Glens Falls Stakes

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.

Glens Falls Stakes
Grade II race
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1996
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance1+1⁄2 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFillies and Mares, four-year-olds and older
Weight124 lbs with allowances
PurseUS$250,000 (2021)

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:

  • 2 – George Krikorian (2021, 2022)

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 2:27.05 $250,000 II [8]
2022 War Like Goddess 5 Joel Rosario William I. Mott George Krikorian 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.33 $250,000 II [9]
2021 War Like Goddess 4 Julien Leparoux William I. Mott George Krikorian 1+1⁄2 miles 2:27.55 $250,000 II [10]
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 [11]
2018 Lady Montdore 4 Manuel Franco Thomas Albertrani Godolphin 1+3⁄8 miles 2:20.78 $250,000 II [12]
2017 Harmonize 4 John R. Velazquez William I. Mott Larkin Armstrong 1+3⁄8 miles 2:15.59 $200,000 III [13]
2016 Suffused (GB) 4 Jose L. Ortiz William I. Mott Juddmonte 1+3⁄8 miles 2:13.55 $200,000 III [14]
2015 White Rose 5 Shaun Bridgmohan William I. Mott Jake Ballis & Rashard Lewis 1+3⁄8 miles 2:11.46 $200,000 III [15]
2014 Irish Mission (CAN) 5 John R. Velazquez Christophe Clement Robert S. Evans 1+3⁄8 miles 2:15.01 $150,000 III [16]
2013 Lady Cohiba 4 Junior Alvarado Christophe Clement Live Oak Plantation 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.86 $150,000 Listed Off turf[17]
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 [18]
2011 Emerald Beech 5 Alex O. Solis Jonathan E. Sheppard Augustin Stable 1+3⁄8 miles 2:21.71 $102,000 III [19]
Glens Falls Handicap
2010 Keertana 4 Jose Lezcano Thomas F. Proctor Barbara Hunter 1+3⁄8 miles 2:12.73 $100,000 III [20]
2009 Mushka 4 Kent J. Desormeaux William I. Mott Brushwood Stable 1+3⁄8 miles 2:13.50 $110,500 III [21]
2008 Hostess 5 Rajiv Maragh H. James Bond William L. Clifton Jr. 1+3⁄8 miles 2:11.66 $108,900 III [22]
2007 Rosinka (IRE) 4 Jeremy Rose H. Graham Motion Alistair McDonald Buchanan 1+3⁄8 miles 2:13.00 $111,200 III [23]
2006 Noble Stella (GER) 5 Mike E. Smith Roger L. Attfield Gary A. Tanaka 1+3⁄8 miles 2:16.02 $112,100 III [24]
2005 Honey Ryder 4 John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm (Lessee) 1+3⁄8 miles 2:14.40 $109,200 III [25]
2004 Humaita (GER) 4 Cornelio Velasquez H. Graham Motion Andreas Jacobs 1+3⁄8 miles 2:14.25 $110,400 III Division 1[26]
Arvada (GB) 4 John R. Velazquez Robert J. Frankel Giles Pritchard Gordon 2:15.12 $109,300 Division 2[27]
2003 Sixty Seconds (NZ) 5 Jose A. Santos Christophe Clement Leigh Family Stable 1+3⁄8 miles 2:13.96 $113,100 III [28]
2002 Owsley 4 Edgar S. Prado Randy Schulhofer Arthur B. Hancock III 1+3⁄8 miles 2:15.99 $113,500 III [29]
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[30]
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[31]
1999 Idle Rich 4 Jerry D. Bailey William I. Mott Stonerside Stable 1+3⁄8 miles 2:12.81 $109,600 III [32]
1998 Auntie Mame 4 John R. Velazquez Angel A. Penna Jr. Lazy F Ranch 1+3⁄8 miles 2:13.15 $110,000 Listed [33]
Glens Falls Stakes
1997 Shemozzle (IRE) 4 Jerry D. Bailey Christophe Clement Lord Hartington 1+3⁄8 miles 2:12.89 $107,900 Listed [34]
1996 Ampulla 5 Shane Sellers Patrick B. Byrne North Cliff Farms 1+3⁄8 miles 2:16.49 $112,500 Listed [1]

Legend:
  Dirt   Turf

See also

References
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  2. "Glens Falls Stakes (Gr. 2)". Equibase. 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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  7. "Condition Book Excerpt: Eighteenth Day - SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021". equibase.com. NYRA. p. 2. Retrieved 20 July 2021. The 26th Running of THE GLENS FALLS Grade II - ONE MILE AND ONE HALF (INNER TURF)
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  34. "1997 Glens Falls Stakes Listed - (race 9)". Equibase. 6 August 1997. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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