10 Grade 1's highlight Santa Anita's stakes schedule
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With three prestigious Grade 1 stakes on opening day, Saturday, Dec. 26,
Santa Anita’s 2020-21 Winter/Spring stakes schedule will offer fans and horsemen a total of 95 stakes through closing day, June 20. This will include 10 Grade 1 events and 60 graded stakes, available to horses on both dirt and turf.
Santa Anita’s traditional Winter/Spring opener will be highlighted by three Grade 1, $300,000 stakes, the seven-furlong Runhappy Malibu, for 3-year-olds, the seven-furlong La Brea, for 3-year-old fillies, and the American Oaks, for 3-year-old fillies at a mile and one quarter on turf.
These Grade 1 races will be complemented by three other stakes on opening day, the $200,000 Mathis Brothers Mile (G2), the $200,000 San Antonio (G2) and the $75,000 Lady of Shamrock.
The $400,000 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) and the $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1) will be run on March 6 and be complemented by one of American’s most important Derby preps, the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes (G2), the $200,000 San Carlos Stakes (G2) and the $75,000 China Doll Stakes.
The following Saturday, March 13, the $300,000 Beholder Mile (G1) for fillies and mares will highlight a program that will also include the $100,000 San Simeon Stakes (G3), which will be run out of Santa Anita’s all-new turf chute at six furlongs.
The $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1), which has produced 18 Kentucky Derby winners, will be run on Apr. 3, as will the Grade $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks (G2), as well as two Cal-bred stakes, the $200,000 Echo Eddie and the $200,000 Evening Jewel.
The iconic $300,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) will be run on May 31, as will two other Grade 1 stakes, both to be run on turf, the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile and the $300,000 Gamely.
The Winter/Spring Meeting will finish strong with the $100,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes (G3), to be run at a mile and three quarters down the track’s Camino Real Turf Course on June 19 and the $100,000 American Stakes (G3), at one mile on turf June 20.
In addition to the American on closing day, a pair of new stakes for 2-year-olds, the $75,000 Fasig-Tipton Futurity and the $75,000 Fasig-Tipton Debutante, will both be contested at five furlongs on the main track.
2020 - 2021 Winter Spring Stakes Schedule
Run Date Race Age Distance Purse
| Sat. Dec 26 | Malibu Stakes (Gr I) | 3YO | 7 F | $300,000 | | Sat. Dec 26 | La Brea Stakes (Gr I) | F,3YO | 7 F | $300,000 | | Sat. Dec 26 | San Antonio Stakes (Gr II) | 3 &up | 1 1/16 M | $200,000 | | Sat. Dec 26 | Mathis Brothers Mile (Gr II) | 3YO | 1 M(T) | $200,000 | | Sat. Dec 26 | Lady of Shamrock Stakes | F,3YO | 1 M(T) | $75,000 | | Sat. Dec 26 | American Oaks (Gr I) | F,3YO | 1 1/4 M (T) | $300,000 | | Sun. Dec 27 | Eddie Logan Stakes | 2YO | 1 M(T) | $75,000 | | Sun. Dec 27 | Robert J. Frankel Stakes (Gr III) | F/M, 3&up | 1 1/8 M (T) | $100,000 | | Thurs. Dec 31 | Blue Norther Stakes | F,2YO | 1 M(T) | $75,000 | | Fri. Jan 1 | Joe Hernandez Stakes (II) | 4&up | 6 1/2 F (T) | $200,000 | | Sat. Jan 2 | San Gabriel Stakes (Gr II) | 4&up | 1 1/8 M (T) | $200,000 | | Sat. Jan 2 | Sham Stakes (Gr III) | 3YO | 1 M | $100,000 | | Sun. Jan 3 | Santa Ynez Stakes (Gr II) | F,3YO | 7 F | $200,000 | | Sat. Jan 9 | La Canada Stakes (Gr II) | F/M,4&up | 1 1/16 M | $200,000 | | Sat. Jan 9 | Las Cienegas Stakes (Gr III) | F/M,4&up | 6 F (T) | $100,000 | | Sun. Jan 10 | Kalookan Queen Stakes | F/M, 4&up | 6 1/2 F | $75,000 | | Sat. Jan 16 | Unusual Heat Turf Classic | 4&up (CA) | 1 1/8 M (T) | $200,000 | | Sat. Jan 16 | Sunshine Millions F/M Turf Sprint | F/M, 4 & up (CA) | 6 F (T) | $150,000 | | Sat. Jan 16 | California Cup Sprint | 4&up (CA) | 6 F | $150,000 | | Sat. Jan 16 | California Cup Derby | 3 YO (CA) | 1 1/16 M | $200,000 | | Sat. Jan 16 | California Cup Oaks | F, 3YO (CA) | 1 M(T) | $200,000 | | Sun. Jan 17 | Astra Stakes (Gr III) | F/M,4&up | 1 1/2 M (T) | $100,000 | | Mon. Jan 18 | Megahertz Stakes (Gr III) | F/M,4&up | 1 M(T) | $100,000 | | Sat. Jan 23 | Palos Verdes Stakes (Gr II) | 4&up | 6 F | $200,000 | | Sun. Jan 24 | Clockers' Corner Stakes | 4&up | 6 F (T) | $70,000 | | Sat. Jan 30 | San Pasqual Stakes (Gr II) | 4&up | 1 1/8 M | $200,000 | | Sat. Jan 30 | San Marcos Stakes (Gr II) | 4&up | 1 1/4 (T) | $200,000 | | Sat. Jan 30 | Robert B. Lewis Stakes (Gr III) | 3YO | 1 1/16 M | $100,000 | | Sun. Jan 31 | Baffle Stakes | 3YO | 6 1/2 F (T) | $75,000 | | Sat. Feb 6 | Las Virgenes Stakes (Gr II) | F,3YO | 1 M | $200,000 | | Sat. Feb 6 | Thunder Road Stakes (Gr III) | 4&up | 1 M(T) | $100,000 | | Sat. Feb 6 | San Vicente Stakes (Gr II) | 3YO | 7 F | $200,000 | | Sat. Feb 13 | Santa Monica Stakes (Gr II) | F/M, 4 & up | 7 F | $200,000 | | Sun. Feb 14 | Sweet Life Stakes (GIII) | F,3YO | 6 F (T) | $100,000 | | Mon. Feb 15 | Wishing Well | F/M,4&up | 6 1/2 F (T) | $75,000 | | Sat. Feb 20 | Buena Vista Stakes (Gr II) | F/M,4&up | 1 M(T) | $200,000 | | Sun. Feb 21 | Spring Fever Stakes | F/M, 4 & up (CA) | 6 F | $100,000 | | Sat. Feb 27 | Pasadena Stakes (Listed) | 3YO | 1 M(T) | $100,000 | | Sun. Feb 28 | Tiznow Stakes | 4&up (CA) | 1 M | $100,000 | | Sat. Mar 6 | Santa Anita Handicap (Gr I) | 4&up | 1 1/4 M | $400,000 | | Sat. Mar 6 | San Carlos (Gr II) | 4&up | 7F | $200,000 | | Sat. Mar 6 | San Felipe Stakes (Gr II) | 3YO | 1 1/16 M | $300,000 | | Sat. Mar 6 | Frank E. Kilroe Mile (Gr I) | 4&up | 1 M(T) | $400,000 | | Sat. Mar 6 | China Doll Stakes | F,3YO | 1 M(T) | $75,000 | | Sun. Mar 7 | Santa Ysabel Stakes (G III) | F,3YO | 1 1/16 M | $100,000 | | Sat. Mar 13 | Beholder Mile (Gr I) | F/M,4&up | 1 M | $300,000 | | Sat. Mar 13 | San Simeon Stakes (Gr III) | 4&up | 6 F (T) | $100,000 | | Sun. Mar 14 | Irish O'Brien Stakes | F/M, 4&up | 6 F (T) | $100,000 | | Sat. Mar 20 | San Luis Rey Stakes (Gr III) | 4&up | 1 1/2 M (T) | $100,000 | | Sun. Mar 21 | Sensational Star Stakes | 4&up (CA) | 6 1/2 F (T) | $100,000 | | Sat. Mar 27 | Santa Ana Stakes (Gr III) | F/M4&up | 1 1/4 M (T) | $100,000 | | Sun. Mar 28 | Santana Mile | 4&up | 1 M | $75,000 |
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| Sat. Apr 3 | Santa Anita Derby (Gr I) | 3YO | 1 1/8 M | $750,000 | | Sat. Apr 3 | Santa Anita Oaks (Gr II) | F, 3YO | 1 1/16 M | $400,000 | | Sat. Apr 3 | Echo Eddie Stakes | 3 YO (CA) | 6 1/2 F | $150,000 | | Sat. Apr 3 | Evening Jewel | F, 3 YO (CA) | 6 1/2 F | $150,000 | | Sat. Apr 3 | Royal Heroine Stakes (Gr II) | F/M4&up | 1 M(T) | $200,000 | | Sat. Apr 3 | Providencia Stakes (Gr III) | F,3YO | 1 1/8 M (T) | $100,000 | | Sun. Apr 4 | Las Flores Stakes (Gr III) | F/M,4&up | 6 F | $100,000 |
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For the full stakes schedule on the Santa Anita website, click here.
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