City of Hope Mile Stakes

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City of Hope Mile Stakes
Grade II race
Location Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated1986 (as Colonel F. W. Koester Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website Santa Anita Park
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs.
3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
Purse$200,000 (since 2018)

The City of Hope Mile Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old or older over the distance of one mile on the turf scheduled annually in September at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

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History

The event was inaugurated on 4 October 1986 as the Colonel F. W. Koester Handicap at the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park as the eighth race on the racecard and was won by the US Hall of Fame, Charles E. Whittingham trained Palace Music who broke the track record for the distance that was set by Pettrax in 20 April 1986. [1] Palace Music in his next start would just fail winning the Breeders' Cup Mile finishing a head second to Last Tycoon. Colonel F. W. Koester was part of 1932 US Equestrian team, later was the General Manager of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association from 1955 to 1969 and was elected into the California Racing Hall of Fame in 1988. [2] [3]

In 1989 the event was classified by the American Graded Stakes Committee as Grade III and was upgraded to Grade II status the following year. [4]

In 1996 the event was renamed to the Oak Tree Mile Handicap and at the same time was downgraded to Grade III. [5] Between 1996 and 2006 the event had Breeders' Cup incentives which reflected in the name of the event. [5] In 2003 the event was upgraded back to Grade II. [4]

In 2013 the name of the event was changed to the City of Hope Stakes in honor of the cancer treatment center in Los Angeles. [6]

In 2017 the event was run as a Black Type event with a much lower purse as the Obviously Mile Stakes. [7] The Irish bred Obviously won this event in 2012 when it was run as the Arroyo Seco Stakes and was fourth in 2013 [8] and was third in 2016. [4]

Records

Time record:

Margins:

Most wins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
At Santa Anita Park –City of Hope Mile Stakes
2024Johannes4 Umberto Rispoli Tim YakteenCuyathy1 mile1:32.45$201,500II [9]
2023Hong Kong Harry (IRE) 6Juan J. HernandezPhillip D'AmatoScott Anastasi, Jimmy Ukegawa & Tony Valazza1 mile1:33.77$202,000II [10]
2022Beyond Brilliant4 Victor Espinoza John Shirreffs C R K Stable1 mile1:32.61$200,500II [11]
2021Mo Forza5 Flavien Prat Peter L. Miller Bardy Farm & OG Boss1 mile1:32.45$200,000II [12]
2020Mo Forza4 Flavien Prat Peter L. Miller Bardy Farm & OG Boss1 mile1:32.09$201,000II [13]
2019True Valour (IRE) 5 Drayden Van Dyke Simon Callaghan Qatar Racing Limited1 mile1:32.82$202,106II [14]
2018 Sharp Samurai 4 Gary L. Stevens Mark GlattRed Baron's Barn, Rancho Temescal & Mark Glatt1 mile1:32.47$201,380II [15]
Obviously Mile Stakes
2017Blackjackcat4 Kent J. Desormeaux Mark GlattAl & Saundra Kirkwood1 mile1:33.70$79,695 [16]
City of Hope Mile Stakes
2016Vyjack6 Flavien Prat Philip D'AmatoPick Six Racing1 mile1:31.69$201,725II [17]
2015Alert Bay4 Martin Garcia Blaine D. WrightPeter Redekop B. C.1 mile1:33.58$200,750II [18]
2014Big Bane Theory5 Joseph Talamo Carla GainesScott Gross & Mark Devereaux1 mile1:32.38$201,500II [19]
2013No Jet Lag3 Mike E. Smith Simon Callaghan Anthony Ramsden1 mile1:31.84$150,750II [8]
Arroyo Seco Mile Stakes
2012Obviously (IRE) 4 Joseph Talamo Mike R. MitchellAnthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino1 mile1:31.95$150,000II [20]
Oak Tree Mile Stakes
2011 Jeranimo 5 Martin Garcia Michael PenderRobert J. Wright1 mile1:32.61$150,000II [21]
At Hollywood Park –Oak Tree Mile Stakes
2010Liberian Freighter5 Martin Garcia Neil D. Drysdale Shawn L. Dugan, King Edward Racing Stable & Charles N. Winner1 mile1:33.24$150,000II [22]
At Santa Anita Park –Oak Tree Mile Stakes
2009Cowboy Cal4 Garrett K. Gomez Todd A. Pletcher Robert C. & Janice McNair1 mile1:33.12$150,000II [23]
2008Hyperbaric5 Garrett K. Gomez Julio C. Canani Prestonwood Farm 1 mile1:33.62$200,000II [24]
2007Out of Control (BRZ) 4Michael C. Baze Robert J. Frankel T N T Stud1 mile1:34.16$252,000II [25]
2006 Aragorn (IRE) 4 Corey Nakatani Neil D. Drysdale Ballygallon Stud1 mile1:32.87$249,000II [26]
2005Singletary5 David R. Flores Don ChatlosLittle Red Feather Racing1 mile1:34.54$249,000II [27]
2004Musical Chimes4 Kent J. Desormeaux Neil D. Drysdale Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1 mile1:33.29$246,000II [28]
2003Designed for Luck6 Pat Valenzuela Vladimir CerinDavid & Holly Wilson1 mile1:32.61$300,000II [29]
2002Night Patrol6 Jose Valdivia Jr. Nick CananiEverest Stables1 mile1:32.93$234,000II [30]
2001 Val Royal (FR) 5 Jose Valdivia Jr. Julio C. Canani David S. Milch 1 mile1:33.21$219,000II [31]
2000 War Chant 3 Gary L. Stevens Neil D. Drysdale Irving & Marjorie Cowan1 mile1:33.75$249,000II [32]
1999 Silic (FR) 4 Corey Nakatani Julio C. Canani Terrence Lanni, Ken Poslosky, Bernard C. Schiappa, et al1 mile1:33.76$200,000III [33]
Oak Tree Mile Handicap
1998Hawksley Hill (IRE) 5 Alex O. Solis Neil D. Drysdale David & Jill Heerensperger1 mile1:36.72$274,000III [34]
1997Fantastic Fellow3 Alex O. Solis D. Wayne Lukas The Thoroughbred Corporation 1 mile1:36.23$200,000III [35]
1996Urgent Request (IRE) 6 Chris McCarron Charles E. Whittingham Stewart Aitken1 mile1:32.44$180,300III [36]
Colonel F. W. Koester Handicap
1995Ventiquattrofogli (IRE) 5 Goncalino Almeida Wallace Dollase Bonilla, Carr & Horizon Stable1 mile1:35.30$133,100II [37]
1994Bon Point (GB) 4 Eddie Delahoussaye Robert J. Frankel Juddmonte Farms 1 mile1:33.86$107,050II [38]
1993Johann Quatz (FR) 4 Eddie Delahoussaye Ron McAnally Tadahiro Hotehama1 mile1:36.28$107,350II [39]
1992Twilight Agenda6 Chris McCarron D. Wayne Lukas Moyglare Stud 1 mile1:33.36$110,300II [40]
1991Ibero (ARG) 4 Alex O. Solis Ron McAnally Ivan Pavlovsky & Frank Whitham1 mile1:33.77$112,000II [41]
1990Notorious Pleasure4 Laffit Pincay Jr. Hector O. PalmaRobert, Karen, Marc, Michael & Richard Levy1 mile1:33.00$113,700II [42]
1989Political Ambition5 Eddie Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale Clover Racing Stable (lessee), Kinkade, Wolfe, et al1 mile1:33.40$112,800III [43]
1988Mohamed Abdu (IRE) 4 Gary L. Stevens Richard W. MulhallMeyer & Molly Gaskin Trust – Markovic1 mile1:34.40$110,550 [44]
1987Double Feint4Fernando Toro LeRoy Jolley Peter M. Brant 1 mile1:37.00$107,200 [45]
1986 Palace Music 5 Gary L. Stevens Charles E. Whittingham Nelson Bunker Hunt & Allen E. Paulson 1 mile1:35.00$82,300 [1]

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