Discontinued stakes race | |
Location | Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Springs, New York, United States |
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Inaugurated | 2017 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 1/4 miles |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds and up |
Purse | $250,000 |
The Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap was a Grade II Thoroughbred race for horses three-years-old and up run on dirt at Saratoga Race Course in New York from 1994 through 2005. From 1994 through 1996, it was run as the Saratoga Cup Handicap, the name of another race that was run from 1865 through 1955.
A Grade II event, it was set at a distance of 1 1/8 miles for its inaugural running but changed in 1995 to 1 1/4 miles. It offered a purse of $250,000.[1]