Surfer Girl Stakes

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Surfer Girl Stakes
Grade III race
Location Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated2012
Race type Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website Santa Anita
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs. with allowances
Purse $200,000 (since 2021)

The Surfer Girl Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies over a distance of one mile on the turf track scheduled annually in October at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

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History


The inaugural running of the event was inaugurated on October 8, 2012, and was won by the Flashy Ways who was trained by Richard Baltas and ridden by the Joseph Talamo by 2+3⁄4 lengths in a time of 1:34.45. [1] The event was included with a similar event for two-year-old colts and geldings known as the Zuma Beach Stakes which has been run on the same racecard since inception. The name of the event is similar as it refers to sex of the horse with reference to female surfers on the Southern California beaches. Also the name of the event was a 1963 song, Surfer Girl made famous by the Californian based band Beach Boys.

The event is a preparatory race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Although no horse has won both events, 2017 winner of the Surfer Girl Stakes, French-bred Fatale Bere finished fifth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf to Rushing Fall which was held at nearby Del Mar Racetrack. Fatale Bere would go on to win the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks as a three-year-old in 2018. [2]

In 2022 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III. [3]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

YearWinnerJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
2023DreamfyreHector BerriosO. J. JaureguiDanny A. Eplin1 mile1:37.11$202,000III [4]
2022Comanche Country (IRE) Umberto Rispoli Philip D'AmatoLittle Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables & Marsha Naify1 mile1:35.20$201,500III [5]
2021Cairo Memories Kent J. Desormeaux Robert B. Hess, Jr.David A. Bernsen & Schroeder Farms1 mile1:34.27$203,000Listed [6]
2020Madone Flavien Prat Simon Callaghan Kaleem Shah 1 mile1:34.83$102,000Listed [7]
2019Warren's ShowtimeJorge VelezCraig A. LewisBenjamin C. & Sally Warren1 mile1:35.06$100,351Listed [8]
2018Lakerball Mario Gutierrez Doug F. O'Neill Pappas Horse Racing Corp., Purple Rein Racing & Tom R. Roberts1 mile1:35.23$100,345Listed [9]
2017Fatale Bere (FR) Kent J. Desormeaux Leonard PowellBenowitz Family Trust, Mark Mathiesen & Mathilde Powell1 mile1:34.73$102,415Listed [10]
2016Miss Southern Miss Kent J. Desormeaux J. Keith Desormeaux Peter L. Cantrell1 mile1:35.08$102,070Listed [11]
2015Stays in Vegas Alex O. Solis Jerry Hollendorfer Jungle Racing, KMN Racing & LNJ Foxwoods1 mile1:35.23$101,500Listed [12]
2014Her Emmynency Joseph Talamo Michael StidhamIke & Dawn Thrash1 mile1:34.77$101,750Listed [13]
2013Clenor (IRE) Rafael Bejarano Doug F. O'Neill Great Friends Stable, Robert Cseplo & Steven Keh1 mile1:34.38$101,250 [14]
2012Flashy Ways Joseph Talamo Richard BaltasRiley Racing Stables1 mile1:34.45$100,000Listed [1]

Legend:
  Turf

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

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References

  1. 1 2 "2012 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. October 8, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  2. ↑ "SURFER GIRL STAKES – SANTA ANITA PARK, CA". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ Schweigardt, Andrew (2022). "TOBA Announces U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes for February 2022 – January 2023". Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association . Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  4. ↑ "2023 Surfer Girl Stakes Grade 3 – (race 6)". Equibase. October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2022 Surfer Girl Stakes Grade 3 – (race 5)". Equibase. October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ "2021 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 10)". Equibase. October 3, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2020 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 4, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ "2019 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 6, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  9. ↑ "2018 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 5)". Equibase. October 8, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  10. ↑ "2017 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. October 9, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  11. ↑ "2016 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 6)". Equibase. October 10, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2015 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 7)". Equibase. October 10, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  13. ↑ "2014 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 5, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  14. ↑ "2013 Surfer Girl Stakes Black Type – (race 7)". Equibase. October 6, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
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