Lake Placid Handicap
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The Lake Placid Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 held annually at Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It opened on August 3, 1863, and is the oldest organized sporting venue of any kind in the United States. It is typically open for racing from late July through early September.-History:John...

 in Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs, also known as simply Saratoga, is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 26,586 at the 2010 census. The name reflects the presence of mineral springs in the area. While the word "Saratoga" is known to be a corruption of a Native American name, ...

. It is run at a distance of one and one-eighths miles on the turf and is open to three-year-old fillies
Filly
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 and carries a purse of $150,000. The race is a Grade II
Graded stakes race
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 event.

Inaugurated as the Nijana Handicap in 1984, it was renamed the Lake Placid Stakes in 1998.

The Lake Placid Stakes has been contested at different distances:
  • 11/16 miles : 1985-1989
  • 1⅛ miles : 1984, 1990, 1996–present


In 1990, it was run on dirt.

The Lake Placid was run in two divisions in 1988, 1991, and from 1992 through 1995.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1⅛ miles)
  • 1:46.33 - Tenski (1998)


Most wins by an owner:
  • 2 - Joan & John Phillips
    Darby Dan Farm
    Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W. Galbreath. Named for the creek and for Galbreath's son, Daniel M. Galbreath , it was expanded from an original farm into a 4,000...

     (1996, 2002)


Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

:
  • 6 - Jerry D. Bailey (1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004)


Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

:
  • 2 - John M. Veitch
    John M. Veitch
    John M. Veitch is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Sylvester Veitch, his family has been part of the horse-training business for three generations....

     (1987, 1988)
  • 2 - D. Wayne Lukas
    D. Wayne Lukas
    Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

     (1990, 1993)
  • 2 - William I. Mott (1995, 2007)
  • 2 - James J. Toner
    James J. Toner
    James J. "Jimmy" Toner is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.At age nineteen in April 1960 he got his first win as a trainer, making him the youngest to ever win a Thoroughbred horse race in State of New York. He won the 1999 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf with Soaring Softly.-References:*...

     (1996, 2002)
  • 2 - Christophe Clement
    Christophe Clement
    Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head...

     (2004, 2005)

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2011 Hungry Island Alex Solis
Alex Solis
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Shug McGaughey
Shug McGaughey
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Emory Hamilton 1:53.77
2010 It's Tea Time Julien Leparoux
Julien Leparoux
Julien R. Leparoux is a Champion jockey currently racing in the United States.Leparoux, grew up in a racing family, the son of a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for...

George Arnold II Alex G. Campbell Jr. 1:54.52
2009 Shared Account Edgar Prado H. Graham Motion
H. Graham Motion
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Sagamore Farm 1:54.62
2008 Backseat Rhythm Javier Castellano
Javier Castellano
Javier Castellano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.In...

Patrick L. Reynolds Paul P. Pompa, Jr. 1:50.69
2007 Sharp Susan Kent Desormeaux
Kent Desormeaux
Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...

William I. Mott IEAH Stables
IEAH Stables
IEAH Stables operates a thoroughbred horse racing stable in the United States. It is based in Garden City, New York.IEAH was formed in 2003 by Michael Iavarone, Michael Sherack and Richard Schiavo. Current IEAH employees include Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens as a bloodstock agent and Mike...

1:46.69
2006 Wait a While Garrett Gomez
Garrett K. Gomez
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Todd A. Pletcher Arindel Farm 1:46.59
2005 Naissance Royale Edgar Prado Christophe Clement
Christophe Clement
Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head...

Monceaux Stable 1:47.14
2004 Spotlight Jerry D. Bailey Christophe Clement
Christophe Clement
Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head...

Green Hills Farm 1:50.54
2003 Sand Springs Mark Guidry
Mark Guidry
Mark Guidry is a retired American jockey.He began his riding career in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Louisiana in 1974 where he remained until 1986 when he went to race in Illinois. He was the leading jockey at Hawthorne Race Course seven times, Sportsman's Park nine times, and two...

Anthony Reinstedler Willmott Stables 1:49.03
2002 Wonder Again Edgar Prado James J. Toner
James J. Toner
James J. "Jimmy" Toner is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.At age nineteen in April 1960 he got his first win as a trainer, making him the youngest to ever win a Thoroughbred horse race in State of New York. He won the 1999 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf with Soaring Softly.-References:*...

Joan & John Phillips
Darby Dan Farm
Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W. Galbreath. Named for the creek and for Galbreath's son, Daniel M. Galbreath , it was expanded from an original farm into a 4,000...

1:49.24
2001 Snow Dance Richard Migliore John T. Ward, Jr.
John T. Ward, Jr.
John T. Ward, Jr. is an American racehorse trainer. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in Agricultural Economics, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He is a third generation horseman on both sides of his family...

John C. Oxley 1:47.42
2000 Gaviola Jerry D. Bailey William H. Turner, Jr. Twilite Farms 1:48.02
1999 Badouizm Robbie Davis
Robbie Davis
Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....

Brian Ange Michael Fowler 1:46.44
1998 Tenski Richard Migliore Linda L. Rice Richard L. Golden 1:46.33
1997 Witchful Thinking Shane Sellers
Shane Sellers
Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....

Niall O'Callaghan Leslie Grimm 1:47.65
1996 Memories of Silver Jerry D. Bailey James J. Toner
James J. Toner
James J. "Jimmy" Toner is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.At age nineteen in April 1960 he got his first win as a trainer, making him the youngest to ever win a Thoroughbred horse race in State of New York. He won the 1999 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf with Soaring Softly.-References:*...

Joan & John Phillips
Darby Dan Farm
Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W. Galbreath. Named for the creek and for Galbreath's son, Daniel M. Galbreath , it was expanded from an original farm into a 4,000...

1:47.80
1995 Class Kris Pat Day
Pat Day
Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...

James E. Picou Fred W. Hooper
Fred W. Hooper
Fred William Hooper was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. He was a member of The Jockey Club, an honorary director of the Breeders' Cup, and one of the founders of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and one of its first presidents.Born in Cleveland, Georgia, ...

1:40.90
1995 Bail Out Becky Shane Sellers
Shane Sellers
Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....

William I. Mott Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey 1:41.87
1994 Coronation Cup Jerry D. Bailey MacKenzie Miller
MacKenzie Miller
Mackenzie Todd Miller was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner/breeder. During his forty-six year career, he conditioned seventy-two stakes winners, including four Eclipse Award champions....

Rokeby Stables
Rokeby Stables
Rokeby Stables was an American thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm in Upperville, Virginia involved with both steeplechase and flat racing. The operation was established in the late 1940s by Paul Mellon who won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder in 1971 and again in 1986...

1:43.88
1994 Alywow
Alywow
Alywow was a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion filly racehorse and a member of the Canadian Racing Hall Of Fame.-Background:Alywow was owned and bred by David Willmot's Kinghaven Farms in King, Ontario. Her sire was Alysheba, the 1988 American Horse of the Year and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee...

Mike E. Smith Roger Attfield
Roger Attfield
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Kinghaven Farms
Kinghaven Farms
Kinghaven Farms is a thoroughbred horse racing stable founded in 1967 by Donald G. "Bud" Willmot. Located in King City, Ontario, north of Toronto, the success of the stable would see it expand to the United States with the acquisition of a farm and training center near Ocala, Florida. Kinghaven...

1:43.81
1993 Statuette Mike E. Smith Richard A. Destasio Peter E. Blum 1:41.58
1993 Amal Hayati Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

A. & R. al Kalifa 1:40.97
1992 Shannkara Mike E. Smith Nicolas Clement Craig B. Singer 1:41.84
1992 Heed Mike E. Smith William Badgett, Jr. August Belmont IV
August Belmont IV
August Belmont IV was an American Investment banker and Thoroughbred racehorse owner. The son of August Belmont III and Alice W. de Goicouria, he was a fourth generation banker and racehorse owner....

1:40.80
1991 Jinski's World Jose A. Santos Leo O'Brien Teresa M. Maher 1:41.01
1991 Grab The Green Angel Cordero, Jr. Barclay Tagg
Barclay Tagg
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Samuel H. Rogers, Jr. 1:40.20
1990 Jefforee Jose A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm
Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...

1:49.00
1989 Capades
Capades
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Angel Cordero, Jr. Richard O'Connell
Richard O'Connell (racehorse trainer)
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Poma Stable 1:41.00
1988 Love You By Heart Randy Romero
Randy Romero
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John M. Veitch
John M. Veitch
John M. Veitch is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Sylvester Veitch, his family has been part of the horse-training business for three generations....

Darby Dan Farm
Darby Dan Farm
Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W. Galbreath. Named for the creek and for Galbreath's son, Daniel M. Galbreath , it was expanded from an original farm into a 4,000...

1:40.80
1988 Betty Lobelia Jose A. Santos H. Allen Jerkens
H. Allen Jerkens
Harry Allen Jerkens is an American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer.Jerkens' father owned a riding academy on Long Island that led to his interest in horse racing and in 1950 he trained his first winner. Sometimes called the "Giant Killer", he is best known for his upsets...

Bohemia Stable 1:41.60
1987 Graceful Darby Jerry D. Bailey John M. Veitch
John M. Veitch
John M. Veitch is an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer. The son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Sylvester Veitch, his family has been part of the horse-training business for three generations....

James W. Phillips 1:41.40
1986 An Empress Jose A. Santos Laz Barrera
Laz Barrera
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Harbor View Farm 1:42.00
1985 Videogenic Robbie Davis
Robbie Davis
Robbie Glen Davis is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.-Early life:Davis grew up in a single parent household forced onto welfare, something that would impact him for the rest of his life....

Gasper Moschera Albert Davis 1:41.20
1984 Possible Mate Don MacBeth
Don MacBeth
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Philip G. Johnson Edward P. Evans 1:50.00
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