Grade 1 · Saratoga

2022 Whitney Stakes Results

Life Is Good won the 2022 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. for trainer Todd Pletcher.

2022 Whitney Stakes winner

Life Is Good

Jockey
Irad Ortiz Jr.
Trainer
Todd Pletcher
Final time
1:48.97
Distance
1 1/8 Miles · Dirt

How the 2022 Whitney Stakes was won

Life Is Good won in 1:48.97.

Irad Ortiz Jr. rode Life Is Good for trainer Todd Pletcher. Irad Ortiz Jr. also won the Whitney Stakes in 2018, 2020 and 2023.

Life Is Good came into it having won the 2022 Pegasus World Cup.

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Previous Whitney Stakes winners

  • 2021Knicks GoJoel Rosario · Brad Cox
  • 2020ImprobableIrad Ortiz Jr. · Bob Baffert
  • 2019McKinzieMike Smith · Bob Baffert
  • 2018DiversifyIrad Ortiz Jr. · Richard Violette Jr.
  • 2017Gun RunnerFlorent Geroux · Steve Asmussen
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Results from public race records, checked October 2026. For entertainment purposes only.