# Glens Falls Stakes

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 1+3⁄8 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 1+3⁄8 miles to 1+1⁄2 miles.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1+1⁄2 miles: 2:27.05 – McKulick (2023)
* 1+3⁄8 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 Stakes |||||||||||
| 2023 | McKulick (GB) | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad Brown | Klaravich Stables | 1+1⁄2 miles | 2:27.89 | $250,000 | II | |
| 2023 | McKulick (GB) | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad Brown | Klaravich Stables | 1+1⁄2 miles | 2:27.05 | $250,000 | II | |
| 2022 | War Like Goddess | 5 | Joel Rosario | William I. Mott | George Krikorian | 1+1⁄2 miles | 2:29.33 | $250,000 | II | |
| 2021 | War Like Goddess | 4 | Julien Leparoux | William I. Mott | George Krikorian | 1+1⁄2 miles | 2:27.55 | $250,000 | II | |
| 2020 | Civil Union | 5 | Joel Rosario | Claude R. McGaughey III | Allen Stable | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:19.80 | $200,000 | II | |
| 2019 | Mrs. Sippy | 4 | Joel Rosario | H. Graham Motion | Andrew Stone | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.62 | $250,000 | II | |
| 2018 | Lady Montdore | 4 | Manuel Franco | Thomas Albertrani | Godolphin | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:20.78 | $250,000 | II | |
| 2017 | Harmonize | 4 | John R. Velazquez | William I. Mott | Larkin Armstrong | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:15.59 | $200,000 | III | |
| 2016 | Suffused (GB) | 4 | Jose L. Ortiz | William I. Mott | Juddmonte | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.55 | $200,000 | III | |
| 2015 | White Rose | 5 | Shaun Bridgmohan | William I. Mott | Jake Ballis & Rashard Lewis | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:11.46 | $200,000 | III | |
| 2014 | Irish Mission (CAN) | 5 | John R. Velazquez | Christophe Clement | Robert S. Evans | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:15.01 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2013 | Lady Cohiba | 4 | Junior Alvarado | Christophe Clement | Live Oak Plantation | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.86 | $150,000 | Listed | Off turf |
| 2012 | Hit It Rich | 5 | Javier Castellano | Claude R. McGaughey III | Stuart S. Janney III | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:12.34 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2011 | Emerald Beech | 5 | Alex O. Solis | Jonathan E. Sheppard | Augustin Stable | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:21.71 | $102,000 | III | |
| Glens Falls Handicap |||||||||||
| 2010 | Keertana | 4 | Jose Lezcano | Thomas F. Proctor | Barbara Hunter | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:12.73 | $100,000 | III | |
| 2009 | Mushka | 4 | Kent J. Desormeaux | William I. Mott | Brushwood Stable | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.50 | $110,500 | III | |
| 2008 | Hostess | 5 | Rajiv Maragh | H. James Bond | William L. Clifton Jr. | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:11.66 | $108,900 | III | |
| 2007 | Rosinka (IRE) | 4 | Jeremy Rose | H. Graham Motion | Alistair McDonald Buchanan | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.00 | $111,200 | III | |
| 2006 | Noble Stella (GER) | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Roger L. Attfield | Gary A. Tanaka | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:16.02 | $112,100 | III | |
| 2005 | Honey Ryder | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Glencrest Farm (Lessee) | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:14.40 | $109,200 | III | |
| 2004 | Humaita (GER) | 4 | Cornelio Velasquez | H. Graham Motion | Andreas Jacobs | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:14.25 | $110,400 | III | Division 1 |
| 2004 | Arvada (GB) | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Robert J. Frankel | Giles Pritchard Gordon | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:15.12 | $109,300 | III | Division 2 |
| 2003 | Sixty Seconds (NZ) | 5 | Jose A. Santos | Christophe Clement | Leigh Family Stable | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.96 | $113,100 | III | |
| 2002 | Owsley | 4 | Edgar S. Prado | Randy Schulhofer | Arthur B. Hancock III | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:15.99 | $113,500 | III | |
| 2001 | Irving's Baby | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Todd A. Pletcher | Anstu Stable | 1+1⁄4 miles | 2:07.56 | $106,700 | Listed | Off turf |
| 2000 | I'm Indy Mood | 5 | Heberto Castillo Jr. | James J. Toner | Arthur G. Seelbinder, Ronald & Patricia Nicholson | 1+1⁄4 miles | 2:07.41 | $110,200 | III | Off turf |
| 1999 | Idle Rich | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | William I. Mott | Stonerside Stable | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:12.81 | $109,600 | III | |
| 1998 | Auntie Mame | 4 | John R. Velazquez | Angel A. Penna Jr. | Lazy F Ranch | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:13.15 | $110,000 | Listed | |
| Glens Falls Stakes |||||||||||
| 1997 | Shemozzle (IRE) | 4 | Jerry D. Bailey | Christophe Clement | Lord Hartington | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:12.89 | $107,900 | Listed | |
| 1996 | Ampulla | 5 | Shane Sellers | Patrick B. Byrne | North Cliff Farms | 1+3⁄8 miles | 2:16.49 | $112,500 | Listed | |
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