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The Saratoga Special Stakes is an American grade II thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs New York. The race is for two-year-olds willing to race six and a half furlongs on the dirt.With its first run in 1901 the Saratoga Special was a winner-take-all race until 1959 when it became a standard stakes race. The race was held at Belmont Park on the Widener Course in 1943 1944 and 1945.