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Inaugurated
  
1935

Surface
  
Dirt

Website
  
www.santaanita.com

Purse
  
400,000 USD (2015–)

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles ( 8 ⁄2 furlongs)

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The San Felipe Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The San Felipe is a Grade II event open to three-year-old horses. Normally held in mid-March, it is raced at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles ( 8 1⁄2 furlongs) on dirt and currently offers a purse of $400,000. It is listed as an official prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

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Race history

Inaugurated as the San Felipe Handicap in 1935, due to World War II there was no race run in 1942, 1943, and 1944. From 1935 through 1940 the race was open to colts and geldings, three years of age and older. Since 1941 it has been restricted to three-year-olds and in 1952 was made open to all three-year-olds irrespective of their sex. It was raced as a handicap event from 1935 through 1941 and again from 1952 through 1990.

Race distance

Since inception, it has been competed over a variety of distances:

  • 6 furlongs: 1938–1940, 1945–1946
  • 7 furlongs: 1937, 1941, 1947–1951
  • 1 mile: 1935–1936
  •  1 1⁄16 miles: 1952 to present

    • The San Felipe Stakes was run in two divisions in 1968 and 1970.

    Race records

    Speed record:

  • 1:40.11 - Consolidator (2005) (at current distance of  1 1⁄16 miles)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 7 - Chris McCarron (1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1998)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 6 - Bob Baffert (1999, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2017)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Fred W. Hooper (1949, 1982)
  • 2 - Andrew J. Crevolin (1953, 1954)
  • 2 - William Haggin Perry (1965, 1968)
  • 2 - Burt Bacharach (1994, 1995)

    • Special Bonus

    Paths to $5,500,000 Preakness Bonus:
    1) win Holy Bull Stakes + win the Florida Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
    2) win Fountain of Youth Stakes + win the Florida Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
    3) win Robert B. Lewis Stakes + win the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
    4) win San Felipe Stakes + win the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
    5) win El Camino Real Derby + win the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes

    Paths to $550,000 XpressBet Bonus:
    1) run in Holy Bull Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
    2) run in Fountain of Youth Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
    3) run in Robert B. Lewis Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
    4) run in San Felipe Stakes + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes
    5) run in El Camino Real Derby + win, place or show in the Florida Derby or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby + win The Preakness Stakes

  • Note: In 2011 Shackleford won for the $550,000 Xpressbet Bonus.

    • References

    San Felipe Stakes Wikipedia
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