*** Welcome to piglix ***

Santa Ynez Stakes

Santa Ynez Stakes
Grade II race
Location Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated 1952
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance 6 12 furlongs
Surface Dirt
Track left-handed
Qualification Three-year-old fillies
Weight Assigned
Purse $200,000

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.

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

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

It was run in two divisions in 1984.

Speed record: (at distance of 7 furlongs)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:


...
Wikipedia

...