. . . "The Saranac Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Grade III stakes is open to Three-year-old horses and is raced on turf over a distance of 1 1\u20448 miles. The event, currently run in early September, raised its purse to $300,000.Inaugurated in 1901, the race is named for the village of Saranac in Clinton County, New York in the Adirondack Mountains."@en .