Grade II race | |
Location | Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1993 (as Screen King Stakes at Belmont Park) |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | NYRA |
Race information | |
Distance | 6+1⁄2 furlongs |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | 124 lbs with allowances |
Purse | $200,000 |
The Amsterdam Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses over the distance of 6+1⁄2 furlongs on the dirt, scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.
History
The event was inaugurated at Belmont Park on 17 July 1993 as the Screen King Stakes and was run over a distance of seven furlongs and the winner Evil Bear was ridden by United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey José A. Santos in a time of 1:22.09. The event honored Screen King who had won his first four races including the Grade III Swift Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
The following year the event moved to Saratoga and the distance was decreased to six furlongs and split into two divisions.
In 1998 the event was renamed for Amsterdam, New York, a town about 26 miles from Saratoga Springs in Upstate New York. That same year the race was upgraded to a Grade III and was run in split divisions. In 2001 the event was upgraded to Grade II.
Of the notable winners of this event are 1996 winner Distorted Humor who much later on in 2011 became Leading sire in North America and in 2017 the Leading broodmare sire in North America. In 2009 Quality Road resumed after injury after winning the Grade I Florida Derby missing all three legs of the U.S. Triple Crown series and winning the event in track record time of 1:13.74 breaking Saratoga's 30-year track record.
An earlier edition of the Amsterdam Stakes was run at Saratoga from 1901 through at least 1915 that was open to horses age three and older.
Records
Speed record:
- 6+1⁄2 furlongs: 1:13.74 – Quality Road (2009)
- 6 furlongs: 1:08.50 – Yaupon (2020)
Margins:
- 12+1⁄2 lengths – Shancelot (2019)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 – Lewis G. Lakin (In partnership) (2001, 2002)
- 2 – Fox Hill Farms (2008, 2014 in partnership)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 4 – Pat Day (1995, 1996, 2000, 2002)
- 4 - Joel Rosario (2013, 2016, 2020, 2021)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - Steven M. Asmussen (2004, 2005, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Winners
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref | |
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Amsterdam Stakes | ||||||||||
2024 | World Record | Flavien Prat | Rodolphe Brisset | Siena Farm & WinStar Farm | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:16.20 | $194,000 | II | ||
2023 | New York Thunder | Tyler Gaffalione | Jorge Delgado | AMO Racing USA | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:14.65 | $194,000 | II | ||
2022 | Gunite | Tyler Gaffalione | Steven M. Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.75 | $200,000 | II | ||
2021 | Jackie's Warrior | Joel Rosario | Steven M. Asmussen | J. Kirk & Judy Robison | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15:46 | $200,000 | II | ||
2020 | Yaupon | Joel Rosario | Steven M. Asmussen | L. William & Corinne Heiligbrodt | 6 furlongs | 1:08.50 | $150,000 | II | ||
2019 | Shancelot | Emisael Jaramillo | Jorge Navarro | Ivan Rodriguez, Albert Crawford & Michelle Crawford | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:14.01 | $200,000 | II | ||
2018 | Promises Fulfilled | Luis Saez | Dale L. Romans | Robert J. Baron | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.18 | $200,000 | III | ||
2017 | Coal Front | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Robert V. LaPenta & Head of Plains Partners | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:16.05 | $200,000 | II | ||
2016 | Mind Your Biscuits | Joel Rosario | Robert N. Falcone Jr. | J Stables, Scott, Hope & Daniel Summers | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.25 | $200,000 | II | ||
2015 | Holy Boss | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Steven M. Asmussen | Jerry Durant | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.38 | $200,000 | II | ||
2014 | Coup de Grace | Rosie Napravnik | J. Larry Jones | Fox Hill Farms | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.32 | $200,000 | II | ||
2013 | Forty Tales | Joel Rosario | Todd A. Pletcher | Perretti Racing Stable | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.64 | $200,000 | II | ||
2012 | Currency Swap | Rajiv Maragh | Teresa M. Pompay | Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.33 | $200,000 | II | ||
2011 | Caleb's Posse | Rajiv Maragh | Donnie K. Von Hemel | McNeill Stables & Cheyenne Stables | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.88 | $150,000 | II | ||
2010 | Discreetly Mine | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | E. Paul Robsham Stables | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:14.12 | $150,000 | II | ||
2009 | Quality Road | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Edward P. Evans | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:13.74 | $150,000 | II | ||
2008 | Kodiak Kowboy | Gabriel Saez | J. Larry Jones | Vinery Stables & Fox Hill Farm | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.56 | $150,000 | II | ||
2007 | Most Distinguished | Rafael Bejarano | Nicholas P. Zito | Live Oak Plantation | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:15.97 | $150,000 | II | ||
2006 | Court Folly | Calvin H. Borel | Ian R. Wilkes | Robert Manfuso | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | 1:16.14 | $142,500 | II | ||
2005 | Santana Strings | Eibar Coa | Steven M. Asmussen | Millennium Farms | 6 furlongs | 1:10.18 | $150,000 | II | ||
2004 | Bwana Charlie | Shane Sellers | Steven M. Asmussen | Heiligbrodt Racing Stable | 6 furlongs | 1:09.40 | $150,000 | II | ||
2003 | Zavata | Jerry D. Bailey | Patrick L. Biancone | Michael B. Tabor | 6 furlongs | 1:08.64 | $150,000 | II | ||
2002 | Listen Here | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Kim and Rodney Nardelli & Lewis G. Lakin | 6 furlongs | 1:09.58 | $150,000 | II | ||
2001 | City Zip | Jorge F. Chavez | Linda L. Rice | Charles R. Thompson, Carl Bowling, Becky Thomas & Lewis Lakin | 6 furlongs | 1:11.03 | $135,700 | II | ||
2000 | Personal First | Pat Day | David E. Paulus | Dianne Waldron, Leah Killingworth and William Shively | 6 furlongs | 1:09.33 | $110,000 | III | ||
1999 | Successful Appeal | Edgar S. Prado | John C. Kimmel | Starview Stable | 6 furlongs | 1:10.20 | $83,900 | III | ||
At Saratoga – Screen King Stakes | ||||||||||
1998 | Secret Firm | Edgar S. Prado | H. Graham Motion | Buckram Oak Farm | 6 furlongs | 1:10.28 | $82,650 | III | Dead heat | |
Mint | Eibar Coa | Mohammed Moubarak | Mea Culpa Stables | |||||||
1997 | Oro de Mexico | Chris Antley | Philip M. Serpe | John T. Dee | 6 furlongs | 1:10.58 | $82,125 | Listed | ||
1996 | Distorted Humor | Pat Day | W. Elliott Walden | Prestonwood Farm | 6 furlongs | 1:09.13 | $54,700 | Listed | ||
1995 | Kings Fiction | Pat Day | H. Allen Jerkens | Hardwicke Stables, et al. | 6 furlongs | 1:09.75 | $53,750 | Listed | ||
1994 | Chimes Band | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Fares Farm | 6 furlongs | 1:09.90 | $53,876 | Listed | Division 1 | |
Mr. Shawklit | Herb McCauley | Frank LaBoccetta | Edward Anchel | 1:10.80 | $53,876 | Division 2 | ||||
At Belmont Park – Screen King Stakes | ||||||||||
1993 | Evil Bear | José A. Santos | Robert E. Reid Jr. | Joseph Sabini | 7 furlongs | 1:22.09 | $48,000 |
See also
List of American and Canadian Graded races
References
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