The Saratoga Special
104th Running on Thursday, August 20, 2009
2-year-olds   $150,000   6 1/2 Furlongs   Grade:II
Year Horse Wt. Time Owner Trainer Jockey Value
2009 D' Funnybone 118 01:17.58 Paul P. Pompa Jr. Richard Dutrow Jr. Edgar Prado 90,000
2008 Run Away and Hide 122 1:15.67 Kirk, Bates, Riordan Ronny Werner Robby Albarado 90,000
2007 Kodiak Kowboy 122 01:15.95 Vinery Stables, Fox Hill Farm Steven Asmussen Shaun Bridgmohan 90,000
2006 Chace City 122 1:16.83 Gold Square Scott Blasi Edgar Prado 120,000
2005 Henny Hughes 121 01:10.4 Darley Stable Patrick L. Biancone Gary Stevens 90,000
2003 Cuvee 122 1:15 4/5 Ron Winchell Steven Asmussen Jerry Bailey 90,000
2002 Zavata 122 1:17 3/5 Michael B. Tabor Patrick Biancone Jerry Bailey 90,000
2001 Jump Start 115 1:17 1/5 Overbrook Farm D. Wayne Lukas Pat Day 90,000
2000 City Zip 122 1:16 4/5 Bowling & Thompson Linda Rice Jose Santos 90000
1999 Bevo 117 1:17 3/5 Peter Callahan William Badgett Jr. Edgar Prado 90000
1998 Prime Directive 114 1:17 Noreen Carpenito Cynthia G. Reese Jorge Chavez 90000
1997 Favorite Trick 122 1:17 Joseph LaCombe Patrick Byrne Pat Day 90000
1996 All Chatter 113 1:16 1/5 Brodsky-Goslow-Shelley Stanley Hough Jorge Chavez 84375
1995 Bright Launch 112 1:17 4/5 James Spence D. Wayne Lukas Jose Santos 66540
1994 Montreal Red 122 1:17 4/5 Vendome Stables Flint S. Schulhofer Jose Santos 64800
1993 Dehere 117 1:09 4/5 Due Process Stable Reynaldo H. Nobles Eddie Maple 71760
1992 Tactical Advantage 117 1:10 2/5 Philip Teinowitz Flint S. Schulhofer Julie Krone 72600
1991 Caller I. D. 117 1:09 2/5 Triumviri Stable Stanley M. Hough Jerry Bailey 71040
1990 To Freedom 124 1:11 2/5 Herman Heinlein John Tammaro Angel Cordero Jr. 52740
1989 Summer Squall 124 1:09 4/5 Dogwood Stable Neil Howard Pat Day 53370
1988 Trapp Mountain 117 1:10 4/5 Loblolly Stable G. R. Arnold II Jerry Bailey 52740
1987 Crusader Sword 117 1:10 1/5 Rokeby Stable MacK. Miler Robbie Davis 66420
1986 Gulch 122 1:10 Peter M. Brant Leroy Jolley Angel Cordero Jr. 54990
1985 Sovereign Don 122 1:11 2/5 Eugene V. Klein D. Wayne Lukas Jorge Velasquez 43200
1984 Chief's Crown 117 1:10 1/5 Andrew Rosen Roger Laurin Don MacBeth 42060
1983 Swale 117 1:12 3/5 Claiborne Farm Woody Stephens Eddie Maple 33720
1982 Victorious 122 1:10 3/5 Herbert Allen Eugene Jacobs Angel Cordero Jr. 33960
1981 Conquistador Ciel 117 1:10 3/5 Henryk deKwiatkowski Woody Stephens Eddie Maple 33900
1980 Well Decorated 117 1:10 1/5 Herbert Allen Eugene Jacobs Michael Venezia 34320
1979 J. P. Brother 122 1:12 Diamond Peg Stable John P. Campo Eddie Maple 25365
1978 General Assembly 117 1:09 Bertram R. Firestone Leroy Jolley Darrel McHargue 22350
1977 Darby Creek Road 117 1:10 James Phillips Thomas L. Rondinello Angel Cordero Jr. 22470
1976 Banquet Table 122 1:11 3/5 C. V. Whitney George T. Poole Jr. Jacinto Vasquez 22455
1975 Bold Forbes 120 1:09 4/5 E. Rodriquez Tizol Lazaro S. Barrera Jorge Velasquez 22680
1974 Our Talisman 117 1:10 2/5 Oak Crest Stable Edward Yowell Michael Venezia 17430
1973 Az Igazi 117 1:11 Joseph R. Straus Homer C. Pardue Michael Venezia 17025
1972 Stop The Music 117 1:11 1/5 Greentree Stable John M. Gaver Jacinto Vasquez 17145
1971 Tarboosh 120 1:10 2/5 Calumet Farm Reggie Cornell Eddie Maple 20640
1970 Three Martinis 120 1:10 4/5 Edward Sawyer Roger Laurin Angel Cordero Jr. 22945
1969 Pontifex 120 1:11 3/5 George D. Widener Sylvester E. Veitch Pete Anderson 20702
1968 Reviewer 122 1:10 2/5 Ogden Phipps Edward A. Neloy Braulio Baeza 23010
1967 Vitriolic 114 1:10 2/5 Ogden Phipps Edward A. Neloy Braulio Baeza 22977
1966 Favorable Turn 116 1:10 3/5 Herbert Allen Eugene Jacobs Robert Ussery 21547
1965 Impressive 114 1:10 1/5 Ogden Phipps Edward A. Neloy Braulio Baeza 22945
1964 Sadair 120 1:10 3/5 Mary B. Hecht L. Lear M. Ycaza 20995
1963 Duel 114 1:10 4/5 Claiborne Farm M. Jolley B. Baeza 21418
1962 Mr. Cold Storage 114 1:12 3/5 Winding Way Farm S. Jacobs J. Sellers 25838
1961 Battle Joined 114 1:10 Cain Hoy Stable W. C. Stephens M. Ycaza 24813
1960 Bronzerullah 116 1:11 3/5 Frank A. Sherman L. Laurin R. York 22822
1959 Irish Lancer 122 1:12 Pebblebrook Farm N. McLeod E. Arcaro 38725
1958 First Landing 122 1:12 4/5 C. T. Chenery J. H. Hayes E. Arcaro 13800
1957 Grey Monarch 122 1:13 3/5 E. P. Taylor H. Luro J. Nichols 13800
1956 Nearctic 122 1:13 E. P. Taylor G. McCann G. Walker 13800
1955 Polly's Jet 122 1:11 2/5 Barclay Stable R. Downes E. Arcaro 15250
1954 Royal Coinage 122 1:12 1/5 Clearwater Stable E. Arcaro 15000
1953 Turn-to 122 1:12 4/5 Cain Hoy Stable - H. Moreno 17250
1952 Native Dancer 122 1:13 1/5 A. G. Vanderbilt - E. Guerin 17500
1951 Cousin 122 1:12 A. G. Vanderbilt - E. Guerin 13000
1950 Batttlefield 122 1:11 1/5 George D. Widener - E. Arcaro 11500
1949 More Sun 122 1:13 4/5 Brookmeade Stable - G. Glisson 12750
1948 Blue Peter 122 1:13 Joseph M. Roebling - E. Guerin 10500
1947 Better Self 122 1:12 4/5 King Ranch - E. Arcaro 14250
1946 Grand Admiral 122 1:13 2/5 Brookmeade Stable - J. D. Jessop 6500
1945 Mist o'Gold 122 1:10 3/5 Vera S. Bragg - W. D. Wright 6435
1944 Pavot 122 1:09 3/5 Walter M. Jeffords - G. Woolf 4945
1943 Cocopet 119 1:10 3/5 Lazy F Ranch - C. McCreary 5500
1942 Halberd 122 1:13 Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords - G. Woolf 8000
1941 Amphitheatre 122 1:11 3/5 Manhasset Stable - A. Robertson 11250
1940 Whirlaway 122 1:11 1/5 Calumet Farm - J. Longden 9750
1939 Bimelech 122 1:10 4/5 E. R. Bradley - F. A. Smith 9000
1938 El Chico 122 1:10 2/5 William Ziegler Jr. - N. Wall 8000
1937 Pumpkin 122 1:12 3/5 John Hay Whitney - J. Gilbert 8000
1936 Forty Winks 122 1:13 4/5 Greentree Stable - R. Workman 7000
1935 Red Rain 122 1:13 C. V. Whitney - R. Workman 3500
1935 Coldstream 122 (same) Coldstream Stud - E. Arcaro 3500
1934 Boxthorn 122 1:13 E. R. Bradley - D. Meade 6750
1933 Wise Daughter 119 1:12 3/5 F. A. Burton - L. Gilbert 8500
1932 Happy Gal 119 1:13 Belair Stud - T. Malley 9250
1931 Top Flight 119 1:12 C. V. Whitney - R. Workman 11000
1930 Jamestown 122 1:11 2/5 George D. Widener - L. McAtee 14050
1929 Whichone 122 1:13 4/5 H. P. Whitney - L. McAtee 16500
1928 Blue Larkspur 122 1:13 3/5 Idle Hour Farm Stable - A. Pascuma 16750
1927 Ariel 122 1:12 3/5 Rancocas Stable - L. Fator 18000
1926 Chance Shot 122 1:13 J. E. Widener - E. Sande 15750
1925 Haste 122 1:12 2/5 J. E. Widener - E. Sande 12000
1924 Sunny Man 122 1:12 2/5 Willis Sharpe Kilmer - L. Fator 13000
1923 St. James 122 1:11 3/5 George D. Widener - E. Sande 12750
1922 Goshawk 122 1:12 1/5 H. P. Whitney - L. McAtee 12750
1921 Morvich 122 1:12 1/5 Benjamin Block - F. Keogh 10500
1920 Tryster 122 1:12 3/5 H. P. Whitney - J. Rodriguez 9500
1919 Golden Broom 122 1:12 4/5 Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords - E. Ambrose 8500
1918 Hannibal 122 1:16 1/5 R. T. Wilson Jr. - L. Ensor 11000
1917 Sun Briar 122 1:15 Willis Sharpe Kilmer - W. Knapp 11750
1916 Campfire 122 1:13 1/5 R. T. Wilson Jr. - J. McTaggart 5625
1915 Dominant 122 1:16 L. S. Thompson - T. McTaggart 5125
1914 Regret 119 1:11 3/5 H. P. Whitney - J. Notter 5125
1913 Roamer 119 1:13 Andrew Miller - G. Byrne 6500
1910 Novelty 122 1:14 2/5 S. C. Hildreth - C. Shilling 12500
1909 Waldo 122 1:15 4/5 C. L. Harrison - D. Nicol 4875
1908 Sir Martin 122 1:18 4/5 J. E. Madden - C. Shilling 9250
1907 Colin 122 1:12 James R. Keene - W. Miller 13000
1906 Salvidere 119 1:12 2/5 T. Hitchock Jr. - W. Sewell 15000
1905 Mohawk II 122 1:07 John Sanford - A. Redfern 16500
1904 Sysonby 122 1:07 James R. Keene - A. Redfern 14000
1903 Aristocracy 122 1:11 4/5 J. E. Madden - F. O'Neill 21500
1902 Irish Lad 122 1:08 1/5 Whitney & Duryea - N. Turner 18000
1901 Goldsmith 122 1:08 4/5 W. C. Whitney - N. Turner 14500

When first run in 1901, the SARATOGA SPECIAL was a winner-take-all event for two-year-olds in which owners could nominate their horses in sets of three for one fee. However, each owner could only run one horse in the race, regardless of how many good two-year-olds he had in his stable; in other words no entries were allowed. These conditions were changed in 1959, when the Special was turned into a regular stakes race, with individual nominations and entries.
The SARATOGA SPECIAL was run at Belmont Park (Widener Course) in 1943, 1944, and 1945. Not run in 1911 and 1912. Run at five and a half furlongs prior to 1906. From 1906 through 1993, run at six furlongs. Distance changed to six and a half furlongs in 1994. Prior to 1959, run as sweepstakes with the entire purse awarded the winner. In 1935, there was a Dead Heat for win. In 1953, Porterhouse finished first, but was disqualified and placed last. In 1969, only three horses started.