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.
Records Speed record: 2:00.83 @ 1¼ miles - Evening Attire (2004)
Most wins: 2 - L'Carriere (1995, 1996) 2 - Evening Attire (2002, 2004)
Most wins by a jockey: 3 - Jorge Chavez (1996, 2000, 2003)
Most wins by a trainer: 3 - H. James Bond (1995, 1996, 2000)
Most wins by an owner: 2 - Virginia Kraft Payson (1995, 1996) 2 - Joseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Miles) Time Purse2005Suave4John VelazquezPaul J. McGeeJay Em Ess Stable (Mace & Samantha Siegel)12:03.38$250,0002004Evening Attire6Cornelio VelásquezPatrick J. KellyJoseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly12:00.83$250,0002003Puzzlement4Jorge ChavezH. Allen JerkensJoseph V. Shields Jr.12:03.54$300,0002002Evening Attire4Shaun BridgmohanPatrick J. KellyJoseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly12:02.95$300,0002001Aptitude4Jerry BaileyRobert J. FrankelJuddmonte Farms12:01.55$300,0002000Pleasant Breeze5Jorge ChavezH. James BondWilliam L. Clifton Jr.12:02.17$300,0001999Running Stag5Shane SellersPhilip MitchellRichard Cohen12:01.11$300,0001998Awesome Again4Pat DayPatrick B. ByrneStronach Stables12:03.14$300,0001997Cairo Express5Jean-Luc SamynMohammed MoubarakBuckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok)12:03.99$200,0001996L'Carriere5Jorge ChavezH. James BondVirginia Kraft Payson12:01.67$200,0001995L'Carriere4Jerry BaileyH. James BondVirginia Kraft Payson12:02.87$200,0001994Thunder Rumble5Richard MiglioreRichard O'ConnellBraeburn Farm (Konrad & Ursula Widner)11:48.52$250,000
See also New York Racing Association
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