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Encyclopedia > Saratoga Special Stakes

First run in 1901, the Saratoga Special Stakes is a race for Thoroughbred horses run in early to mid August at Saratoga Race Course. The race is for two year olds willing to race six and a half furlongs on the dirt. It offers a purse of $150,000 and is a Grade II event. Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Saratoga Race Course is a famous horse-racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York. ... A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ...


Summer Squall won the Special in 1989, Gulch in 1986, Swale in 1983, Bold Forbes in 1975, Nearctic in 1956, Native Dancer in 1952, Whirlaway in 1940, Bimelech in 1939, Top Flight in 1931, Blue Larkspur in 1928, Regret in 1914, Roamer in 1913, Colin in 1907, and Sysonby in 1904. Swale (born 1981 - June 17, 1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. ... Bold Forbes foaled March 31, 1973 and died August 9, 2000. ... Nearctic (1954-1973) was an Canadian-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. ... Native Dancer (March 27, 1950-November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Gray Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished thoroughbred racehorses in history, the first horse made famous through the medium of television. ... Whirlaway (1938-1959) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse. ... Bimelech (1937-1966) was born on February 27th at Colonel E. R. Bradleys Idle Hour Stock Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. ... Blue Larkspur (1926-1947) was a bay colt, Kentucky bred thoroughbred race horse. ... Regret (1912—April 11, 1934) was a famous American thoroughbred racehorse and the first of three fillies to ever win the Kentucky Derby. ... Roamer was an American thoroughbred racehorse. ... Colin is a male given name. ... Born in Kentucky in 1902, Sysonby, was an American thoroughbred racehorse, the son of the 1885 Epsom Derby winner, Melton, out of the English mare Optime. ...


Past winners

Winners of the Saratoga Special in the past seven years are:

  • 2007 - Kodiak Kowboy (Shaun Bridgmohan)
  • 2006 - Chace City
  • 2005 - Henny Hughes
  • 2004 - RACE WAS NOT HELD
  • 2003 - Cuvee
  • 2002 - Zavata
  • 2001 - Jump Start

Henny Hughes is a thoroughbred race horse. ...

Going Back

  • 1997 - Favorite Trick

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Saratoga racetrack (1023 words)
Saratoga Springs, NY is home to one of the most popular horse racetracks in the country.
In 1864, the Travers Stakes was first run as a tribute to William Travers, the president of the racing association.
Saratoga continued in grand style until 1911 when it was forced to close for two seasons because of a law that had been passed making oral betting illegal.
MSN Encarta - Horse Racing (1345 words)
Especially well known are the three classic races for three-year-olds in the United States, known collectively as the Triple Crown: the Kentucky Derby, held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky; the Preakness Stakes, at Pimlico, near Baltimore, Maryland; and the Belmont Stakes, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, near New York City.
Stakes races usually involve horses of the same age and sex, all of which are initially assigned the same weight.
Stakes races derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay.
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