Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated
1964
Race type
Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website
www.nyra.com
Race information
Distance
1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface
Dirt
Track
left-handed
Qualification
Three-year-olds
Purse
$500,000
The Jim Dandy Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race. The Grade II race has been held annually since 1964 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The race is open to horses age three over one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. It currently carries a purse of $600,000. Prior to 1971, the race was 1 mile in length. For 1971 only, the distance was decreased to 7 furlongs.
The Jim Dandy Stakes is usually run on the first Saturday of the late July Saratoga racing season and is named in honor of the 3-year-old colt, Jim Dandy, who won the 1930 Travers Stakes at odds of 100 to 1, beating Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox.[1] The Jim Dandy Stakes is typically used as a preparatory race for the Travers Stakes.
The Jim Dandy was run for the 56th time in 2019.
^Mooney, Bill (26 August 2001). "HORSE RACING; the Day Jim Dandy Danced in the Rain". The New York Times.
The JimDandyStakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race. The Grade II race has been held annually since 1964 at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs...
winning the Triple Crown and other major stakes races such as the Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Derby and JimDandyStakes. He repeated as Horse of the Year at...
with Orb in third. Palace Malice prepped for the Travers Stakes with a run in the JimDandyStakes at Saratoga Race Course on July 27. Starting the 27/20...
graded stakes winners Silverfoot and Macho Again. Stewart won his first stakes at storied Saratoga Race Course when Macho Again won the 2008 JimDandy Stakes...
stallion. As a three-year-old, he won the Queen's Plate in Canada and the JimDandyStakes in the United States. He was undefeated at age four, scoring his biggest...
foaled 1927 Malicious, winner of the 1964 JimDandyStakes Malicious III, winner of the 1965 Evening Attire Stakes All pages with titles beginning with Malicious...
the Wood Memorial Stakes. He finished fourth in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes before winning the JimDandyStakes. Wicked Strong is a...
the 1919 Sanford Stakes; Gallant Fox, the 1930 Triple Crown winner, was beaten by the 100-1 longshot JimDandy in the 1930 Travers Stakes; Secretariat, the...
Bernardini (Bay, 2003) won the 2006 Preakness Stakes, Travers Stakes, JimDandyStakes, Withers Stakes and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He was sired by leading...
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was given some time off then returned to racing on July 30 in the JimDandyStakes, where he finished fourth after stumbling at the break. "Mohaymen pedigree"...
this feat in the same year. On May 16, 2009, Borel won the 2009 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico with thoroughbred filly Rachel Alexandra. In doing so, Borel...
then returned to racing on July 30 in the JimDandyStakes at Saratoga. The field of four were all stakes winners including Epicenter, Zandon and Tawny...
the Grade II JimDandyStakes, the Grade II Lane's End Stakes (in his third career start), and, on August 27, the Grade I Travers Stakes at Saratoga as...
finished fourth in the JimDandyStakes, thus entering the Travers with a three-race losing streak. In the $1 million Travers Stakes, Sea Hero displayed...
notably earned a second in the Woodward Stakes and the JimDandyStakes plus a third-place finish in the Travers Stakes. Retired to stud duty for the 1978...
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