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The California Crown $1-million purse drew a strong field and crowd of 21,812 to Santa Anita Saturday in Arcadia. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
The Californian Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California (relocated from the now closed Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California). The Grade II event is open to horses age three and up willing to race one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the dirt.
He was sold as a yearling for $22,000 at the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale, but failed to meet his $50,000 reserve when entered again at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale. Later, Ray Johnson bought him back on gavelhouse.com for just $7,750 and the ownership was shared with Ralph Manning and Shaun Dromgool.
In 2012 the event was upgraded to Grade I and was renamed to the Awesome Again Stakes in honor of the Canadian bred 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Awesome Again. [2] [4] Also Awesome Again is the sire of the dual winner of this event, Game On Dude. In 2024 the event was rebranded with other events on the card as the California Crown Stakes. [5]
Thorpedo Anna could be the star of the Breeders' Cup, but City of Troy and Fierceness are among the favorites to win the $7-million Breeders' Cup Classic.
Management decided to add the Swaps Stakes, named in honor of the notable California-bred 1955 Kentucky Derby winner Swaps, to the 1974 July stakes schedule to fill that void. To lure top 3 year olds to enter the Swaps Stakes, at base a $100,000 added event, provisions were included to increase the purse substantially if one or more Triple ...
She is the third foal out of the Smart Strike mare Salty Strike, who won the Grade II Dogwood Stakes in 2011 and the Grade III Gardenia Stakes in 2012 along with numerous other listed and black-type stakes races. [4] [5] Goodnight Olive is trained by Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown.