Sanford Stakes

Notes:
A pair of unbeaten stakes winners are set to square off in the G3 Sanford S. on the opening Saturday of the historic Saratoga meet when G3 Bashford Manor champ Cinco Charlie and Tremont hero Bessie s Boy face seven others. In taking the Bashford Manor at Churchill Downs on June 28, Cinco Charlie became the first juvenile graded stakes winner of the year in the U.S. and announced himself as a major player in the division with his 94 BRIS Speed Rating, which tops this field. Though only awarded an 81 BRIS number, Bessie s Boy was visually impressive in his 6-length romp in Belmont Park s Tremont eight days earlier. Silverhill and Chocolate Wildcat, the second-place finishers in the Bashford Manor and Tremont, respectively, will try to turn the tables on their conquerors. Silverhill was gallant in his 1 3/4 -length defeat, battling all the way to be easily best of the rest. Chocolate Wildcat broke his maiden first out at Gulfstream Park on April 25 then resumed training just over a month later at Monmouth Park. The son of Wildcat attracted Javier Castellano when he shipped over from New Jersey for the Tremont and will again have the services of the nation s current leading rider. Victoria S. also-ran Less Than Perfect is the other stakes competitor in the field and will be making his dirt debut off that last-place finish at Woodbine. The win in his initial outing, a Presque Isle Downs maiden race, came against a suspect field and the Pleasantly Perfect colt will have to step it up to be a factor here. Belmont maiden special weight winner Nonna s Boy looked good winning his debut and was flattered when the runner-up from that, Bustin It, returned to capture the Rockville Centre S. there on July 13. Big Trouble also launched his career with an easy maiden score at Belmont. The Tony Dutrow charge sports some sharp works for his return, including a 5F move over this course last Sunday. Souper Colossal invades from Monmouth, where has worked well in the mornings following a June 7 victory at first asking. Mr. Z is the only entrant besides Cinco Charlie who has won at this 6F distance, having taken a maiden contest on the Bashford Manor undercard in his only start.


The Sanford Stakes is about to complete hundred years of racing at the historic Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. At present, it enjoys grade II status and is open to two-year-olds desire for competing six furlongs sprint race. The name of the stakes is for the Sanfords, one of the renowned horseracing families at Saratoga. At present, this horseracing event carries a purse of 150,000. This race is going to complete 94th running in 2008. The Sanford Stakes did not take place in 1961 and 2005.

Sanford Stakes Past Winners

Year	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Owner	Time
2013	Wired Bryan	Michael Dilger	Shaun Bridgmohan	Anstu Stables	1:11.06
2012	Bern Identity	Kelly J. Breen	Rosie Napravnik	George & Lori Hall	1:11.13
2011	Overdriven	Todd Pletcher	John Velazquez	Repole Stable	1:10.60
2010	Maybesomaybenot	Michael J. Maker	E Trujillo	Carolyn Scisney - Karen Scisney	1:10.97
2009	Backtalk	Thomas M. Amoss	Miguel Mena	GoldMark Farm	1:10.07
2008	Desert Party	Eoin G. Harty	Edgar Prado	Darley Stable	1:12.23
2007	Ready's Image	Todd A. Pletcher	John Velazquez	James T. Scatuorchio	1:09.90
2006	Scat Daddy	Todd A. Pletcher	John Velazquez	James T. Scatuorchio	1:11.18
2005	Array
2004	Afleet Alex	Timothy F. Ritchey	Jeremy Rose	Cash is King Stable	1:09.32
2003	Chapel Royal	Todd A. Pletcher	John Velazquez	Derrick Smith & Michael Tabor	1:10.74
2002	Whywhywhy	Patrick Biancone	Edgar Prado	Biancone and Ouaki	1:10.40
2001	Buster's Daydream	Timothy J. Tullock, Jr.	John Velazquez	S J Bee Stable	1:10.55
2000	City Zip	Linda L. Rice	Jose A. Santos	Bowling & Thompson	1:10.69
1999	More Than Ready	Todd A. Pletcher	John Velazquez	James T. Scatuorchio	1:09.65
1998	Time Bandit	D. Wayne Lukas	Pat Day	Padua Stables	1:11.40
1997	Polished Brass	Patrick B. Byrne	Pat Day	Joseph LaCombe	1:10.23
1996	Kelly Kip	H. Allen Jerkens	Jean-Luc Samyn	Hobeau Farm	1:10.20
1995	Maria's Mon	Richard E. Schosberg	Robbie Davis	Mrs. Morton Rosenthal	1:10.80
1994	Montreal Red	Flint S. Schulhofer	Jose A. Santos	Vendome Stables	1:10.56
1993	Dehere	Reynaldo H. Nobles	Chris McCarron	Due Process Stable	1:10.48
1992	Mountain Cat	D. Wayne Lukas	Pat Day	William T. Young	1:10.60
1991	Caller I. D.	Stanley M. Hough	Jerry D. Bailey	Triumviri Stable	1:10.92
1990	Formal Dinner	D. Wayne Lukas	Jose A. Santos	Leonard D. Mathis	1:10.20
1989	Bite The Bullet	D. Wayne Lukas	Jose A. Santos	Eugene V. Klein	1:09.80
1988	Mercedes Won	Arnold Fink	Robbie Davis	Christopher Spencer	1:10.00
1987	Forty Niner	Woody Stephens	Eddie Maple	Claiborne Farm	1:10.00
1986	Persevered	Laz Barrera	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Ethel D. Jacobs	1:10.60
1985	Sovereign Don	D. Wayne Lukas	Jorge Velasquez	Eugene V. Klein	1:10.60
1984	Tiffany Ice	Joseph B. Cantey	Gregg McCarron	Mrs. Charles H. Thieriot	1:10.80
1983	Big Walt	Joseph Nash	Jeffrey Fell	Grandview Stable	1:11.00
1982	Copelan	Mitchell Griffin	Jerry D. Bailey	Fred W. Hooper	1:10.40
1981	Mayanesian	Nick Zito	Jacinto Vasquez	Ernest B. Wright	1:11.20
1980	Tap Shoes	Howard M. Tesher	Ruben Hernandez	Leone J. Peters	1:10.00
1979	I Speedup	Edward I. Kelly, Sr.	Jeffrey Fell	Brookfield Farm	1:10.40
1978	Fuzzbuster	John M. Gaver, Jr.	Jorge Velasquez	Greentree Stable	1:10.80
1977	Affirmed	Laz Barrera	Steve Cauthen	Harbor View Farm	1:09.60
1976	Turn Of Coin	William O. Hicks	Angel Cordero, Jr.	William O. Hicks	1:10.20
1975	Turn To Turia	Reggie Cornell	Eddie Maple	Calumet Farm	1:10.80
1974	Ramahorn	Pancho Martin	Chuck Baltazar	Sigmund Sommer	1:11.00
1973	Az Igazi	Homer C. Pardue	Michael Venezia	Joseph R. Straus	1:10.60
1972	Secretariat	Lucien Laurin	Ron Turcotte	Meadow Stable	1:10.00
1971	Cohasset Tribe	Woody C. Stephens	Manuel Ycaza	Louis L. Haggin II	1:10.60
1970	Executioner	Edward J. Yowell	Jacinto Vasquez	October House Farm	1:09.40
1969	Walker's	Frank I. Wright	Angel Cordero Jr.	Oxford Stable	1:10.40
1968	King Emperor	Edward A. Neloy	Braulio Baeza	Wheatley Stable	1:03.40
1967	Exclusive Native	Ivan H. Parke	Angel Cordero Jr.	Harbor View Farm	1:03.60
1966	Yorkville	Sylvester Veitch	John L. Rotz	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:05.00
1965	Flame Tree	Howard Jacobson	Bobby Ussery	Samuel J. Lefrak	1:04.60
1964	Cornish Prince	Sylvester Veitch	Donald Pierce	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:04.40
1963	Delirium	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Braulio Baeza	Greentree Stable	1:05.40
1962	Rash Prince	Walter A. Kelley	Ismael Valenzuela	Elmendorf Farm	1:04.60
1961	Array
1960	Hail To Reason	Hirsch Jacobs	Bobby Ussery	Patrice Jacobs	1:11.00
1959	Weatherwise	John M. Gaver, Sr.	John Ruane	Greentree Stable	1:12.40
1958	Pilot	William O. Hicks	Eddie Arcaro	Cambridge Stable	1:13.40
1957	Louis d'Or	Jake Byer	Raul Sterling	Mrs. W. T. Kissel	1:13.20
1956	Thin Ice	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Ted Atkinson	Greentree Stable	1:12.60
1955	Head Man	Sylvester Veitch	Paul J. Bailey	C. V. Whitney	1:11.80
1954	Brother Tex	Woody Stephens	Conn McCreary	Woody Stephens	1:12.80
1953	Bobby Brocato	John B. Theall	Ovie Scurlock	Joe W. Brown	1:13.20
1952	Bradley	not found	Jimmy Nichols	Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin	1:14.60
1951	Tom Fool	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Ted Atkinson	Greentree Stable	1:12.60
1950	Big Stretch	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Eddie Arcaro	Greentree Stable	1:11.60
1949	Detective	not found	Ted Atkinson	Mrs. Aksel Wichfield	1:12.80
1948	Slam Bang	not found	Warren Mehrtens	C. Mahlon Kline	1:12.00
1947	Inseparable	Preston M. Burch	Job Dean Jessop	Brookmeade Stable	1:11.80
1946	Donor	George P. Odom	Job Dean Jessop	W. Deering Howe	1:11.60
1945	Pellicle	E. Leigh Cotton	Conn McCreary	Hal Price Headley	1:10.80
1944	The Doge	Frank A. Bonsal	Ferrill Zufelt	Pentagon Stable	1:10.40
1943	Rodney Stone	Preston M. Burch	Ted Atkinson	Harry La Montagne	1:11.20
1942	Devil's Thumb	Cecil Wilhelm	Conn McCreary	William E. Boeing	1:12.80
1941	Devil Diver	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Don Meade	Greentree Stable	1:12.80
1940	Good Turn	Lee McCoy	Basil James	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1:13.20
1939	Boy Angler	William A. Hurley	Fred A. Smith	Mr. French	1:12.20
1938	Birch Rod Ââ€	Bert Mulholland	Wayne D. Wright	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:14.20
1937	Spillway	John B. Theall	Danny Dubois	Joe W. Brown	1:14.00
1936	Maedic	George E. Phillips	Eddie Litzenberger	Maemere Farm	1:13.00
1935	Crossbow II	Frank J. Kearns	Eddie Arcaro	Calumet Farm	1:12.40
1934	Psychic Bid	Robert A. Smith	Mack Garner	Brookmeade Stable	1:12.20
1933	First Ministrel	Willie Brennan	Robert Jones	Greentree Stable	1:15.00
1932	Sun Archer	Jack Whyte	Raymond Workman	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	1:12.80
1931	Mad Pursuit	Jack R. Pryce	Thomas Malley	Walter J. Salmon, Sr.	1:12.20
1930	Sun Meadow	Tommy Rodrock	Eddie Watters	Katherine E. Hitt	1:12.60
1929	Hi-Jack	A. Jack Joyner	Linus McAtee	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:12.00
1928	Chestnut Oak	Johnny Loftus	James H. Burke	Oak Ridge Stable	1:13.00
1927	Nassak	Sam Hildreth	Laverne Fator	Rancocas Stable	1:12.60
1926	Northland	Thomas J. Healey	John Maiben	Walter J. Salmon, Sr.	1:13.00
1925	Canter	Harry Rites	Clarence Turner	J. Edwin Griffith	1:12.60
1924	Nicholas	Frank D. Weir	Linus McAtee	Frank J. Farrell	1:15.60
1923	Parasol	A. Jack Joyner	Earl Sande	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:12.80
1922	Bo McMillan	Louis Cahn	Fred A. Smith	T. J. Pendergast	1:18.00
1921	Sir Hugh	H. C. Milam	Mack Garner	Johnson N. Camden, Jr.	1:13.00
1920	Pluribus	T. J. Shannon	Jose Rodriguez	Thomas W. O'Brien	1:15.20
1919	Upset	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Willie Knapp	Harry Payne Whitney	1:11.20
1918	Billy Kelly	H. Guy Bedwell	Earl Sande	J. K. L. Ross	1:14.60
1917	Papp	Max Hirsch	L. Allen	George W. Loft	1:15.60
1916	Campfire	Thomas J. Healey	John McTaggart	Richard T. Wilson, Jr.	1:13.40
1915	Bulse	not found	Carl Ganz	J. W. Parrish	1:16.80
1914	Regret	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Joe Notter	Harry Payne Whitney	1:13.40
1913	Little Nephew	not found	T. Killingworth	M. B. Gruber	1:14.80