Santa Maria Handicap
| Grade II race | |
| Location |
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1934 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies and Mares, four years old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $200,000 |
The Santa Maria Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A race for fillies and mares age four and older, it is contested on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlongs).
Since the inaugural running in 1934, the Santa Maria Handicap has been contested at various distances:
The Santa Maria was run as a stakes from 1938 through 1947 and was raced in two divisions in 1983 and 1984.
There was no race in 1937, nor from 1948 through 1951.
The Santa Maria has been downgraded from a Grade I to a Grade II stakes race.
Speed record: (at current distance of 1 1⁄16 miles)
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