JIM DANDY STAKES · UNITED STATES
Jim Dandy Stakes prize money
The Jim Dandy Stakes is worth $500,000 . That makes it the 194th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 76th richest in the United States.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY $500,000
WORLD RANK 194th
RUNNINGS HELD 63
FIRST RUN 1964
What the Jim Dandy Stakes is
Grade II · miles (9 furlongs) · Dirt · Saratoga Race Course
- Racecourse
- Saratoga Race Course
- Country
- United States
- Grade
- Grade II
- Distance
- miles (9 furlongs)
- Surface
- Dirt
- Race type
- Thoroughbred, Flat racing
- Open to
- Three-year-olds
- Direction
- left-handed
- First run
- 1964
We hold the total fund for the Jim Dandy Stakes and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Run in 1:49.08 in 2026, the Jim Dandy Stakes pays $4,584 for every second of the race, which is 164th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 86th in the United States.
Every Jim Dandy Stakes winner
63 runnings, 1964 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Renegade1:49:08 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable and Robert & Lawana L. Low |
| 2025 | Sovereignty1:49.52 | Junior Alvarado | William I. Mott | Godolphin Racing, LLC |
| 2024 | Fierceness1:49.15 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable |
| 2023 | Forte1:49.61 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable |
| 2022 | Epicenter1:48.99 | Joel Rosario | Steven M. Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds |
| 2021 | Essential Quality1:49.92 | Luis Saez | Brad H. Cox | Godolphin Racing LLC |
| 2020 | Mystic Guide1:49.00 | José Ortiz | Michael Stidham | Godolphin Racing LLC |
| 2019 | Tax1:49.28 | Irad Ortiz Jr | Danny Gargan | R.A. Hill Stable, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, Hugh Lynch & Corms Racing Stable |
| 2018 | Tenfold1:50.49 | Ricardo Santana Jr. | Steven M. Asmussen | Winchell Thoroughbreds |
| 2017 | Good Samaritan1:50.69 | Joel Rosario | William I. Mott | WinStar Farm |
| 2016 | Laoban1:48.39 | José Ortiz | Eric J. Guillot | McCormick Racing & Southern Equine Stable |
| 2015 | Texas Red1:48.77 | Kent Desormeaux | J. Keith Desormeaux | Erich Brehm, Wayne Detmar, Lee Michaels & J. Keith Desormeaux |
| 2014 | Wicked Strong1:49.16 | Rajiv Maragh | James A. Jerkens | Centennial Farms |
| 2013 | Palace Malice1:47.37 | Mike E. Smith | Todd A. Pletcher | Dogwood Stable |
| 2012 | Alpha1:50.47 | Ramon Domínguez | Kiaran McLaughlin | Godolphin Stables |
| 2011 | Stay Thirsty1:48.78 | Javier Castellano | Todd A. Pletcher | Repole Stable |
| 2010 | A Little Warm1:47.98 | John R. Velazquez | Anthony W. Dutrow | Edward P. Evans |
| 2009 | Kensei1:47.90 | Edgar Prado | Steven M. Asmussen | Stonestreet Stables & Gulf Coast Farms |
| 2008 | Macho Again1:51.16 | Julien Leparoux | Dallas Stewart | West Point Thoroughbreds |
| 2007 | Street Sense1:48.99 | Calvin Borel | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel |
| 2006 | Bernardini1:50.50 | Javier Castellano | Thomas Albertrani | Darley Racing |
| 2005 | Flower Alley1:49.50 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Melnyk Racing |
| 2004 | Purge1:47.56 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Starlight Stables |
| 2003 | Strong Hope1:48.10 | John R. Velazquez | Todd A. Pletcher | Melnyk Racing |
| 2002 | Medaglia d'Oro1:47.82 | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann |
| 2001 | Scorpion1:48.90 | Jerry Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Robert Baker |
| 2000 | Graeme Hall1:48.95 | Jerry Bailey | Todd A. Pletcher | Melnyk Racing |
| 1999 | Ecton Park1:49.52 | Alex Solis | W. Elliott Walden | Mark Stanley |
| 1998 | Favorite Trick1:50.00 | Pat Day | William I. Mott | Joseph LaCombe |
| 1997 | Awesome Again1:51.16 | Mike E. Smith | David Hofmans | Frank Stronach |
| 1996 | Louis Quatorze1:47.26 | Pat Day | Nick Zito | Wiliam J. Condren, Georgia E. Hofmann & A. Cornacchia |
| 1995 | Composer1:51.13 | Jerry Bailey | William I. Mott | Henryk de Kwiatkowski |
| 1994 | Unaccounted For1:49.69 | José A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | Morven Stud |
| 1993 | Miner's Mark1:49.01 | Chris McCarron | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Phipps |
| 1992 | Thunder Rumble1:47.53 | Herb McCauley | Richard O'Connell | Braeburn Farm |
| 1991 | Fly So Free1:48.88 | José A. Santos | Flint S. Schulhofer | Tommy Valando |
| 1990 | Chief Honcho1:51.74 | Mike E. Smith | William I. Mott | Bertram R. Firestone |
| 1989 | Is It True1:48.40 | José A. Santos | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein |
| 1988 | Brian's Time1:48.20 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John M. Veitch | James W. Phillips |
| 1987 | Polish Navy1:48.40 | Pat Day | Claude R. McGaughey III | Ogden Mills Phipps |
| 1986 | Lac Quimet1:48.00 | Eddie Maple | Richard J. Lundy | Virginia Kraft Payson |
| 1985 | Stephan's Odyssey1:48.80 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski |
| 1984 | Carr de Naskra1:47.40 | Eddie Maple | Richard J. Lundy | Virginia Kraft Payson |
| 1983 | A Phenomenon1:49.40 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Angel Penna Jr. | Brownell Combs II |
| 1982 | Conquistador Cielo1:48.60 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski |
| 1981 | Willow Hour1:49.20 | Eddie Maple | James E. Picou | Marcia W. Schott |
| 1980 | Plugged Nickle1:49.40 | Jeffrey Fell | Thomas J. Kelly | John M. Schiff |
| 1979 | Private Account1:48.40 | Jeffrey Fell | Angel Penna Sr. | Ogden Phipps |
| 1978 | Affirmed1:47.80 | Steve Cauthen | Lazaro S. Barrera | Harbor View Farm |
| 1977 | Music of Time1:50.40 | Michael Venezia | MacKenzie Miller | Rokeby Stable |
| 1976 | Father Hogan1:48.80 | Michael Venezia | William F. Schmitt | Sea Spray Farms |
| 1975 | Forceten1:48.40 | Donald Pierce | Neil D. Drysdale | Saron Stable |
| 1974 | Sea Songster1:50.60 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | John P. Campo | Buckland Farm |
| 1973 | Cheriepe1:50.20 | Eddie Belmonte | W. Preston King | Camijo Stable |
| 1972 | Tentam1:49.60 | Jorge Velásquez | MacKenzie Miller | Cragwood Stables |
| 1971 | Brazen Brother1:22.80 | Michael Hole | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Jaclyn Stable |
| 1970 | Personality1:35.80 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | John W. Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs |
| 1969 | Arts and Letters1:36.00 | Braulio Baeza | J. Elliott Burch | Rokeby Stable |
| 1968 | Captain's Gig1:35.80 | Manuel Ycaza | William W. Stephens | Cain Hoy Stable |
| 1967 | Gala Performance1:36.20 | Eddie Belmonte | Willard C. Freeman | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II |
| 1966 | Indulto1:37.00 | John L. Rotz | Max Hirsch | Jane Greer |
| 1965 | Cornish Prince1:35.60 | Ron Turcotte | Sylvester Veitch | George D. Widener Jr. |
| 1964 | Malicious1:35.60 | John L. Rotz | John M. Gaver Sr. | Greentree Stable |
63 of the 63 runnings name the rider, 63 name the trainer and 63 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Jim Dandy Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
No horse has won the Jim Dandy Stakes twice in the 63 runnings on this page.
Most wins by a jockey
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Jim Dandy Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184 | Ashland StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 185 | Ballerina HandicapSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 186 | Beholder Mile StakesSanta Anita Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 187 | Champagne StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 188 | Coaching Club American OaksSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 189 | Diana StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 190 | Forego StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 191 | H. Allen Jerkens Memorial StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 192 | Jaipur StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 193 | Jenny Wiley StakesKeeneland Racecourse | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 196 | Joe Hirsch Turf Classic StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 197 | Just a Game StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 198 | Ogden Phipps StakesBelmont Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 199 | Ohio DerbyThistledown Racecourse | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 200 | Old Dominion DerbyColonial Downs | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 201 | Personal Ensign StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 202 | Risen Star StakesFair Grounds Race Course | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 203 | Santa Anita DerbySanta Anita Park | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 204 | Secretariat StakesColonial Downs | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| 205 | Sunland Park DerbySunland Park Racetrack | United States | $500,000 | $500,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Jim Dandy Stakes in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in the United States
196 races, 76th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forego Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes | Saratoga Race Course | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Jaipur Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Jenny Wiley Stakes | Keeneland Racecourse | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Just a Game Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Ogden Phipps Stakes | Belmont Park | Grade I | $500,000 |
| Ohio Derby | Thistledown Racecourse | Grade III | $500,000 |
Every race in the United States we hold a purse for is on the United States prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Jim Dandy Stakes prize money?
$500,000.
Where does the Jim Dandy Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
194th of 997. 193 races pay more, the nearest of them Ashland Stakes. In the United States it is 76th of 196.
Which jockey has won the Jim Dandy Stakes most often?
John R. Velazquez, with 5 wins between 2003 and 2024.
When was the Jim Dandy Stakes first run?
1964. This page holds 63 runnings, from 1964 to 2026.
How far is the Jim Dandy Stakes?
miles (9 furlongs), on dirt, at Saratoga Race Course.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money