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San Marcos Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1952

Surface
  
Turf

Website
  
www.santaanita.com

Purse
  
200,000 USD (2014–)

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California

Race type
  
Thoroughbred – Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)

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The San Marcos Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late January or early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses aged four and older, it is raced on turf over a distance of one and one-quarter miles.

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Inaugurated in 1952 as a one mile race on dirt, in 1954 it was changed to one and one-quarter miles and became Santa Anita Park's first graded stakes race on turf. It was raced on dirt again in 1956, 1962, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1978 through 1983, and in 1996.

Run as handicap prior to 2000, it is now raced under allowance weight conditions, with specified weight reductions for horses who meet certain conditions. It was open to three-year-olds and up from 1955 through 1959. There was no race held in 1970 and for 1978 it was set at a distance of 1 and one-eighth miles.

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Records

Time record:

  • 1:57.92 – Johar (2003)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Slim Shadey (2012, 2013)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – El Peco Ranch (1961, 1972)
  • 2 – Elmendorf Farm (1976, 1982)
  • 2 – Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan (1994, 2001)
  • 2 - David and Jill Heerensperger (2009, 2011)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 6 – Bill Shoemaker (1958, 1959, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 8 – Charles Whittingham (1963, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1985)

    • References

    San Marcos Stakes Wikipedia
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