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The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.It is a Grade I race for horses four years old and up [1] and was once considered the most important race for older horses in North America during the winter racing season.
The Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.Run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on the dirt, the race is for horses aged three and upward and carries a purse of $200,000.
The Santa Ana Handicap is a Thoroughbred horse race run at annually Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the third week of March. The race is open to fillies and mares, age four and up, willing to race one and one-quarter miles on the turf. A Grade III event, it currently offers a purse of $200,000.
Santa Anita Handicap [c] I $401,000 4&up open 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles: Dirt Santa Anita Park 1 March 2025 Frank E. Kilroe Mile [c] I $301,500 4&up open 1 mile: Turf Santa Anita Park 1 March 2025 San Felipe Stakes [c] II $294,000 3yo open 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles: Dirt Santa Anita Park 1 March 2025 Buena Vista Stakes [c] II $202,000 4&up f&m 1 mile: Turf ...
Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races, including both the Santa Anita Derby and the Santa Anita Handicap.
Pierce was a four-time winner of California's most prestigious race, the Santa Anita Handicap, and twice won the most important West Coast race for three-year-olds, the Santa Anita Derby. [2] Out of five appearances in the Kentucky Derby, his best result came in 1980 edition when he rode Elmendorf Farm's Super Moment to a fourth-place finish. [ 3 ]
In 1979 the name was changed to Triple Bend Handicap honoring Frank McMahon's colt Triple Bend whose wins included the Santa Anita Handicap and who set a world record time of 1:19.80 for seven furlongs on dirt in winning the 1972 Los Angeles Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack. In 1980, Rich Cream broke that mark with another world record time ...
However, the former Hollywood Park Media Guide management organization [3] and the current Santa Anita management consider the event to have no connection. In 1993 the race was renamed to the Affirmed Handicap in honor of the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown champion, Affirmed. [2] In 1995 the distance of the event was decreased to 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles. [2]