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Ancient Title Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1985

Distance
  
6 furlongs

Website
  
www.santaanita.com

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Santa Anita Sprint Championship is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early October at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses three years old and up, it is run at the sprint distance of 6 furlongs (approximately 1,200 metres). The Grade I event currently carries a $300,000 purse.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the race automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Sprint.

The race was originally named in honor of the California-bred horse Ancient Title, a two-time California Horse of the Year and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee. The name was changed in 2012.

Records

Time record:

  • 1:07.53 - Cost of Freedom (2008)

    • Most wins:

  • No horse has ever won the race more than once.

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - J. Paul Reddam (2001, 2004)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Ed Delahoussaye (1990, 1993, 1996, 2001)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 4 - John W. Sadler (1988, 1991, 1995, 2008)
  • 3 - Bruce Headley (1996, 2000, 2002)

    • References

    Ancient Title Stakes Wikipedia
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