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Las Virgenes Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1981

Distance
  
1 mile (8 furlongs)

Website
  
www.santaanita.com

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Santa Anita ParkArcadia, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Las Virgenes Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. (Recently this race was moved to late January/early February.) An event run at a distance of one mile on dirt, it is open to three-year-old fillies. The race is a Grade II event with a current purse of $300,000 and has been a prep race to the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, including the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes.

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Records

Speed record:

  • 1:34.86 - Zazu (2011)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 4 - Gary Stevens (1987, 1992, 1993, 2014)
  • 4 - Corey Nakatani (1991, 1995, 1997, 2005)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - D. Wayne Lukas (1984, 1986, 1995, 1997, 2000)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Robert & Beverly Lewis (1995, 2003, 2004)

    • Special Bonus

    Paths to the $2,200,000 Black-Eyed Susan Bonus

    1. win Forward Gal Stakes + win Davona Dale Stakes + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    2. win Las Virgenes Stakes + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    3. win California Oaks + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    4. win Portland Meadows Oaks + win Santa Anita Oaks + win Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

    Paths to the $220,000 XpressBet Bonus

    1. run in Forward Gal Stakes + win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    2. run in Davona Dale Stakes + win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    3. run in Las Virgenes Stakes + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    4. run in California Oaks + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes
    5. run in Portland Meadows Oaks + win, place or show in the Santa Anita Oaks or win, place or show in the Gulfstream Park Oaks + win Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

    References

    Las Virgenes Stakes Wikipedia
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