Amsterdam Stakes

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = Amsterdam Stakes


caption =
location = Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Springs, New York flagicon|USA
inaugurated = 1993
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.nyra.com/index_saratoga.html Saratoga Race Course]
distance = 6½ furlongs
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds
weight = Assigned
purse = $150,000
bonuses = 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)
* 1:15.56 - Kodiac Kowboy (2008)
* 1:09.13 - Distorted Humor (1996) (at previous distance of 6 furlongs)

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:
* 2 - Steven M. Asmussen (2004, 2005)

Winners of the Amsterdam Stakes

*In 1998 there was a Dead Heat between Mint and Secret Firm.