Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated
1928
Race type
Thoroughbred, Flat racing
Website
Saratoga Race Course
Race information
Distance
1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface
Dirt
Track
Left-handed
Qualification
Four-year-olds and Up
Weight
124 lbs with allowances
Purse
US$1,000,000[1]
The Whitney Stakes (run as the Whitney Handicap through 2013 and still sometimes referred to as such) is an American Grade 1 stakes race for Thoroughbred racehorses four years of age and older run at a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles. The current purse is $1,000,000.[1]
Held annually in late July/early August at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, the race is named for the Whitney family, whose members were and remain prominent participants and supporters of the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.[2]
The WhitneyStakes (run as the Whitney Handicap through 2013 and still sometimes referred to as such) is an American Grade 1 stakes race for Thoroughbred...
Cross won the 1934 Dwyer Stakes and finished a good fifth in the Belmont Stakes. In partnership with her brother, Joan Whitney operated the highly successful...
three-year-olds in the US. In 2023, as a four-year old, he won the Grade I WhitneyStakes at Saratoga Race Course and the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita...
winning five of seven starts, including the Breeders' Cup Classic, WhitneyStakes and Pegasus World Cup. The year before he won the Breeders' Cup Dirt...
to take second place in the Preakness Stakes and subsequently gave Whitney his second win in the Belmont Stakes and then went on to earn 1951 Horse of...
Derby. In 2021 he rode Knicks Go to wins in the Pegasus World Cup, WhitneyStakes, and Breeders' Cup Classic. A winner of 15 Breeders' Cup races and nine...
record. Whitney's colt Burgomaster won the 1906 Belmont Stakes and also received Horse of the Year honors. Among the many horses, Whitney's breeding...
fifth in the inaugural running of the Wilson Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. After her marriage to Jock Whitney she remained active in Thoroughbred racing...
at Buckingham Palace. C.V. Whitney and his family were a major force in thoroughbred horse racing and have had more stakes winners than any other family...
circle in the 2017 Suburban Handicap, then finished second in both the WhitneyStakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup. He was retired to stud at Calumet Farm in...
Thoroughbred racehorse who won three of his six races, including the Wood Memorial Stakes, then a Grade I event. He was an immediate success after retiring to stud...
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is run over the worldwide...
Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Well Armed (2003) — Awesome Again Stakes and Dubai World Cup winner Bullsbay (2004) — WhitneyStakes...
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