The Sanford
95th Running on Thursday, July 25, 2009
$150,000 6 Furlongs 2 YO Grade:II
Year Horse Wt. Time Owner Trainer Jockey Value
2009 Backtalk 121 1:10.07 Gold Mark Farm LLC Thomas Amoss Miguel Mena 90,000
2008 Desert Party 119 1:12.23 Darley Stable Eoin Harty Edgar Prado 90,000
2007 Ready's Image 121 1:09.90 James Scatuorchio Todd Pletcher John Velazquez 90,000
2006 Scat Daddy 119 1:11.18 James Sctuorchio Todd Pletcher John Velazquez 90,000
2004 Afleet Alex 120 1:09 1/5 Cash is King Stable Tim Ritchey Jeremy Rose 90,000
2003 Chapel Royal 122 1:10 3/5 Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor Todd Pletcher John Velazquez 90,000
2002 Whywhywhy 122 1:10 2/5 Biancone and Ouaki Patrick Biancone Edgar Prado 90,000
2001 Buster's Daydream 122 1:10 2/5 S J Bee Stable Timothy Tullock John Velazquez 64,680
2000 City Zip 119 1:10 3/5 Bowling & Thompson Linda Rice Jose Santos 65220
1999 More Than Ready 122 1:09 3/5 James T. Scatuorchio Todd Pletcher John Velazquez 64560
1998 Time Bandit 119 1:11 2/5 Padua Stables D. Wayne Lukas Pat Day 66480
1997 Polished Brass 116 1:10 1/5 Joseph LaCombe Patrick Byrne Pat Day 65520
1996 Kelly Kip 118 1:10 1/5 Hobeau Farm H. Allen Jerkens Jean-Luc Samyn 66840
1995 Maria's Mon 115 1:10 4/5 Mrs. Morton Rosenthal Richard Schosberg Robbie Davis 68340
1994 Montreal Red 115 1:10 2/5 Vendome Stables Flint S. Schulhofer Jose Santos 64620
1993 Dehere 122 1:10 2/5 Due Process Stable Reynaldo H. Nobles Chris McCarron 68520
1992 Mountain Cat 119 l:10 3/5 William T. Young D. Wayne Lukas Pat Day 73440
1991 Caller I. D. 122 1:10 4/5 Triumviri Stable Stanley M. Hough Jerry Bailey 69000
1990 Formal Dinner 115 1:10 1/5 Leonard D. Mathis D. Wayne Lukas Jose Santos 55260
1989 Bite The Bullet 115 1:09 4/5 Eugene V. Klein D. Wayne Lukas Jose Santos 54720
1988 Mercedes Won 119 1:10 Christopher Spencer Arnold Fink Robbie Davis 55440
1987 Forty Niner 115 1:10 Claiborne Farm Woody Stephens Eddie Maple 65340
1986 Persevered 115 1:10 3/5 Ethel D. Jacobs Lazaro S. Barrera Angel Cordero Jr. 51120
1985 Sovereign Don 122 1:10 3/5 Eugene V. Klein D. Wayne Lukas Jorge Velasquez 54000
1984 Tiffany Ice 115 1:10 4/5 Mrs. Charles H. Thieriot Joseph B. Cantey Gregg McCarron 51300
1983 Big Walt 115 1:11 Grandview Stable Joseph Nash Jeffrey Fell 34260
1982 Copelan 115 1:10 2/5 Fred W. Hooper Mitchell Griffin Jerry Bailey 33660
1981 Mayanesian 115 1:11 1/5 Ernest B. Wright Nick Zito Jacinto Vasquez 35280
1980 Tap Shoes 115 1:10 Leone Peters Howard M. Tesher Ruben Hernandez 34260
1979 I Speedup 122 1:10 2/5 Brookfield Farms Edward I. Kelly Jeffrey Fell 26175
1978 Fuzzbuster 115 1:10 4/5 Greentree Stable John M. Gaver Jr. Jorge Velasquez 22230
1977 Affirmed 124 1:09 3/5 Harbor View Farm Lazaro S. Barrera Steve Cauthen 22290
1976 Turn Of Coin 122 1:10 1/5 William O. Hicks William O. Hicks Angel Cordero Jr. 22395
1975 Turn To Turia 121 1:10 4/5 Calumet Farm Reggie Cornell Eddie Maple 22575
1974 Ramahorn 121 1:11 Sigmund Sommer Frank Martin Chuck Baltazar 17205
1973 Az Igazi 121 1:10 3/5 Joseph R. Straus Homer C. Pardue Michael Venezia 16680
1972 Secretariat 121 1:10 Meadow Stable Lucien Laurin Ron Turcotte 16650
1971 Cohasset Tribe 120 1:10 3/5 Louis L. Haggin II Woody C. Stephens Manuel Ycaza 25500
1970 Executioner 115 1:09 2/5 October House Farm Edward Yowell Jacinto Vasquez 27430
1969 Walker's 115 1:10 2/5 Oxford Stable Frank I. Wright Angel Cordero Jr. 23579
1968 King Emperor 115 1:03 2/5 Wheatley Stable Edward A. Neloy Braulio Baeza 23514
1967 Exclusive Native 115 1:03 3/5 Harbor View Farm Ivan H. Parke Angel Cordero Jr. 22474
1966 Yorkville 115 1:05 George D. Widener Sylvester E. Veitch John L. Rotz 22490
1965 Flame Tree 120 1:04 3/5 Samuel J. Lefrak Howard Jacobson Robert Ussery 23969
1964 Cornish Prince 114 2:04 2/5 George D. Widener S. Veitch D. Pierce 22685
1963 Delirium 114 1:05 2/5 Greentree Stable J. Gaver B. Baeza 24010
1962 Rash Prince 114 1:04 3/5 Elmendorf W. Kelley I. Valenzuela 25301
1960 Hail To Reason 124 1:11 Patrice Jacobs H. Jacobs R. Ussery 23157
1959 Weatherwise 114 1:12 2/5 Greentree Stable J. Gaver J. Ruane 24132
1958 Pilot 119 1:13 2/5 Cambridge Stable W. Hicks E. Arcaro 11720
1957 Louis d'Or 116 1:13 1/5 Mrs. W. T. Kissel J. Byer R. Sterling 12600
1956 Thin Ice 116 1:12 3/5 Greentree Stable J. Gaver T. Atkinson 12500
1955 Head Man 113 1:11 4/5 C. V. Whitney S. Veitch P. J. Bailey 10500
1954 Brother Tex 122 1:12 4/5 Woody Stephens Woody Stephens C. McCreary 10325
1953 Bobby Brocato 114 1:13 1/5 J. W. Brown - O. Scurlock 10200
1952 Bradley 122 1:14 3/5 Mrs. C. O. Iselin - J. Nichols 7975
1951 Tom Fool 113 1:12 3/5 Greentree Stable - T. Atkinson 8800
1950 Big Stretch 114 1:11 3/5 Greentree Stable - E. Arcaro 7900
1949 Detective 120 1:12 4/5 Mrs. A. Wichfield - T. Atkinson 7450
1948 Slam Bang 108 1:12 C. M. Kline - W. Mehrtens 8250
1947 Inseparable 120 1:11 4/5 Brookmeade Stable - J. Jessop 8475
1946 Donor 126 1:11 3/5 Deering Howe - J. Jessop 8375
1945 Pellicle 108 1:10 4/5 H. P. Headley - C. McCreary 7830
1944 The Doge 114 1:10 2/5 Pentagon Stable - F. Zufelt 8245
1943 Rodney Stone 114 1:11 1/5 Harry LaMontagne - T. Atkinson 5700
1942 Devil's Thumb 122 1:12 4/5 W. E. Boeing - C. McCreary 4575
1941 Devil Diver 114 1:12 4/5 Greentree Stable - D. Meade 5375
1940 Good Turn 110 1:13 1/5 A. G. Vanderbilt - B. James 4300
1939 Boy Angler 113 1:12 1/5 Mr. French - F. A. Smith 5125
1938 Birch Rod 112 1:14 1/5 G. D. Widener - W. D. Wright 4725
1937 Spillway 113 1:14 J. E. Brown - D. Dubois 3650
1936 Maedic 117 1:13 Maemere Farm - E. Litzenberger 2750
1935 Crossbow II 113 1:12 2/5 Calumet Farm - E. Arcaro 3600
1934 Psychic Bid 113 1:12 1/5 Brookmeade Stable - M. Garner 2525
1933 First Ministrel 113 1:15 Greentree Stable - R. Jones 2675
1932 Sun Archer 118 1:12 4/5 W. S. Kilmer - R. Workman 4025
1931 Mad Pursuit 118 1:12 1/5 W. J. Salmon - T. Malley 5025
1930 Sun Meadow 118 1:12 3/5 K. E. Hitt - E. Watters 5800
1929 Hi-Jack 115 1:12 G. D. Widener - L. McAtee 5100
1928 Chestnut Oak 115 1:13 Oak Ridge Stable - J. H. Burke 4275
1927 Nassak 130 1:12 3/5 Rancocas Stable - L. Fator 4875
1926 Northland 115 1:13 W. J. Salmon - J. Maiben 5175
1925 Canter 122 1:12 3/5 J. E. Griffith - C. Turner 4925
1924 Nicholas 123 1:15 3/5 Frank J. Farrell - L. McAtee 4100
1923 Parasol 113 1:12 4/5 G. D. Widener - E. Sande 5425
1922 Bo McMillan 115 1:18 T. J. Pendergast - F. Smith 4425
1921 Sir Hugh 115 1:13 J. N. Camden - M. Garner 3925
1920 Pluribus 127 1:15 1/5 T. W. O'Brien - J. Rodriguez 4425
1919 Upset 115 1:11 1/5 H. P. Whitney - W. Knapp 3925
1918 Billy Kelly 130 1:14 3/5 J. K. L. Ross - E. Sande 3925
1917 Papp 130 1:15 3/5 George W. Loft - L. Allen 3815
1916 Campfire 125 1:13 2/5 R. T. Wilson - J. McTaggart 2850
1915 Bulse 127 1:16 4/5 J. W. Parrish - C. Ganz 2675
1914 Regret 127 1:13 2/5 H. P. Whitney - J. Notter 2675
1913 Little Nephew 116 1:14 4/5 M. B. Gruber - T. Killingworth 2650

The most familiar legend attached to Saratoga is the defeat of Man o' War by a horse named Upset in the Sanford Stakes of 1919. As it turned out, it was the only loss on an otherwise unbeaten record for Man o’ War. Off to a bad start, Man o' War made up all but half a length. In later years, Willie Knapp, the rider of the winner, said, "I've always been kind of sorry I beat him. He was too much of a horse for that."

The SANFORD is named for the famed Sanford family. In Saratoga's early days, the Sanford horses were often walked to the racetrack from the family's Hurricana Farm in Amsterdam. Their first appearance at Saratoga was in 1880. Stephen Sanford named all his favorite thoroughbreds after Mohawk Indians.

Run as the Sanford Memorial Stakes prior to 1927. The SANFORD was run at Belmont Park, on the Widener Course, in 1943, 1944, and 1945. Run at five and a half furlongs from 1962 to 1968. Not run in 1961. The Sanford was also the name of a turf course handicap in 1961. In 1938, Ariel Toy finished first, but was disqualified.