Saranac Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| surface = Turf
| class = Grade III
| horse race = Saranac Stakes
| image =
| caption =
| location = Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
| inaugurated = 1901
| race type = Thoroughbred – Flat racing
| distance = {{fraction|1|1|16}} miles
| track = Left-handed
| qualification = Three-year-olds
| weight = 124 lbs. with allowances
| purse = $175,000 (2023)
}}
The Saranac Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Grade III stakes is open to three-year-old horses and is raced on turf over a distance of {{fraction|1|1|16}} miles. The event, currently run in early September, raised its purse to $300,000 in 2014.{{cite web|title=Saranac Stakes Profile|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=1944|website=www.equibase.com|accessdate=4 September 2016}} As of 2023 the race is run for a purse of $175,000.
Inaugurated in 1901, the race is named for the village of Saranac in Clinton County, New York in the Adirondack Mountains. Due to a legislated ban on parimutuel betting, all New York State racetracks ceased operations in 1911 and 1912. Cancellation of the race occurred again from 1943 to 1947 as a result of World War II. When it returned in 1948, the race was shifted to the now defunct Jamaica Racetrack until 1956 when it was moved to Aqueduct Racetrack where it was held from 1957 to 1961, 1963–1967, 1972–1974, and in 1976.
Raced on dirt until 1979, over the years the Saranac Stakes has been run at various distances:
- 1 mile: 1960–1965, 2020
- {{frac|1|1|16}} miles: 1948–1959, 2019, 2021–Present
- {{frac|1|1|8}} miles: 1901–1908, 1910, 1996, 2011–2018
- {{frac|1|3|16}} miles: 1997–2010
Records
Most wins by an owner:
- 5 – Greentree Stable (1923, 1957, 1963, 1968, 1978)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 7 – Eddie Maple (1972, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1992)
Most wins by an trainer:
- 5 – Woody Stephens (1975, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988)
Winners of the Saranac Stakes since 1938
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| style="width:36px" | Year ! style="width:130px" | Winner ! style="width:135px" | Jockey ! style="width:140px" | Trainer ! style="width:| Owner ! style="width:25px" | Time |
|---|
| 2024
|West Hollywood |Qatar Racing |1:40.89 |
| 2023
|Carl Spackler (IRE) |e Five Racing Thoroughbreds |1:42.23 |
| 2022
|Bass Racing LLC |1:42.57 |
| 2021
|Public Sector |1:41.78 |
| 2020
|Bye Bye Melvin |Alex G. Campbell Jr. |1:39.92 |
| 2019
|Global Access |Live Oak Plantation |1:41.80 |
| 2018
|Raging Bull |1:47.19 |
| 2017
|Voodoo Song |Barry K. Schwartz |1:44.41 |
| 2016
|Inspector Lynley |Stuart S. Janney III & Phipps Stable |1:46.68 |
| 2015
|Live Oak Plantation |1:45.39 |
| 2014
|St. Elias Stable/West Point Thoroughbreds |1:46.48 |
| 2013
|Fred M. Allor |1:48.21 |
| 2012
|Lakland Farm |1:46.54 |
| 2011
|1:48.73 |
| 2010
|Namcook Stables |1:53.18 |
| 2009
|Brous Stable/Wachtel Stable |1:53.00 |
| 2008
|1:53.10 |
| 2007
|William F. Coyro Jr. |1:53.81 |
| 2006
|Flatbird Stable |1:57.36 |
| 2005
|1:54.20 |
| 2004
|Raymond H. Cottrell Sr. |1:53.89 |
| 2003
|1:55.43 |
| 2002
|1:55.30 |
| 2001
|Caesar Kimmel |1:54.88 |
| 2000
|E. White & M. Paulson |1:55.47 |
| 1999
|D. Foster & R. Leonard |1:51.61 |
| 1998
|1:53.42 |
| 1997
|Thomas Carey |1:52.82 |
| 1996
|Turf Stables Inc. |1:48.59 |
| 1995
|Lee Pokoik |1:33.65 |
| 1994
|Bernard Connaughton |1:34.67 |
| 1993
|1:34.34 |
| 1992
|Blue Goose Stable |1:39.37 |
| 1991
|Robert Spiegel |1:34.20 |
| 1990
|Alexander G. Campbell Jr. |1:37.00 |
| 1989
|Edward L. Shapoff |1:36.00 |
| 1989
|Philip Dileo |1:36.00 |
| 1988
|1:38.40 |
| 1987
|1:34.80 |
| 1986
|Glow |1:34.60 |
| 1985
|1:39.00 |
| 1984
|1:35.20 |
| 1983
|1:39.60 |
| 1982
|1:39.00 |
| 1981
|1:34.40 |
| 1980
|1:33.80 |
| 1979
|Told |Meadowhill |1:34.40 |
| 1978
|1:35.00 |
| 1977
|1:35.20 |
| 1976
|1:34.20 |
| 1975
|Mrs. John A. Morris |1:34.80 |
| 1974
|1:36.40 |
| 1973
|Neil Hellman |1:34.00 |
| 1972
|1:33.60 |
| 1971
|1:34.80 |
| 1970
|1:36.00 |
| 1969
|1:35.60 |
| 1968
|1:35.40 |
| 1967
|1:36.00 |
| 1966
|Alexandra I. Kissam |1:36.00 |
| 1965
|Joseph R. Straus |1:34.40 |
| 1964
|Tommy Barrow |Ernest H. Woods |1:36.40 |
| 1963
|1:36.80 |
| 1962
|1:35.80 |
| 1961
|Leonard P. Sasso |1:36.60 |
| 1960
|Mike Sorrentino |1:34.60 |
| 1959
|Alamode Farm |1:41.40 |
| 1958
|1:44.40 |
| 1957
|1:43.40 |
| 1956
|1:42.20 |
| 1955
|1:44.00 |
| 1954
|1:44.80 |
| 1953
|Augustine Catalano |1:43.80 |
| 1952
|1:45.40 |
| 1951
|Bold |1:43.60 |
| 1950
|1:43.60 |
| 1949
|Mrs. Eben Ellison Jr. |1:45.00 |
| 1948
|1:44.20 |
| 1942
|1:37.20 |
| 1941
|1:38.00 |
| 1940
|1:38.20 |
| 1939
|1:38.80 |
| 1938
|Lucas Dupps |1:38.80 |
{{refbegin}}* In 1989, the race was run in two divisions. {{refend}}
Earlier winners
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- 1937 – Burning Star
- 1936 – Sun Teddy
- 1935 – Good Gamble
- 1934 – Kievex
- 1933 – War Glory
- 1932 – Morfair
- 1931 – Danour
- 1930 – Whichone
- 1929 – Hard Tack
- 1928 – Sun Edwin
- 1927 – Osmand
- 1926 – Mars
- 1925 – Peanuts
- 1924 – Sarazen
- 1923 – Cherry Pie
- 1922 – Little Chief
- 1921 – Crocus
- 1920 – Dinna Care
- 1919 – Purchase
- 1918 – Motor Cop
- 1917 – Midway
- 1916 – Dodge
- 1915 – Regret
- 1914 – Stromboli
- 1913 – Ten Point
- 1910 – Martinez
- 1909 – Field Mouse
- 1908 – Golconda
- 1907 – Vails
- 1906 – Gallavant
- 1905 – Dandelion
- 1904 – Dolly Spanker
- 1903 – Molly Brant
- 1902 – Hermis
- 1901 – Dublin
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Category:Graded stakes races in the United States
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Category:Flat horse races for three-year-olds
Category:Horse races in New York (state)
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