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San Antonio Handicap
The San Antonio Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Raced on the dirt, it is for horses age three and older. In 2017, the distance was shortened from 1+1⁄8 miles to 1+1⁄16 miles. The race was originally run under handicap conditions but is now run under allowance weight conditions, with specified weight reductions for horses who meet certain conditions. The San Antonio has been a Grade II event since 1990. The current purse is $200,000.
| Grade II race | |
| Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1935 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.santaanita.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-year-olds & up |
| Weight | Allowance |
| Purse | $200,000 (2019)[1] |
The San Antonio was traditionally run in February and was frequently used as a prep race for the Santa Anita Handicap. In 2017, the race was run once in February, and then again on December 26, the opening day of the Santa Anita winter-spring meet. With its new position in the stakes calendar, the race now serves as a prep for the Pegasus World Cup.[2]
Inaugurated in 1935, the San Antonio Handicap was run at a mile and a sixteenth in 1940 and 1941.
Records
Speed record:
- 1+1⁄8 miles – 1:46.20 – Vigors (1978)
- 1+1⁄16 miles – 1:42.55 – Hoppertunity (2017)
Most wins:
- 2 - Gun Bow (1964, 1965)
- 2 - Gentlemen (1997, 1998)
- 2 - Game On Dude (2012, 2013)
- 2- Hoppertunity (2016, 2017)
- 2- Gift Box (2018,2019)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 7 - Bill Shoemaker (1951, 1953, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1985)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 7 - Bob Baffert (2003, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022)
- 7 - Richard Mandella (1984, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Most wins by an owner:
- 4 - Calumet Farm (1950, 1951, 1954, 1990)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Country Grammer | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Bob Baffert | Zedan Racing, WinStar Farm & Commonwealth Thoroughbreds | 1:43.45 |
| 2021 | Express Train | 4 | Victor Espinoza | John Shirreffs | C R K Stable | 1:44.82 |
| 2020 | Kiss Today Goodbye | 3 | Mike E. Smith | J. Eric Kruljac | John Sondereker | 1:43.37 |
| 2019 | Gift Box | 6 | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing | 1:42.73 |
| 2018 | Gift Box | 5 | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadlerowell | Hronis Racing | 1:43.88 |
| 2017 (December) | Giant Expectations | 4 | Gary Stevens | Peter Eurton | Exline- Border Racing, Gatto Racing & Garrett Zubok | 1:43.07 |
| 2017 (February) | Hoppertunity | 6 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Watson/Pegram/Weitman | 1:42.55 |
| 2016 | Hoppertunity | 5 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Watson/Pegram/Weitman | 1:48.47 |
| 2015 | Shared Belief | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Jerry Hollendorfer | Jungle Racing | 1:48.45 |
| 2014 | Blingo | 5 | Aaron Gryder | John Shirreffs | Jerry & Ann Moss | 1:47.95 |
| 2013 | Game On Dude | 6 | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Diamond Pride/Lanni Family Trust | 1:47.53 |
| 2012 | Game On Dude | 5 | Chantal Sutherland | Bob Baffert | Diamond Pride/Lanni Family Trust/Mercedes Stable/Schiappa | 1:46.88 |
| 2011 | Gladding | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | John W. Sadler | C R K Stable | 1:48.00 |
| 2010 | Richard's Kid | 5 | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Zabeel Racing International | 1:49.05 |
| 2009 | Magnum | 8 | Joel Rosario | Darrell Vienna | Bill & Donna Mae Herrick | 1:49.14 |
| 2008 | Well Armed | 5 | Aaron Gryder | Eoin G. Harty | WinStar Farm | 1:47.73 |
| 2007 | Molengao | 6 | Garrett Gomez | Paulo Lobo | Stud TNT | 1:48.67 |
| 2006 | Spellbinder | 5 | Martin Pedroza | Richard Mandella | Ann & Jerry Moss | 1:48.84 |
| 2005 | Lundy's Liability | 5 | David Flores | Robert J. Frankel | Stud TNT/Mary Slack | 1:49.05 |
| 2004 | Pleasantly Perfect | 6 | Alex Solis | Richard Mandella | Diamond A Racing | 1:47.25 |
| 2003 | Congaree | 5 | Jerry Bailey | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:47.60 |
| 2002 | Redattore | 7 | Alex Solis | Richard Mandella | Luiz A. Taunay | 1:48.66 |
| 2001 | Guided Tour | 5 | Larry Melancon | Niall O'Callaghan | Morton Fink | 1:48.26 |
| 2000 | Budroyale | 7 | Garrett Gomez | Ted H. West | Jeffrey Sengara | 1:48.70 |
| 1999 | Free House | 5 | Chris McCarron | J. Paco Gonzalez | McCaffery & Toffan | 1:48.54 |
| 1998 | Gentlemen (ARG) | 6 | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella | Randall D. Hubbard | 1:47.60 |
| 1997 | Gentlemen (ARG) | 5 | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella | Randall D. Hubbard | 1:47.38 |
| 1996 | Alphabet Soup | 5 | Chris Antley | David Hofmans | Ridder Stable | 1:49.96 |
| 1995 | Best Pal | 7 | Chris McCarron | Richard Mandella | Golden Eagle Farm | 1:47.43 |
| 1994 | The Wicked North | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | David Bernstein | Philip Hersh | 1:47.48 |
| 1993 | Marquetry | 6 | Ed Delahoussaye | Robert J. Frankel | M. Engleson/R. Frankel | 1:48.96 |
| 1992 | Ibero | 5 | Alex Solis | Ron McAnally | I. Pavlovsky/F. Whitham | 1:47.05 |
| 1991 | Farma Way | 4 | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Quarter B. Farm | 1:47.20 |
| 1990 | Criminal Type | 5 | Alex Solis | D. Wayne Lukas | Calumet Farm | 1:49.00 |
| 1989 | Super Diamond | 9 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Edwin J. Gregson | Roland & Ramona Sahm | 1:48.80 |
| 1988 | Judge Angelucci | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye | Charles Whittingham | Olin B. Gentry | 1:48.60 |
| 1987 | Bedside Promise | 5 | Gary Stevens | Robert L. Martin | Jawl Brothers | 1:47.20 |
| 1986 | Hatim | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | John Gosden | Juddmonte Farms | 1:47.40 |
| 1985 | Lord At War | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Peter Perkins (L) | 1:48.20 |
| 1984 | Poley | 5 | Chris McCarron | Richard Mandella | Bretzfield & Oliver | 1:48.00 |
| 1983 | Bates Motel | 4 | Terry Lipham | John Gosden | J. Getty Phillips/M. Riordan | 1:47.00 |
| 1982 | Score Twenty Four | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | James Jordan | Score Stable/Purner Jr. | 1:47.80 |
| 1981 | Flying Paster | 5 | Chris McCarron | Gordon C. Campbell | Bernard J. Ridder | 1:46.60 |
| 1980 | Beau's Eagle | 4 | Donald Pierce | Larry Rose | Relatively Stable | 1:48.40 |
| 1979 | Tiller | 5 | Angel Cordero Jr. | David A. Whiteley | William Haggin Perry | 1:47.00 |
| 1978 | Vigors | 5 | Darrel McHargue | Larry J. Sterling | William R. Hawn | 1:46.20 |
| 1977 | Ancient Title | 7 | Sandy Hawley | Keith L. Stucki | Ethel Kirkland | 1:47.80 |
| 1976 | Lightning Mandate | 5 | Angel Cordero Jr. | Gary F. Jones | Golden Eagle Farm, et al. | 1:48.20 |
| 1975 | Cheriepe | 5 | Angel Santiago | W. Preston King | Camijo Stable | 1:46.80 |
| 1974 | Prince Dantan | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1:47.60 |
| 1973 | Kennedy Road | 5 | Donald Pierce | Charles Whittingham | Helen G. Stollery | 1:47.60 |
| 1972 | Unconscious | 4 | Angel Cordero Jr. | John G. Canty | Arthur A. Seeligson Jr. | 1:47.40 |
| 1971 | Ack Ack | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Forked Lightning Ranch | 1:47.00 |
| 1970 | Dewan | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | James W. Maloney | William Haggin Perry | 1:47.60 |
| 1969 | Praise Jay | 5 | Miguel Yanez | William C. Holmes | John M. Hudspeth | 1:49.60 |
| 1968 | Rising Market | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ted Saladin | M/M Bert W. Martin | 1:48.40 |
| 1967 | Pretense | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1:48.60 |
| 1966 | Hill Rise | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | William B. Finnegan | El Peco Ranch | 1:47.00 |
| 1965 | Gun Bow | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | Edward A. Neloy | Gedney Farms | 1:47.80 |
| 1964 | Gun Bow | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Edward A. Neloy | Gedney Farms | 1:47.40 |
| 1963 | Physician | 6 | Donald Pierce | Lynne A. Boice | Lynne A. Boice | 1:51.00 |
| 1962 | Olden Times | 4 | Alex Maese | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:53.60 |
| 1961 | American Comet | 5 | Willie Harmatz | Marty L. Fallon | C. W. Smith Ent., Inc. | 1:48.60 |
| 1960 | Bagdad | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Joseph S. Dunn | Howard B. Keck | 1:48.20 |
| 1959 | Bug Brush | 4 | Angel Valenzuela | Robert L. Wheeler | C. V. Whitney | 1:46.40 |
| 1958 | Round Table | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 1:46.80 |
| 1957 | Terrang | 4 | Ismael Valenzuela | Carl A. Roles | Poltex Stable | 1:47.40 |
| 1956 | Mister Gus | 5 | William Boland | Charles Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1:49.00 |
| 1955 | Gigantic | 4 | Roy Lumm | J. Frank Laboyne | Joe W. Brown | 1:48.40 |
| 1954 | Mark-Ye-Well | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:52.00 |
| 1953 | Trusting | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Joseph S. Dunn | Mrs. Rea Warner | 1:49.20 |
| 1952 | Phil D. | 4 | Raymond York | James Jordan | Mr. & Mrs. W. C. Martin | 1:49.80 |
| 1951 | All Blue | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:49.40 |
| 1950 | Ponder | 4 | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 1:50.20 |
| 1949 | Dinner Gong | 4 | Jack Westrope | Frank E. Childs | Abe Hirschberg | 1:49.60 |
| 1948 | Talon | 6 | Eddie Arcaro | Horatio Luro | Richard N. Ryan | 1:49.40 |
| 1947 | El Lobo | 6 | William Bailey | Stuart Hamblen | Stuart Hamblen | 1:49.20 |
| 1946 | First Fiddle | 7 | Johnny Longden | Edward Mulrenan | Mrs. Edward Mulrenan | 1:50.00 |
| 1941 | Mioland | 4 | Leon Haas | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1:45.40 |
| 1940 | Seabiscuit | 7 | Red Pollard | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 1:42.40 |
| 1939 | Whichcee | 5 | Basil James | Darrell Cannon | Austin C. Taylor | 1:49.40 |
| 1938 | Aneroid | 5 | Charles Rosengarten | Dion K. Kerr | John A. Manfuso | 1:50.00 |
| 1937 | Rosemont | 5 | Harry Richards | Richard E. Handlen | William du Pont Jr. | 1:50.20 |
| 1936 | Time Supply | 5 | Tommy Luther | Carl A. Roles | Frank A. Carreaud | 1:49.40 |
| 1935 | Head Play | 5 | Charlie Kurtsinger | J. Thomas Taylor | Suzanne Mason | 1:52.40 |
References
- The 2009 San Antonio Handicap at the NTRA