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Santa Ynez Stakes

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Inaugurated
  
1952

Distance
  
6 ⁄2 furlongs

Purse
  
200,000 USD

Website
  
www.santaanita.com

Surface
  
Dirt

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

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The Santa Ynez Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The race is open to fillies, age three, willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt. The race is a Grade II event with a current purse of $200,000 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.

Contents

Inaugurated in 1952, the Santa Ynez Stakes has been contested at various distances:

  • 6 furlongs : 1952-1953, 1956–1957
  •  6 1⁄2 furlongs : 1958-1966, 2012, 2014 to present
  • 7 furlongs : 1967–2011

    • In 1952, the race was held in January and again in December rather than January 1953.

    It was run in two divisions in 1984.

    Race replay 2016 santa ynez stakes


    Records

    Speed record: (at distance of 7 furlongs)

  • 1:19.89 - Indian Blessing (2008)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 7 - Bill Shoemaker (1960, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1980, 1987)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - D. Wayne Lukas (1979, 1984, 1985, 1995, 2006)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 3 - Bernard J. Ridder and/or Ridder Thoroughbred Stable (1974, 1981, 1996)

    • References

    Santa Ynez Stakes Wikipedia
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