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Named after the family that for generations has had so much to do with racing at Saratoga, the Whitney Handicap was first run in 1928. The Whitney family’s involvement with thoroughbreds began when William Collins Whitney, one of the founders of The Jockey Club, began campaigning racehorses in 1898, bearing the familiar Eton blue-and-brown silks. His legacy was carried on by his son, Harry Payne Whitney, and grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt “Sonny” Whitney, who died in 1992, with other family members involved under various names including Greentree Stables. Whitney-owned horses have won every major race in the United States including multiple wins at the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. Prior to 1954, the Whitney was run at 1 ¼ miles as a weight-for-age event, and from 1957-69 it was restricted to 4-year-olds and up. Beginning in 1955 it was run at its current distance of 1 1/8 miles. It returned to a weight-for-age event for the 2014 edition.
$1,000,000.00 1 1/8 (Dirt) Grade:I
| Year | Horse | Age | Weight | Time | Owner | Trainer | Jockey | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Arthur's Ride | 4 | 118 | 1:48.54 | Glassman Racing | William I. Mott | Junior Alvarado | $550,000 |
| 2023 | White Abarrio | 4 | 124 | 1:48.45 | C Two Racing Stable and Pagnano, Antonio | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | $550,000 |
| 2022 | Life Is Good | 4 | 124 | 1:48.97 | CHC Inc. & WinStar Farm LLC | Todd A. Pletcher | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | $550,000 |
| 2021 | Knicks Go | 5 | 124 | 1:47.70 | Korea Racing Authority | Brad H. Cox | Joel Rosario | $550,000 |
| 2020 | Improbable | 4 | 124 | 1:48.65 | WinStar Farm LLC, CHC Inc. and SF Racing LLC | Bob Baffert | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | $412,500 |
| 2019 | McKinzie | 4 | 124 | 1:47.10 | Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman | Bob Baffert | Mike Smith | $650,000 |
| 2018 | Diversify | 5 | 124 | 1:49.62 | Lauren & Ralph M. Evans | Richard A. Violette, Jr. | Irad Ortiz Jr. | $650,000 |
| 2017 | Gun Runner | 4/C | 124 | 1:47.71 | Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm | Steven M. Asmussen | Florent Geroux | $650,000 |
| 2016 | Frosted | - | 124 | 1:47.77 | Godolphin Racing LLC | Kiaran P. McLaughlin | Joel Rosario | $670,000 |
| 2015 | Honor Code | - | 124 | 1:47.82 | Lane's End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm LLC | Claude R. McGaughey III | Javier Castellano | $670,000 |
| 2014 | Moreno | - | 117 | 1:48.05 | Southern Equine Stable LLC | Eric J. Guillot | Junior Alvarado | $800,000 |
| 2013 | Cross Traffic | 4 | 117 | 1:47.89 | GoldMark Farm, LLC | Todd A. Pletcher | John R. Velazquez | $450,000 |
| 2012 | Fort Larned | 4 | 117 | 1:47.76 | Janis R. Whitham | Ian R. Wilkes | Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. | $450,000 |
| 2011 | Tizway | 6 | 118 | 1:52.43 | William L. Clifton, Jr. | H. James Bond | Rajiv Maragh | $450,000 |
| 2010 | Blame | 4 | 121 | 1:48.88 | Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, Adele B. | Albert M. Stall, Jr. | Garrett K. Gomez | $450,000 |
| 2009 | Bullsbay | 5 | 116 | 1:48.12 | Mitchell Ranch LLC, Frank Lewkowitz, Joe Rice | H. Graham Motion | Jeremy Rose | $450,000 |
| 2008 | Commentator | 7 | 120 | 1:50.23 | Tracy Farmer | Nicholas P. Zito | John R. Velazquez | $450,000 |
| 2007 | Lawyer Ron | 4 | 118 | 1:46.64 | Hines Racing LLC | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | $450,000 |
| 2006 | Invasor (ARG) | 4 | 120 | 1:49.06 | Shadwell Stable | Kiaran McLaughlin | Fernando Jara | $450,000 |
| 2005 | Commentator | 4 | 116 | 1:48.3 | Tracy Farmer | Nicholas P. Zito | Gary Stevens | $450,000 |
| 2004 | Roses in May | 4 | 114 | 1:48 2/5 | Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey | Dale Romans | Edgar Prado | $450,000 |
| 2003 | Medaglia d'Oro | 4 | 123 | 1:47 3/5 | Edmund A. Gann | Robert Frankel | Jerry Bailey | $450,000 |
| 2002 | Left Bank | 5 | 118 | 1:47 2/5 | Michael B. Tabor | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | $450,000 |
| 2001 | Lido Palace | 4 | 115 | 1:47 4/5 | John Amerman | Robert Frankel | Jerry Bailey | $540,000 |
| 2000 | Lemon Drop Kid | 4 | 123 | 1:48 1/5 | Jeanne G. Vance | Flint S. Schulhofer | Edgar Prado | $680,000 |
| 1999 | Victory Gallop | 4 | 123 | 1:48 3/5 | Prestonwood Farm Inc. | W. Elliott Walden | Jerry Bailey | $360,000 |
| 1998 | Awesome Again | 4 | 117 | 1:49 3/5 | Stronach Stables | Patrick Byrne | Pat Day | $240,000 |
| 1997 | Will's Way | 4 | 117 | 1:48 1/5 | Rudlein Stable | H. James Bond | Jerry Bailey | $210,000 |
| 1996 | Mahogany Hall | 5 | 113 | 1:48 3/5 | Woodlyn Farm | James Baker | Jose Santos | $210,000 |
| 1995 | Unaccounted For | 4 | 114 | 1:49 1/5 | Morven Stud | Flint S. Schulhofer | Pat Day | $210,000 |
| 1994 | Colonial Affair | 4 | 117 | 1:48 3/5 | Centennial Farms | Flint S. Schulhofer | Jose Santos | $210,000 |
| 1993 | Brunswick | 4 | 112 | 1:47 2/5 | Jerry Denker | Anthony Margotta Jr. | Mike Smith | $150,000 |
| 1992 | Sultry Song | 4 | 115 | 1:47 1/5 | Live Oak Plantation | Patrick J. Kelly | Jerry Bailey | $150,000 |
| 1991 | In Excess | 4 | 121 | 1:48 | Jack J. Munari | Bruce L. Jackson | Gary Stevens | $150,000 |
| 1990 | Criminal Type | 5 | 126 | 1:48 3/5 | Calumet Farm | D. Wayne Lukas | Gary Stevens | $140,640 |
| 1989 | Easy Goer | 3 | 119 | 1:47 2/5 | Ogden Phipps | Claude R. McGaughey | Pat Day | $172,500 |
| 1988 | Personal Ensign | 4 | 117 | 1:47 4/5 | Ogden Phipps | Claude R. McGaughey | Randy Romero | $162,300 |
| 1987 | Java Gold | 3 | 113 | 1:48 2/5 | Rokeby Stable | Mack Miller | Pat Day | $173,100 |
| 1986 | Lady's Secret | 4 | 119 | 1:49 4/5 | Eugene Klein | D. Wayne Lukas | Pat Day | $202,500 |
| 1985 | Track Barron | 4 | 124 | 1:47 3/5 | Peter M. Brant | Leroy Jolley | Angel Cordero Jr. | $160,688 |
| 1984 | Slew o' Gold | 4 | 126 | 1:48 1/5 | Equusequity Stable | John O. Hertler | Angel Cordero Jr. | $165,744 |
| 1983 | Island Whirl | 5 | 123 | 1:48 2/5 | Elcee-H Stable | Lazaro S. Barrera | Eddie Delahoussaye | $103,860 |
| 1982 | Silver Buck | 4 | 115 | 1:47 4/5 | C.V. Whitney | Elliott Burch | Don MacBeth | $99,000 |
| 1981 | Fio Rito | 6 | 113 | 1:48 | Raymond LeCesse | Michael Ferraro | Leslie Hulet | $105,300 |
| 1980 | State Dinner | 5 | 120 | 1:48 1/5 | C.V. Whitney | Elliott Burch | Ruben Hernandez | $99,540 |
| 1979 | Star De Naskra | 4 | 120 | 1:47 3/5 | Caryle J. Lancaster | Richard D. Ferris | Jeffrey Fell | $65,040 |
| 1978 | Alydar | 3 | 123 | 1:47 2/5 | Calumet Farm | John M. Veitch | Jorge Velasquez | $49,545 |
| 1977 | Nearly On Time | 3 | 103 | 1:49 2/5 | Mrs. Moody Jolley | Leroy Jolley | Steve Cauthen | $49,545 |
| 1976 | Dancing Gun | 4 | 108 | 1:50 | Gedney Farms | Lazaro S. Barrera | Roger I. Velez | $48,825 |
| 1975 | Ancient Title | 5 | 128 | 1:48 1/5 | Ethel Kirkland | Keith Stucki | Sandy Hawley | $50,085 |
| 1974 | Tri Jet | 5 | 123 | 1:47 | Fred W. Hooper | Charles R. Parke | Laffit Pincay Jr. | $33,390 |
| 1973 | Onion | 4 | 119 | 1:49 1/5 | Hobeau Farm | H. Allen Jerkens | Jacinto Vasquez | $32,310 |
| 1972 | Key To The Mint | 3 | 113 | 1:49 1/5 | Rokeby Stable | Elliott Burch | Braulio Baeza | $34,350 |
| 1971 | Protanto | 4 | 117 | 1:49 2/5 | Cragwood Stable | Mack Miller | Jorge Velasquez | $36,300 |
| 1970 | Judgable | 3 | 112 | 1:48 2/5 | Saul Nadler | Herbert Nadler | Robert Woodhouse | $39,260 |
| 1969 | Verbatim | 4 | 121 | 1:50 | Elmendorf | James P. Conway | Pete Anderson | $35,945 |
| 1968 | Dr. Fager | 4 | 132 | 1:48 4/5 | Tartan Stable | John A. Nerud | Braulio Baeza | $34,775 |
| 1967 | Stupendous | 4 | 114 | 1:48 1/5 | Wheatley Stable | Edward A. Neloy | Eddie Belmonte | $36,530 |
| 1966 | Staunchness | 4 | 109 | 1:50 1/5 | Red Oak Stable | Victor J. Nickerson | Ernest Cardone | $36,140 |
| 1965 | Kelso | 8 | 130 | 1:49 4/5 | Bohemia Stable | Carl Hanford | Ismael Valenzuela | $35,360 |
| 1964 | Gun Bow | 4 | 130 | 1:49 1/5 | Gedney Farms | E. Neloy | W. Blum | $35,295 |
| 1963 | Kelso | 6 | 130 | 1:50 2/5 | Bohemia Stable | C. Hanford | I. Valenzuela | $36,270 |
| 1962 | Carry Back | 4 | 130 | 1:50 | Mrs. Katherine Price | J. Price | J. Sellers | $37,310 |
| 1961 | Kelso | 4 | 130 | 1:48 | Bohemia Stable | C. Hanford | E. Arcaro | $36,400 |
| 1960 | Warhead | 5 | 111 | 1:51 | Mabel C. Scholtz | K. Jensen | M. Sorrentino | $37,750 |
| 1959 | Plion | 4 | 114 | 1:53 | Edward M. Potter | T. Jolley | M. Ycaza | $37,165 |
| 1958 | Cohoes | 4 | 114 | 1:51 3/5 | Greentree Stable | J. Gaver | J. Ruane | $29,205 |
| 1957 | Kingmaker | 4 | 115 | 1:52 4/5 | Happy Hill Farm | F. Wright | R. Ussery | $31,400 |
| 1956 | Dedicate | 4 | 116 | 1:49 4/5 | Mrs. Jan Burke | C. Winfrey | W. Boland | $31,500 |
| 1955 | First Aid | 5 | 113 | 1:51 3/5 | Brookmeade Stable | E. Burch | H. Woodhouse | $18,100 |
| 1954 | Social Outcast | 4 | 115 | 2:04 2/5 | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | W. Winfrey | E. Guerin | $40,300 |
| 1953 | Tom Fool | 4 | 126 | 2:05 2/5 | Greentree Stable | - | T. Atkinson | $18,250 |
| 1952 | Counterpoint | 4 | 123 | 2:05 3/5 | C. V. Whitney | - | D. Gorman | $15,800 |
| 1951 | One Hitter | 5 | 120 | 2:05 | Greentree Stable | - | T. Atkinson | $15,300 |
| 1950 | Piet | 5 | 116 | 2:06 3/5 | P. A. Markey | - | N. Combest | $16,200 |
| 1949 | Round View | 6 | 110 | 2:06 3/5 | Sanford Stud Farms | - | S. Perez | $15,400 |
| 1948 | Gallorette | 6 | 115 | 2:05 1/5 | William L. Brann | - | A. Kirkland | $15,450 |
| 1947 | Rico Monte | 5 | 113 | 2:02 3/5 | W. Arnold Hanger | - | R. Donoso | $18,550 |
| 1946 | Stymie | 5 | 120 | 2:07 2/5 | Mrs. E. D. Jacobs | - | B. James | $19,350 |
| 1945 | Trymenow | 3 | 103 | 2:02 1/5 | Walter M. Jeffords | - | H. Lindberg | $12,135 |
| 1944 | Devil Diver | 5 | 117 | 2:02 | Greentree Stable | - | E. Arcaro | $11,495 |
| 1943 | Bolingbroke | 6 | 117 | 2:02 | Townsend B. Martin | - | H. Lindberg | $7,900 |
| 1942 | Swing and Sway | 4 | 117 | 2:05 2/5 | Greentree Stable | - | D. Meade | $4,975 |
| 1941 | Fenelon | 4 | 120 | 2:06 2/5 | Belair Stud | - | J. Stout | $5,000 |
| 1940 | Challedon | 4 | 126 | 2:03 1/5 | William L. Brann | - | G. Woolf | $2,700 |
| 1939 | Eight Thirty | 3 | 117 | 2:06 1/5 | George D. Widener | - | H. Richards | $2,750 |
| 1938 | War Admiral | 4 | 126 | 2:03 4/5 | Glen Riddle Farm | - | W. D. Wright | $2,725 |
| 1937 | Esposa | 5 | 121 | 2:05 1/5 | William Ziegler Jr. | - | N. Wall | $3,000 |
| 1936 | Discovery | 5 | 126 | 2:06 4/5 | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | - | J. Bejshak | $3,250 |
| 1935 | Discovery | 4 | 126 | 2:04 4/5 | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | - | J. Bejshak | $3,125 |
| 1934 | Discovery | 3 | 105 | 2:07 4/5 | Alfred G. Vanderbilt | - | D. Meade | $2,475 |
| 1933 | Caesars Ghost | 3 | 107 | 2:10 4/5 | Brookmeade Stable | - | D. Belizzi | $2,425 |
| 1932 | Equipoise | 4 | 126 | 2:05 3/5 | C. V. Whitney | - | R. Workman | $5,450 |
| 1931 | St. Brideaux | 3 | 117 | 2:05 | Greentree Stable | - | L. McAtee | $6,900 |
| 1930 | Whichone | 3 | 117 | 2:04 | H. P. Whitney | - | R. Workman | $7,100 |
| 1929 | Bateau | 4 | 121 | 2:09 2/5 | Walter M. Jeffords | - | E. Ambrose | $5,850 |
| 1928 | Black Maria | 5 | 121 | 2:06 | W. R. Coe | - | L. Fator | $6,500 |
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