San Felipe Stakes

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San Felipe Stakes
Grade II race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated1935[2]
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
Websitewww.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles (8+1⁄2 furlongs)
Surface124 lbs. with allowances[1]
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds
WeightAssigned
Purse$400,000 (since 2015)[3]

The San Felipe Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade II event open to three-year-old horses. Normally held in early -March, it is raced at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles (8+1⁄2 furlongs) on dirt and currently offers a purse of $400,000. It is listed as an official prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

Race history[]

Inaugurated as the San Felipe Handicap in 1935, due to World War II there was no race run in 1942, 1943, and 1944. From 1935 through 1940 the race was open to colts and geldings, three years of age and older. Since 1941 it has been restricted to three-year-olds and in 1952 was made open to all three-year-olds irrespective of their sex. It was raced as a handicap event from 1935 through 1941 and again from 1952 through 1990.

As a prep for both the Santa Anita and Kentucky Derbies, the San Felipe has featured many of California's top three-year-olds over the years, including Derby winners California Chrome, Fusaichi Pegasus, Sunday Silence and Triple Crown winner Affirmed.

The 2019 San Felipe was cancelled due to Santa Anita's safety-related suspension of live racing.[4]

Since inception, it has been competed over a variety of distances:

  • 6 furlongs: 1938–1940, 1945–1946
  • 7 furlongs: 1937, 1941, 1947–1951
  • 1 mile: 1935–1936
  • 1+1⁄16 miles: since 1952

The San Felipe Stakes was run in two divisions in 1968 and 1970.

Race records[]

Speed record:

  • 1:40.11 - (2005) (at current distance of 1+1⁄16 miles)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 8 - Bob Baffert (1999, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021)

Most wins by an owner:

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2021 Life Is Good Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert WinStar Farm LLC and CHC LLC 1:42.18
2020 Authentic Drayden Van Dyke Bob Baffert SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing 1:43.56
2019 no race[4]
2018 Bolt d'Oro Javier Castellano Mick Ruis Ruis Racing LLC 1:42.71
2017 Mastery Mike E. Smith Bob Baffert 1:42.28
2016 Mike E. Smith Halo Farms/Bashor 1:43.04
2015 Dortmund Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Kaleem Shah, Inc. 1:41.65
2014 California Chrome Victor Espinoza Art Sherman Coburn/Martin 1:40.59
2013 Hear the Ghost Corey Nakatani Jerry Hollendorfer Halo Farms/Hollendorfer 1:42.34
2012 Joel Rosario Heinz Steinmann 1:41.84
2011 1:41.23
2010 Sidney's Candy Joe Talamo John W. Sadler Sid & Jenny Craig Trust 1:42.30
2009 Pioneerof the Nile Garrett Gomez Bob Baffert Zayat Stables 1:43.35
2008 Michael Baze George Schwary 1:42.35
2007 Victor Espinoza Doug O'Neill Merv Griffin Ranch 1:42.46
2006 A. P. Warrior Corey Nakatani John Shirreffs 1:42.40
2005 Rafael Bejarano D. Wayne Lukas Robert & Beverly Lewis 1:40.11
2004 Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 1:42.87
2003 Gary Stevens Jeff Mullins Desperado Stables et al. 1:43.64
2002 Medaglia d'Oro Laffit Pincay Jr. Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1:41.95
2001 Point Given Gary Stevens Bob Baffert The Thoroughbred Corp. 1:41.94
2000 Fusaichi Pegasus Kent Desormeaux Neil D. Drysdale Fusao Sekiguchi 1:42.66
1999 David R. Flores Bob Baffert 1:42.16
1998 Artax Chris McCarron 1:41.73
1997 Free House David R. Flores J. Paco Gonzalez McCaffery & Toffan 1:42.49
1996 Corey Nakatani J. Paco Gonzalez McCaffery/Toffan et al. 1:42.43
1995 Afternoon Deelites Kent Desormeaux Richard Mandella Burt Bacharach 1:42.11
1994 Kent Desormeaux Richard Mandella Burt Bacharach 1:44.68
1993 Chris McCarron John W. Sadler Allen E. Paulson 1:42.11
1992 Bertrando Alex Solis Bruce Headley Headley/Nahem/505 Farms 1:42.76
1991 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally VHW Stables (Lessee) 1:41.80
1990 Alex Solis D. Wayne Lukas Lukas & Overbrook Farm 1:42.00
1989 Sunday Silence Pat Valenzuela Charlie Whittingham H-G-W Partners 1:42.60
1988 Chris McCarron Laz S. Barrera Barrera & Saiden 1:42.20
1987 Ed Delahoussaye Arnold, Clearman et al. 1:43.00
1986 Chris McCarron Bruce Headley Kjell Qvale 1:45.40
1985 Laffit Pincay Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Kinsman Stable 1:43.20
1984 Sandy Hawley Gary F. Jones Mamakos & Stubrin 1:42.60
1983 Desert Wine Chris McCarron Jerry M. Fanning Cardiff Stud/ 1:41.60
1982 Chris McCarron Fred W. Hooper 1:42.20
1981 Fernando Toro Melvin F. Stute Cole, Freeman & Gold 1:42.00
1980 Bill Shoemaker 1:41.60
1979 Sandy Hawley George E. Goodwin Eldorado Stables 1:41.20
1978 Affirmed Steve Cauthen Laz Barrera Harbor View Farm 1:42.60
1977 Sandy Hawley Jay M. Robbins Robbins & Rogers 1:42.60
1976 Bill Shoemaker Roger Clapp 1:42.60
1975 Fernando Toro Leone J. Peters 1:42.40
1974 Don Pierce Joan Winchell 1:42.40
1973 Braulio Baeza Robert J. Frankel Neil Hellman 1:41.80
1972 Laffit Pincay Jr. M/M John J. Elmore 1:41.80
1971 Laffit Pincay Jr. John G. Canty Arthur A. Seeligson Jr. 1:42.60
1970 Jerry Lambert M/M John C. Mabee 1:41.80
1970 Bill Shoemaker Jerry M. Fanning Samuel J. Agnew 1:41.80
1969 Eddie Belmonte Mrs. Gerry Dreier 1:44.20
1968 Johnny Sellers Kratz-Thayer 1:42.40
1968 Jerry Lambert James W. Maloney William H. Perry 1:42.40
1967 Laffit Pincay Jr. M/M Bert W. Martin 1:42.80
1966 Bill Shoemaker Charlie Whittingham Howard B. Keck 1:42.40
1965 Manuel Ycaza James W. Maloney William H. Perry 1:41.80
1964 Hill Rise Don Pierce William B. Finnegan 1:41.40
1963 Charlie Whittingham Flying M Stable 1:45.00
1962 William Harmatz L. C. Sternberger M/M L. C. Sternberger 1:44.20
1961 Johnny Longden Vance Longden Alberta Ranches, Ltd. 1:42.20
1960 William Boland C. M. Crawford Jr. 1:42.40
1959 William Harmatz William B. Finnegan Neil S. McCarthy 1:43.40
1958 Robert L. Wheeler Mrs. John L. McMahon 1:45.60
1957 Gordon Glisson William Molter M/M. Geo. Lewis Stable 1:43.40
1956 Charlie Whittingham Llangollen Farm 1:44.40
1955 William Boland William B. Finnegan Murcain Stable 1:43.00
1954 Determine Raymond York William Molter Andrew J. Crevolin 1:42.40
1953 Johnny Longden William Molter Andrew J. Crevolin 1:44.20
1952 Windy City II Eddie Arcaro Petite Luellwitz 1:44.00
1951 Raymond York James Jordan W. C. Martin 1:22.80
1950 Your Host Johnny Longden Harry L. Daniels William Goetz 1:23.40
1949 Olympia Ivan H. Parke Fred W. Hooper 1:22.80
1948 Eddie Arcaro 1:23.60
1947 Johnny Longden Fannie Hertz 1:23.60
1946 Ralph Neves C. J. Sebastian 1:10.20
1945 Johnny Longden Don Ameche 1:11.80
1941 Basil James Anthony Pelleteri 1:24.00
1940 Ralph Neves William Ziegler Jr. 1:10.40
1939 John H. Adams 1:10.20
1938 Raymond Workman Circle M Ranch 1:12.40
1937 George Woolf E. & W. Janss 1:23.60
1936 Alfred Robertson Alexis G. Wilson F. M. Alger Jr. 1:36.00
1935 Clyde Turk C. N. Mooney 1:37.60
* In 1983, was disqualified from first to second.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chart of the 2020 San Felipe". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Santa Anita Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). www.santaanita.com. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ^ "San Felipe Stakes Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b Cherwa, John (8 March 2019). "Santa Anita hopes to resume horse racing around March 22". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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