Sanford Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location |
Saratoga Race Course Saratoga, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1913 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www.nyra.com/index saratoga |
Race information | |
Distance | 6 furlong sprint |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Two-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 (2015) |
The Sanford Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of July at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. A six furlong sprint race, the Grade III event is open to two-year-old horses.
Inaugurated in 1913 as the Sanford Memorial Stakes, it was modified to its present name in 1927. The race is named for Stephen Sanford and his son John, Amsterdam, New York businessmen from one of Saratoga's original horse racing families. Their horses first appeared in the Saratoga races in 1880. Stephen Sanford named all his best horses after members of the Mohawk nation.
The race was hosted by Belmont Park from 1943 through 1945. It was contested at five and a half furlongs from 1962 through 1968. Held for almost a hundred years, the only two years in which it did not take place was 1961 and 2005.
Only four horses have ever won all three Saratoga Racecourse events for two-year-olds. Regret (1914), Campfire (1916), Dehere (1993), and City Zip (2000) each swept the Sanford Stakes, Saratoga Special Stakes, and Hopeful Stakes.
It was in the seventh running of the Sanford in 1919 that Man o' War lost his only race to a horse called Upset.
This race was downgraded to a Grade III for its 2014 running.[1]
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 6 furlongs)
- 1:09.32 - Afleet Alex (2004)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 7 - John Velazquez (1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2015)
Most wins by an owner:
- 8 - Greentree Stable (1933, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1978)
Winners
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2015 | Uncle Vinny | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Starlight Racing | 1:10.92 |
2014 | Big Trouble | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | Anthony W. Dutrow | Team D | 1:10.64 |
2013 | Wired Bryan | Shaun Bridgmohan | Michael Dilger | Anstu Stables | 1:11.06 |
2012 | Bern Identity | Rosie Napravnik | Kelly J. Breen | George & Lori Hall | 1:11.13 |
2011 | Overdriven | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Repole Stable | 1:10.60 |
2010 | Maybesomaybenot | E Trujillo | Michael J. Maker | Carolyn Scisney - Karen Scisney | 1:10.97 |
2009 | Backtalk | Miguel Mena | Thomas M. Amoss | GoldMark Farm | 1:10.07 |
2008 | Desert Party | Edgar Prado | Eoin G. Harty | Darley Stable | 1:12.23 |
2007 | Ready's Image | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio | 1:09.90 |
2006 | Scat Daddy | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio | 1:11.18 |
2005 | no race | ||||
2004 | Afleet Alex | Jeremy Rose | Timothy F. Ritchey | Cash is King Stable | 1:09.32 |
2003 | Chapel Royal | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Derrick Smith & Michael Tabor | 1:10.74 |
2002 | Whywhywhy | Edgar Prado | Patrick Biancone | Biancone and Ouaki | 1:10.40 |
2001 | Buster's Daydream | John Velazquez | Timothy J. Tullock, Jr. | S J Bee Stable | 1:10.55 |
2000 | City Zip | Jose A. Santos | Linda L. Rice | Bowling & Thompson | 1:10.69 |
1999 | More Than Ready | John Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | James T. Scatuorchio | 1:09.65 |
1998 | Time Bandit | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Padua Stables | 1:11.40 |
1997 | Polished Brass | Pat Day | Patrick B. Byrne | Joseph LaCombe | 1:10.23 |
1996 | Kelly Kip | Jean-Luc Samyn | H. Allen Jerkens | Hobeau Farm | 1:10.20 |
1995 | Maria's Mon | Robbie Davis | Richard E. Schosberg | Mrs. Morton Rosenthal | 1:10.80 |
1994 | Montreal Red | Jose A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | Vendome Stables | 1:10.56 |
1993 | Dehere | Chris McCarron | Reynaldo H. Nobles | Due Process Stable | 1:10.48 |
1992 | Mountain Cat | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | William T. Young | 1:10.60 |
1991 | Caller I. D. | Jerry D. Bailey | Stanley M. Hough | Triumviri Stable | 1:10.92 |
1990 | Formal Dinner | Jose A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | Leonard D. Mathis | 1:10.20 |
1989 | Bite The Bullet | Jose A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:09.80 |
1988 | Mercedes Won | Robbie Davis | Arnold Fink | Christopher Spencer | 1:10.00 |
1987 | Forty Niner | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Claiborne Farm | 1:10.00 |
1986 | Persevered | Angel Cordero, Jr. | Laz Barrera | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1:10.60 |
1985 | Sovereign Don | Jorge Velasquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:10.60 |
1984 | Tiffany Ice | Gregg McCarron | Joseph B. Cantey | Mrs. Charles H. Thieriot | 1:10.80 |
1983 | Big Walt | Jeffrey Fell | Joseph Nash | Grandview Stable | 1:11.00 |
1982 | Copelan | Jerry D. Bailey | Mitchell Griffin | Fred W. Hooper | 1:10.40 |
1981 | Mayanesian | Jacinto Vasquez | Nick Zito | Ernest B. Wright | 1:11.20 |
1980 | Tap Shoes | Ruben Hernandez | Howard M. Tesher | Leone J. Peters | 1:10.00 |
1979 | I Speedup | Jeffrey Fell | Edward I. Kelly, Sr. | Brookfield Farm | 1:10.40 |
1978 | Fuzzbuster | Jorge Velasquez | John M. Gaver, Jr. | Greentree Stable | 1:10.80 |
1977 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 1:09.60 |
1976 | Turn Of Coin | Angel Cordero, Jr. | William O. Hicks | William O. Hicks | 1:10.20 |
1975 | Turn To Turia | Eddie Maple | Reggie Cornell | Calumet Farm | 1:10.80 |
1974 | Ramahorn | Chuck Baltazar | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1:11.00 |
1973 | Az Igazi | Michael Venezia | Homer C. Pardue | Joseph R. Straus | 1:10.60 |
1972 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable | 1:10.00 |
1971 | Cohasset Tribe | Manuel Ycaza | Woody C. Stephens | Louis L. Haggin II | 1:10.60 |
1970 | Executioner | Jacinto Vasquez | Edward J. Yowell | October House Farm | 1:09.40 |
1969 | Walker's | Angel Cordero Jr. | Frank I. Wright | Oxford Stable | 1:10.40 |
1968 | King Emperor | Braulio Baeza | Edward A. Neloy | Wheatley Stable | 1:03.40 |
1967 | Exclusive Native | Angel Cordero Jr. | Ivan H. Parke | Harbor View Farm | 1:03.60 |
1966 | Yorkville | John L. Rotz | Sylvester Veitch | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:05.00 |
1965 | Flame Tree | Bobby Ussery | Howard Jacobson | Samuel J. Lefrak | 1:04.60 |
1964 | Cornish Prince | Donald Pierce | Sylvester Veitch | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:04.40 |
1963 | Delirium | Braulio Baeza | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:05.40 |
1962 | Rash Prince | Ismael Valenzuela | Walter A. Kelley | Elmendorf Farm | 1:04.60 |
1961 | no race | ||||
1960 | Hail To Reason | Bobby Ussery | Hirsch Jacobs | Patrice Jacobs | 1:11.00 |
1959 | Weatherwise | John Ruane | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:12.40 |
1958 | Pilot | Eddie Arcaro | William O. Hicks | Cambridge Stable | 1:13.40 |
1957 | Louis d'Or | Raul Sterling | Jake Byer | Mrs. W. T. Kissel | 1:13.20 |
1956 | Thin Ice | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:12.60 |
1955 | Head Man | Paul J. Bailey | Sylvester Veitch | C. V. Whitney | 1:11.80 |
1954 | Brother Tex | Conn McCreary | Woody Stephens | Woody Stephens | 1:12.80 |
1953 | Bobby Brocato | Ovie Scurlock | John B. Theall | Joe W. Brown | 1:13.20 |
1952 | Bradley | Jimmy Nichols | not found | Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin | 1:14.60 |
1951 | Tom Fool | Ted Atkinson | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:12.60 |
1950 | Big Stretch | Eddie Arcaro | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:11.60 |
1949 | Detective | Ted Atkinson | not found | Mrs. Aksel Wichfield | 1:12.80 |
1948 | Slam Bang | Warren Mehrtens | not found | C. Mahlon Kline | 1:12.00 |
1947 | Inseparable | Job Dean Jessop | Preston M. Burch | Brookmeade Stable | 1:11.80 |
1946 | Donor | Job Dean Jessop | George P. Odom | W. Deering Howe | 1:11.60 |
1945 | Pellicle | Conn McCreary | E. Leigh Cotton | Hal Price Headley | 1:10.80 |
1944 | The Doge | Ferrill Zufelt | Frank A. Bonsal | Pentagon Stable | 1:10.40 |
1943 | Rodney Stone | Ted Atkinson | Preston M. Burch | Harry La Montagne | 1:11.20 |
1942 | Devil's Thumb | Conn McCreary | Cecil Wilhelm | William E. Boeing | 1:12.80 |
1941 | Devil Diver | Don Meade | John M. Gaver, Sr. | Greentree Stable | 1:12.80 |
1940 | Good Turn | Basil James | Lee McCoy | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 1:13.20 |
1939 | Boy Angler | Fred A. Smith | William A. Hurley | Mr. French | 1:12.20 |
1938 | Birch Rod † | Wayne D. Wright | Bert Mulholland | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:14.20 |
1937 | Spillway | Danny Dubois | John B. Theall | Joe W. Brown | 1:14.00 |
1936 | Maedic | Eddie Litzenberger | George E. Phillips | Maemere Farm | 1:13.00 |
1935 | Crossbow II | Eddie Arcaro | Frank J. Kearns | Calumet Farm | 1:12.40 |
1934 | Psychic Bid | Mack Garner | Robert A. Smith | Brookmeade Stable | 1:12.20 |
1933 | First Ministrel | Robert Jones | Willie Brennan | Greentree Stable | 1:15.00 |
1932 | Sun Archer | Raymond Workman | Jack Whyte | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | 1:12.80 |
1931 | Mad Pursuit | Thomas Malley | Jack R. Pryce | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1:12.20 |
1930 | Sun Meadow | Eddie Watters | Tommy Rodrock | Katherine E. Hitt | 1:12.60 |
1929 | Hi-Jack | Linus McAtee | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:12.00 |
1928 | Chestnut Oak | James H. Burke | Johnny Loftus | Oak Ridge Stable | 1:13.00 |
1927 | Nassak | Laverne Fator | Sam Hildreth | Rancocas Stable | 1:12.60 |
1926 | Northland | John Maiben | Thomas J. Healey | Walter J. Salmon, Sr. | 1:13.00 |
1925 | Canter | Clarence Turner | Harry Rites | J. Edwin Griffith | 1:12.60 |
1924 | Nicholas | Linus McAtee | Frank D. Weir | Frank J. Farrell | 1:15.60 |
1923 | Parasol | Earl Sande | A. Jack Joyner | George D. Widener, Jr. | 1:12.80 |
1922 | Bo McMillan | Fred A. Smith | Louis Cahn | T. J. Pendergast | 1:18.00 |
1921 | Sir Hugh | Mack Garner | H. C. Milam | Johnson N. Camden, Jr. | 1:13.00 |
1920 | Pluribus | Jose Rodriguez | T. J. Shannon | Thomas W. O'Brien | 1:15.20 |
1919 | Upset | Willie Knapp | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:11.20 |
1918 | Billy Kelly | Earl Sande | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross | 1:14.60 |
1917 | Papp | L. Allen | Max Hirsch | George W. Loft | 1:15.60 |
1916 | Campfire | John McTaggart | Thomas J. Healey | Richard T. Wilson, Jr. | 1:13.40 |
1915 | Bulse | Carl Ganz | not found | J. W. Parrish | 1:16.80 |
1914 | Regret | Joe Notter | James G. Rowe, Sr. | Harry Payne Whitney | 1:13.40 |
1913 | Little Nephew | T. Killingworth | not found | M. B. Gruber | 1:14.80 |