Horse race
The Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap was a Grade II Thoroughbred race for horses three-years-old and up run on dirt at Saratoga Race Course in New York from 1994 through 2005. From 1994 through 1996, it was run as the Saratoga Cup Handicap , the name of another race that was run from 1865 through 1955.
A Grade II event, it was set at a distance of 1 1/8 miles for its inaugural running but changed in 1995 to 1 1/4 miles. It offered a purse of $250,000.[ 1]
Records
Speed record:
Most wins:
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Most wins by an owner:
Winners
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.(Miles )
Time
Purse
2005
Suave
4
John Velazquez
Paul J. McGee
Jay Em Ess Stable (Mace & Samantha Siegel)
11 ⁄4
2:03.38
$250,000
2004
Evening Attire
6
Cornelio Velásquez
Patrick J. Kelly
Joseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly
11 ⁄4
2:00.83
$250,000
2003
Puzzlement
4
Jorge Chavez
H. Allen Jerkens
Joseph V. Shields Jr.
11 ⁄4
2:03.54
$300,000
2002
Evening Attire
4
Shaun Bridgmohan
Patrick J. Kelly
Joseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly
11 ⁄4
2:02.95
$300,000
2001
Aptitude
4
Jerry Bailey
Robert J. Frankel
Juddmonte Farms
11 ⁄4
2:01.55
$300,000
2000
Pleasant Breeze
5
Jorge Chavez
H. James Bond
William L. Clifton Jr.
11 ⁄4
2:02.17
$300,000
1999
Running Stag
5
Shane Sellers
Philip Mitchell
Richard Cohen
11 ⁄4
2:01.11
$300,000
1998
Awesome Again
4
Pat Day
Patrick B. Byrne
Stronach Stables
11 ⁄4
2:03.14
$300,000
1997
Cairo Express
5
Jean-Luc Samyn
Mohammed Moubarak
Buckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok)
11 ⁄4
2:03.99
$200,000
1996
L'Carriere
5
Jorge Chavez
H. James Bond
Virginia Kraft Payson
11 ⁄4
2:01.67
$200,000
1995
L'Carriere
4
Jerry Bailey
H. James Bond
Virginia Kraft Payson
11 ⁄4
2:02.87
$200,000
1994
Thunder Rumble
5
Richard Migliore
Richard O'Connell
Braeburn Farm (Konrad & Ursula Widner)
11 ⁄8
1:48.52
$250,000
See also
References