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The Sanford Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the third week of July at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs New York. A six furlong sprint race the Grade III event is open to two-year-old horses. Inaugurated in 1913 as the Sanford Memorial Stakes it was modified to its present name in 1927. The race is named for Stephen Sanford and his son John Amsterdam New York businessmen from one of Saratoga’s original horse racing families.