The Glens Falls Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four years old and older held over a distance of one and a half miles on the turf held annually in August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event currently carries a purse of $250,000.
History
The event at Saratoga Race Course is named after the nearby city of Glens Falls, New York.
The inaugural running of the event was on 9 August 1996 over a distance of miles for fillies and mares three-years-old and older and was won by the 17-1 longshot Ampulla who was ridden by Shane Sellers in a time of 2:16.49 by a two lengths margin.
From 1998 to 2010 the event was run under handicap conditions.
In 1999 the event was upgraded in classification by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's American Graded Stakes Committee to Grade III.
The Glens Falls Handicap was run in two divisions in 2004.
The event has been taken off the turf due the state of the turf track three times and run at a shorter distance: 2000, 2001, 2013.
In 2018 the event was upgrade to Grade II.
In 2020 the conditions of the event were modified for entrance to fillies and mares aged four years old and older.
In 2021 the distance of the event was increased from miles to miles.
Records Speed record: miles: 2:27.05 – McKulick (2023) miles: 2:11.46 – White Rose (2015)
Margins: 7 lengths – Auntie Mame (1998)
Most wins: 2 – War Like Goddess (2021, 2022) 2 – McKulick (GB) (2023, 2024)
Most wins by an owner: 2 – George Krikorian (2021, 2022) 2 – Klaravich Stables (2023, 2024)
Most wins by a jockey: 5 – John R. Velazquez (1998, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2015)
Most wins by a trainer: 7 – William I. Mott (1999, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref Glens Falls Stakes2026Survie (IRE)5Flavien PratGeorge BougheyMichael Tabor miles2:31.21$250,000II2025La Mehana (FR)6Flavien PratMiguel ClementLSU Stables miles2:30.54$250,000II2024McKulick (GB)5Irad Ortiz Jr.Chad BrownKlaravich Stables miles2:27.89$250,000II2023McKulick (GB)4Irad Ortiz Jr.Chad BrownKlaravich Stables miles2:27.05$250,000II2022War Like Goddess5Joel RosarioWilliam I. MottGeorge Krikorian miles2:29.33$250,000II2021War Like Goddess 4Julien LeparouxWilliam I. MottGeorge Krikorian miles2:27.55$250,000II2020Civil Union 5Joel RosarioAllen Stable miles2:19.80$200,000II2019Mrs. Sippy 4Joel RosarioH. Graham Motion Andrew Stone miles2:13.62$250,000II2018Lady Montdore 4Manuel FrancoThomas Albertrani Godolphin miles2:20.78$250,000II2017Harmonize 4John R. VelazquezWilliam I. Mott Larkin Armstrong miles2:15.59$200,000III2016Suffused (GB) 4Jose L. OrtizWilliam I. Mott Juddmonte miles2:13.55$200,000III2015White Rose 5Shaun BridgmohanWilliam I. Mott Jake Ballis & Rashard Lewis miles2:11.46$200,000III2014Irish Mission (CAN) 5John R. VelazquezChristophe Clement Robert S. Evans miles2:15.01$150,000III2013Lady Cohiba 4Junior AlvaradoChristophe Clement Live Oak Plantation miles1:50.86$150,000 Listed 2012Hit It Rich 5Javier CastellanoClaude R. McGaughey III Stuart S. Janney III miles2:12.34$150,000III2011Emerald Beech 5Alex O. SolisJonathan E. Sheppard Augustin Stable miles2:21.71$102,000III Glens Falls Handicap 2010Keertana 4Jose LezcanoThomas F. Proctor Barbara Hunter miles2:12.73$100,000III2009Mushka 4William I. Mott Brushwood Stable miles2:13.50$110,500III2008Hostess 5Rajiv MaraghH. James BondWilliam L. Clifton Jr. miles2:11.66$108,900III2007Rosinka (IRE) 4Jeremy RoseH. Graham Motion Alistair McDonald Buchanan miles2:13.00$111,200III2006Noble Stella (GER) 5Mike E. SmithRoger L. Attfield Gary A. Tanaka miles2:16.02$112,100III2005Honey Ryder 4John R. VelazquezTodd A. Pletcher Glencrest Farm (Lessee) miles2:14.40$109,200III2004Humaita (GER) 4Cornelio VelasquezH. Graham Motion Andreas Jacobs miles2:14.25$110,400IIIArvada (GB) 4John R. VelazquezRobert J. Frankel Giles Pritchard Gordon2:15.12$109,3002003 5Jose A. SantosChristophe Clement Leigh Family Stable miles2:13.96$113,100III2002Owsley 4Edgar S. PradoRandy Schulhofer Arthur B. Hancock III miles2:15.99$113,500III2001Irving's Baby 4Jerry D. BaileyTodd A. PletcherAnstu Stable miles2:07.56$106,700 Listed 2000I'm Indy Mood 5Heberto Castillo Jr.James J. TonerArthur G. Seelbinder, Ronald & Patricia Nicholson miles2:07.41$110,200III1999Idle Rich 4Jerry D. BaileyWilliam I. Mott Stonerside Stable miles2:12.81$109,600III1998Auntie Mame 4John R. VelazquezAngel A. Penna Jr. Lazy F Ranch miles2:13.15$110,000Listed Glens Falls Stakes1997Shemozzle (IRE) 4Jerry D. BaileyChristophe Clement Lord Hartington miles2:12.89$107,900 Listed 1996Ampulla 5Shane SellersPatrick B. Byrne North Cliff Farms miles2:16.49$112,500 Listed
Legend:
See also List of American and Canadian Graded races
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