La Cañada Stakes

The La Cañada Stakes is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age four-years-old and older over a distance of one-and-one-sixteenth miles on the dirt track held annually in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently offers a purse of US$200,000.

La Cañada Stakes
Grade III race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, USA
Inaugurated1975
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
WebsiteSanta Anita Park
Race information
Distance1+116 miles
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFillies and mares age four and older
Weight124 lbs with allowances
PurseUS$200,000 (since 2020)

History

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The event was named after a 1843 Mexican land grant known as Rancho La Cañada in the San Rafael Hills and Crescenta Valley of Southern California.[1] The name means "ranch of the canyon". The rancho included the current day city of La Cañada Flintridge.[2][3]

The inaugural running of the event was on 1 February 1975 over a distance of one-and-one-sixteenth miles and was won by the 1974 U.S. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Chris Evert who carried 128 pounds, winning by a nose as the 13/10 favorite over Mercy Dee with Lucky Spell in third place 1+34 lengths away in a time of 1:4135.[4] The winning time recorded for the distance continues today to be the stakes record.

The following year, the distance of the event was increased to 1+18 miles.[5] The event was run at this distance until 2011.

Given the quality of competition after the first two runnings of the event in 1977 the American Graded Stakes Committee classified the event as Grade II.[6]

In 1978 Santa Anita Park administration created the La Cañada Series, a series of races for newly turning/turned 4-year-old fillies and run at an increasing distance. The series begins with the La Brea Stakes at 7 furlongs followed by the Grade II El Encino Stakes at 1+116 miles in mid January, then the upgraded Grade I La Cañada Stakes at 1+18 miles in mid February.[6] Until the series ended in 2011 when the El Encino Stakes was discontinued, only three fillies had ever won all three races: Taisez Vous (1978), Mitterand (1985), and Got Koko (2003). The Santa Anita Park counterpart series for male horses is the Strub Series.

In 1990 the event was downgraded Grade II.[6]

For three years (2008–10) the event was held on the synthetic All-Weather course which had been installed at Santa Anita Park.[6]

With the discontinuation of the El Encino Stakes in 2012 the La Cañada Stakes distance was decreased to 1+116 miles and the race was scheduled in mid January.[6]

In 2018 the event was run at a distance of one mile.[5]

In 2019 the event was downgraded Grade III.[6]

The 1986 winner Lady's Secret had an outstanding year culminating with a victory in the Grade I Breeders' Cup Distaff and winning the U.S. Champion Older Filly award and being voted as United States Horse of the Year. The 1996 winner Jewel Princess also won the Breeders' Cup Distaff and winning the U.S. Champion Older Filly award and being voted as United States Horse of the Year. While the 2000 Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Spain won two legs of the La Cañada Series and finished second in the El Encino Stakes.

Records

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Speed record:

Margins:

  • 13+12 lengths – As Time Goes By (2022)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
2023KirstenboschKazushi KimuraJohn W. SadlerKeith Abrahams1+116 miles1:44.19$200,500III[7]
2022As Time Goes ByFlavien PratBob BaffertMichael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Derrick Smith1+116 miles1:44.31$200,000III[8]
2021Sanenus (CHI)Umberto RispoliMichael W. McCarthyMatriarca1+116 miles1:45.44$201,000III[9]
2020Queen Bee to YouRuben FuentesAndrew LernerAn Equal Amount Of Blueberries & Adam Vali1+116 miles1:44.36$200,500III[10]
2019Escape ClauseTyler BazeDon SchnellDon Schnell1+116 miles1:41.89$100,351III[11]
2018MopotismMario GutierrezDoug F. O'NeillReddam Racing1 mile1:37.29$201,035II[12]
2017Vale Dori (ARG)Mike E. SmithBob BaffertSheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum1+116 miles1:44.95$200,000II[13]
2016TarisGary L. StevensSimon CallaghanDerrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor1+116 miles1:44.38$196,250II[14]
2015ThegirlinthatsongRafael BejaranoJerry HollendorferTim & Peter Russo, Jerry Hollendorfer & Daniel J. Gatto1+116 miles1:43.84$200,500II[15]
2014SpellboundVictor EspinozaRichard E. MandellaRamona Bass, Claiborne Farm & Adele Dilschneider1+116 miles1:43.14$200,500II[16]
2013More ChocolateGarrett K. GomezJohn W. SadlerMichael Talla1+116 miles1:42.59$150,250II[17]
2012Include Me OutJoseph TalamoRonald W. EllisJay Em Ess Stable1+116 miles1:41.89$150,000II[18]
2011Always a PrincessMartin GarciaBob BaffertArnold Zetcher1+18 miles1:48.36$147,000II[19]
2010Striking DancerAlex O. SolisKenneth G. McPeekSteve Stan Stables1+18 miles1:48.48$150,000II[20]
2009Life Is SweetGarrett K. GomezJohn ShirreffsPam & Martin Wygod1+18 miles1:49.70$200,000II[21]
2008Dawn After DawnGarrett K. GomezJohn W. SadlerIke & Dawn Thrash1+18 miles1:50.37$200,000II[22]
2007BalanceVictor EspinozaDavid E. HofmansAmerman Racing1+18 miles1:49.41$200,000II[23]
2006SeafreePat ValenzuelaRobert J. FrankelEdmund A. Gann1+18 miles1:50.04$200,000II[24]
2005TarlowPat ValenzuelaJohn ShirreffsAnn & Jerome Moss1+18 miles1:48.64$200,000II[25]
2004§ Cat FighterAlex O. SolisBob BaffertThe Thoroughbred Corporation1+18 miles1:50.41$200,000II[26]
2003Got KokoAlex O. SolisBruce HeadleyAase Headley & Paul Leung1+18 miles1:48.41$200,000II[27]
2002Summer ColonyGary L. StevensMark A. HennigEdward P. Evans1+18 miles1:49.26$200,000II[28]
2001SpainVictor EspinozaD. Wayne LukasThe Thoroughbred Corporation1+18 miles1:49.74$200,000II[29]
2000Scholars StudioCorey NakataniMartin F. JonesKing Edward Racing Stable1+18 miles1:49.14$200,000II[30]
1999ManistiqueGary L. StevensJohn Shirreffs505 Farms1+18 miles1:48.81$200,000II[31]
1998Fleet LadyGarrett K. GomezJerry HollendorferGolden Eagle Farm1+18 miles1:48.59$200,000II[32]
1997Belle's FlagCorey NakataniDarrell ViennaErnest Auerbach1+18 miles1:48.28$213,200II[33]
1996Jewel PrincessAlex O. SolisWallace DollaseRichard J. & Martha J. Stephen1+18 miles1:49.42$209,900II[34]
1995Dianes HaloCorey NakataniDavid C. Cross Jr.Diane Garber1+18 miles1:49.35$213,800II[35]
1994StalcreekGary L. StevensDavid BernsteinGaylord Ailshie & Joseph Shields1+18 miles1:48.85$205,000II[36]
1993AlysbelleEddie DelahoussayeJack Van BergClarence Scharbauer Jr.1+18 miles1:49.85$220,850II[37]
1992ExchangeLaffit Pincay Jr.William SpawrSidney Craig1+18 miles1:49.96$218,250II[38]
1991Fit to ScoutJulio A. GarciaJack Van BergRobert M. Snell1+18 miles1:48.50$216,700II[39]
1990GorgeousEddie DelahoussayeNeil D. DrysdaleRobert N. Clay1+18 miles1:50.00$212,000II[40]
1989Goodbye HaloPat DayCharles E. WhittinghamAlex G. Campbell Jr. & Arthur B. Hancock III1+18 miles1:54.40$215,300I[41]
1988Hollywood GlitterLaffit Pincay Jr.Gary F. JonesJoanne Batchelor1+18 miles1:49.20$161,700I[42]
1987Family StyleGary L. StevensD. Wayne LukasEugene V. Klein1+18 miles1:49.60$162,300I[43]
1986Lady's SecretChris McCarronD. Wayne LukasMr. & Mrs. Eugene V. Klein1+18 miles1:49.80$205,700I[44]
1985MitterandEddie DelahoussayeRandy WinickSilver Star Stable & Arnold Winick1+18 miles1:48.80$208,200I[45]
1984Sweet DianeRay SibilleRobert J. FrankelHarry W. Stone, Pinwheel Farm & Milton Bronson1+18 miles1:49.20$198,950I[46]
1983AvigaitionEddie DelahoussayeVivian M. PulliamC. Norman Pulliam1+18 miles1:49.80$169,400I[47]
1982Safe PlayDon BrumfieldHarvey L. VanierDr. Carl Lauer & Nancy A. Vanier1+18 miles1:47.60$168,300I[48]
1981Summer SirenMarco CastanedaLouis R. CarnoMr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Cavanagh1+18 miles1:48.60$142,500I[49]
1980Glorious Song (CAN)Chris McCarronGerald W. Belanger Jr.Frank Stronach1+18 miles1:47.60$136,600I[50]
1979B. ThoughtfulDonald R. PierceRobert L. WheelerMrs. Walter Haefner1+18 miles1:48.80$114,900I[51]
1978Taisez VousDonald R. PierceRobert L. WheelerVernon D. & Ann Eachus1+18 miles1:49.80$110,000I[52]
1977Lucie ManetBill ShoemakerJaime VillagomezJohn & Donald Valpredo1+18 miles1:48.20$113,300II[53]
1976Raise Your SkirtsBill ShoemakerBarney WillisHarris Farms, Virginia Willis & Kemper Marley1+18 miles1:48.40$83,900[54]
1975Chris EvertJorge VelasquezJoseph A. TrovatoCarl Rosen1+116 miles1:41.60$57,900[4]

Legend:
  All Weather Track   Dirt

Notes:
§ Ran as an entry

See also

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List of American and Canadian Graded races


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References

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  2. ^ "Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County". Archived from the original on 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  3. ^ Diseno La Cañada
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