Amsterdam Stakes

Amsterdam Stakes

Grade II race
Location	Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1993
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.nyra.com/index_saratoga.html
Race information
Distance	6 ^1⁄2 furlongs
Surface	Dirt
Track	left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000

The Amsterdam Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at the end of July at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Open to three-year-old horses, it is a sprint race competed over a distance of  6 ¹⁄₂ furlongs. A Grade II event, it currently offers a purse of $200,000.

Inaugurated in 1993 as the Screen King Stakes and run at seven furlongs, it was raced at a distance of six furlongs between 1994 and 2005.

In 1998 the race was renamed for Amsterdam, New York, a neighbor town of Saratoga Springs in Upstate New York.

The race was run in two divisions in 1994.

Records

Time record: (at current distance of  6 ¹⁄₂ furlongs)

• 1:13.74 - Quality Road (2009) (Breaking Saratoga’s 30-year track record, as well as the 37-year-old six-furlong record.)
• 1:09.13 - Distorted Humor (1996) (at previous distance of 6 furlongs)

Most wins by an owner:

• No owner has won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Pat Day (1995, 1996, 2000, 2002)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 - Steven M. Asmussen (2004, 2005, 2015)
• 3 - Todd Pletcher (2009, 2010, 2013)

Winners of the Amsterdam Stakes

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2016	Mind Your Biscuits	Joel Rosario	Robert N. Falcone, Jr.	J Stables/Summers	1:15.25
2015	Holy Boss	Ricardo Santana, Jr.	Steven M. Asmussen	Jerry Durant	1:15.38
2014	Coup de Grace	Rosie Napravnik	J. Larry Jones	Fox Hill Farms	1:15.32
2013	Forty Tales	Joel Rosario	Todd A. Pletcher	Perretti Racing Stable	1:15.64
2012	Currency Swap	Rajiv Maragh	Teresa M. Pompay	Klaravich Stables/Lawrence	1:15.33
2011	Caleb's Posse	Rajiv Maragh	Donnie K. Von Hemel	McNeill Stables/Cheyenne Stables	1:15.88
2010	Discreetly Mine	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	E. Paul Robsham Stables	1:14.12
2009	Quality Road	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Edward P. Evans	1:13.74
2008	Kodiak Kowboy	Gabriel Saez	Larry Jones	Vinery Stables/Fox Hill Farm	1:15.56
2007	Most Distinguished	Rafael Bejarano	Nick Zito	Live Oak Plantation	1:15.97
2006	Court Folly	Calvin Borel	Ian R. Wilkes	Robert Manfuso	1:16.14
2005	Santana Strings	Eibar Coa	Steven M. Asmussen	Millennium Farms	1:10.18
2004	Bwana Charlie	Shane Sellers	Steven M. Asmussen	Heiligbrodt Racing Stable	1:09.40
2003	Zavata	Jerry D. Bailey	Patrick L. Biancone	Michael B. Tabor	1:08.64
2002	Listen Here	Pat Day	William I. Mott	Nardelli & Lakin	1:09.58
2001	City Zip	Jorge Chavez	Linda L. Rice	Charles Thompson	1:11.03
2000	Personal First	Pat Day	David E. Paulus	D. Waldron, et al.	1:09.33
1999	Successful Appeal	Edgar Prado	John C. Kimmel	Starview Stable	1:10.20
1998	Mint	Eibar Coa	Mohammed Moubarak	Buckram Oak Farm	1:10.28
1998	Secret Firm	Edgar Prado	H. Graham Motion	Mea Culpa Stables	1:10.28
1997	Oro de Mexico	Chris Antley	Philip M. Serpe	Dee Flynn & Moran	1:10.58
1996	Distorted Humor	Pat Day	W. Elliott Walden	Reineman/Prestonwood	1:09.13
1995	Kings Fiction	Pat Day	H. Allen Jerkens	Hardwicke Stables	1:09.75
1994	Chimes Band	Jerry D. Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Fares Farm	1:09.90
1994	Mr. Shawklit	Herb McCauley	Frank LaBoccetta	Edward Anchel	1:10.80
1993	Evil Bear	Jose A. Santos	Robert E. Reid, Jr.	Joseph Sabini	1:22.09

*In 1998 there was a Dead Heat between Mint and Secret Firm.