The Ballston Spa Handicap
24th Running on Saturday, August 25, 2012
Fillies & Mares 3-years-old & Up   $250,000 added   1 1/16 Miles (Turf)   Grade:II
Year Horse Wt. Time Owner Trainer Jockey Value
2011 Daveron (GER) (6) 118 01:40.09 Team Valor International H. Graham Motion Eddie Castro 120,000
2010 Dynaslew (4) 118 01:40.58 Live Oak Plantation Seth Benzel Eibar Coa 120,000
2009 Salve Germania (IRE) (4) 118 01:47.25 Manfred Hellwig Waldemar Hickst Javier Castellano 120,000
2008 Wait a While (5) 119 01:39.70 Arindel Farm Todd Pletcher John Velazquez 120,000
2007 Wait a While (4) 121 01:40.0 Arindel Farm Todd Pletcher Garrett Gomez 120,000
2006 My Typhoon (IRE) (4) 118 1:41.72 Live Oak Plantation William Mott Garrett Gomez 120,000
2005 Alinghi (AUS) (4) 119 01:40.3 Messara, John Robert J. Frankel Edgar Prado 69,780
2004 Ocean Drive (4) 119 1:43 4/5 Bonnie and Sy Baskin Todd Pletcher John Velazquez 128,400
2003 Stylish (5) 116 1:41 Estate of Ahmed bin Salman William Mott John Velazquez 120,000
2002 Surya (4) 114 1:52 1/5 Flaxman Stable Robert Frankel Jerry Bailey 126,409
2001 Penny's Gold (4) 118 1:40 3/5 Overbrook Farm Christophe Clement Jerry Bailey 126,120
2000 License Fee (5) 116 1:43 2/5 Winstar Farm W. Elliott Walden Pat Day 125700
1999 Pleasant Temper (5) 118 1:41 4/5 Mark H. Stanley W. Elliott Walden Jerry Bailey 124680
1998 Memories of Silver (5) 122 1:40 4/5 Joan & John Phillips James J. Toner Jerry Bailey 126600
1997 Valor Lady (5) 112 1:39 2/5 Jerome & John Amerman Mark Hennig John Velazquez 130200
1996 Danish-IR (5) 115 1:41 2/5 Jayeff Stables & Leigh Christophe Clement Jose Santos 126360
1995 Weekend Madness (5) 117 1:40 1/5 New Phoenix Stable Burk Kessinger Jr. Shane Sellers 93300
1994 Weekend Madness (4) 115 1:43 3/5 New Phoenix Stable Burk Kessinger Jr. Shane Sellers 93510
1993 One Dreamer (5) 116 1:39 1/5 Glen Hill Farm Thomas F. Proctor Earlie Fires 94440
1992 Aurora (4) 114 1:36 4/5 Helen K. Groves Flint S. Schulhofer Craig Perret 93870
1991 Paris Opera (5) 116 1:37 2/5 Earle I. Mack Lawrence W. Jennings Gary Stevens 94470
1990 Fire The Groom (3) 114 1:35 1/5 R. Dee Hubbard Luca M. Cumani Lanfranco Dettori 95820
1989 Wakonda (5) 116 1:33 4/5 John A. Nerud Spasoje Dimitrijevic Angel Cordero Jr. 93900

BALLSTON SPA is a town in Upstate New York, located to the south of Saratoga Springs. The BALLSTON SPA BREEDERS’ CUP HANDICAP is part of the Breeders’ Cup National Stakes Program.
Originally run as the Aqueduct Budweiser Breeders' Cup from 1989 to 1993 at the distance of one mile. Also formerly known as the Saratoga Breeders’ Cup Handicap. Run on the main track in 1989.