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San Fernando Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1952

Surface
  
Dirt

Website
  
www.santaanita.com

Purse
  
150,000 USD

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)

Spectacular bid 1980 san fernando stakes


The San Fernando Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to four-year-old horses, it is contested on at a distance of  1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt. In 2011, Santa Anita returned to dirt racing.

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First run in 1952, the San Fernando Stakes is the second leg of Santa Anita Park's Strub Series.

The race was contested at  1 1⁄8 miles from 1960 to 1997. It was run in two divisions in 1964, 1975, and 1977.

2009 san fernando stakes


Records

Speed record:

  • 1:40.16 - Air Command (2008) (at current distance of  1 1⁄16 miles)
  • 1:46.60 - In Excess (at previous distance of  1 1⁄8 miles)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 8 - Bill Shoemaker (1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1975, 1980)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - Bob Baffert (1998, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2013)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Gedney Farms (1964, 1977)
  • 2 - Maxwell Gluck's Elmendorf Farm
  • 2 - Jack Kent Cooke (1990, 1994)

    • References

    San Fernando Stakes Wikipedia
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