Whitney Stakes

  • 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
  • 2020 Purse: $750,000
  • 2020 Race Date: Saturday, August 1st
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2020 Whitney Stakes Entries and Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY
TRAINER
WIN
PLACE
SHOW
2
Improbable
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
Bob Baffert
$8.50
$4.50
$2.70
1
By My Standards
Jose L. Ortiz
W. Bret Calhoun
$5.40
$2.60
5
Tom's d'Etat
Joel Rosario
Albert M. Stall, Jr.
$2.10
3
Code of Honor
John R. Velazquez
Claude R. McGaughey III
4
Mr. Buff
Junior Alvarado
John C. Kimmel

Exotic Payouts

  • $2 Exacta (2-1) Paid: $38.00
  • $2 Trifecta (2-1-5) Paid: $80.48
  • $2 Superfecta (2-1-5-3) Paid: $11,440.00


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The History of the Whitney Stakes

Formerly known as the Whitney Handicap, the Whitney Stakes is a Grade 1 stakes horse race run each year at the Saratoga Race Course. Ranking alongside the Kentucky Derby as the top Grade 1 race in the US, since 2007 the winner has earned a spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic as part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.