Ballston Spa Handicap

Ballston Spa Handicap
Race information
Grade II race
Location	Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated	1989
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	NYRA - Saratoga Race Course
Distance	1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mares, three-years-old & up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$400,000 added (2015)

The Ballston Spa Handicap is an American race for thoroughbred horses open to fillies and mares, age three and up, on the turf at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Part of the Breeders' Cup National Stakes Program, it is run at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles, it is a Grade II race currently offering a purse of $400,000.

From its inception in 1989 until 1993 the race was run as the Aqueduct Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap at a distance of one mile. From 1994 through 1996, the race was known as the Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap, the same name that would later be used for the Saratoga Cup Handicap. Its current name honors Ballston Spa, New York, a small town just south of Saratoga Springs.

The race had its 27th running in 2015.

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles)

1:39.07 - Zagora (2012)

Most wins:

2 - Weekend Madness (1994, 1995)
2 - Wait a While (2007, 2008)

Most wins by an owner:

2 - New Phoenix Stable (1994, 1995)

Most wins by a jockey:

5 - John Velazquez (1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)

Most wins by a trainer:

2 - Burk Kessinger, Jr. (1994, 1995)
2 - Christophe Clement (1996, 2001)
2 - W. Elliott Walden (1999, 2000)
2 - Robert J. Frankel (2002, 2005)
2 - William I. Mott (2003, 2006)
2 - Todd A. Pletcher (2004, 2007)
2 - Chad C. Brown (2012, 2015)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Dacita (CHI)	4	Javier Castellano	Chad C. Brown	Sheep Pond Partners/Bradley Thoroughbreds	1:39.67
2014	Abaco	6	Jose L. Ortiz	Claude R. McGaughey III	Phipps Stable	1:42.64
2013	Laughing (IRE)	5	Jose Lezcano	Alan E. Goldberg	Richard Santulli	1:40.37
2012	Zagora (FR)	5	Ramon Dominguez	Chad C. Brown	Martin S. Schwartz	1:39.07
2011	Daveron	6	Eddie Castro	Graham Motion	Team Valor International	1:40.09
2010	Dynaslew	4	Eibar Coa	Seth Benzel	Live Oak Plantation	1:40.58
2009	Salve Germania (GR)	4	Javier Castellano	Waldemar Hickst	Hellwig Manfred	1:47.25
2008	Wait A While	5	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Arindel Farm	1:39.70
2007	Wait A While	4	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Arindel Farm	1:40.00
2006	My Typhoon	4	Garrett Gomez	William I. Mott	Live Oak Plantation	1:41.72
2005	Alinghi	4	Edgar Prado	Robert J. Frankel	John Messara	1:40.30
2004	Ocean Drive	4	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	Bonnie and Sy Baskin	1:43.92
2003	Stylish	5	John Velazquez	William I. Mott	Est. Ahmed bin Salman	1:41.03
2002	Surya	4	Jerry Bailey	Robert J. Frankel	Flaxman Stable	1:52.29
2001	Penny's Gold	4	Jerry Bailey	Christophe Clement	Overbrook Farm	1:40.69
2000	License Fee	5	Pat Day	W. Elliott Walden	Winstar Farm	1:43.53
1999	Pleasant Temper	5	Jerry Bailey	W. Elliott Walden	Mark H. Stanley	1:41.84
1998	Memories of Silver	5	Jerry Bailey	James J. Toner	Joan & John Phillips	1:40.93
1997	Valor Lady	5	John Velazquez	Mark Hennig	Jerome & John Amerman	1:39.47
1996	Danish	5	Jose Santos	Christophe Clement	Jayeff & Leigh	1:41.50
1995	Weekend Madness	5	Shane Sellers	Burk Kessinger, Jr.	New Phoenix Stable	1:40.34
1994	Weekend Madness	4	Shane Sellers	Burk Kessinger, Jr.	New Phoenix Stable	1:43.77
1993	One Dreamer	5	Earlie Fires	Thomas F. Proctor	Glen Hill Farm	1:39.38
1992	Aurora	4	Craig Perret	Flint S. Schulhofer	Helen K. Groves	1:36.94
1991	Paris Opera	5	Gary Stevens	Lawrence Jennings	Earle I. Mack	1:37.41
1990	Fire The Groom	3	Frankie Dettori	Luca Cumani	Randall Dee Hubbard	1:35.20
1989	Wakonda	5	Angel Cordero Jr.	Spasoje Dimitrijevic	John A. Nerud	1:33.80

References

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