Saratoga Special

Notes:
An outstanding field of 11 was entered in Saratoga s second juvenile graded stakes of the meet for open company . Four of them are exiting stakes, including the second, third and fourth-place finishers from the G3 Sanford S. on July 19 here. Sanford runner-up Mr. Z tops that trio off a neck loss to the now-sidelined Big Trouble. The son of Malibu Moon might well have won the Sanford if not for repeated trouble during the race. Cinco Charlie won the G3 Bashford Manor S. at Churchill Downs before running a length and a half behind Mr. Z in the Sanford. The colt did the dirty work through fast fractions here and hung tough for the show check. Nonna s Boy disappointed as the Sanford favorite but was beaten only two lengths when completing the superfecta. W V Jetsetter captured the restricted TTA Sales S. on July 12 at Lone Star Park and was subsequently sold and moved from trainer Bret Calhoun to George Weaver. He signaled a fondness for his new surroundings with a bullet work over this course on Aug. 3. Flashy June 22 Gulfstream Park maiden winner Tizcano also has new connections after being sold at auction for 710,000 in mid-July. With no works for more than a month due to the sale, the colt then had three official exercises in nine days to prepare for this. Further complicating wagering matters here is the fact that his lofty 94 Beyer Speed Figure in his debut was expunged when accuracy about times at Gulfstream s 4 F distance were questioned. Majestic Affair is the third member of the field making his first start for a new barn. The runaway winner of a Canterbury Park maiden contest recently joined Chad Brown s Saratoga string and has had only one work in New York to prepare for this class test. Lord Tyrion was privately purchased off a third-place finish in his initial outing at Churchill Downs then proceeded to win a maiden race in the slop at Indiana Downs. He ll need to step it up to compete with these. I Spent It, a son of 2010 Kentucky Derby champ Super Saver, figures to take plenty of money off a sharp winning debut at Belmont Park on July 2. He smoked the 4F bullet over this surface on Aug. 4. Churchill Downs maiden winner Rod McLeod also shows a bullet work for his return, having had the best of 42 4F move here on Aug. 7. Cleveland Sound, winner of a Delaware Park maiden contest in his only start, was flattered when his stablemate and third-place finisher from that came back to score over a large field at Saratoga on Aug. 2. Stanford completes the field and gives conditioner Todd Pletcher another shot if Nonna s Boy fails. He joined Pletcher s Saratoga contingent after winning a Monmouth maiden race at first asking.


The Saratoga Special is an American grade II horseracing event that takes place annually in the month of August at Saratoga Race Course. It is open for thoroughbred horses with an age of two year olds and capable of racing six and half furlongs on the dirt track. This race was first run in 1901 and since then it has been running with a little break due to the Second World War. Earlier, the Saratoga Special was an event where the winner used to get all the owners used to nominate their horses in sets of three for one. This actually increased the chance of getting a horse in a race. But, on and from 1959, this rule changed and the Saratoga Special became a regular horseracing event, where owners could nominate their horses and entries. In due course of years, this horseracing event was run at various racecourses for different reasons it was held at Belmont Park in 1943, 1944 and 1945. The Special was not run in 1911 and 1912 and interestingly there were only three starters in 1969. It is going to be the 103rd running in 2008.

Saratoga Special Past Winners

Year	Winner	Trainer	Jockey	Owner	Time
2013	Corfu	Todd A. Pletcher	John Velazquez	Tabor/Magnier/Smith	1:15.57
2012	Spurious Precision	Richard Violette, Jr	Alan Garcia	Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence	1:16.53
2011	Union Rags	Michael Matz	Javier Castellano	Chadds Ford Stable	1:18.33
2010	Kantharos	Steve Asmussen	Garrett Gomez	Stonestreet Stables	1:18.63
2009	D' Funnybone	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.	Edgar Prado	Paul Pompa Jr.	1:17.58
2008	Run Away and Hide	Ronny Werner	Robby Albarado	Kirk/Riordan/Bates	1:15.67
2007	Kodiak Kowboy	Steve Asmussen	Shaun Bridgmohan	Fox Hill	1:15.95
2006	Chace City	Scott Blasi	Edgar Prado	Gold Square	1:16.83
2005	Henny Hughes	Patrick Biancone	Gary Stevens	Darley Stable	1:10.38
2004	Array
2003	Cuvee	Steven Asmussen	Jerry Bailey	Ron Winchell	1:15.97
2002	Zavata	Patrick Biancone	Jerry Bailey	Michael B. Tabor	1:17.65
2001	Jump Start	D. Wayne Lukas	Pat Day	Overbrook Farm	1:17.35
2000	City Zip	Linda L. Rice	Jose Santos	Bowling & Thompson	1:16.88
1999	Bevo	William Badgett, Jr.	Edgar Prado	Peter Callahan	1:17.78
1998	Prime Directive	Cynthia G. Reese	Jorge Chavez	Noreen Carpenito	1:17.18
1997	Favorite Trick	Patrick B. Byrne	Pat Day	Joseph LaCombe	1:17.15
1996	All Chatter	Stanley M. Hough	Jorge Chavez	Brodsky/Goslow/Shelley	1:16.37
1995	Bright Launch	D. Wayne Lukas	Jose Santos	James Spence	1:17.98
1994	Montreal Red	Flint S. Schulhofer	Jose Santos	Vendome Stables	1:17.96
1993	Dehere	Reynaldo H. Nobles	Eddie Maple	Due Process Stable	1:09.92
1992	Tactical Advantage	Flint S. Schulhofer	Julie Krone	Philip Teinowitz	1:10.59
1991	Caller I. D.	Stanley M. Hough	Jerry Bailey	Triumviri Stable	1:09.55
1990	To Freedom	John J. Tammaro, Jr.	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Herman Heinlein	1:11.56
1989	Summer Squall	Neil J. Howard	Pat Day	Dogwood Stable	1:09.94
1988	Trapp Mountain	George R. Arnold II	Jerry Bailey	Loblolly Stable	1:10.80
1987	Crusader Sword	MacKenzie Miller	Robbie Davis	Rokeby Stable	1:10.20
1986	Gulch	Leroy Jolley	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Peter M. Brant	1:10.00
1985	Sovereign Don	D. Wayne Lukas	Jorge Velasquez	Eugene V. Klein	1:11.40
1984	Chief's Crown	Roger Laurin	Don MacBeth	Andrew Rosen	1:10.20
1983	Swale	Woody Stephens	Eddie Maple	Claiborne Farm	1:12.60
1982	Victorious	Eugene Jacobs	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Herbert Allen	1:10.60
1981	Conquistador Cielo	Woody Stephens	Eddie Maple	Henryk de Kwiatkowski	1:10.60
1980	Well Decorated	Eugene Jacobs	Michael Venezia	Herbert Allen	1:10.20
1979	J. P. Brother	John P. Campo	Eddie Maple	Diamond Peg Stable	1:12.00
1978	General Assembly	Leroy Jolley	Darrel McHargue	Bertram R. Firestone	1:09.00
1977	Darby Creek Road	Lou Rondinello	Angel Cordero, Jr.	James Phillips	1:10.00
1976	Banquet Table	George T. Poole, Jr.	Jacinto Vasquez	C. V. Whitney	1:11.60
1975	Bold Forbes	Lazaro S. Barrera	Jorge Velasquez	E. Rodriquez Tizol	1:09.80
1974	Our Talisman	Eddie Yowell	Michael Venezia	Oak Crest Stable	1:10.40
1973	Az Igazi	Homer C. Pardue	Michael Venezia	Joseph R. Straus	1:11.00
1972	Stop The Music	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Jacinto Vasquez	Greentree Stable	1:11.20
1971	Tarboosh	Reggie Cornell	Eddie Maple	Calumet Farm	1:10.40
1970	Three Martinis	Roger Laurin	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Edward Sawyer	1:10.80
1969	Pontifex	Sylvester E. Veitch	Pete Anderson	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:11.60
1968	Reviewer	Edward A. Neloy	Braulio Baeza	Ogden Phipps	1:10.40
1967	Vitriolic	Edward A. Neloy	Braulio Baeza	Ogden Phipps	1:10.40
1966	Favorable Turn	Eugene Jacobs	Bobby Ussery	Herbert Allen	1:10.60
1965	Impressive	Edward A. Neloy	Braulio Baeza	Ogden Phipps	1:10.20
1964	Sadair	Les Lear	Manuel Ycaza	Mary B. Hecht	1:10.60
1963	Duel	Moody Jolley	Braulio Baeza	Claiborne Farm	1:10.80
1962	Mr. Cold Storage	Sidney Jacobs	Johnny Sellers	Winding Way Farm	1:12.60
1961	Battle Joined	Woody Stephens	Manuel Ycaza	Cain Hoy Stable	1:10.00
1960	Bronzerullah	Lucien Laurin	Raymond York	Frank A. Sherman	1:11.60
1959	Irish Lancer	Norman McLeod	Eddie Arcaro	Pebblebrook Farm	1:12.00
1958	First Landing	Casey Hayes	Eddie Arcaro	Christopher Chenery	1:12.80
1957	Grey Monarch	Horatio Luro	Jimmy Nichols	E. P. Taylor	1:13.60
1956	Nearctic	Gordon McCann	Gordon McCann	E. P. Taylor	1:13.00
1955	Polly's Jet	Russell Downes	Eddie Arcaro	Barclay Stable	1:11.40
1954	Royal Coinage	Anthony J. Pupino	Eddie Arcaro	Clearwater Stable	1:12.20
1953	Turn-To	Eddie Hayward	Henry Moreno	Cain Hoy Stable	1:12.80
1952	Native Dancer	William C. Winfrey	Eric Guerin	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1:13.20
1951	Cousin	William C. Winfrey	Eric Guerin	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II	1:12.00
1950	Battlefield.	Bert Mulholland	Eddie Arcaro	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:11.20
1949	More Sun	Preston M. Burch	Gordon Glisson	Brookmeade Stable	1:13.80
1948	Blue Peter	Andy Schuttinger	Eric Guerin	Joseph M. Roebling	1:13.00
1947	Better Self	Max Hirsch	Eddie Arcaro	King Ranch	1:12.80
1946	Grand Admiral	Preston M. Burch	Job Dean Jessop	Brookmeade Stable	1:13.40
1945	Mist o'Gold	Don Cameron	Wayne D. Wright	Vera S. Bragg	1:10.60
1944	Pavot	Oscar White	George Woolf	Walter M. Jeffords	1:09.60
1943	Cocopet	Not found	Conn McCreary	Lazy F Ranch	1:10.60
1942	Halberd	Oscar White	George Woolf	Sarah F. Jeffords	1:13.00
1941	Amphitheatre	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Alfred Robertson	Manhasset Stable	1:11.60
1940	Whirlaway	Ben A. Jones	Johnny Longden	Calumet Farm	1:11.20
1939	Bimelech	Bill Hurley	Fred A. Smith	Edward R. Bradley	1:10.80
1938	El Chico	Matthew P. Brady	Nick Wall	William Ziegler, Jr.	1:10.40
1937	Pumpkin	John M. Gaver, Sr.	John Gilbert	John Hay Whitney	1:12.60
1936	Forty Winks	John M. Gaver, Sr.	Raymond Workman	Greentree Stable	1:13.80
1935	Red Rain	Thomas J. Healey	Raymond Workman	C. V. Whitney	1:13.00
1935	Coldstream Ââ€	Albert Gordon	Eddie Arcaro	Coldstream Stud	1:13.00
1934	Boxthorn Ââ€	Bill Hurley	Don Meade	Edward R. Bradley	1:13.00
1933	Wise Daughter	Sherrill W. Ward	John Gilbert	Frederick A. Burton	1:12.60
1932	Happy Gal	Jim Fitzsimmons	Thomas Malley	Belair Stud	1:13.00
1931	Top Flight	Thomas J. Healey	Raymond Workman	C. V. Whitney	1:12.00
1930	Jamestown	A. Jack Joyner	Linus McAtee	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:11.40
1929	Whichone	James G. Rowe, Jr.	Linus McAtee	Harry Payne Whitney	1:13.80
1928	Blue Larkspur	Herbert J. Thompson	Anthony Pascuma	Idle Hour Stable	1:13.60
1927	Ariel	Sam Hildreth	Laverne Fator	Rancocas Stable	1:12.60
1926	Chance Shot	Pete Coyne	Earl Sande	Joseph E. Widener	1:13.00
1925	Haste	G. Hamilton Keene	Earl Sande	Joseph E. Widener	1:12.40
1924	Sunny Man	J. P. "Sammy" Smith	Laverne Fator	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	1:12.40
1923	St. James	A. Jack Joyner	Earl Sande	George D. Widener, Jr.	1:11.60
1922	Goshawk	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Linus McAtee	Harry Payne Whitney	1:12.20
1921	Morvich	Fred Burlew	Frank Keogh	Benjamin Block	1:12.20
1920	Tryster	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Joseph Rodriguez	Harry Payne Whitney	1:12.60
1919	Golden Broom	Mike Daly	Eddie Ambrose	Sarah F. Jeffords	1:12.80
1918	Hannibal	Thomas J. Healey	Lavelle Ensor	Richard T. Wilson, Jr.	1:16.20
1917	Sun Briar	Henry McDaniel	Willie Knapp	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	1:15.00
1916	Campfire	Thomas J. Healey	John McTaggart	Richard T. Wilson, Jr.	1:13.20
1915	Dominant	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Thomas McTaggart	Lewis S. Thompson	1:16.00
1914	Regret	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Joe Notter	Harry Payne Whitney	1:11.60
1913	Roamer	A. J. Goldsborough	George Byrne	Andrew Miller	1:13.00
1910	Novelty	Sam Hildreth	Cal Shilling	Sam Hildreth	1:14.40
1909	Waldo	Not found	David Nicol	Charles L. Harrison	1:15.80
1908	Sir Martin	John E. Madden	Cal Shilling	John E. Madden	1:18.80
1907	Colin	Jim Fitzsimmons	Walter Miller	James R. Keene	1:12.00
1906	Salvidere	John E. Madden	W. Sewell	Tommy Hitchcock, Jr.	1:12.40
1905	Mohawk II	H. H. Hynes	Arthur Redfern	John Sanford	1:07.00
1904	Sysonby	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Arthur Redfern	James R. Keene	1:07.00
1903	Aristocracy	John E. Madden	Frank O'Neill	John E. Madden	1:11.80
1902	Irish Lad	John E. Madden	Nash Turner	Duryea	1:08.20
1901	Goldsmith	John W. Rogers	Nash Turner	William C. Whitney	1:08.80