995 José A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas James Spence 1:17.98
1994 José A. Santos Flint S. Schulhofer Vendome Stables 1:17.96
1993 Dehere Eddie Maple Due Process Stable 1:09.92
1992 Julie Krone Flint S. Schulhofer Philip Teinowitz 1:10.59
1991 Jerry Bailey Stanley M. Hough Triumviri Stable 1:09.55
1990 Ángel Cordero Jr. John J. Tammaro Jr. Herman Heinlein 1:11.56
1989 Summer Squall Pat Day Neil J. Howard Dogwood Stable 1:09.94
1988 Jerry Bailey Loblolly Stable 1:10.80
1987 Robbie Davis MacKenzie Miller Rokeby Stable 1:10.20
1986 Gulch Ángel Cordero Jr. LeRoy Jolley Peter M. Brant 1:10.00
1985 Jorge Velásquez D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1:11.40
1984 Chief's Crown Don MacBeth Roger Laurin Andrew Rosen 1:10.20
1983 Swale Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Claiborne Farm 1:12.60
1982 Ángel Cordero Jr. Gene Jacobs Herbert A. Allen Sr. 1:10.60
1981 Conquistador Cielo Eddie Maple Woody Stephens Henryk de Kwiatkowski 1:10.60
1980 Michael Venezia Gene Jacobs Herbert A. Allen Sr. 1:10.20
1979 Eddie Maple John P. Campo Diamond Peg Stable 1:12.00
1978 General Assembly Darrel McHargue LeRoy Jolley Bertram R. Firestone 1:09.00
1977 Ángel Cordero Jr. James Phillips 1:10.00
1976 Jacinto Vásquez C. V. Whitney 1:11.60
1975 Bold Forbes Jorge Velásquez Lazaro S. Barrera E. Rodriquez Tizol 1:09.80
1974 Michael Venezia Eddie Yowell Oak Crest Stable 1:10.40
1973 Michael Venezia Homer C. Pardue Joseph R. Straus 1:11.00
1972 Stop The Music Jacinto Vásquez John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:11.20
1971 Eddie Maple Reggie Cornell Calumet Farm 1:10.40
1970 Ángel Cordero Jr. Roger Laurin Edward Sawyer 1:10.80
1969 Pete Anderson Sylvester E. Veitch George D. Widener Jr. 1:11.60
1968 Reviewer Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps 1:10.40
1967 Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps 1:10.40
1966 Bobby Ussery Eugene Jacobs Herbert A. Allen Sr. 1:10.60
1965 Braulio Baeza Edward A. Neloy Ogden Phipps 1:10.20
1964 Manuel Ycaza Les Lear Mary B. Hecht 1:10.60
1963 Braulio Baeza Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm 1:10.80
1962 Johnny Sellers Winding Way Farm 1:12.60
1961 Manuel Ycaza Woody Stephens Cain Hoy Stable 1:10.00
1960 Raymond York Lucien Laurin Frank A. Sherman 1:11.60
1959 Eddie Arcaro Pebblebrook Farm 1:12.00
1958 First Landing Eddie Arcaro Casey Hayes Christopher Chenery 1:12.80
1957 Jimmy Nichols Horatio Luro E. P. Taylor 1:13.60
1956 Nearctic Gordon McCann Gordon McCann E. P. Taylor 1:13.00
1955 Eddie Arcaro Russell Downes Barclay Stable 1:11.40
1954 Eddie Arcaro Clearwater Stable 1:12.20
1953 Turn-To Henry Moreno Eddie Hayward Cain Hoy Stable 1:12.80
1952 Native Dancer Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. 1:13.20
1951 Eric Guerin William C. Winfrey Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. 1:12.00
1950 . Eddie Arcaro Bert Mulholland George D. Widener Jr. 1:11.20
1949 Gordon Glisson Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 1:13.80
1948 Blue Peter Eric Guerin Andy Schuttinger 1:13.00
1947 Eddie Arcaro Max Hirsch King Ranch 1:12.80
1946 Job Dean Jessop Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 1:13.40
1945 Wayne D. Wright Don Cameron Vera S. Bragg 1:10.60
1944 Pavot George Woolf Oscar White Walter M. Jeffords 1:09.60
1943 Conn McCreary Lazy F Ranch 1:10.60
1942 George Woolf Oscar White Sarah F. Jeffords 1:13.00
1941 Alfred Robertson John M. Gaver Sr. Manhasset Stable 1:11.60
1940 Whirlaway Johnny Longden Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm 1:11.20
1939 Bimelech Fred A. Smith Bill Hurley Edward R. Bradley 1:10.80
1938 Nick Wall William Ziegler Jr. 1:10.40
1937 John M. Gaver Sr. John Hay Whitney 1:12.60
1936 Forty Winks Raymond Workman John M. Gaver Sr. Greentree Stable 1:13.80
1935 Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey C. V. Whitney 1:13.00
1935 † Eddie Arcaro 1:13.00
1934 † Don Meade Bill Hurley Edward R. Bradley 1:13.00
1933 Sherrill W. Ward Frederick A. Burton 1:12.60
1932 Jim Fitzsimmons Belair Stud 1:13.00
1931 Top Flight Raymond Workman Thomas J. Healey C. V. Whitney 1:12.00
1930 Jamestown Linus McAtee A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 1:11.40
1929 Whichone Linus McAtee James G. Rowe Jr. Harry Payne Whitney 1:13.80
1928 Blue Larkspur Herbert J. Thompson Idle Hour Stable 1:13.60
1927 Laverne Fator Sam Hildreth Rancocas Stable 1:12.60
1926 Chance Shot Earl Sande Joseph E. Widener 1:13.00
1925 Earl Sande Joseph E. Widener 1:12.40
1924 Laverne Fator J. P. "Sammy" Smith Willis Sharpe Kilmer 1:12.40
1923 Earl Sande A. Jack Joyner George D. Widener Jr. 1:11.60
1922 Linus McAtee James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 1:12.20
1921 Morvich Fred Burlew Benjamin Block 1:12.20
1920 José Rodriguez James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 1:12.60
1919 Eddie Ambrose Sarah F. Jeffords 1:12.80
1918 Lavelle Ensor Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 1:16.20
1917 Sun Briar Willie Knapp Henry McDaniel Willis Sharpe Kilmer 1:15.00
1916 Campfire John McTaggart Thomas J. Healey Richard T. Wilson Jr. 1:13.20
1915 James G. Rowe Sr. Lewis S. Thompson 1:16.00
1914 Regret Joe Notter James G. Rowe Sr. Harry Payne Whitney 1:11.60
1913 Roamer Andrew Miller 1:13.00
1910 Cal Shilling Sam Hildreth Sam Hildreth 1:14.40
1909 Charles L. Harrison 1:15.80
1908 Sir Martin Cal Shilling John E. Madden John E. Madden 1:18.80
1907 Colin Walter Miller Jim Fitzsimmons James R. Keene 1:12.00
1906 LaVerne Sewell John E. Madden Tommy Hitchcock Jr. 1:12.40
1905 Arthur Redfern John Sanford 1:07.00
1904 Sysonby Arthur Redfern James G. Rowe Sr. James R. Keene 1:07.00
1903 Frank O'Neill John E. Madden John E. Madden 1:11.80
1902 Irish Lad Nash Turner John E. Madden Whitney / Duryea 1:08.20
1901 Nash Turner John W. Rogers William C. Whitney 1:08.80
  • In 1953, Porterhouse finished first, but was disqualified and set back to last.
  • † In 1935, there was a dead heat for first.

References[]

  1. ^ "Saratoga Special Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ Saratoga Special Stakes history at the NYRA

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