Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap
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The Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap is an American race for Thoroughbred horses set at a distance of six furlongs on the dirt at Saratoga Race Course. The Grade II Vanderbilt is open to three year olds and up of either gender, and carries a purse of $200,000.
Called the A Phenomenon Handicap before 2000, the race is now named for Alfred G. Vanderbilt II, a devotee of horse racing. The New York Turf Writers honored Vanderbilt by voting him as “The Man Who Did The Most for Racing,” a record four times.
The Vanderbilt will be in its 24th running in 2008.
[edit] Past winners
Winners since the turn of the new century are:
- 2007 - Diabolical (Mario Pino)
- 2006 - War Front
- 2005 - Pomeroy
- 2004 - Speightstown
- 2003 - Private Horde
- 2002 - Orientate
- 2001 - Five Star Day
- 2000 - Successful Appeal
