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 mile. The event, currently run in early September, raised its purse to $300,000 in 2014. Raced on dirt until 1979, over the years the Saranac Stakes has been run at various distances: * 1 mile, 1 furlong: 1901–1908, 1910, 1996 * 1+1⁄16 miles: 1948–1959 * 1 mile: 1960–1995 * 1+3⁄16 miles: 1997–2010 * 1+1⁄8 miles: 2011–2018 * 1+1⁄16 miles: 2019 * 1 mile: 2020 to present