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Saratoga Special Stakes

Field	Value
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
distance	6 furlongs
surface	Dirt
track	left-handed
qualification	Two-year-olds
weight	Assigned
purse	$200,000 (since 2012)

Painting by Bob Demuyser (1920–2003) Saratoga Springs, New York, United States 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.

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
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 furlongs – 1:15.57 Corfu (2013)
at 6 furlongs – 1:09 – General Assembly (1978)

Largest Margin of Victory:

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

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2025	Ewing	José Ortiz	Mark E. Casse	D. J. Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds & Kenneth Freirich	1:18.03
2024	Showcase	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Todd A. Pletcher	Harrell Ventures LLC	1:16.40
2023	Rhyme Schemes	Ricardo Santana Jr.	Norm Casse	Pura Vida Investments LLC	1:17.12
2022	Damon's Mound	Gabriel Saez	Michelle Lovell	Cliff Love & Michelle Love	1:17.94
2021	High Oak	Junior Alvarado	William I. Mott	LRE Racing and JEH Racing Stable	1:16.53
2020	Jackie's Warrior	Joel Rosario	Steven M. 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.	Steven M. 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	I Spent It	Javier Castellano	Tony Dutrow	A & J Lieblong	1:16.79
2013	Corfu	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	M. Tabor/S. Magnier/D. Smith	1:15.57
2012	Spurious Precision	Alan Garcia	Richard Violette Jr.	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	Steven M. Asmussen	Stonestreet Stables	1:18.63
2009	D' Funnybone	Edgar Prado	Richard E. Dutrow Jr.	Paul Pompa Jr.	1:17.58
2008	Run Away and Hide	Robby Albarado	Ronny Werner	Kirk/Riordan/Bates	1:15.67
2007	Kodiak Kowboy	Shaun Bridgmohan	Steven M. Asmussen	Vinery Stables/Fox Hill	1:15.95
2006	Chace City	Edgar Prado	Scott Blasi	Gold Square	1:16.83
2005	Henny Hughes	Gary Stevens	Patrick Biancone	Darley Stable	1:10.38
2004	no race
2003	Cuvee	Jerry Bailey	Steven M. Asmussen	Ron Winchell	1:15.97
2002	Zavata	Jerry Bailey	Patrick Biancone	Michael B. Tabor	1:17.65
2001	Jump Start	Pat Day	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm	1:17.35
2000	City Zip	José A. Santos	Linda L. Rice	Bowling & Thompson	1:16.88
1999	Bevo	Edgar Prado	William Badgett Jr.	Peter Callahan	1:17.78
1998	Prime Directive	Jorge Chavez	Cynthia G. Reese	Noreen Carpenito	1:17.18
1997	Favorite Trick	Pat Day	Patrick B. Byrne	Joseph LaCombe	1:17.15
1996	All Chatter	Jorge Chavez	Stanley M. Hough	Brodsky/Goslow/Shelley	1:16.37
1995	Bright Launch	José A. Santos	D. Wayne Lukas	James Spence	1:17.98
1994	Montreal Red	José A. Santos	Flint S. Schulhofer	Vendome Stables	1:17.96
1993	Dehere	Eddie Maple	Reynaldo H. Nobles	Due Process Stable	1:09.92
1992	Tactical Advantage	Julie Krone	Flint S. Schulhofer	Philip Teinowitz	1:10.59
1991	Caller I. D.	Jerry Bailey	Stanley M. Hough	Triumviri Stable	1:09.55
1990	To Freedom	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	Trapp Mountain	Jerry Bailey	George R. Arnold II	Loblolly Stable	1:10.80
1987	Crusader Sword	Robbie Davis	MacKenzie Miller	Rokeby Stable	1:10.20
1986	Gulch	Ángel Cordero Jr.	LeRoy Jolley	Peter M. Brant	1:10.00
1985	Sovereign Don	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	Victorious	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	Well Decorated	Michael Venezia	Gene Jacobs	Herbert A. Allen Sr.	1:10.20
1979	J. P. Brother	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	Darby Creek Road	Ángel Cordero Jr.	Lou Rondinello	James Phillips	1:10.00
1976	Banquet Table	Jacinto Vásquez	George T. Poole Jr.	C. V. Whitney	1:11.60
1975	Bold Forbes	Jorge Velásquez	Lazaro S. Barrera	E. Rodriquez Tizol	1:09.80
1974	Our Talisman	Michael Venezia	Eddie Yowell		Oak Crest Stable	1:10.40
1973	Az Igazi	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	Tarboosh	Eddie Maple	Reggie Cornell	Calumet Farm	1:10.40
1970	Three Martinis	Ángel Cordero Jr.	Roger Laurin	Edward Sawyer	1:10.80
1969	Pontifex	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	Vitriolic	Braulio Baeza	Edward A. Neloy	Ogden Phipps	1:10.40
1966	Favorable Turn	Bobby Ussery	Eugene Jacobs	Herbert A. Allen Sr.	1:10.60
1965	Impressive	Braulio Baeza	Edward A. Neloy	Ogden Phipps	1:10.20
1964	Sadair	Manuel Ycaza	Les Lear	Mary B. Hecht	1:10.60
1963	Duel	Braulio Baeza	Moody Jolley	Claiborne Farm	1:10.80
1962	Mr. Cold Storage	Johnny Sellers	Sidney Jacobs	Winding Way Farm	1:12.60
1961	Battle Joined	Manuel Ycaza	Woody Stephens	Cain Hoy Stable	1:10.00
1960	Bronzerullah	Raymond York	Lucien Laurin	Frank A. Sherman	1:11.60
1959	Irish Lancer	Eddie Arcaro	Norman McLeod	Pebblebrook Farm	1:12.00
1958	First Landing	Eddie Arcaro	Casey Hayes	Christopher Chenery	1:12.80
1957	Grey Monarch	Jimmy Nichols	Horatio Luro	E. P. Taylor	1:13.60
1956	Nearctic	Gordon McCann	Gordon McCann	E. P. Taylor	1:13.00
1955	Polly's Jet	Eddie Arcaro	Russell Downes	Barclay Stable	1:11.40
1954	Royal Coinage	Eddie Arcaro	Anthony J. Pupino	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	Cousin	Eric Guerin	William C. Winfrey	Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.	1:12.00
1950	Battlefield.	Eddie Arcaro	Bert Mulholland	George D. Widener Jr.	1:11.20
1949	More Sun	Gordon Glisson	Preston M. Burch	Brookmeade Stable	1:13.80
1948	Blue Peter	Eric Guerin	Andy Schuttinger	Joseph M. Roebling	1:13.00
1947	Better Self	Eddie Arcaro	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	1:12.80
1946	Grand Admiral	Job Dean Jessop	Preston M. Burch	Brookmeade Stable	1:13.40
1945	Mist o'Gold	Wayne D. Wright	Don Cameron	Vera S. Bragg	1:10.60
1944	Pavot	George Woolf	Oscar White	Walter M. Jeffords	1:09.60
1943	Cocopet	Conn McCreary	Oleg Dubassoff	Lazy F Ranch	1:10.60
1942	Halberd	George Woolf	Oscar White	Sarah F. Jeffords	1:13.00
1941	Amphitheatre	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	El Chico	Nick Wall	Matthew P. Brady	William Ziegler Jr.	1:10.40
1937	Pumpkin	John Gilbert	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	Red Rain	Raymond Workman	Thomas J. Healey	C. V. Whitney	1:13.00
1935	Coldstream †	Eddie Arcaro	Albert Gordon	Coldstream Stud	1:13.00
1934	Boxthorn †	Don Meade	Bill Hurley	Edward R. Bradley	1:13.00
1933	Wise Daughter	John Gilbert	Sherrill W. Ward	Frederick A. Burton	1:12.60
1932	Happy Gal	Thomas Malley	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	Anthony Pascuma	Herbert J. Thompson	Idle Hour Stable	1:13.60
1927	Ariel	Laverne Fator	Sam Hildreth	Rancocas Stable	1:12.60
1926	Chance Shot	Earl Sande	Pete Coyne	Joseph E. Widener	1:13.00
1925	Haste	Earl Sande	G. Hamilton Keene	Joseph E. Widener	1:12.40
1924	Sunny Man	Laverne Fator	J. P. "Sammy" Smith	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	1:12.40
1923	St. James	Earl Sande	A. Jack Joyner	George D. Widener Jr.	1:11.60
1922	Goshawk	Linus McAtee	James G. Rowe Sr.	Harry Payne Whitney	1:12.20
1921	Morvich	Frank Keogh	Fred Burlew	Benjamin Block	1:12.20
1920	Tryster	José Rodriguez	James G. Rowe Sr.	Harry Payne Whitney	1:12.60
1919	Golden Broom	Eddie Ambrose	Mike Daly	Sarah F. Jeffords	1:12.80
1918	Hannibal	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	Dominant	Thomas McTaggart	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	George Byrne	A. J. Goldsborough	Andrew Miller	1:13.00
1910	Novelty	Cal Shilling	Sam Hildreth	Sam Hildreth	1:14.40
1909	Waldo	David Nicol	Raleigh Colston Jr.	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	Salvidere	LaVerne Sewell	John E. Madden	Tommy Hitchcock Jr.	1:12.40
1905	Mohawk II	Arthur Redfern	John H. Hynes	John Sanford	1:07.00
1904	Sysonby	Arthur Redfern	James G. Rowe Sr.	James R. Keene	1:07.00
1903	Aristocracy	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	Goldsmith	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

"Saratoga Special Stakes Profile".
[http://nyra.com/Saratoga/Stakes/SaratogaSpecial.shtml Saratoga Special Stakes history at the NYRA]

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