Robert B. Lewis Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 1935 (as Santa Catalina Handicap) |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-Year-Olds |
Weight | 124 lbs with allowances |
Purse | $100,000 (2020)[1] |
The Robert B. Lewis Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old horses at the distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt held annually in late January or early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. [1]
History[]
Inaugurated as the Santa Catalina Handicap in 1935, there was no race in 1936. Upon its return in 1937, it was run as the Santa Catalina California-Bred Championship Stakes until 1940 when it was renamed the Santa Catalina Nursery Stakes and was a three-furlong race for two-year-olds. In 1941 it reverted to its original name, the Santa Catalina Handicap and remained as that until 1964 when it became the Santa Catalina Stakes. In 2007, the race was renamed again in order to honor the prominent racehorse owner Robert B. Lewis, who had died in 2006.[2]
Due to restrictions and consolidations during World War II, there was no race held from 1942 through 1944.
Until 1964, the race was open to horses three years of age and older with the exception of 1940.
The race has been run at a variety of distances:
- 1935 : 1 mile
- 1937-1938, 1941, 1945-1946, 1953, 1964-1969, 1971-2010, 2012 to present : 1+1⁄16 miles
- 1939, 1947-1952, 1954-1963, 2011 : 1+1⁄8 miles
- 1940 : 3 furlongs (for 2-year-olds)
- 1970 : 7 furlongs
The Robert B. Lewis Stakes is one of the key prep races leading to the Santa Anita Derby each year[2] and is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Records[]
Time record: (at the current distance of 1+1⁄16 miles)
- 1:40.76 - (2008)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Elmendorf Farm (1977, 1980, 1982)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 7 - Bill Shoemaker (1962, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1988)
- 7 - Laffit Pincay Jr. (1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1989)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 9 - Bob Baffert (1999, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Winners[]
Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Distance (Miles) |
Time | Grade |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | 3 | 1+1⁄16 | III | |||||
2021 | Medina Spirit | 3 | Abel Cedillo | Bob Baffert | Zedan Racing Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.26 | III |
2020 | Thousand Words | 3 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.64 | III |
2019 | Mucho Gusto | 3 | Joe Talamo | Bob Baffert | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.81 | III | |
2018 | 3 | Flavien Prat | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.41 | III | |||
2017 | 3 | Victor Espinoza | John Shirreffs | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.48 | III | ||
2016 | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Michael Lund Petersen | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.21 | III | |
2015 | Dortmund | 3 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Kaleem Shah | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.20 | III |
2014 | 3 | Gary Stevens | John W. Sadler | C R K Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.83 | II | |
2013 | 3 | Julien Leparoux | Bob Baffert | Gary & Mary West | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.95 | II | |
2012 | I'll Have Another | 3 | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1+1⁄16 | 1:40.84 | II |
2011 | 3 | Joel Rosario | Eoin G. Harty | A D K Racing | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.63 | II | |
2010 | Caracortado | 3 | Lo Hi Racing/Blahut | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.75 | II | ||
2009 | Pioneerof the Nile | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Zayat Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.90 | II |
2008 | 3 | Victor Espinoza | Richard Mandella | B. Wayne Hughes | 1+1⁄16 | 1:40.76 | II | |
2007 | Great Hunter | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Douglas F. O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.89 | II |
2006 | Brother Derek | 3 | Alex Solis | Dan L. Hendricks | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.96 | II | |
2005 | Declan's Moon | 3 | Victor Espinoza | Ronald W. Ellis | Jay Em Ess Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.41 | II |
2004 | St Averil | 3 | Tyler Baze | Stan E. Fulton | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.62 | II | |
2003 | 3 | David R. Flores | Bob Baffert | Gary M. Garber | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.20 | II | |
2002 | Labamta Babe | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.50 | II |
2001 | Millennium Wind | 3 | Chris McCarron | David Hofmans | David & Jill Heerensperger | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.38 | II |
2000 | 3 | Chris McCarron | Team Valor & Gary Barber | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.04 | II | ||
1999 | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Golden Eagle Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.93 | II | |
1998 | Artax | 3 | Chris McCarron | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.32 | III | ||
1997 | Hello | 3 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Al & Sandee Kirkwood | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | |
1996 | Prince of Thieves | 3 | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Peter Mitchell | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.94 | |
1995 | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Craig A. Lewis | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.93 | |||
1994 | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Donald R. Dizney | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.94 | |||
1993 | Art of Living | 3 | Gary Stevens | Gary Jones | Golden Eagle Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.48 | |
1992 | Vying Victor | 3 | Corey Black | M/M Marvin Malmuth | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.33 | ||
1991 | Mane Minister | 3 | David R. Flores | J. Paco Gonzalez | T. McCaffery & John Toffan | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | |
1990 | Music Prospector | 3 | Silky Green, Inc. | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | |||
1989 | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Jay M. Robbins | Jack Kent Cooke | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | ||
1988 | Lively One | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.40 | |
1987 | Stylish Winner | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bruce Headley | Johnston/Headley/Roncelli | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | |
1986 | Ferdinand | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Elizabeth A. Keck | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.00 | |
1985 | Floating Reserve | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Robert E. Hibbert | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | ||
1984 | Tights | 3 | Rafael Meza | Laz Barrera | Mill House Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | |
1983 | Fast Passage | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Laz Barrera | Dolly Green | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | |
1982 | Water Bank | 3 | Darrel McHargue | Ron McAnally | Elmendorf Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.40 | |
1981 | Stancharry * | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Melvin F. Stute | Cole, Freeman & Gold | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.40 | |
1980 | Super Moment * | 3 | Donald Pierce | Ron McAnally | Elmendorf Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.40 | |
1980 | Rumbo * | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Gayno Stable/Bell Bloodstock | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.60 | ||
1979 | Pole Position | 3 | Chris McCarron | George E. Goodwin | Eldorado Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.00 | |
1978 | Johnny's Image | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Meryl Ann Tanz | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.00 | ||
1977 | Text | 3 | Donald Pierce | Elmendorf Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.00 | ||
1976 | An Act | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ron McAnally | Katz, Brun & Roberts et al. | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.00 | |
1975 | Kinalmeaky | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Helen Kenaston | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.80 | ||
1974 | Rube the Great | 3 | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.00 | ||
1973 | Sham | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.00 | |
1972 | Knightlander | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Robert H. Grant | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.40 | ||
1971 | Unconscious | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | John G. Canty | Arthur A. Seeligson Jr. | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.80 | |
1970 | Colorado King, Jr. | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Forked Lightning Ranch | 7-fur. | 1:25.00 | |
1969 | Inverness Drive | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Robert E. Hibbert | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | ||
1968 | Prince Pablo | 3 | Johnny Sellers | Kratz-Thayer | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | ||
1967 | Serve Notice | 3 | Ismael Valenzuela | M/M. B. W. Martin | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | ||
1966 | Exhibitionist | 3 | Eddie Belmonte | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.20 | |
1965 | Arksroni | 3 | Art Sherman | Frank E. Childs | M/M. Harry Hart | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.80 | |
1964 | Count Charles | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Charles Whittingham | Flying M Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.20 | |
1963 | Sea Orbit | 7 | Raymond York | Wonder Y Ranch | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.00 | ||
1962 | New Policy | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | John H. Adams | Ralph Lowe | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.40 | |
1961 | T. V. Lark | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | C. R. Mac Stable | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.00 | ||
1960 | American Comet | 4 | C. W. Smith Ent. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:47.60 | |||
1959 | Terrang | 6 | William Boland | Carl A. Roles | Poltex Stable/R. Bond | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.60 | |
1958 | Terrang | 5 | William Boland | Carl A. Roles | Poltex Stable/R. Bond | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.20 | |
1957 | Honeys Alibi | 5 | Johnny Longden | W-L Ranch Co. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | ||
1956 | Guerrero | 4 | Johnny Longden | Peter Strub | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.00 | ||
1955 | Golden Abbey | 5 | Johnny Longden | Reggie Cornell | W. W. Naylor | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | |
1954 | Stranglehold | 5 | Billy Pearson | N. G. Phillips | 1+1⁄8 | 1:52.60 | ||
1953 | Blue Reading | 6 | Billy Pearson | Clement L. Hirsch | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | ||
1952 | Lion | 4 | John Himelhoch | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.80 | |||
1951 | Your Host | 4 | Eric Guerin | William Goetz | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.20 | ||
1950 | Moonrush | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Anita King / Gus Luellwitz | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.40 | ||
1949 | Stepfather | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | W-L Ranch Co. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | ||
1948 | On Trust | 4 | Johnny Longden | William Molter | E. O. Stice | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.80 | |
1947 | See-Tee-See | 4 | Ralph Neves | Hacienda de Cortez | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | ||
1946 | Nanby Pass | 4 | Norman W. Church | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | |||
1945 | Sea Sovereign | 3 | Bud Stotler | Charles S. Howard | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | ||
1944 | No race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
1943 | No race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
1942 | No race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
1941 | Sweepida | 4 | Ralph Neves | H. C. Hill | 1+1⁄16 | 1:48.00 | ||
1940 | Valdina Myth | 2 | Eugene Rodriguez | Valdina Farm | 3-fur. | 0:33.20 | ||
1939 | Brown Jade | 5 | John H. Adams | 1+1⁄8 | 1:52.00 | |||
1938 | Lady Florise | 5 | Lester Balaski | John W. Marchbank | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.60 | ||
1937 | Lloyd Pan | 4 | Harry Richards | Alexander Pantages | 1+1⁄16 | 1:48.00 | ||
1936 | No race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
1935 | Bluebeard | 3 | Harry Richards | Clyde Phillips | William R. Coe | 1-mile | 1:40.00 |
See also[]
- Road to the Kentucky Derby
- List of American and Canadian Graded races
- Ten Things You Should Know About the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Hello Race Fans!
References[]
- ^ a b "Robert B. Lewis Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Santa Catalina to be Renamed for Bob Lewis". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- 1935 establishments in California
- Horse races in California
- Santa Anita Park
- Flat horse races for three-year-olds
- Triple Crown Prep Races
- Graded stakes races in the United States
- Grade 3 stakes races in the United States
- Recurring sporting events established in 1935