Amsterdam Stakes

The Amsterdam Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses over the distance of 6 furlongs on the dirt, scheduled annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

Amsterdam Stakes
Grade II race
LocationSaratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
Inaugurated1993 (as Screen King Stakes)
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteNYRA
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
Weight124 lbs with allowances
Purse$200,000

History

The event was inaugurated at Belmont Park on 17 July 1993 as the Screen King Stakes and was run over a distance of seven furlongs and the winner Evil Bear was ridden by United States' Racing Hall of Fame jockey José A. Santos in a time of 1:22.09.[1] The event honored Screen King who had won his first four races including the Grade III Swift Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.[2]

The following year the event moved to Saratoga and the distance was decreased to six furlongs and split into two divisions.[3]

In 1998 the event was renamed for Amsterdam, New York, a town about 26 miles from of Saratoga Springs in Upstate New York. That same year the race was upgraded to a Grade III and was run in split divisions.[3] In 2001 the event was upgraded to Grade II.[4]

Of the notable winners of this event are 1996 winner Distorted Humor who much later on in 2011 became Leading sire in North America and in 2017 the Leading broodmare sire in North America. In 2009 Quality Road resumed after injury after winning the Grade I Florida Derby missing all three legs of the U.S. Triple Crown series and winning the event in track record time of 1:13.74 breaking Saratoga's 30-year track record.[5]

Records

Speed record: (at current distance of )

  • ​6 1⁄2 furlongs: 1:13.74 – Quality Road (2009)
  • 6 furlongs: 1:08.50 – Yaupon (2020)

Margins:

  • ​12 1⁄2 lengths – Shancelot (2019)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Lewis G. Lakin (In partnership) (2001, 2002)

Most wins by a jockey:

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

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
Amsterdam Stakes
2020 Yaupon Joel Rosario Steven Asmussen L. William & Corinne Heiligbrodt 6 furlongs 1:08.50 $150,000 II [6]
2019 Shancelot Emisael Jaramillo Jorge Navarro Ivan Rodriguez, Albert Crawford & Michelle Crawford ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:14.01 $200,000 II [7]
2018 Promises Fulfilled Luis Saez Dale L. Romans Robert J. Baron ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.18 $200,000 III [8]
2017 Coal Front John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Robert V. LaPenta & Head of Plains Partners ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:16.05 $200,000 II [9]
2016 Mind Your Biscuits Joel Rosario Robert N. Falcone Jr. J Stables, Scott, Hope & Daniel Summers ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.25 $200,000 II [10]
2015 Holy Boss Ricardo Santana Jr. Steven M. Asmussen Jerry Durant ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.38 $200,000 II [11]
2014 Coup de Grace Rosie Napravnik J. Larry Jones Fox Hill Farms ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.32 $200,000 II [12]
2013 Forty Tales Joel Rosario Todd A. Pletcher Perretti Racing Stable ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.64 $200,000 II [13]
2012 Currency Swap Rajiv Maragh Teresa M. Pompay Klaravich Stables & William H. Lawrence ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.33 $200,000 II [14]
2011 Caleb's Posse Rajiv Maragh Donnie K. Von Hemel McNeill Stables & Cheyenne Stables ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.88 $150,000 II [15]
2010 Discreetly Mine John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher E. Paul Robsham Stables ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:14.12 $150,000 II [16]
2009 Quality Road John R. Velazquez Todd A. Pletcher Edward P. Evans ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:13.74 $150,000 II [17]
2008 Kodiak Kowboy Gabriel Saez J. Larry Jones Vinery Stables & Fox Hill Farm ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.56 $150,000 II [18]
2007 Most Distinguished Rafael Bejarano Nicholas P. Zito Live Oak Plantation ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:15.97 $150,000 II [19]
2006 Court Folly Calvin H. Borel Ian R. Wilkes Robert Manfuso ​6 1⁄2 furlongs 1:16.14 $142,500 II [20]
2005 Santana Strings Eibar Coa Steven M. Asmussen Millennium Farms 6 furlongs 1:10.18 $150,000 II [21]
2004 Bwana Charlie Shane Sellers Steven M. Asmussen Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 6 furlongs 1:09.40 $150,000 II [22]
2003 Zavata Jerry D. Bailey Patrick L. Biancone Michael B. Tabor 6 furlongs 1:08.64 $150,000 II [23]
2002 Listen Here Pat Day William I. Mott Kim and Rodney Nardelli & Lewis G. Lakin 6 furlongs 1:09.58 $150,000 II [24]
2001 City Zip Jorge F. Chavez Linda L. Rice Charles R. Thompson, Carl Bowling, Becky Thomas & Lewis Lakin 6 furlongs 1:11.03 $135,700 II [25]
2000 Personal First Pat Day David E. Paulus Dianne Waldron, Leah Killingworth and William Shively 6 furlongs 1:09.33 $110,000 III [26]
1999 Successful Appeal Edgar S. Prado John C. Kimmel Starview Stable 6 furlongs 1:10.20 $83,900 III [27]
At Saratoga – Screen King Stakes
1998 Secret Firm Edgar S. Prado H. Graham Motion Buckram Oak Farm 6 furlongs 1:10.28 $82,650 III Dead heat[28]
Mint Eibar Coa Mohammed Moubarak Mea Culpa Stables
1997 Oro de Mexico Chris Antley Philip M. Serpe John T. Dee 6 furlongs 1:10.58 $82,125 Listed [29]
1996 Distorted Humor Pat Day W. Elliott Walden Prestonwood Farm 6 furlongs 1:09.13 $54,700 Listed [30]
1995 Kings Fiction Pat Day H. Allen Jerkens Hardwicke Stables, et al. 6 furlongs 1:09.75 $53,750 Listed [31]
1994 Chimes Band Jerry D. Bailey D. Wayne Lukas Fares Farm 6 furlongs 1:09.90 $53,876 Listed Division 1[32]
Mr. Shawklit Herb McCauley Frank LaBoccetta Edward Anchel 1:10.80 $53,876 Division 2[33]
At Belmont Park – Screen King Stakes
1993 Evil Bear José A. Santos Robert E. Reid Jr. Joseph Sabini 7 furlongs 1:22.09 $48,000 [1]

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References
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  2. "Screen King (KY) foaled January 31, 1976 (Silent Screen – Indian Queen, by Nashua ) – 13 Starts, 5 Wins, 3 Places, 2 Shows Career Earnings: $239,239". Equibase. 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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