San Carlos Stakes
The San Carlos Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race once held during the third week of February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, but now run in March. The Grade II stakes race is open to horses, aged three and up, willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $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 | 7 furlong sprint |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Base weights: 3-year-olds – 118 lbs, 4-year-olds and up – 125 lbs with allowances[1] |
| Purse | US$200,000 (since 2019)[2] |
Inaugurated in 1935 as the San Carlos Handicap, it was raced at a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles through 1939. It was run in both January and December 1949. It became known as the San Carlos Stakes beginning with its 2012 running.[3]
It wasn't raced due to World War II between 1942 and 1945.
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 7 furlongs)
- 1:20.2 – Flying Paster (1981)
Most wins:
- 2 – Autocrat (1948, 1949)
- 2 – Porterhouse (1955, 1956)
- 2 – Native Diver (1965, 1967)
- 2 – Rising Market (1969, 1970)
- 2 – Surf Cat (2006, 2008)
- 2 – Sahara Sky (2013,2014)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 8 – Laffit Pincay Jr. (1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 – Charles Whittingham (1955, 1956, 1960, 1971, 1988, 1993)
Most wins by an owner:
- 2 – Alfred G. Vanderbilt II (1936, 1954)
- 2 – Baroni & Battilana (1948, 1949)
- 2 – Fred W. Hooper (1963, 1964)
- 2 – M/M Louis K. Shapiro (1965, 1967)
- 2 – M/M Bert W. Martin (1966, 1969)
- 2 – Aase Headley/Marsha Naify (2006, 2008)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age< | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Winner's earnings[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cezanne | 5 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Hill'N'Dale Equine Holdings Inc, and St. Elias Stables LLC | 7 F | 1:23.45 | 200,000 |
| 2021 | Brickyard Ride | 4 | Alexis Centeno | Craig Lewis | Alfred Pais | 7 F | 1:21.51 | $120,000 |
| 2020 | Flagstaff | 6 | Victor Espinoza | John W. Sadler | Lane's End Racing, Hronis Racing | 7 F | 1:22.64 | $120,000 |
| 2019 | St. Joe Bay | 7 | Victor Espinoza | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing LLC | 7 F | 1:24.06 | $120,000 |
| 2018 | American Anthem | 4 | Mike Smith | Bob Baffert | WinStar Farm LLC, Head of Plains Partners LLC, China Horse Club, SF Racing LLC | 7 F | 1:22.12 | $150,000 |
| 2017 | Danzing Candy | 4 | Mike Smith | Bob Baffert | Halo Farms/Jim Bashor/Dianne Bashor | 7 F | 1:21.17 | $150,000 |
| 2016 | Kobe's Back | 5 | Gary Stevens | Peter Eurton | C R K Stable | 7 F | 1:22.20 | $180,000 |
| 2015 | Wild Dude | 5 | Rafael Bejarano | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/Smith | 7 F | 1:21.91 | $150,000 |
| 2014 | Sahara Sky | 6 | Joel Rosario | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/Sweetwater Stable | 7 F | 1:20.84 | $150,000 |
| 2013 | Sahara Sky | 5 | Joseph Talamo | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/Sweetwater Stable | 7 F | 1:21.28 | $120,000 |
| 2012 | The Factor | 4 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Bolton/Fog City Stable | 7 F | 1:20.56 | $120,000 |
| 2011 | Smiling Tiger | 4 | Joel Rosario | Jeff Bonde | Alan Klein & Philip Lebherz | 7 F | 1:20.30 | $90,000 |
| 2010 | Bob Black Jack | 5 | David Flores | James Kasparoff | Tim Kasparoff/Jeff Harmon | 7 F | 1:21.05 | $90,000 |
| 2009 | Georgie Boy | 4 | Garrett Gomez | Kathy Walsh | George H. Schwary | 7 F | 1:21.85 | $90,000 |
| 2008 | Surf Cat | 6 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Aase Headley/Marsha Naify | 7 F | 1:21.62 | $90,000 |
| 2007 | Latent Heat | 4 | Edgar Prado | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 7 F | 1:21.11 | $90,000 |
| 2006 | Surf Cat | 4 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Aase Headley/Marsha Naify | 7 F | 1:22.09 | $90,000 |
| 2005 | Hasty Kris | 8 | René Douglas | John W. Sadler | CRK Stables | 7 F | 1:21.42 | $90,000 |
| 2004 | Pico Central | 5 | David Flores | Paulo Lobo | Christina Garlipp | 7 F | 1:21.16 | $90,000 |
| 2003 | Aldebaran | 5 | Jose Valdivia Jr. | Robert J. Frankel | Flaxman Holdings | 7 F | 1:21.53 | $120,000 |
| 2002 | Snow Ridge | 4 | Mike E. Smith | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm | 7 F | 1:22.02 | $90,000 |
| 2001 | Kona Gold | 7 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Headley, Molasky & Molasky | 7 F | 1:21.35 | $90,000 |
| 2000 | Son Of A Pistol | 8 | Garrett Gomez | Bruce Headley | B.B.C. Stables et al. | 7 F | 1:22.11 | $$96,930 |
| 1999 | Big Jag | 6 | Jose Valdivia Jr. | Tim Pinfield | Julius Zolezzi | 7 F | 1:21.18 | $90,000 |
| 1998 | Reality Road | 6 | Chris McCarron | Craig Dollase | Pete & Dorothy Pellegrino | 7 F | 1:21.62 | $100,530 |
| 1997 | Northern Afleet | 4 | Chris McCarron | David Hofmans | Anderson & Waranch | 7 F | 1:21.45 | $97,700 |
| 1996 | Kingdom Found | 6 | Chris McCarron | Gary F. Jones | Dilbeck Family Trust | 7 F | 1:22.23 | $98,850 |
| 1995 | Softshoe Sure Shot | 9 | Alex Solis | Bruce Headley | Johnston et al. | 7 F | 1:21.46 | $91,600 |
| 1994 | Cardmania | 8 | Ed Delahoussaye | Derek Meredith | Jean Couvercelle | 7 F | 1:21.23 | $63,900 |
| 1993 | Sir Beaufort | 6 | Chris McCarron | Charles Whittingham | Victoria Calantoni | 7 F | 1:22.22 | $62,900 |
| 1992 | Answer Do | 6 | Gary Stevens | Lyman Rollins | Charles F. Heider | 7 F | 1:21.23 | $63,700 |
| 1991 | Farma Way | 4 | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Quarter B Farm | 7 F | 1:21.40 | $63,500 |
| 1990 | Raise a Stanza | 4 | Russell Baze | Jay M. Robbins | Jack Kent Cooke | 7 F | 1:21.60 | $64,500 |
| 1989 | Cherokee Colony | 4 | Rafael Meza | Christopher Speckert | Buckland Farm | 7 F | 1:20.60 | $62,800 |
| 1988 | Epidaurus | 6 | Pat Valenzuela | Charles Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 7 F | 1:22.00 | $63,500 |
| 1987 | Zany Tactics | 6 | Jack Kaenel | Blake R. Heap | Vera C. Brunette | 7 F | 1:22.40 | $65,600 |
| 1986 | Phone Trick | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Richard Mandella | De Angelis et al. | 7 F | 1:20.80 | $78,200 |
| 1985 | Debonaire Junior | 4 | Chris McCarron | Noble Threewitt | Jack D. Rogers | 7 F | 1:21.60 | $64,300 |
| 1984 | Danebo | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Aaron U. Jones | 7 F | 1:21.00 | $54,900 |
| 1983 | Kangroo Court | 6 | Joe Steiner | Johnny Longden | Hazel Longden | 7 F | 1:21.00 | $49,550 |
| 1982 | Solo Guy | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Laurie Anderson | Gordon Hall | 7 F | 1:20.80 | $60,700 |
| 1981 | Flying Paster | 5 | Chris McCarron | Gordon C. Campbell | Bernard J. Ridder | 7 F | 1:20.20 | $51,550 |
| 1980 | Handsomeness | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 7 F | 1:24.00 | $49,100 |
| 1979 | O Big Al | 4 | Darrel McHargue | Robert J. Frankel | Al or Mildred Ross | 7 F | 1:22.20 | $40,800 |
| 1978 | Double Discount | 5 | Francisco Mena | Melvin F. Stute | The Hat Ranch | 7 F | 1:22.00 | $32,650 |
| 1977 | Uniformity | 5 | Fernando Toro | Willard L. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 7 F | 1:21.60 | $34,050 |
| 1976 | No Bias | 6 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Harold Hodosh | M/M Harold Hodosh | 7 F | 1:21.80 | $32,200 |
| 1975 | Ancient Title | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Keith L. Stucki Sr. | Ethel Kirkland | 7 F | 1:21.40 | $37,750 |
| 1974 | Royal Owl | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Royal Oak Farm et al. | 7 F | 1:23.40 | $35,600 |
| 1973 | Crusading † | 5 | Fernando Toro | Tom Pratt | Dr. J. Temple | 7 F | 1:20.80 | $33,850 |
| 1972 | Kfar Tov | 4 | Jerry Lambert | John W. Pappalardo | Billrick Stable | 7 F | 1:21.40 | $35,450 |
| 1971 | Ack Ack | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Cain Hoy Stable | 7 F | 1:21.00 | $34,150 |
| 1970 | Rising Market | 6 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ted Saladin | Westerly Stud | 7 F | 1:21.00 | $24,700 |
| 1969 | Rising Market | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ted Saladin | M/M Bert W. Martin | 7 F | 1:22.60 | $34,350 |
| 1968 | Suteki | 4 | Walter Blum | Steve Ippolito | Jacnot Stable | 7 F | 1:22.00 | $34,150 |
| 1967 | Native Diver | 8 | Jerry Lambert | Buster Millerick | M/M Louis K. Shapiro | 7 F | 1:22.00 | $39,550 |
| 1966 | Cupid | 5 | Bobby Ussery | Ted Saladin | M/M Bert W. Martin | 7 F | 1:22.00 | $38,600 |
| 1965 | Native Diver | 6 | Jerry Lambert | Buster Millerick | M/M Louis K. Shapiro | 7 F | 1:21.40 | $36,150 |
| 1964 | Admiral's Voyage | 5 | Braulio Baeza | Julius E. Tinsley | Fred W. Hooper | 7 F | 1:22.00 | $36,600 |
| 1963 | Crozier | 5 | Braulio Baeza | Julius E. Tinsley | Fred W. Hooper | 7 F | 1:21.20 | $38,600 |
| 1962 | Four-and-Twenty | 4 | Johnny Longden | Vance Longden | Alberta Ranches, Ltd. | 7 F | 1:22.20 | $38,750 |
| 1961 | First Balcony | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | Melvin F. Stute | M/M R. O. Schulze | 7 F | 1:22.20 | $36,100 |
| 1960 | Clandestine | 5 | Manuel Ycaza | Charles Whittingham | C. Z. Guest & C. H. Wacker | 7 F | 1:21.80 | $31,300 |
| 1959 | Hillsdale | 4 | Tommy Barrow | Martin L. Fallon Jr. | Clarence W. Smith | 7 F | 1:21.80 | $33,300 |
| 1958 | Seaneen | 4 | William Harmatz | William B. Finnegan | Neil S. McCarthy | 7 F | 1:22.20 | $37,000 |
| 1957 | Duc De Fer | 6 | Ralph Neves | Monte S. Parke | J. Warfield Rodgers | 7 F | 1:23.40 | $13,000 |
| 1956 | Porterhouse | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Charles Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 7 F | 1:22.80 | $14,650 |
| 1955 | Porterhouse | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Charles Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 7 F | 1:22.40 | $14,200 |
| 1954 | Find | 4 | Eric Guerin | William C. Winfrey | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 7 F | 1:25.20 | $14,300 |
| 1953 | Blue Reading | 6 | Billy Pearson | Robert H. McDaniel | Clement L. Hirsch | 7 F | 1:23.40 | $14,350 |
| 1952 | To Market | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | William J. Hirsch | Sam A. Mason II | 7 F | 1:24.00 | $17,100 |
| 1951 | Bolero | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Frank E. Childs | Abe Hirschberg | 7 F | 1:21.00 | $41,300 |
| 1950 | Manyunk † | 4 | Eric Guerin | Allen Drumheller | Foster & Collins | 7 F | 1:23.40 | $42,050 |
| 1949 | Autocrat | 8 | Jimmy Nichols | Albert A. Baroni | A. A. Baroni & Anthony Battilana | 7 F | 1:25.80 | $41,550 |
| 1948 | Autocrat | 7 | Anthony Skoronski | Albert A. Baroni | A. A. Baroni & Anthony Battilana | 7 F | 1:22.40 | $42,500 |
| 1947 | Texas Sandman | 6 | Melvin Peterson | Earl H. Sorrell | W. D. Rorex | 7 F | 1:22.80 | $45,150 |
| 1946 | Sirde | 5 | John Gilbert | Carl A. Roles | Ada L. Rice | 7 F | 1:23.00 | $20,380 |
| 1941 | Gen'l Manager | 4 | Ralph Neves | Donald Jefferson | William B. Simpson | 7 F | 1:24.40 | $10,000 |
| 1940 | Specify | 5 | Carroll Bierman | Albert A. Baroni | Albert A. Baroni | 7 F | 1:23.40 | $9,350 |
| 1939 | Kayak II | 4 | John Adams | Tom Smith | Charles S. Howard | 11⁄16 M | 1:42.40 | $10,050 |
| 1938 | Pompoon | 4 | John Gilbert | Johnny Loftus | Jerome H. Loucheim | 11⁄16 M | 1:45.00 | $4,600 |
| 1937 | Chanceview | 5 | Red Pollard | F. Burke | John J. Flanagan | 11⁄16 M | 1:45.60 | $4,625 |
| 1936 | Discovery | 5 | John Bejshak | Bud Stotler | Alfred G. Vanderbilt II | 11⁄16 M | 1:45.40 | $4,025 |
| 1935 | Jabot | 4 | Alfred Robertson | John A. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 11⁄16 M | 1:42.80 | $5,225 |
- † In 1973, Kennedy Road won the race but was disqualified from first to second.
† Race run on December 31, 1949.
References
- "Chart of the 2020 San Carlos". Equibase. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- "Stakes profile". Equibase. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- Equibase.com. "San Carlos Stakes profile". Equibase. Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- "Santa Anita Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). www.santaanita.com. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
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