The Santa Ysabel Stakes is an American

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once run during January but now run in March at

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. The race is open to fillies, age three, willing to race one and one-sixteenths miles (8.5

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s) on the dirt. The race is a Grade III event with a current purse of $100,000 and is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Inaugurated in 1968, the Santa Ysabel Stakes was contested at 7 furlongs in 1970 but has otherwise been run at miles. It was run in two divisions in 1968, 1970, 1972, and 1979.

Records

Speed record: * 1:41.10 – Midnight Bisou (2018) Most wins by a

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: * 4 –

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(1974, 1978, 1985, 1988) * 4 – Laffit Pincay Jr. (1970, 1973, 1981, 1991) * 4 – Chris McCarron (1983, 1984, 1994, 2002) * 4 – Mike E. Smith (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) Most wins by a trainer: * 9 – Bob Baffert (2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025) Most wins by an owner: * 3 – Kaleem Shah (2011, 2014, 2020)

Winners of the Santa Ysabel Stakes since 1968

A # designates that the race was run in two divisions in 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1979. * † In 1998 Love Lock finished first but was disqualified after testing

References

{{reflist Horse races in California Santa Anita Park Flat horse races for three-year-old fillies Graded stakes races in the United States Recurring sporting events established in 1968 Grade 3 stakes races in the United States