Saratoga Special
118 Running on Saturday, August 10, 2024
When first contested in 1901, the Saratoga Special was a winner-take-all event for 2-year-olds for which owners could nominate their horses in sets of three for a single fee. However, each owner could only run one horse in the race – in other words, no entries were allowed. The conditions remained in place until 1959, when the Saratoga Special became a regular stakes race with individual nominations and entries. From 1901-05, it was run at 5 ½ furlongs and from 1906-1993 at six furlongs. In 1994, the distance was changed to 6 ½ furlongs.
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$200,000.00 6 1/2 Furlongs (Dirt) Grade:II
Year
Horse
Age
Weight
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jockey
Value
2024
Showcase
2
120
1:16.40
Harrell Ventures, LLC
Todd A. Pletcher
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
$110,000
2023
Rhyme Schemes
2
120
1:17.12
Pura Vida Investments LLC
Norm W. Casse
Ricardo Santana, Jr.
$110,000
2022
Damon's Mound
2
120
1:17.94
Love, Cliff and Love, Michele
Michelle Lovell
Gabriel Saez
$110,000
2021
High Oak
2
120
1:16.53
LRE Racing LLC & JEH Racing Stable LLC
William I. Mott
Junior Alvarado
$110,000
2020
Jackie's Warrior
2
120
1:09.62
J. Kirk Robison
Steven M. Asmussen
Joel Rosario
$82,500
2019
Green Light Go
2
120
1:15.68
Stronach Stables
James A. Jerkens
Junior Alvarado
$110,000
2018
Call Paul
2
118
1:16.55
Dubb, Simon, Bethlehem Stables LLC, Irom
Jason Servis
Irad Ortiz Jr.
$110,000
2017
Copper Bullet
2/C
118
1:16.45
Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Willis Horton Racing LLC
Steven M. Asmussen
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
$120,000
2016
Gunnevera
-
118
1:17.00
Peacock Racing Stables, LLC
Antonio Sano
Javier Castellano
$120,000
2015
Exaggerator
-
118
1:16.39
Big Chief Racing, LLC
J. Keith Desormeaux
Junior Alvarado
$120,000
2014
I Spent It
-
118
1:16.79
Lieblong, Alex and JoAnn
Anthony W. Dutrow
Javier Castellano
$220,000
2013
Corfu
-
118
1:15.57
Tabor, Michael, Magnier, John and Smith, Derrick
Todd A. Pletcher
John R. Velazquez
$120,000
2012
Spurious Precision
-
118
1:16.53
Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H.
Richard A. Violette, Jr.
Alan Garcia
$120,000
2011
Union Rags
-
118
1:18.33
Chadds Ford Stable
Michael R. Matz
Javier Castellano
$290,000
2010
Kantharos
-
122
1:18.63
Stonestreet Stables LLC
Steven M. Asmussen
Garrett K. Gomez
$90,000
2009
D' Funnybone
-
118
1:17.58
Paul P. Pompa, Jr.
Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
Edgar S. Prado
$90,000
2008
Run Away and Hide
-
122
1:15.67
Kirk, Bates, Riordan
Ronny W. Werner
Robby Albarado
$90,000
2007
Kodiak Kowboy
-
122
1:15.95
Vinery Stables, Fox Hill Farm
Steven Asmussen
Shaun Bridgmohan
$90,000
2006
Chace City
-
122
1:16.83
Gold Square
Scott Blasi
Edgar Prado
$120,000
2005
Henny Hughes
-
121
1:10.4
Darley Stable
Patrick L. Biancone
Gary Stevens
$90,000
2003
Cuvee
-
122
1:15 4/5
Ron Winchell
Steven Asmussen
Jerry Bailey
$90,000
2002
Zavata
-
122
1:17 3/5
Michael B. Tabor
Patrick Biancone
Jerry Bailey
$90,000
2001
Jump Start
-
115
1:17 1/5
Overbrook Farm
D. Wayne Lukas
Pat Day
$90,000
2000
City Zip
-
122
1:16 4/5
Bowling & Thompson
Linda Rice
Jose Santos
$90,000
1999
Bevo
-
117
1:17 3/5
Peter Callahan
William Badgett Jr.
Edgar Prado
$90,000
1998
Prime Directive
-
114
1:17
Noreen Carpenito
Cynthia G. Reese
Jorge Chavez
$90,000
1997
Favorite Trick
-
122
1:17
Joseph LaCombe
Patrick Byrne
Pat Day
$90,000
1996
All Chatter
-
113
1:16 1/5
Brodsky-Goslow-Shelley
Stanley Hough
Jorge Chavez
$84,375
1995
Bright Launch
-
112
1:17 4/5
James Spence
D. Wayne Lukas
Jose Santos
$66,540
1994
Montreal Red
-
122
1:17 4/5
Vendome Stables
Flint S. Schulhofer
Jose Santos
$64,800
1993
Dehere
-
117
1:09 4/5
Due Process Stable
Reynaldo H. Nobles
Eddie Maple
$71,760
1992
Tactical Advantage
-
117
1:10 2/5
Philip Teinowitz
Flint S. Schulhofer
Julie Krone
$72,600
1991
Caller I. D.
-
117
1:09 2/5
Triumviri Stable
Stanley M. Hough
Jerry Bailey
$71,040
1990
To Freedom
-
124
1:11 2/5
Herman Heinlein
John Tammaro
Angel Cordero Jr.
$52,740
1989
Summer Squall
-
124
1:09 4/5
Dogwood Stable
Neil Howard
Pat Day
$53,370
1988
Trapp Mountain
-
117
1:10 4/5
Loblolly Stable
G. R. Arnold II
Jerry Bailey
$52,740
1987
Crusader Sword
-
117
1:10 1/5
Rokeby Stable
MacK. Miler
Robbie Davis
$66,420
1986
Gulch
-
122
1:10
Peter M. Brant
Leroy Jolley
Angel Cordero Jr.
$54,990
1985
Sovereign Don
-
122
1:11 2/5
Eugene V. Klein
D. Wayne Lukas
Jorge Velasquez
$43,200
1984
Chief's Crown
-
117
1:10 1/5
Andrew Rosen
Roger Laurin
Don MacBeth
$42,060
1983
Swale
-
117
1:12 3/5
Claiborne Farm
Woody Stephens
Eddie Maple
$33,720
1982
Victorious
-
122
1:10 3/5
Herbert Allen
Eugene Jacobs
Angel Cordero Jr.
$33,960
1981
Conquistador Ciel
-
117
1:10 3/5
Henryk deKwiatkowski
Woody Stephens
Eddie Maple
$33,900
1980
Well Decorated
-
117
1:10 1/5
Herbert Allen
Eugene Jacobs
Michael Venezia
$34,320
1979
J. P. Brother
-
122
1:12
Diamond Peg Stable
John P. Campo
Eddie Maple
$25,365
1978
General Assembly
-
117
1:09
Bertram R. Firestone
Leroy Jolley
Darrel McHargue
$22,350
1977
Darby Creek Road
-
117
1:10
James Phillips
Thomas L. Rondinello
Angel Cordero Jr.
$22,470
1976
Banquet Table
-
122
1:11 3/5
C. V. Whitney
George T. Poole Jr.
Jacinto Vasquez
$22,455
1975
Bold Forbes
-
120
1:09 4/5
E. Rodriquez Tizol
Lazaro S. Barrera
Jorge Velasquez
$22,680
1974
Our Talisman
-
117
1:10 2/5
Oak Crest Stable
Edward Yowell
Michael Venezia
$17,430
1973
Az Igazi
-
117
1:11
Joseph R. Straus
Homer C. Pardue
Michael Venezia
$17,025
1972
Stop The Music
-
117
1:11 1/5
Greentree Stable
John M. Gaver
Jacinto Vasquez
$17,145
1971
Tarboosh
-
120
1:10 2/5
Calumet Farm
Reggie Cornell
Eddie Maple
$20,640
1970
Three Martinis
-
120
1:10 4/5
Edward Sawyer
Roger Laurin
Angel Cordero Jr.
$22,945
1969
Pontifex
-
120
1:11 3/5
George D. Widener
Sylvester E. Veitch
Pete Anderson
$20,702
1968
Reviewer
-
122
1:10 2/5
Ogden Phipps
Edward A. Neloy
Braulio Baeza
$23,010
1967
Vitriolic
-
114
1:10 2/5
Ogden Phipps
Edward A. Neloy
Braulio Baeza
$22,977
1966
Favorable Turn
-
116
1:10 3/5
Herbert Allen
Eugene Jacobs
Robert Ussery
$21,547
1965
Impressive
-
114
1:10 1/5
Ogden Phipps
Edward A. Neloy
Braulio Baeza
$22,945
1964
Sadair
-
120
1:10 3/5
Mary B. Hecht
L. Lear
M. Ycaza
$20,995
1963
Duel
-
114
1:10 4/5
Claiborne Farm
M. Jolley
B. Baeza
$21,418
1962
Mr. Cold Storage
-
114
1:12 3/5
Winding Way Farm
S. Jacobs
J. Sellers
$25,838
1961
Battle Joined
-
114
1:10
Cain Hoy Stable
W. C. Stephens
M. Ycaza
$24,813
1960
Bronzerullah
-
116
1:11 3/5
Frank A. Sherman
L. Laurin
R. York
$22,822
1959
Irish Lancer
-
122
1:12
Pebblebrook Farm
N. McLeod
E. Arcaro
$38,725
1958
First Landing
-
122
1:12 4/5
C. T. Chenery
J. H. Hayes
E. Arcaro
$13,800
1957
Grey Monarch
-
122
1:13 3/5
E. P. Taylor
H. Luro
J. Nichols
$13,800
1956
Nearctic
-
122
1:13
E. P. Taylor
G. McCann
G. Walker
$13,800
1955
Polly's Jet
-
122
1:11 2/5
Barclay Stable
R. Downes
E. Arcaro
$15,250
1954
Royal Coinage
-
122
1:12 1/5
Clearwater Stable
-
E. Arcaro
$15,000
1953
Turn-to
-
122
1:12 4/5
Cain Hoy Stable
-
H. Moreno
$17,250
1952
Native Dancer
-
122
1:13 1/5
A. G. Vanderbilt
-
E. Guerin
$17,500
1951
Cousin
-
122
1:12
A. G. Vanderbilt
-
E. Guerin
$13,000
1950
Battlefield
-
122
1:11 1/5
George D. Widener
-
E. Arcaro
$11,500
1949
More Sun
-
122
1:13 4/5
Brookmeade Stable
-
G. Glisson
$12,750
1948
Blue Peter
-
122
1:13
Joseph M. Roebling
-
E. Guerin
$10,500
1947
Better Self
-
122
1:12 4/5
King Ranch
-
E. Arcaro
$14,250
1946
Grand Admiral
-
122
1:13 2/5
Brookmeade Stable
-
J. D. Jessop
$6,500
1945
Mist o'Gold
-
122
1:10 3/5
Vera S. Bragg
-
W. D. Wright
$6,435
1944
Pavot
-
122
1:09 3/5
Walter M. Jeffords
-
G. Woolf
$4,945
1943
Cocopet
-
119
1:10 3/5
Lazy F Ranch
-
C. McCreary
$5,500
1942
Halberd
-
122
1:13
Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords
-
G. Woolf
$8,000
1941
Amphitheatre
-
122
1:11 3/5
Manhasset Stable
-
A. Robertson
$11,250
1940
Whirlaway
-
122
1:11 1/5
Calumet Farm
-
J. Longden
$9,750
1939
Bimelech
-
122
1:10 4/5
E. R. Bradley
-
F. A. Smith
$9,000
1938
El Chico
-
122
1:10 2/5
William Ziegler Jr.
-
N. Wall
$8,000
1937
Pumpkin
-
122
1:12 3/5
John Hay Whitney
-
J. Gilbert
$8,000
1936
Forty Winks
-
122
1:13 4/5
Greentree Stable
-
R. Workman
$7,000
1935
Red Rain
-
122
1:13
C. V. Whitney
-
R. Workman
$3,500
1934
Boxthorn
-
122
1:13
E. R. Bradley
-
D. Meade
$6,750
1933
Wise Daughter
-
119
1:12 3/5
F. A. Burton
-
L. Gilbert
$8,500
1932
Happy Gal
-
119
1:13
Belair Stud
-
T. Malley
$9,250
1931
Top Flight
-
119
1:12
C. V. Whitney
-
R. Workman
$11,000
1930
Jamestown
-
122
1:11 2/5
George D. Widener
-
L. McAtee
$14,050
1929
Whichone
-
122
1:13 4/5
H. P. Whitney
-
L. McAtee
$16,500
1928
Blue Larkspur
-
122
1:13 3/5
Idle Hour Farm Stable
-
A. Pascuma
$16,750
1927
Ariel
-
122
1:12 3/5
Rancocas Stable
-
L. Fator
$18,000
1926
Chance Shot
-
122
1:13
J. E. Widener
-
E. Sande
$15,750
1925
Haste
-
122
1:12 2/5
J. E. Widener
-
E. Sande
$12,000
1924
Sunny Man
-
122
1:12 2/5
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
-
L. Fator
$13,000
1923
St. James
-
122
1:11 3/5
George D. Widener
-
E. Sande
$12,750
1922
Goshawk
-
122
1:12 1/5
H. P. Whitney
-
L. McAtee
$12,750
1921
Morvich
-
122
1:12 1/5
Benjamin Block
-
F. Keogh
$10,500
1920
Tryster
-
122
1:12 3/5
H. P. Whitney
-
J. Rodriguez
$9,500
1919
Golden Broom
-
122
1:12 4/5
Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords
-
E. Ambrose
$8,500
1918
Hannibal
-
122
1:16 1/5
R. T. Wilson Jr.
-
L. Ensor
$11,000
1917
Sun Briar
-
122
1:15
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
-
W. Knapp
$11,750
1916
Campfire
-
122
1:13 1/5
R. T. Wilson Jr.
-
J. McTaggart
$5,625
1915
Dominant
-
122
1:16
L. S. Thompson
-
T. McTaggart
$5,125
1914
Regret
-
119
1:11 3/5
H. P. Whitney
-
J. Notter
$5,125
1913
Roamer
-
119
1:13
Andrew Miller
-
G. Byrne
$6,500
1910
Novelty
-
122
1:14 2/5
S. C. Hildreth
-
C. Shilling
$12,500
1909
Waldo
-
122
1:15 4/5
C. L. Harrison
-
D. Nicol
$4,875
1908
Sir Martin
-
122
1:18 4/5
J. E. Madden
-
C. Shilling
$9,250
1907
Colin
-
122
1:12
James R. Keene
-
W. Miller
$13,000
1906
Salvidere
-
119
1:12 2/5
T. Hitchock Jr.
-
W. Sewell
$15,000
1905
Mohawk II
-
122
1:07
John Sanford
-
A. Redfern
$16,500
1904
Sysonby
-
122
1:07
James R. Keene
-
A. Redfern
$14,000
1903
Aristocracy
-
122
1:11 4/5
J. E. Madden
-
F. O'Neill
$21,500
1902
Irish Lad
-
122
1:08 1/5
Whitney & Duryea
-
N. Turner
$18,000
1901
Goldsmith
-
122
1:08 4/5
W. C. Whitney
-
N. Turner
$14,500
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