Arcadia Stakes

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Arcadia Stakes
Grade II race
Location Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated1988
Race type ThoroughbredFlat racing
Website www.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-Year-Olds & Up
WeightScale Weight
Purse$200,000

The Arcadia Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run in early April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses four years of age and older, it is raced on turf over a distance of one mile. A Grade II race, it currently offers a purse of $200,000.

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Inaugurated in 1988 as the El Rincon Handicap, it was renamed the Arcadia Handicap in 2001 after the original Arcadia Handicap had been renamed the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap.

Two Lea won this race in 1949.

From 1998 through 2004, the race was run at a distance of 1+18 miles.

Records

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Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

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Winners of the Arcadia Stakes

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2017 Bolo 5 Mike Smith Carla Gaines Golden Pegasus Racing/Mack1:34.51
2016 Bolo 4 Flavien Prat Carla Gaines Golden Pegasus Racing/Mack1:33.09
2015 Avanzara 5 Gary Stevens Thomas F. Proctor Lanni/Youngblood1:34.17
2014 Winning Prize (ARG)5 Rafael Bejarano Neil D. Drysdale Heerensperger & Nelson1:32.89
2013 Suggestive Boy (ARG)5 Joseph Talamo Ron McAnally Pozo de Luna1:32.73
2012 Mr. Commons 4 Mike Smith John Shirreffs St. George Farm Racing1:33.41
2011 Liberian Freighter 6 Martin Garcia Neil Drysdale B. J. Wright1:34.41
2010 Compari 4 Garrett Gomez Martin F. Jones Harris Farms/Valpredo/Nicoletti1:34.03
2009 Dixie Chatter 4 Tyler Baze Richard Mandella H. Sarkowsky/P. & M. Wygod 1:34.12
2008 Daytona (IRE)4 Alex Solis Dan L. Hendricks D. Bienstock/C. Winner et al.1:33.13
2007 Icy Atlantic 6 Ramon Domínguez Todd A. Pletcher James T. Scatuorchio 1:35.18
2006 Silent Name (JPN)4 Rafael Bejarano Gary Mandella Wertheimer et Frère 1:33.17
2005 Singletary 5 Alex Solis Don Chatlos Jr. Little Red Feather Racing1:33.52
2004 Diplomatic Bag 4 David R. Flores Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:47.90
2003 Century City (IRE)4 Jose Valdivia Jr. C. Beau Greely Kitchwa Stable & T. Nichols1:47.84
2002 Seinne (CHI)5 Chris McCarron Ron McAnally Nelson Bunker Hunt 1:47.16
2001 Lazy Lode (ARG)7 Laffit Pincay Jr. Richard Mandella The Thoroughbred Corp. 1:49.74
2000 Falcon Flight (FR)4 Brice Blanc Ben D. A. Cecil Gary A. Tanaka 1:47.88
1999 Commitisize 4 David R. Flores Bob Baffert Mike Pegram 1:48.25
1998 Hawksley Hill (IRE)5 Gary Stevens Neil D. Drysdale D & J Heerensperger1:49.96
1997 Labeeb (GB)5 Ed Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale Gainsborough Farm 1:35.96
1996 Tychonic (GB)6 Gary Stevens Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:35.84
1995 Savinio 5 Chris McCarron Walter Greenman Vandeweghe, Biszantz, et al.1:34.74
1994 Norwich (GB)7 Pat Valenzuela Gary F. Jones Darley Stud 1:34.14
1993 Val Des Bois (FR)7 Pat Valenzuela Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1:35.07
1992 Exbourne 6 Gary Stevens Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1:33.21
1991 Pharisien (FR)4 Corey Nakatani Christian Doumen Lonimar Stables, Inc.1:33.20
1990 Steinlen (GB)7 José A. Santos D. Wayne Lukas Wildenstein Stable 1:33.40
1989 Political Ambition 5 Ed Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale Clover Racing Stable et al.1:35.60
1988 Steinlen (GB)5 Gary Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Wildenstein Stable 1:34.42

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