Vanity Handicap
| Grade I race | |
| Location |
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, USA Moved from the now closed Hollywood Park Racetrack Inglewood, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1940 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old & Up |
| Weight | Allowance |
| Purse | $400,000 (2016) |
The Beholder Mile Stakes (formerly the Vanity Handicap) is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and up. It is run on the dirt each year in June at Santa Anita Park. Prior to 2014, it was run at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California.
Inaugurated in 1940, the format of the race has changed several times. Originally an open handicap for fillies and mares aged three years and up, in 1987 it was changed to an invitational handicap for selected fillies and mares. Over the next three decades, the race switched between open handicap and invitational handicap formats. In 2014, it was changed from the handicap format to a weight-for-age race with allowances for horses who had not recently won a graded stakes race. In 2016 it was announced that the race would be renamed the Vanity Mile and the distance reduced accordingly. In 2017 it was announced that the race would be renamed after the Champion Mare Beholder.
The race is normally run on dirt, except between 2007 and 2013 when Hollywood Park used a synthetic Cushion Track surface.
The race has been contested at various distances:
The race was not run in 1942 and 1943 due to wartime restrictions.
Time record:
Most wins:
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