Zenyatta Stakes

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Zenyatta Stakes
Grade II race
Location Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated1993 (as Lady's Secret Handicap)
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website Santa Anita
Race information
Distance1+1⁄16 miles
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
Qualification Fillies & Mares, three-years-old and older
WeightBase weights with allowances:
4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs.
3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
Purse $200,000 (2020)
Bonuses Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" - Breeders' Cup Distaff

The Zenyatta Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, age three and older the distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt scheduled annually in September at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000. [1]

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History

The event was named after Hall of Famer Lady's Secret [2] who had won the 1986 Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park.

The event was inaugurated on 11 October 1993 as the Lady's Secret Handicap and was won by the odds-on favorite Hollywood Wildcat who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye in a time of 1:41.05. [3] In her following start Hollywood Wildcat won the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park. The following year Hollywood Wildcat repeated her victory leading all the way to a comfortable 2+1⁄4 length margin. [4]

After two runnings of the event was classified by the American Graded Stakes Committee as Grade III and was upgraded to Grade II status in 1996. [5] In 2007 the event was upgraded to Grade I. [1]

After the 2009 running, it was announced that the race would be renamed the Zenyatta Stakes, on the assumption that Zenyatta (who had won the race in 2008 and 2009) would retire at the end of 2009. That change, however, was held off for 2010 at the behest of the mare's connections. [6] For 2010, it was again run as the Lady's Secret Stakes because Zenyatta was in the field, winning the race for the third time. The race was again run as the Lady's Secret Stakes in 2011 but was then run under its new name in 2012.

Beholder was able to equal Zenyatta's record of winning the event three times in 2015. After winning the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita, Beholder won this event as a three-year-old before winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff which also was held at Santa Anita. After winning this event in 2014 and 2015 Beholder did not enter the Breeder's Cup. In the 2016 running of the event, Beholder ran for the fourth time and was beaten by a nose by Stellar Wind, [7] however she turned the tables winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff for a second time in her last career start.

In 2019 the event was downgraded to Grade II. [8]

Records

Speed record:

Margins:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainerOwnerDistanceTimePurseGradeRef
At Santa Anita Park –Zenyatta Stakes
2024Sugar Fish4 Tyler Baze Jeff MullinsSweetwater Stable & Talla Racing1+1⁄16 miles1:43.53$200,000II [9]
2023Adare Manor4Juan Hernandez Bob Baffert Michael Lund Petersen1+1⁄16 miles1:43.70$196,000II [10]
2022Midnight Memories3Ramon Vazquez Bob Baffert Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman1+1⁄16 miles1:45.07$200,000II [11]
2021Private Mission3 Flavien Prat Bob Baffert Baoma Corporation1+1⁄16 miles1:43.77$201,500II [12]
2020Harvest Moon5 Flavien Prat Simon Callaghan Alice Bamford & Michael Tabor 1+1⁄16 miles1:43.03$196,000II [13]
2019Paradise Woods5Abel Cedillo John Shirreffs HS Stable & Martin J. & Pam Wygod 1+1⁄16 miles1:44.31$200,351II [14]
2018Vale Dori (ARG) 6 Joseph Talamo Bob Baffert Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum 1+1⁄16 miles1:44.88$300,345I [15]
2017Paradise Woods3 Flavien Prat Richard E. Mandella Steven Sarkowsky & Martin J. & Pam Wygod 1+1⁄16 miles1:44.34$294,000I [16]
2016 Stellar Wind 4 Victor Espinoza John W. Sadler Hronis Racing1+1⁄16 miles1:41.80$300,000I [7]
2015 Beholder 5 Gary L. Stevens Richard E. Mandella Spendthrift Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.83$300,750I [17]
2014 Beholder 4 Mike E. Smith Richard E. Mandella Spendthrift Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.19$300,000I [18]
2013 Beholder 3 Gary L. Stevens Richard E. Mandella Spendthrift Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.11$250,500I [19]
2012Love and Pride4 Martin Garcia Todd A. Pletcher Green Hills Farm1+1⁄16 miles1:43.09$250,000I [20]
Lady's Secret Stakes
2011Zazu3 Joel Rosario John W. Sadler Ann & Jerry Moss 1+1⁄16 miles1:41.59$250,000I [21]
At Hollywood Park –Lady's Secret Stakes
2010 Zenyatta 6 Mike E. Smith John Shirreffs Ann & Jerry Moss 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.97$250,000I [22]
At Santa Anita Park
2009 Zenyatta 5 Mike E. Smith John Shirreffs Ann & Jerry Moss 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.89$299,000I [23]
2008 Zenyatta 4 Mike E. Smith John Shirreffs Ann & Jerry Moss 1+1⁄16 miles1:40.30$245,000I [24]
2007Tough Tiz's Sis3 Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert Watson & Weitman Performances1+1⁄16 miles1:41.64$196,500I [25]
Lady's Secret Breeders' Cup Handicap
2006Healthy Addiction5 Victor Espinoza John W. Sadler Pamela C. Ziebarth1+1⁄16 miles1:43.60$233,500II [26]
2005Healthy Addiction4 Garrett K. Gomez John W. Sadler Pamela C. Ziebarth1+1⁄16 miles1:43.23$235,000II [27]
2004§ Island Fashion4Kerwin JohnMarcelo PolancoEverest Stables1+1⁄16 miles1:43.43$235,000II [28]
2003 Got Koko 4 Alex O. Solis Bruce Headley Aase Headley & Paul Leung1+1⁄16 miles1:42.92$300,000II [29]
2002 Azeri 4 Mike E. Smith Laura de Seroux Allen E. Paulson Trust 1+1⁄16 miles1:41.10$217,500II [30]
2001Queenie Belle4 Brice Blanc Ben D. A. CecilGary Seidler1+1⁄16 miles1:43.64$209,400II [31]
2000Smooth Player4 Eddie Delahoussaye Dan L. HendricksJohn Spohler & Martin J. Wygod 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.27$204,600II [32]
1999 Manistique 4 Corey Nakatani John Shirreffs 505 Farms 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.39$197,500II [33]
1998Magical Allure3 David R. Flores Bob Baffert Golden Eagle Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:42.55$173,800II [34]
1997 Sharp Cat 3 Alex O. Solis D. Wayne Lukas The Thoroughbred Corporation 1+1⁄16 miles1:41.45$179,400II [35]
1996Top Rung5 Earlie Fires Willard L. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1+1⁄16 miles1:41.84$178,450II [36]
Lady's Secret Handicap
1995Borodislew5 Gary L. Stevens Eduardo Inda 505 Farms 1+1⁄16 miles1:41.61$130,250III [37]
1994 Hollywood Wildcat 4 Eddie Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale Irving & Marjorie Cowan1+1⁄16 miles1:40.61$106,400 [4]
1993 Hollywood Wildcat 3 Eddie Delahoussaye Neil D. Drysdale Irving & Marjorie Cowan1+1⁄16 miles1:41.05$106,700 [3]

Legend:
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Notes: § Ran as an entry

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List of American and Canadian Graded races

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