Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap

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Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap
Discontinued stakes race
Location Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated2017
Race type Thoroughbred - 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.

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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:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Purse
2005Suave4 John Velazquez Paul J. McGee Jay Em Ess Stable (Mace & Samantha Siegel)1142:03.38$250,000
2004 Evening Attire 6 Cornelio Velásquez Patrick J. KellyJoseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly 1142:00.83$250,000
2003Puzzlement4 Jorge Chavez H. Allen Jerkens Joseph V. Shields Jr.1142:03.54$300,000
2002Evening Attire4 Shaun Bridgmohan Patrick J. KellyJoseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly1142:02.95$300,000
2001 Aptitude 4 Jerry Bailey Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1142:01.55$300,000
2000Pleasant Breeze5Jorge Chavez H. James Bond William L. Clifton Jr.1142:02.17$300,000
1999Running Stag5 Shane Sellers Philip MitchellRichard Cohen1142:01.11$300,000
1998 Awesome Again 4 Pat Day Patrick B. Byrne Stronach Stables 1142:03.14$300,000
1997Cairo Express5 Jean-Luc Samyn Mohammed MoubarakBuckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok)1142:03.99$200,000
1996L'Carriere5Jorge ChavezH. James Bond Virginia Kraft Payson 1142:01.67$200,000
1995L'Carriere4Jerry BaileyH. James BondVirginia Kraft Payson1142:02.87$200,000
1994 Thunder Rumble 5 Richard Migliore Richard O'Connell Braeburn Farm (Konrad & Ursula Widner)1181:48.52$250,000

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References

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