Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap
# Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap

The Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap was a Grade II Thoroughbred race for horses three-years-old and up run on dirt at Saratoga Race Course in New York from 1994 through 2005. From 1994 through 1996, it was run as the Saratoga Cup Handicap, the name of another race that was run from 1865 through 1955.

A Grade II event, it was set at a distance of 1 1/8 miles for its inaugural running but changed in 1995 to 1 1/4 miles. It offered a purse of $250,000.

## Records

Speed record:

* 2:00.83 @ 1¼ miles - Evening Attire (2004)

Most wins:

* 2 - L'Carriere (1995, 1996)
* 2 - Evening Attire (2002, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:

* 3 - Jorge Chavez (1996, 2000, 2003)

Most wins by a trainer:

* 3 - H. James Bond (1995, 1996, 2000)

Most wins by an owner:

* 2 - Virginia Kraft Payson (1995, 1996)
* 2 - Joseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Purse |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Suave | 4 | John Velazquez | Paul J. McGee | Jay Em Ess Stable (Mace & Samantha Siegel) | 11⁄4 | 2:03.38 | $250,000 |
| 2004 | Evening Attire | 6 | Cornelio Velásquez | Patrick J. Kelly | Joseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly | 11⁄4 | 2:00.83 | $250,000 |
| 2003 | Puzzlement | 4 | Jorge Chavez | H. Allen Jerkens | Joseph V. Shields Jr. | 11⁄4 | 2:03.54 | $300,000 |
| 2002 | Evening Attire | 4 | Shaun Bridgmohan | Patrick J. Kelly | Joseph & Mary Grant, Tommy J. Kelly | 11⁄4 | 2:02.95 | $300,000 |
| 2001 | Aptitude | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 11⁄4 | 2:01.55 | $300,000 |
| 2000 | Pleasant Breeze | 5 | Jorge Chavez | H. James Bond | William L. Clifton Jr. | 11⁄4 | 2:02.17 | $300,000 |
| 1999 | Running Stag | 5 | Shane Sellers | Philip Mitchell | Richard Cohen | 11⁄4 | 2:01.11 | $300,000 |
| 1998 | Awesome Again | 4 | Pat Day | Patrick B. Byrne | Stronach Stables | 11⁄4 | 2:03.14 | $300,000 |
| 1997 | Cairo Express | 5 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Mohammed Moubarak | Buckram Oak Farm (Mahmoud Fustok) | 11⁄4 | 2:03.99 | $200,000 |
| 1996 | L'Carriere | 5 | Jorge Chavez | H. James Bond | Virginia Kraft Payson | 11⁄4 | 2:01.67 | $200,000 |
| 1995 | L'Carriere | 4 | Jerry Bailey | H. James Bond | Virginia Kraft Payson | 11⁄4 | 2:02.87 | $200,000 |
| 1994 | Thunder Rumble | 5 | Richard Migliore | Richard O'Connell | Braeburn Farm (Konrad & Ursula Widner) | 11⁄8 | 1:48.52 | $250,000 |
