Horse race
The Glens Falls Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four years old and older held over a distance of one and a half miles on the turf held annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York . The event currently carries a purse of $250,000.
History
The event at Saratoga Race Course is named after the nearby city of Glens Falls, New York .
The inaugural running of the event was on 9 August 1996 over a distance of 1+ 3 ⁄8 miles for fillies and mares
three-years-old and older and was won by the 17-1 longshot Ampulla who was ridden by Shane Sellers in a time of 2:16.49 by a two lengths margin.[ 1]
From 1998 to 2010 the event was run under handicap conditions.[ 2]
In 1999 the event was upgraded in classification by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association 's American Graded Stakes Committee to Grade III .[ 2]
The Glens Falls Handicap was run in two divisions in 2004.[ 3]
The event has been taken off the turf due the state of the turf track three times and run at a shorter distance: 2000, 2001, 2013.[ 2] [ 4]
In 2018 the event was upgrade to Grade II .[ 5]
In 2020 the conditions of the event were modified for entrance to fillies and mares aged four years old and older.[ 6]
In 2021 the distance of the event was increased from 1+ 3 ⁄8 miles to 1+ 1 ⁄2 miles.[ 7]
Records
Speed record:
1+ 1 ⁄2 miles: 2:27.05 – McKulick (2023)
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles: 2:11.46 – White Rose (2015)
Margins:
7 lengths – Auntie Mame (1998)
Most wins:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Winners
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance
Time
Purse
Grade
Ref
Glens Falls Stakes
2023
McKulick (GB)
4
Irad Ortiz Jr.
Chad Brown
Klaravich Stables
1+ 1 ⁄2 miles
2:27.89
$250,000
II
[ 8]
2023
McKulick (GB)
4
Irad Ortiz Jr.
Chad Brown
Klaravich Stables
1+ 1 ⁄2 miles
2:27.05
$250,000
II
[ 9]
2022
War Like Goddess
5
Joel Rosario
William I. Mott
George Krikorian
1+ 1 ⁄2 miles
2:29.33
$250,000
II
[ 10]
2021
War Like Goddess
4
Julien Leparoux
William I. Mott
George Krikorian
1+ 1 ⁄2 miles
2:27.55
$250,000
II
[ 11]
2020
Civil Union
5
Joel Rosario
Claude R. McGaughey III
Allen Stable
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:19.80
$200,000
II
[ 6]
2019
Mrs. Sippy
4
Joel Rosario
H. Graham Motion
Andrew Stone
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:13.62
$250,000
II
[ 12]
2018
Lady Montdore
4
Manuel Franco
Thomas Albertrani
Godolphin
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:20.78
$250,000
II
[ 13]
2017
Harmonize
4
John R. Velazquez
William I. Mott
Larkin Armstrong
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:15.59
$200,000
III
[ 14]
2016
Suffused (GB)
4
Jose L. Ortiz
William I. Mott
Juddmonte
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:13.55
$200,000
III
[ 15]
2015
White Rose
5
Shaun Bridgmohan
William I. Mott
Jake Ballis & Rashard Lewis
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:11.46
$200,000
III
[ 16]
2014
Irish Mission (CAN )
5
John R. Velazquez
Christophe Clement
Robert S. Evans
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:15.01
$150,000
III
[ 17]
2013
Lady Cohiba
4
Junior Alvarado
Christophe Clement
Live Oak Plantation
1+ 1 ⁄8 miles
1:50.86
$150,000
Listed
Off turf [ 18]
2012
Hit It Rich
5
Javier Castellano
Claude R. McGaughey III
Stuart S. Janney III
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:12.34
$150,000
III
[ 19]
2011
Emerald Beech
5
Alex O. Solis
Jonathan E. Sheppard
Augustin Stable
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:21.71
$102,000
III
[ 20]
Glens Falls Handicap
2010
Keertana
4
Jose Lezcano
Thomas F. Proctor
Barbara Hunter
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:12.73
$100,000
III
[ 21]
2009
Mushka
4
Kent J. Desormeaux
William I. Mott
Brushwood Stable
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:13.50
$110,500
III
[ 22]
2008
Hostess
5
Rajiv Maragh
H. James Bond
William L. Clifton Jr.
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:11.66
$108,900
III
[ 23]
2007
Rosinka (IRE)
4
Jeremy Rose
H. Graham Motion
Alistair McDonald Buchanan
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:13.00
$111,200
III
[ 24]
2006
Noble Stella (GER)
5
Mike E. Smith
Roger L. Attfield
Gary A. Tanaka
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:16.02
$112,100
III
[ 25]
2005
Honey Ryder
4
John R. Velazquez
Todd A. Pletcher
Glencrest Farm (Lessee)
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:14.40
$109,200
III
[ 26]
2004
Humaita (GER)
4
Cornelio Velasquez
H. Graham Motion
Andreas Jacobs
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:14.25
$110,400
III
Division 1 [ 27]
Arvada (GB)
4
John R. Velazquez
Robert J. Frankel
Giles Pritchard Gordon
2:15.12
$109,300
Division 2 [ 28]
2003
Sixty Seconds (NZ)
5
Jose A. Santos
Christophe Clement
Leigh Family Stable
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:13.96
$113,100
III
[ 29]
2002
Owsley
4
Edgar S. Prado
Randy Schulhofer
Arthur B. Hancock III
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:15.99
$113,500
III
[ 30]
2001
Irving's Baby
4
Jerry D. Bailey
Todd A. Pletcher
Anstu Stable
1+ 1 ⁄4 miles
2:07.56
$106,700
Listed
Off turf [ 31]
2000
I'm Indy Mood
5
Heberto Castillo Jr.
James J. Toner
Arthur G. Seelbinder, Ronald & Patricia Nicholson
1+ 1 ⁄4 miles
2:07.41
$110,200
III
Off turf [ 32]
1999
Idle Rich
4
Jerry D. Bailey
William I. Mott
Stonerside Stable
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:12.81
$109,600
III
[ 33]
1998
Auntie Mame
4
John R. Velazquez
Angel A. Penna Jr.
Lazy F Ranch
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:13.15
$110,000
Listed
[ 34]
Glens Falls Stakes
1997
Shemozzle (IRE)
4
Jerry D. Bailey
Christophe Clement
Lord Hartington
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:12.89
$107,900
Listed
[ 35]
1996
Ampulla
5
Shane Sellers
Patrick B. Byrne
North Cliff Farms
1+ 3 ⁄8 miles
2:16.49
$112,500
Listed
[ 1]
See also
References
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