San Rafael Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California United States |
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Inaugurated | 1981 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-olds |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $150,000 |
The San Rafael Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California. The race was a Grade III event with a purse of $150,000 and was open to three-year-olds willing to race one mile (8 furlongs) on the facility's dirt race track.
Prior to 2005, the race was held in early March. Beginning in 2005, the race was moved to mid-January to offer a better fit to trainers to race in the Sham Stakes, the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (formerly known as the Santa Catalina Stakes) and the San Felipe Stakes. It became the year's first official prep race for the U.S. Triple Crown series. However, after Conveyance's win in 2010, Santa Anita has stopped running this event.
On November 28, 2007, this Grade II stakes race was downgraded to a Grade III by the American Graded Stakes Committee.
Records[]
Speed record:
- 1:33.37 - (2008) (On Cushion Track)
- 1:34.40 - (1982) (on dirt)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Chris McCarron (1983, 1984, 1986, 1991, 2002)
- 5 - Gary Stevens (1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 2005)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Laz S. Barrera (1985, 1990)
- 2 - (1989, 1995)
- 2 - Neil Drysdale (1992, 2000)
- 2 - D. Wayne Lukas (1994, 1996)
- 2 - Wallace Dollase (1998, 1999)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 - Thoroughbred Corp. (1998, 1999)
Winners of the San Rafael Stakes[]
Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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2010 | Conveyance | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Zabeel Racing International | 1:36.45 |
2009 | The Pamplemousse | Alex Solis | Julio C. Canani | Alex Solis, Jr. | 1:35.31 |
2008 | David R. Flores | 1:33.37 | |||
2007 | Notional | Corey Nakatani | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1:36.48 |
2006 | Brother Derek | Alex Solis | 1:36.11 | ||
2005 | Gary Stevens | Patrick Biancone | & Tabor | 1:36.69 | |
2004 | Victor Espinoza | Steve Taub | 1:36.11 | ||
2003 | Jerry Bailey | Bob Baffert | Hal Earnhardt | 1:35.89 | |
2002 | Came Home | Chris McCarron | J. Paco Gonzalez | Farish et al. | 1:36.24 |
2001 | Ed Delahoussaye | Howard Zucker | C. T. Grether, Inc. | 1:35.79 | |
2000 | War Chant | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale | Irving & Marjorie Cowan | 1:36.45 |
1999 | Corey Nakatani | Wallace Dollase | Thoroughbred Corp. | 1:36.45 | |
1998 | Corey Nakatani | Wallace Dollase | Thoroughbred Corp. et al. | 1:35.96 | |
1997 | Goncalino Almeida | Melvin F. Stute | Dave & Herb Alpert | 1:36.01 | |
1996 | Honour and Glory | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Michael Tabor | 1:36.45 |
1995 | Kent Desormeaux | 1:37.61 | |||
1994 | Tabasco Cat | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook & Reynolds | 1:36.39 |
1993 | Kent Desormeaux | Noble Threewitt | Don W. Jordens | 1:35.13 | |
1992 | A.P. Indy | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil D. Drysdale | 1:35.41 | |
1991 | Chris McCarron | Allen E. Paulson | 1:35.80 | ||
1990 | Mister Frisky | Gary Stevens | Laz S. Barrera | Solymar Stud | 1:36.60 |
1989 | Gary Stevens | Pendleton/Royal T. Stable | 1:34.80 | ||
1988 | Gary Stevens | Meyer & Mollie Gaskin | 1:38.00 | ||
1987 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Belles (Lessee) & Leveton | 1:35.80 | ||
1986 | Chris McCarron | Bruce Headley | Kjell H. Qvale | 1:35.60 | |
1985 | Rafael Meza | Laz S. Barrera | Ryehill Farm | 1:36.20 | |
1984 | Precisionist | Chris McCarron | Fred W. Hooper | 1:35.00 | |
1983 | Desert Wine | Chris McCarron | Jerry M. Fanning | Cardiff Stud/ | 1:35.60 |
1982 | Marco Castaneda | William L. Pease | 1:34.40 | ||
1981 | Marco Castaneda | Michael I. Blake | 1:36.00 |
References[]
- 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
- Recurring sporting events established in 1981
- 1981 establishments in California