Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series > Whitney Stakes
Whitney Stakes Race Facts
- Location: Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Inaugural Race: 1928
- Distance: 1 & 1/8th mile (9 furlongs)
- Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Three Year Olds and up
- 2022 Purse: $1,000,000
- 2022 Race Date: Saturday, August 6th
2022 Whitney Stakes Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Life Is Good | Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Todd A. Pletcher | $3.70 / $3.20 |
| 5 | Happy Saver | John R. Velazquez / Todd A. Pletcher | $6.40 |
| 2 | Hot Rod Charlie | Flavien Prat / Doug F. O'Neill | |
| 4 | Olympiad | Junior Alvarado / William I. Mott | |
| 3 | Zoomer | Joel Rosario / Mark E. Casse |
Exotic Payoffs:
- $1.00 Exacta (6-5) Paid: $14.00
- $0.50 Trifecta (6-5-2) Paid: $17.62
- $0.10 Superfecta (6-5-2-4) Paid: $4.07
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Whitney Stakes Race History
Formerly known as the Whitney Handicap, the Whitney Stakes is a Grade 1 stakes horse race run each year at the Saratoga Race Course. It ranks alongside the Kentucky Derby as the top Grade 1 race in the US and has attracted some of the greatest horses in history. Notable winners include Equipoise (1932), Discovery (1934-36), War Admiral (1938), Eight Thirty (1939), Devil Diver (1944), Stymie (1946), Tom Fool (1953), Kelso (1961, 1963, 1965), Dr. Fager (1968), Key to the Mint (1972), Ancient Title (1975), Alydar (1978), Slew o’ Gold (1984), Easy Goer (1989), and Invasor (2006). In 1963, the race featured one of the most shocking upsets when Secretariat was defeated by Onion.
Since 2007, the winner has earned a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Classic as part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series.
Whitney Stakes Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Life Is Good | Irad Ortiz, Jr. / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.97 |
| 2021 | Knicks Go | Joel Rosario / Brad H. Cox | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.70 |
| 2020 | Improbable | Irad Ortiz Jr. / Bob Baffert | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.65 |
| 2019 | McKinzie | Mike E. Smith / Bob Baffert | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.10 |
| 2018 | Diversify | Irad Ortiz Jr. / Richard Violette Jr. | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.62 |
| 2017 | Gun Runner | Florent Geroux / Steve Asmussen | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.71 |
| 2016 | Frosted | Joel Rosario / Kiaran McLaughlin | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.77 |
| 2015 | Honor Code | Javier Castellano / Claude R. McGaughey III | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.82 |
| 2014 | Moreno | Junior Alvarado / Eric Guillot | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.05 |
| 2013 | Cross Traffic | John R. Velazquez / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.89 |
| 2012 | Fort Larned | Brian Hernandez Jr. / Ian R. Wilkes | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.76 |
| 2011 | Tizway | Rajiv Maragh / H. James Bond | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:52.43 |
| 2010 | Blame | Garrett Gomez / Albert Stall Jr. | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.88 |
| 2009 | Bullsbay | Jeremy Rose / H. Graham Motion | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.12 |
| 2008 | Commentator | John R. Velazquez / Nick Zito | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:50.23 |
| 2007 | Lawyer Ron | John R. Velazquez / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:46.64 |
| 2006 | Invasor | Fernando Jara / Kiaran McLaughlin | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.06 |
| 2005 | Commentator | Gary Stevens / Nick Zito | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.33 |
| 2004 | Roses in May | Edgar Prado / Dale L. Romans | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.54 |
| 2003 | Medaglia d'Oro | Jerry Bailey / Robert J. Frankel | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.69 |
| 2002 | Left Bank | John R. Velazquez / Todd A. Pletcher | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.04 |
| 2001 | Lido Palace | Jerry Bailey / Robert J. Frankel | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.94 |
| 2000 | Lemon Drop Kid | Edgar Prado / Scotty Schulhofer | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.30 |
| 1999 | Victory Gallop | Jerry Bailey / Elliott Walden | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.66 |
| 1998 | Awesome Again | Pat Day / Patrick B. Byrne | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.71 |
| 1997 | Will's Way | Jerry Bailey / H. James Bond | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.37 |
| 1996 | Mahogany Hall | José A. Santos / James Baker | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.60 |
| 1995 | Unaccounted For | Pat Day / Scotty Schulhofer | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.20 |
| 1994 | Colonial Affair | José A. Santos / Scotty Schulhofer | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.60 |
| 1993 | Brunswick | Mike E. Smith / Anthony Margotta | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.40 |
| 1992 | Sultry Song | Jerry Bailey / Patrick Kelly | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.20 |
| 1991 | In Excess | Gary Stevens / Bruce L. Jackson | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.00 |
| 1990 | Criminal Type | Gary Stevens / D. Wayne Lukas | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.60 |
| 1989 | Easy Goer | Pat Day / C. R. McGaughey III | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.40 |
| 1988 | Personal Ensign | Randy Romero / C. R. McGaughey III | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.80 |
| 1987 | Java Gold | Pat Day / MacKenzie Miller | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.40 |
| 1986 | Lady's Secret | Pat Day / D. Wayne Lukas | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.80 |
| 1985 | Track Barron | Ángel Cordero Jr. / LeRoy Jolley | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.60 |
| 1984 | Slew o' Gold | Ángel Cordero Jr. / John O. Hertler | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.20 |
| 1983 | Island Whirl | Ed Delahoussaye / Laz Barrera | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.40 |
| 1982 | Silver Buck | Don MacBeth / J. Elliott Burch | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.80 |
| 1981 | Fio Rito | Leslie Hulet / Michael Ferraro | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.00 |
| 1980 | State Dinner | Ruben Hernandez / J. Elliott Burch | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.20 |
| 1979 | Star de Naskra | Jeffrey Fell / Richard D. Ferris | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.60 |
| 1978 | Alydar | Jorge Velásquez / John M. Veitch | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.40 |
| 1977 | Nearly On Time | Steve Cauthen / LeRoy Jolley | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.40 |
| 1976 | Dancing Gun | Roger Velez / Laz Barrera | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:50.00 |
| 1975 | Ancient Title | Sandy Hawley / Keith L. Stucki Sr. | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.20 |
| 1974 | Tri Jet | Laffit Pincay Jr. / Charles R. Parke | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:47.00 |
| 1973 | Onion | Jacinto Vásquez / H. Allen Jerkens | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.20 |
| 1972 | Key To The Mint | Braulio Baeza / J. Elliott Burch | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.20 |
| 1971 | Protanto | Jorge Velásquez / MacKenzie Miller | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.40 |
| 1970 | Judgable | Robert Woodhouse / Herbert Nadler | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.40 |
| 1969 | Verbatim | Pete Anderson / James P. Conway | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:50.00 |
| 1968 | Dr. Fager | Braulio Baeza / John A. Nerud | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.80 |
| 1967 | Stupendous | Eddie Belmonte / Edward A. Neloy | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.20 |
| 1966 | Staunchness | Ernest Cardone / Victor J. Nickerson | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:50.20 |
| 1965 | Kelso | Ismael Valenzuela / Carl Hanford | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.80 |
| 1964 | Gun Bow | Walter Blum / Edward A. Neloy | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.20 |
| 1963 | Kelso | Ismael Valenzuela / Carl Hanford | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:50.40 |
| 1962 | Carry Back | Johnny Sellers / Jack A. Price | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:50.00 |
| 1961 | Kelso | Eddie Arcaro / Carl Hanford | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:48.00 |
| 1960 | Warhead | Mike Sorrentino / Kay Erik Jensen | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:51.00 |
| 1959 | Plion | Manuel Ycaza / Tom Jolley | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:53.00 |
| 1958 | Cohoes | John Ruane / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:51.60 |
| 1957 | Kingmaker | Bobby Ussery / Frank I. Wright | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:52.80 |
| 1956 | Dedicate | William Boland / G. Carey Winfrey | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:49.80 |
| 1955 | First Aid | Hedley Woodhouse / J. Elliott Burch | 1 1⁄8 M / 1:51.60 |
| 1954 | Social Outcast | Eric Guerin / William C. Winfrey | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:04.40 |
| 1953 | Tom Fool | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:05.40 |
| 1952 | Counterpoint | Dave Gorman / Sylvester Veitch | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:05.60 |
| 1951 | One Hitter | Ted Atkinson / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:05.00 |
| 1950 | Piet | Nick Combest / R. Emmett Potts | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:06.60 |
| 1949 | Round View | Sebastian Perez / Hollie Hughes | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:06.60 |
| 1948 | Gallorette | Arnold Kirkland / Edward A. Christmas | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:05.20 |
| 1947 | Rico Monte | Ruperto Donoso / Horatio Luro | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:02.60 |
| 1946 | Stymie | Basil James / Hirsch Jacobs | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:07.40 |
| 1945 | Trymenow | Herb Lindberg / Oscar White | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:02.20 |
| 1944 | Devil Diver | Eddie Arcaro / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:02.00 |
| 1943 | Bolingbroke | Herb Lindberg / Walter Burrows | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:02.00 |
| 1942 | Swing and Sway | Don Meade / John M. Gaver Sr. | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:05.40 |
| 1941 | Fenelon | James Stout / James Fitzsimmons | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:06.40 |
| 1940 | Challedon | George Woolf / Louis Schaefer | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:03.20 |
| 1939 | Eight Thirty | Harry Richards / Bert Mulholland | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:06.20 |
| 1938 | War Admiral | Wayne D. Wright / George Conway | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:03.80 |
| 1937 | Esposa | Nick Wall / Matthew P. Brady | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:05.20 |
| 1936 | Discovery | John Bejshak / Bud Stotler | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:06.80 |
| 1935 | Discovery | John Bejshak / Bud Stotler | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:04.80 |
| 1934 | Discovery | Don Meade / Bud Stotler | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:07.80 |
| 1933 | Caesar's Ghost | Dominick Bellizzi / Jack J. Connors | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:10.80 |
| 1932 | Equipoise | Raymond Workman / Thomas J. Healey | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:05.60 |
| 1931 | St. Brideaux | Linus McAtee / James G. Rowe Jr. | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:05.00 |
| 1930 | Whichone | Raymond Workman / Thomas J. Healey | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:04.00 |
| 1929 | Bateau | Eddie Ambrose / Scott P. Harlan | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:09.40 |
| 1928 | Black Maria | Laverne Fator / William H. Karrick | 1 1⁄4 M / 2:06.00 |