H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes

The H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in late August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.
History.
The inaugural running of the event was on 18 August 1984 as the seventh race on the undercard of Travers Stakes day as The King's Bishop Stakes and was won by Commemorate who was trained by Hall of Fame trainer Lazaro Barrera in a time of 1:22. King's Bishop was originally owned by Houston Astros founding president Craig F. Cullinan Jr. and trained by H. Allen Jerkens, who trained the horse to wins in the 1973 Carter Handicap and Fall Highweight Handicap for Allaire du Pont.
The event was not held in 1986.
In 1987 the event was classified as Grade III, upgraded to Grade II in 1992 and since 1999 the race has been a Grade I event.
In 2017 the New York Racing Association renamed the race for the late Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, who over a career spanning seven decades, his horses had upset racing champions – such as Onion's victory over Secretariat in the 1973 Whitney Handicap – earning him the nickname "the Giant Killer".
The event has grown in status becoming one of the most important sprint race of the year for three-year-olds only. 
The 2015 winner Runhappy, went on to win the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland Race Course and was crowned US Champion Sprinter. As did the 2016 winner Drefong who identically won the Breeders' Cup Sprint and also was awarded as the US Champion Sprinter.
Records.
Speed record:
Margins:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:
Winners.
Notes:
† In the 2009 event Vineyard Haven was first past the post but disqualified for drifting out in the straight and twice bumping Capt. Candyman Can. Capt. Candyman Can was declared the winner. 
See also.
List of American and Canadian Graded races