Santa Anita Park Announces Complete Winter/Spring Meet Stakes Schedule
Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.
Santa Anita Park, which will open for its 83rd Winter/Spring Meeting on Thursday, Dec. 26, has announced a complete stakes schedule through closing day, June 21. The schedule, which includes a total of 93 added money races, will be keynoted by a pair of Grade I stakes on opening day—the $300,000 Malibu, for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs and the $300,000 La Brea, for 3-year-old fillies at the same distance.
The Malibu and La Brea will again be complemented on Dec. 26 by the Grade II, $200,000 San Antonio Stakes, the Grade II, $200,000 Mathis Brothers Mile and the $75,000 Lady of Shamrock Stakes.
The prestigious Grade I, $300,000 American Oaks, for 3-year-old fillies at a mile and one quarter on turf, will serve as Santa Anita’s final Grade I offering this year on Saturday, Dec. 28.
The Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Derby, which has produced a total of 18 Kentucky Derby winners and two Triple Crown Champions—Affirmed in 1978 and Justify in 2018, will be run on Saturday, April 4.
First run in February, 1935, the Grade I, $600,000 Santa Anita Handicap, which was won this year by Hronis Racing’s Gift Box, will be contested for the 83rd time on Saturday, March 7.
SANTA ANITA’S GRADE I STAKES ROSTER, DEC. 26 THROUGH JUNE 21
Dec. 26 $300,000 Malibu Stakes
Dec. 26 $300,000 La Brea Stakes
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Dec. 28 $300,000 American Oaks
March 7 $600,000 Santa Anita Handicap
March 7 $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile
March 14 $400,000 Beholder Mile
April 4 $1 million Santa Anita Derby
April 4 $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks
May 25 $500,000 Gold Cup at Santa Anita
May 25 $500,000 Shoemaker Mile
May 25 $500,000 Gamely Stakes
For Santa Anita’s complete Santa Anita’s Winter/Spring Stakes Schedule, please visit Santanita.com.
