Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap
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The Saratoga Breeders’ Cup Handicap was, until it was discontinued in 2005, a Thoroughbred
race for horses three-years-old and up run at Saratoga Race Course
. A Grade II
event, it was set in 1995 at one and one quarter miles on the dirt and offered a purse of $250,000.
This race is now known as the Ballston Spa Handicap and is restricted to fillies
and mare
s.
Before its discontinuation by the New York Racing Association
(NYRA) (fearful of bankruptcy
and therefore cutting back on purses or the entire elimination of certain races), the Saratoga Breeders’ Cup had run for 87 years.
That year the NYRA also eliminated the Astarita, the Valley Stream, the Flash Stakes
, the Cowdin Stakes
, the Huntington, the Lawrence Realization Stakes
(which moved to Belmont Park
), the Belmont Breeders' Cup and the Meadowbrook Steeplechase.
Kentucky
won the first two runnings of this race. His half-brother Tom Ochiltree
won it in 1876. Parole
won it twice: 1877 & 1878. Roamer won it in 1915. Friar Rock
won it in 1916. And Exterminator
won it four years in row: 1918 through 1921. Busanda
won it twice: 1951 and 1952, as did Stymie
in 1945 and 1946.
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
race for horses three-years-old and up run 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...
. A Grade II
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
event, it was set in 1995 at one and one quarter miles on the dirt and offered a purse of $250,000.
This race is now known as the Ballston Spa Handicap and is restricted to fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
and mare
Mare
Female horses are called mares.Mare is the Latin word for "sea".The word may also refer to:-People:* Ahmed Marzooq, also known as Mare, a footballer and Secretary General of Maldives Olympic Committee* Mare Winningham, American actress and singer...
s.
Before its discontinuation by the New York Racing Association
New York Racing Association
The New York Racing Association, Inc. is the not-for-profit corporation that operates the three largest thoroughbred horse-racing tracks in the state of New York. It runs Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Queens, Belmont Park in Elmont, Long Island , and Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga...
(NYRA) (fearful of bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
and therefore cutting back on purses or the entire elimination of certain races), the Saratoga Breeders’ Cup had run for 87 years.
That year the NYRA also eliminated the Astarita, the Valley Stream, the Flash Stakes
Flash Stakes
The Flash Stakes was an important and prestigious race for two-year-old Thoroughbred horses and one of the longest running horse racing events in America. Run before races were graded, the Flash was won by a host of starry names...
, the Cowdin Stakes
Cowdin Stakes
The Cowdin Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack and at Belmont Park. First run in 1923 as the Junior Champion Stakes, it was renamed the Cowdin Stakes in 1941 to honor to John Cheever Cowdin, former president of Aqueduct Racetrack.The race was for...
, the Huntington, the Lawrence Realization Stakes
Lawrence Realization Stakes
The Lawrence Realization Stakes was an American horse race first run on the turf in 1889. The race, for three-year-old Thoroughbred colts, geldings and fillies, was last run in 2005.-History:...
(which moved to Belmont Park
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in Elmont in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island adjoining New York City. It first opened on May 4, 1905...
), the Belmont Breeders' Cup and the Meadowbrook Steeplechase.
Kentucky
Kentucky (horse)
Kentucky , was a successful American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 21 of his 23 starts, including 20 consecutive wins....
won the first two runnings of this race. His half-brother Tom Ochiltree
Tom Ochiltree
Tom Ochiltree , was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, one of the last by the great foundation stallion, blind Lexington, still standing at what by then was A. J. Alexander's Woodburn Stud in Kentucky. Tom Ochiltree was an enormous colt, eventually reaching 16 hands 2½ inches high with a girth of...
won it in 1876. Parole
Parole (horse)
Parole was a Thoroughbred race horse bred by Pierre Lorillard, a scion of the tobacco family. Lorillard and his brother George were both horsemen and competed throughout their careers...
won it twice: 1877 & 1878. Roamer won it in 1915. Friar Rock
Friar Rock
Friar Rock was a Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. His most important win came in the 1916 Belmont Stakes.-Background:...
won it in 1916. And Exterminator
Exterminator (horse)
Exterminator was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, and in 1922 won Horse of the Year honors....
won it four years in row: 1918 through 1921. Busanda
Busanda
Busanda was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse best remembered as the dam of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Buckpasser. Regally bred, Busanda was sired by 1937 U.S. Triple Crown champion, War Admiral, a son of Man o' War who was ranked No. 1 in the Blood-Horse magazine list of the top...
won it twice: 1951 and 1952, as did Stymie
Stymie (horse)
Stymie was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Stymie was bred by Max Hirsch, and was born on King Ranch, in Texas.As a young horse, Stymie possessed so terrible a disposition that his ability to race was hampered; his trainer did not see much in him...
in 1945 and 1946.
Past winners
- 2005 - Suave (John Velazquez)
- 2004 - Evening AttireEvening Attire (horse)Evening Attire is a Kentucky bred Thoroughbred racehorse, foaled on February 14, 1998, though most of his racing career has taken place in New York.-A little history, early and late:Bred by Joseph M. Grant and Hall of Famer Thomas J...
(Cornelio VelasquezCornelio VelásquezCornelio H. Velásquez is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school...
) (Funny CideFunny CideFunny Cide is a Thoroughbred race horse who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in 2003. He is the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby and the first gelding to win since Clyde Van Dusen in 1929.-Bloodlines:...
, Edgar Prado up, placed.) - 2003 - Puzzlement (Jorge Chavez) (Volponi placed.)
- 2002 - Evening AttireEvening Attire (horse)Evening Attire is a Kentucky bred Thoroughbred racehorse, foaled on February 14, 1998, though most of his racing career has taken place in New York.-A little history, early and late:Bred by Joseph M. Grant and Hall of Famer Thomas J...
(GanderGander (horse)Gander is a thoroughbred race horse by Cormorant out of Lovely Nurse by Sawbones...
won but as he was riderless, he was disqualified.) - 2001 - Aptitude (Jerry BaileyJerry BaileyJerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has...
) (Aptitude had placed in both the Kentucky DerbyKentucky DerbyThe Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
and the Preakness StakesPreakness StakesThe Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...
.) - 2000 - Pleasant Breeze
- 1999 - Running Stag (Shane SellersShane SellersShane 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....
) - 1998 - Awesome AgainAwesome AgainAwesome Again is an Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by Frank Stronach of Newmarket, Ontario, Awesome Again was sired by Deputy Minister and out of the 2000 Broodmare of the Year Primal Force....
- 1997 - Cairo Express (Jean-Luc Samyn)
- 1996 - L'Carriere (Peaks and ValleysPeaks and ValleysPeaks and Valleys is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Josephine Abercrombie's Pin Oak Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, he was the son of Carter Handicap winner Mt. Livermore, a son of the very important Champion sire, Blushing Groom...
, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Champion Three-Year-Old-Colt, 1995, placed.) - 1995 - L'Carriere
- 1994 - Thunder RumbleThunder RumbleThunder Rumble is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse whom Bloodhorse called a "sensation at Saratoga" race course for his performances there in 1992....
- 1993 - Fourstars Allstar
- 1988 - Steinlen (American Champion Male Turf Horse, 1989)
- 1963 - Will I Rule (Quick Pitch, American Champion Steeplechaser, 1967, placed.)
- 1955 - Chevation
- 1954 - Great Captain
- 1953 - Alerted
- 1952 - BusandaBusandaBusanda was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse best remembered as the dam of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Buckpasser. Regally bred, Busanda was sired by 1937 U.S. Triple Crown champion, War Admiral, a son of Man o' War who was ranked No. 1 in the Blood-Horse magazine list of the top...
(FillyFillyA filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
) - 1951 - BusandaBusandaBusanda was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse best remembered as the dam of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Buckpasser. Regally bred, Busanda was sired by 1937 U.S. Triple Crown champion, War Admiral, a son of Man o' War who was ranked No. 1 in the Blood-Horse magazine list of the top...
- 1950 - Cochise
- 1949 - Doubtless
- 1948 - Snow Goose (FillyFillyA filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
) (Miss Grillo, filly, placed.) - 1947 - Talon
- 1946 - StymieStymie (horse)Stymie was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Stymie was bred by Max Hirsch, and was born on King Ranch, in Texas.As a young horse, Stymie possessed so terrible a disposition that his ability to race was hampered; his trainer did not see much in him...
(Won in a walk-over.) - 1945 - StymieStymie (horse)Stymie was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Stymie was bred by Max Hirsch, and was born on King Ranch, in Texas.As a young horse, Stymie possessed so terrible a disposition that his ability to race was hampered; his trainer did not see much in him...
- 1944 - Bolingbroke (Raced and won for 6 years)
- 1943 - PrincequilloPrincequilloPrincequillo was a Thoroughbred racehorse conceived in France and born in Ireland. He is known for his performances in long-distance races and his successes as a sire.-Background:...
- 1942 - Bolingbroke
- 1941 - Dorimar (FillyFillyA filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
) - 1940 - Isolater (GB) & Fenelon (Coupled as an entry, walked over.)
- 1939 - Isolater
- 1938 - War AdmiralWar AdmiralWar Admiral was an American thoroughbred racehorse, the offspring of the great thoroughbred Man o' War and the mare Brushup. He inherited his father's fiery temperament and talent, but did not resemble him physically...
(Esposa, American Champion Handicap Mare, 1937 & 1938, placed.) - 1937 - Count Arthur
- 1936 - GranvilleGranville (horse)Granville was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by prominent horseman William Woodward, Sr. at his Belair Stud in Bowie, Maryland, Granville was sired by U.S...
(DiscoveryDiscovery (horse)Discovery was an American Thoroughbred racehorse about whom the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame said: "...considered one of the greatest horses of the 20th century."...
, placed, beaten by 8 lengths.) - 1935 - Count Arthur
- 1934 - Dark SecretDark Secret (horse)Dark Secret was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred and raced by Wheatley Stable, a partnership between Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden Mills, the United States Secretary of the Treasury....
(Faireno, American Champion Three-Year-Old Male of 1932, placed.) - 1933 - EquipoiseEquipoise (horse)Equipoise was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse, a chestnut bred in the United States by Harry Payne Whitney and owned by his son, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney...
- 1932 - War Hero (Dark Secret came in third.)
- 1931 - Twenty GrandTwenty GrandTwenty Grand was an American thoroughbred race horse. Owned and bred by Helen Hay Whitney's Greentree Stable, Twenty Grand was a bay colt by St. Germans out of Bonus.- Racing career :Trained at age three by James G. Rowe, Jr...
(Sun BeauSun BeauSun Beau was an American Thoroughbred Champion Hall of Fame racehorse. Sired by Sun Briar, his damsire was Fair Play who sired Man o' War. Sun Beau accomplished a great deal in five years of racing despite having eight different trainers....
placed.) - 1930 - Gallant FoxGallant FoxGallant Fox was a United States Thoroughbred horseracing champion.Foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky by Sir Gallahad III out of the mare Marguerite, Gallant Fox was a bay colt who became the second horse to win the U.S...
- 1929 - Diavolo (Champion Handicap Horse, 1929)
- 1928 - Reigh CountReigh CountReigh Count was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and the 1929 Coronation Cup in England....
- 1927 - Chance PlayChance PlayChance Play was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire. Bred by August Belmont, Jr., he was out of the mare Quelle Chance, a daughter of 1900 Metropolitan Handicap winner, Ethelbert. He was sired by Fair Play who also sired the legendary Man o' War...
- 1926 - Espino
- 1925 - Mad PlayMad PlayMad Play was an American-bred Thoroughbred stallion racehorse. Bred by August Belmont, Jr., he was sired by the great Fair Play, which made him a half brother to Man o' War, out of another Rock Sand mare, Mad Cap. He was a full brother to 1921 U.S...
- 1924 - Mr. Mutt
- 1923 - My Own
- 1922 - ExterminatorExterminator (horse)Exterminator was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, and in 1922 won Horse of the Year honors....
(Mad Hatter placed.) - 1921 - ExterminatorExterminator (horse)Exterminator was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, and in 1922 won Horse of the Year honors....
(Won in a walk-over.) - 1920 - ExterminatorExterminator (horse)Exterminator was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, and in 1922 won Horse of the Year honors....
(Cleopatra, Champion Three-Year-Old FillyFillyA filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
, placed.) - 1919 - ExterminatorExterminator (horse)Exterminator was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, and in 1922 won Horse of the Year honors....
(PurchasePurchase (horse)Purchase , an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was called "The Adonis of the Turf." Walter Vosburgh, the official handicapper for The Jockey Club as well as a turf historian for many years , wrote: "…one of the most exquisitely beautiful of racehorses…to describe Purchase would be to exhaust the...
placed.) - 1918 - JohrenJohrenJohren was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United States. His most important win came in the 1918 Belmont Stakes.-Background:...
(Roamer placed.) - 1917 - Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam (horse)Omar Khayyam was a British-born Thoroughbred racehorse who was sold as a yearling to an American racing partnership and who became the first foreign-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby...
- 1916 - Friar RockFriar RockFriar Rock was a Champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. His most important win came in the 1916 Belmont Stakes.-Background:...
(Roamer placed. The Finn, Champion Three-Year-Old Male and sire of ZevZev (horse)Zev was an American thoroughbred horse racing champion.-Background:A brown colt, Zev was sired by The Finn out of the mare Miss Kearney . Bred by the famous horseman John E. Madden, Zev was owned by the Rancocas Stable of Harry F...
, came in third.) - 1915 - Roamer
- 1914 - Star Gaze
- 1912 - NOT RUN
- 1911 - NOT RUN
- 1910 - Countless
- 1909 - OlambalaOlambalaOlambala was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Tennessee by John G. Greener, his British-born sire Ornus, a son of Bend Or, a two-time leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland, was imported to stand at stud in the United States...
- 1908 - NOT RUN
- 1907 - Running Water (FillyFillyA filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
) - 1906 - Go Between
- 1905 - Caughnawaga (BeldameBeldameBeldame was one of the great racing fillies of Twentieth century American breeding.-A horse to lease:The chestnut was foaled near Lexington, Kentucky in 1901 by Octagon, out of the English bred Bella Donna...
placed.) - 1904 - BeldameBeldameBeldame was one of the great racing fillies of Twentieth century American breeding.-A horse to lease:The chestnut was foaled near Lexington, Kentucky in 1901 by Octagon, out of the English bred Bella Donna...
- 1903 - AfricanderAfricander (horse)Africander was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred by James Ben Ali Haggin at his Rancho Del Paso horse farm near Sacramento, he was sired by Star Ruby, a son of Hampton, the 1877 Goodwood Cup winner and the British Champion sire of 1887...
- 1902 - Advance Guard
- 1901 - Blues
- 1892 through 1900 - NOT RUN
- 1891 - Los Angeles
- 1887 through 1890 - NOT RUN
- 1886 - Volante
- 1885 - Bob Miles
- 1884 - General Monroe
- 1883 - General Monroe
- 1882 - Thora (Champion daughter of LongfellowLongfellow (horse)Longfellow was one of America's first great Thoroughbred racehorses and the sire of great racehorses. A legend in his own time, he was out of the first crop of the outstanding imported English stallion Leamington....
) - 1881 - Checkmate
- 1880 - Long Taw
- 1879 - Bramble
- 1878 - ParoleParole (horse)Parole was a Thoroughbred race horse bred by Pierre Lorillard, a scion of the tobacco family. Lorillard and his brother George were both horsemen and competed throughout their careers...
- 1877 - ParoleParole (horse)Parole was a Thoroughbred race horse bred by Pierre Lorillard, a scion of the tobacco family. Lorillard and his brother George were both horsemen and competed throughout their careers...
- 1876 - Tom OchiltreeTom OchiltreeTom Ochiltree , was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, one of the last by the great foundation stallion, blind Lexington, still standing at what by then was A. J. Alexander's Woodburn Stud in Kentucky. Tom Ochiltree was an enormous colt, eventually reaching 16 hands 2½ inches high with a girth of...
- 1875 - SpringbokSpringbok (horse)Springbok was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the seventh Belmont Stakes in 1873. Foaled in 1870, he was sired by the imported stallion Australian, his dam was a daughter of Lexington. During his racing career he started 25 races, winning 17 of them...
and Preakness dead heatedTieTie may refer to:* Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders* Tie , a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports...
- 1874 - SpringbokSpringbok (horse)Springbok was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the seventh Belmont Stakes in 1873. Foaled in 1870, he was sired by the imported stallion Australian, his dam was a daughter of Lexington. During his racing career he started 25 races, winning 17 of them...
- 1873 - Joe DanielsJoe Daniels (horse)Joe Daniels was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion who won the sixth Belmont Stakes in 1872. Bred in Kentucky, Joe Daniels won two stakes races as a two-year-old and then the Belmont as a three-year-old when he also won a number of other stakes races, and some match races in California...
(US Champion Three-Year-Old Male, 1872.) - 1872 - Harry Bassett (US Champion Two-Year-Old Male, 1870, Three-Year-Old Male, 1871, Older Male, 1872)
- 1871 - LongfellowLongfellow (horse)Longfellow was one of America's first great Thoroughbred racehorses and the sire of great racehorses. A legend in his own time, he was out of the first crop of the outstanding imported English stallion Leamington....
- 1870 - Helmbold
- 1869 - Bayonet
- 1867 - Muggins
- 1866 - KentuckyKentucky (horse)Kentucky , was a successful American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 21 of his 23 starts, including 20 consecutive wins....
- 1865 - KentuckyKentucky (horse)Kentucky , was a successful American Thoroughbred racehorse who won 21 of his 23 starts, including 20 consecutive wins....