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 6½ furlongs. A Grade II event, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.
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 6½ furlongs)
- 1:13.74 - Quality Road (2009) (Breaking Saratoga’s 30-year track record, as well as the 37-year-old six-furlong record.)
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:Winners of the Amsterdam Stakes
*In 1998 there was a Dead Heat between Mint and Secret Firm.Category:Graded stakes races in the United StatesCategory:Open sprint category horse racesCategory:Saratoga Race CourseCategory:Horse races in the United States