Saratoga Special Stakes
{{Infobox horseraces
| class = Grade II
| horse race = Saratoga Special Stakes
| image = Our Talisman.jpg
| caption = Our Talisman, oil on canvas
Painting by Bob Demuyser (1920–2003)
| location = Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
| inaugurated = 1901
| race type = Thoroughbred – Flat racing
| website = {{URL|http://www.nyra.com/saratoga}}
| distance = 6 furlongs
| surface = Dirt
| track = left-handed
| qualification = Two-year-olds
| weight = Assigned
| purse = $200,000 (since 2012){{cite web|title=Saratoga Special Stakes Profile|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Stakes&stkid=1732|website=www.equibase.com|accessdate=14 August 2016}}
| bonuses =
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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.[http://nyra.com/Saratoga/Stakes/SaratogaSpecial.shtml Saratoga Special Stakes history at the NYRA]
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
- {{frac|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 City Zip (2000) each swept the Saratoga Special, Sanford Stakes and Hopeful Stakes.
Records
Speed record:
- at {{frac|6|1|2}} furlongs – 1:15.57 Corfu (2013)
- at 6 furlongs – 1:09 – General Assembly (1978)
Largest Margin of Victory:
- {{frac|10|1|2}} lengths – D' Funnybone (2009)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 7 – Eddie Arcaro (1935, 1947, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 – James G. Rowe Sr. (1904, 1914, 1915, 1920, 1922, 1929)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 – Harry Payne Whitney (1914, 1920, 1922, 1929)
- 4 – George D. Widener (1923, 1930, 1950, 1969)
Winners
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||
| style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:30px" | Year
! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:130px"| Winner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:140px"| Jockey ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:150px"| Trainer ! style="background-color:#DACAA5;| Owner ! style="background-color:#DACAA5; width:30px" | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024
|Showcase |Harrell Ventures LLC |1:16.40 | ||||
| 2023
|Rhyme Schemes |Norm Casse |Pura Vida Investments LLC |1:17.12 | ||||
| 2022
|Damon's Mound |Michelle Lovell |Cliff Love & Michelle Love |1:17.94 | ||||
| 2021
|High Oak |LRE Racing and JEH Racing Stable |1:16.53 | ||||
| 2020
|Jackie's Warrior |J. Kirk & Judy Robison |1:09.62 | ||||
| 2019
|Green Light Go |1:15.68 | ||||
| 2018
|Call Paul |Dubb, Simon, Bethlehem Stables LLC, Irom |1:16.55 | ||||
| 2017
|Copper Bullet |Winchell Thoroughbreds |1:16.45 | ||||
| 2016
|Antonio Sano |Peacock Racing |1:17.00 | ||||
| 2015
|Big Chief Racing |1:16.39 | ||||
| 2014
|A & J Lieblong |1:16.79 | ||||
| 2013
|M. Tabor/S. Magnier/D. Smith |1:15.57 | ||||
| 2012
|Klaravich Stables/William H. Lawrence |1:16.53 | ||||
| 2011
|Chadds Ford Stable |1:18.33 | ||||
| 2010
|1:18.63 | ||||
| 2009
|Paul Pompa Jr. |1:17.58 | ||||
| 2008
|Kirk/Riordan/Bates |1:15.67 | ||||
| 2007
|1:15.95 | ||||
| 2006
|Gold Square |1:16.83 | ||||
| 2005
|1:10.38 | ||||
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|2004 | no race | ||||
| 2003
|Ron Winchell |1:15.97 | ||||
| 2002
|1:17.65 | ||||
| 2001
|1:17.35 | ||||
| 2000
|Bowling & Thompson |1:16.88 | ||||
| 1999
|Bevo |Peter Callahan |1:17.78 | ||||
| 1998
|Noreen Carpenito |1:17.18 | ||||
| 1997
|1:17.15 | ||||
| 1996
|Brodsky/Goslow/Shelley |1:16.37 | ||||
| 1995
|James Spence |1:17.98 | ||||
| 1994
|Vendome Stables |1:17.96 | ||||
| 1993
|1:09.92 | ||||
| 1992
|Philip Teinowitz |1:10.59 | ||||
| 1991
|Triumviri Stable |1:09.55 | ||||
| 1990
|Herman Heinlein |1:11.56 | ||||
| 1989
|1:09.94 | ||||
| 1988
|1:10.80 | ||||
| 1987
|1:10.20 | ||||
| 1986
|1:10.00 | ||||
| 1985
|1:11.40 | ||||
| 1984
|Andrew Rosen |1:10.20 | ||||
| 1983
|1:12.60 | ||||
| 1982
|1:10.60 | ||||
| 1981
|1:10.60 | ||||
| 1980
|1:10.20 | ||||
| 1979
|Diamond Peg Stable |1:12.00 | ||||
| 1978
|1:09.00 | ||||
| 1977
|James Phillips |1:10.00 | ||||
| 1976
|1:11.60 | ||||
| 1975
|E. Rodriquez Tizol |1:09.80 | ||||
| 1974 | Oak Crest Stable
|1:10.40 | |||
| 1973
|Joseph R. Straus |1:11.00 | ||||
| 1972
|1:11.20 | ||||
| 1971
|1:10.40 | ||||
| 1970
|Edward Sawyer |1:10.80 | ||||
| 1969
|1:11.60 | ||||
| 1968
|1:10.40 | ||||
| 1967
|1:10.40 | ||||
| 1966
|1:10.60 | ||||
| 1965
|1:10.20 | ||||
| 1964
|Mary B. Hecht |1:10.60 | ||||
| 1963
|Duel |1:10.80 | ||||
| 1962
|Winding Way Farm |1:12.60 | ||||
| 1961
|1:10.00 | ||||
| 1960
|Frank A. Sherman |1:11.60 | ||||
| 1959
|Pebblebrook Farm |1:12.00 | ||||
| 1958
|1:12.80 | ||||
| 1957
|1:13.60 | ||||
| 1956
|1:13.00 | ||||
| 1955
|Russell Downes |1:11.40 | ||||
| 1954
|Clearwater Stable |1:12.20 | ||||
| 1953
|1:12.80 | ||||
| 1952
|1:13.20 | ||||
| 1951
|1:12.00 | ||||
| 1950
|1:11.20 | ||||
| 1949
|1:13.80 | ||||
| 1948
|1:13.00 | ||||
| 1947
|1:12.80 | ||||
| 1946
|1:13.40 | ||||
| 1945
|Vera S. Bragg |1:10.60 | ||||
| 1944
|1:09.60 | ||||
| 1943
|1:10.60 | ||||
| 1942
|1:13.00 | ||||
| 1941
|1:11.60 | ||||
| 1940
|1:11.20 | ||||
| 1939
|1:10.80 | ||||
| 1938
|1:10.40 | ||||
| 1937
|1:12.60 | ||||
| 1936
|Forty Winks |1:13.80 | ||||
| 1935
|1:13.00 | ||||
| 1935
|Coldstream † |1:13.00 | ||||
| 1934
|Boxthorn † |1:13.00 | ||||
| 1933
|Frederick A. Burton |1:12.60 | ||||
| 1932
|1:13.00 | ||||
| 1931
|1:12.00 | ||||
| 1930
|1:11.40 | ||||
| 1929
|1:13.80 | ||||
| 1928
|1:13.60 | ||||
| 1927
|1:12.60 | ||||
| 1926
|1:13.00 | ||||
| 1925
|1:12.40 | ||||
| 1924
|J. P. "Sammy" Smith |1:12.40 | ||||
| 1923
|1:11.60 | ||||
| 1922
|1:12.20 | ||||
| 1921
|Benjamin Block |1:12.20 | ||||
| 1920
|José Rodriguez |1:12.60 | ||||
| 1919
|1:12.80 | ||||
| 1918
|1:16.20 | ||||
| 1917
|1:15.00 | ||||
| 1916
|1:13.20 | ||||
| 1915
|1:16.00 | ||||
| 1914
|1:11.60 | ||||
| 1913
|1:13.00 | ||||
| 1910
|1:14.40 | ||||
| 1909
|Charles L. Harrison |1:15.80 | ||||
| 1908
|1:18.80 | ||||
| 1907
|1:12.00 | ||||
| 1906
|1:12.40 | ||||
| 1905
|1:07.00 | ||||
| 1904
|1:07.00 | ||||
| 1903
|1:11.80 | ||||
| 1902
|1:08.20 | ||||
| 1901
|1:08.80 |
{{refbegin}}
- In 1953, Porterhouse finished first, but was disqualified and set back to last.
- † In 1935, there was a dead heat for first.
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References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0at6tTgEvNc Video at YouTube of the 1993 Saratoga Special Stakes]
- [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=147 The Saratoga Special Stakes at Pedigree Query]
Category:1901 establishments in New York (state)
Category:Horse races in New York (state)
Category:Flat horse races for two-year-olds
Category:Graded stakes races in the United States