Honeymoon Breeders' Cup Handicap
| Grade IIT race | |
| Location |
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, USA |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1952 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Santa Anita Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $200,000 (in 2014) |
The Honeymoon Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in the Spring at Santa Anita Park (it ran at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California until that track closed in 2013). The race is open to three-year-old fillies, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the turf. The Honeymoon is a major leading prep race for the Grade I American Oaks run during the first part of July.
Inaugurated in 1952 as the Sea Breeze Stakes, the name was changed to the Honeymoon Stakes in 1956 then the Honeymoon Handicap in 1975. It honors the outstanding California bred mare, Honeymoon.
Since inception, the race has been contested at a variety of distances:
‡ In 1993, the race was run off the turf, but retained its GIII status.
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