The San Antonio Stakes is an American

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held at

Santa Anita Park Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races ...

in Arcadia, California. Raced on the dirt, it is for horses age three and older. In 2017, the distance was shortened from miles to 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. The San Antonio was traditionally run in February and was frequently used as a prep race for the

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. 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

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. Inaugurated in 1935, the San Antonio Handicap was run at a mile and a sixteenth in 1940 and 1941.

Records

Speed record: * miles – 1:46.20 – Vigors (1978) * miles – 1:42.55 – Hoppertunity (2017) Most wins: * 2 - Gun Bow (1964, 1965) * 2 - Gentlemen (1997, 1998) * 2 -

Game On Dude Game On Dude (foaled April 26, 2007 in Kentucky) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse gelding. He won fourteen graded stakes races, including eight Grade I stakes: the Santa Anita Handicap in 2011, 2013, and 2014 the only horse to have wo ...

(2012, 2013) * 2- Hoppertunity (2016, 2017) *2- Gift Box (2018,2019) Most wins by a jockey: * 7 -

Bill Shoemaker William Lee Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. For 29 years he held the world record for total professional jockey victories. Early life Referred to as "Bill", "Willie," and "The Shoe", William Lee Sho ...

(1951, 1953, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1985) Most wins by a trainer: * 7 -

Bob Baffert Robert A. Baffert (born January 13, 1953) is an American racehorse trainer who trained the 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. Baffert's horses have won a record six Kentucky Derbies, seven Preakn ...

(2003, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2022) * 7 -

Richard Mandella Richard Eugene Mandella (born November 5, 1950 in Altadena, California), is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and a member of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame. Mandella's father, a blacksmith, introduced him to horses at an early age and while still in ...

(1984, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006) Most wins by an owner: * 4 - Calumet Farm (1950, 1951, 1954, 1990)

Winners

References

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The 2009 San Antonio Handicap at the NTRA
Horse races in California Santa Anita Park Graded stakes races in the United States Flat horse races for four-year-olds Open mile category horse races Recurring sporting events established in 1935 1935 establishments in California