Santa Monica Stakes

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Santa Monica Stakes
Grade II race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated1957
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteSanta Anita Park
Race information
Distance7 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFillies and Mares, four years old & up
Weight124 lbs. with allowances[1]
PurseUS$200,000 (since 2014)[2]

The Santa Monica Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late January/early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to fillies and mares age four and older, it is run on the dirt over a distance of seven furlongs. Until 2010, the race name was the Santa Monica Handicap.[2]

Inaugurated in 1957, through 1959 it was open to horses three-year-olds and up of either sex.

The race was run in two divisions in 1961 and 1965.

It was rated as GII in 1973–1983, GIII in 1984–1987, GII in 1988 and 1989, GI in 1990–2012, and GII in 2013 and later.[2]

Records[]

Speed record:

  • 1:20.60 – Past Forgetting (1982) (dirt)

Most wins:

  • Chop House (1964, 1965)
  • Past Forgetting (1982, 1983)
  • Pine Tree Lane (1987, 1988)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners[]

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner
 Time
2021 Merneith 4 Edwin A. Maldonado Bob Baffert HRH Prince Sultan Bin Mishal Al Saud 1:22.28
2020 Hard Not to Love 5 Mike E. Smith John Shirreffs Mercedes Stables, West Point Thoroughbreds, S. Dilworth, D. Ingordo, F. Mooney 1:22.19
2019 Marley's Freedom 5 Drayden Van Dyke Bob Baffert Cicero Farms, LLC 1:22.34
2018 Selcourt 4 Tyler Baze John W. Sadler Medallion Racing, Keith Abrahams, Sandra Lazaruk 1:21.00
2017 Finest City 5 Mike E. Smith Ian Kruljac Seltzer Thoroughbreds 1:21.49
2016 4 Terry C. Lovingier 1:21.78
2015 4 Elvis Trujillo Jerry Hollendorfer Dedomenico/Hollendorfer/Todaro 1:22.42
2014 4 Mike E. Smith Jerry Hollendorfer Hollendorfer/Dedomenico/et al. 1:22.00
2013 5 Victor Espinoza Ted & Judy Nichols 1:22.64
2012 4 Joel Rosario John W. Sadler CRK Stable 1:21.42
2011 4 Joel Rosario John W. Sadler CRK Stable 1:20.70
2010 4 Martin Garcia Bob Baffert 1:21.25
2009 Ventura 5 Garrett K. Gomez Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:21.61
2008 4 1:20.71
2007 5 Garrett Gomez Bob Baffert Michael E. Pegram 1:22.32
2006 Behaving Badly 5 Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert 1:21.93
2005 (ARG) 5 Gary Stevens Richard Mandella 1:22.14
2004 4 Kent Desormeaux 1:21.37
2003 Affluent 5 Alex Solis Ron McAnally 1:22.77
2002 6 Alex Solis Bruce Headley 1:22.37
2001 5 Kent Desormeaux 1:22.50
2000 4 Corey Nakatani Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:21.45
1999 6 Corey Black Richard Mandella 1::22.17
1998 6 Chris McCarron Ronald W. Ellis Pam & Martin Wygod 1:21.07
1997 5 1:23.27
1996 Serena's Song 4 Gary Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Robert & Beverly Lewis 1:21.56
1995 4 Chris Antley Ronald W. Ellis Pam & Martin Wygod 1:22.82
1994 6 Gary Stevens Regal Rose Stable 1:21.44
1993 5 Alex Solis Gary F. Jones Hi Card Ranch 1:21.78
1992 5 Eddie Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale 1:22.66
1991 4 Russell Baze Richard Mandella 1:21.80
1990 4 Gary Stevens Brian A. Mayberry 1:22.40
1989 Miss Brio 5 Eddie Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale William S. Farish III 1:21.60
1988 Pine Tree Lane 6 Gary Stevens D. Wayne Lukas William T. Young 1:23.00
1987 Pine Tree Lane 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas L. Don Mathis 1:21.80
1986 Her Royalty 5 Chris McCarron Bruce Headley Johnston et al. 1:21.60
1985 Lovlier Linda 5 Bill Shoemaker Willard L. Proctor William R. Hawn 1:22.80
1984 Bara Lass 5 Walter Guerra D. Wayne Lukas Sam E. Stevens 1:22.00
1983 Past Forgetting 5 Chris McCarron Bernard J. Ridder 1:23.40
1982 Past Forgetting 4 Bill Shoemaker 1:20.60
1981 Parsley 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Robert H. Spreen 1:23.40
1980 Flack Flack 5 Bill Shoemaker D. Wayne Lukas Blatz & Smith 1:23.80
1979 Grenzen 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Delaplaine/Schaffer/Woolsey 1:21.60
1979 Winter Solstice 6 Darrel McHargue Bernard J. Ridder 1:21.20
1977 Hail Hilarious 4 Don Pierce Neil D. Drysdale Saron Stable 1:22.60
1976 Gay Style 6 Don Pierce Charles Whittingham 1:22.00
1975 Sister Fleet 5 Fernando Toro Robert P. King Gordon B. Howell 1:21.40
1974 5 Fernando Toro Henry M. Moreno Nile Financial Corp. 1:24.00
1973 Chou Croute 5 John L. Rotz Folsom Farm & Jones Jr. 1:23.60
1972 Typecast 6 Laffit Pincay Jr. Tommy Doyle Westerly Stud Farms 1:21.40
1971 Manta 5 Laffit Pincay Jr. Elmendorf 1:22.20
1970 no race
1969 Gamely 5 Wayne Harris James W. Maloney William Haggin Perry 1:23.60
1968 4 Don Pierce Robert L. Wheeler Rokeby Stables 1:23.00
1967 Miss Moona 4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Jacnot Stable 1:22.40
1966 Batteur 6 Eddie Belmonte James W. Maloney William Haggin Perry 1:22.40
1965 Face The Facts 4 Manuel Ycaza James W. Maloney William Haggin Perry 1:22.00
1965 Chop House 5 Ismael Valenzuela M/M Bert W. Martin 1:22.40
1964 Chop House 4 Braulio Baeza M/M Bert W. Martin 1:22.80
1963 Table Mate 4 Bill Shoemaker Warren Stute Kerr Stable 1:22.00
1962 Perizade 6 Noble Threewitt Dr. & Mrs. T. M. Brown 1:22.40
1961 Taboo 4 Bill Shoemaker John H. Adams Ralph Lowe 1:23.00
1961 Swiss Roll 4 Bill Shoemaker Robert L. Wheeler C. V. Whitney 1:22.20
1960 Silver Spoon 4 Eddie Arcaro Robert L. Wheeler C. V. Whitney 1:23.00
1959 Bug Brush 4 Robert L. Wheeler C. V. Whitney 1:23.00
1958 Market Basket 4 Raymond York Jack. M. Phillips 1:22.80
1957 Mary Machree 6 William B. Finnegan 1:22.00

References[]

  1. ^ "Chart of the 2020 Santa Monica". Equibase. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c / Santa Monica Stakes (Gr. 2) (equibase.com) Retrieved Mar./13/2019
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