La Habra Stakes
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The La Habra Stakes is an American
Thoroughbred
horse race for three-year-old fillies
run at Santa Anita Park
in Arcadia, California
early in the year. A Grade III
stakes race, it's set at a distance of about 6 and 1/2 furlongs on the Hillside Turf Course, and offers a purse of $100,000.
This race is named for the city of La Habra, California
, some distance south of the Santa Anita Racetrack. Once a land grant named by its owner, Rancho Cañada de La Habra
, it's one of southern California's earliest settlements.
The race was not run in 2010.
Super Freaky holds the stakes record at 1:12.66. In 2009, Pasar Silbano ran it in 1:12.67.
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horse race for three-year-old fillies
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
run at Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...
in Arcadia, California
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and located approximately northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains....
early in the year. A Grade III
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
stakes race, it's set at a distance of about 6 and 1/2 furlongs on the Hillside Turf Course, and offers a purse of $100,000.
This race is named for the city of La Habra, California
La Habra, California
La Habra is a city in the northwestern corner of Orange County, California. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,239. Its related city, La Habra Heights is located to the north of La Habra, and is in Los Angeles County.-Origin of name:...
, some distance south of the Santa Anita Racetrack. Once a land grant named by its owner, Rancho Cañada de La Habra
Rancho La Habra
Rancho La Habra was a Mexican land grant in present day Los Angeles County and Orange County, California given in 1839 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Mariano Reyes Roldan...
, it's one of southern California's earliest settlements.
The race was not run in 2010.
Super Freaky holds the stakes record at 1:12.66. In 2009, Pasar Silbano ran it in 1:12.67.
Past winners
- 2011 - Cambina (Ire) (Garrett Gomez)
- 2009 – Pasar Silbano (Ire) (Mike E. Smith)
- 2008 - Passion (Rafael Bejarano) (Ariege, winner of the Santa Anita OaksSanta Anita OaksSanta Anita Oaks is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to three-year-old fillies willing to race 8.5 furlongs on the dirt, it currently offers a purse of $300,000.Inaugurated in 1935 as a race for two-year-olds,...
, placed.) - 2007 - Super Freaky (Jon CourtJon CourtJon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....
) - 2006 - Harriet Lane (Kent DesormeauxKent DesormeauxKent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...
) - 2005 - Shining Energy (Rene Douglas)
- 2004 - Very Vegas (Mike Ruis)
- 2003 - Luvah Girl (GB)
- 2002 - High Society (Brice BlancBrice BlancBrice Blanc is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Blanc attended a jockey's apprentice school in his native France then, encouraged by trainer Ben Cecil, in October 1993 emigrated to the United States where he settled in Southern California and began racing at area tracks...
) - 2001 - Serena's Tune (first foalFoalA foal is an equine, particularly a horse, that is one year old or younger. More specific terms are colt for a male foal and filly for a female foal, but these terms are used until the horse is age three or four. When the foal is nursing from its dam , it may also be called a suckling...
of Serena's SongSerena's SongSerena’s Song is an American Thoroughbred race horse. She won 17 graded stakes races, including 11 Grade I , in three seasons for $3,286,388 in earnings....
.) - 2000 - Squall City
- 1999 - Aviate
- 1998 - Conectis
- 1997 - Lavender
- 1996 - To B Super
- 1995 - Cat's Cradle
- 1994 - Dezibelles Star
- 1993 -
- 1992 -
- 1991 - Nice Assay (J. Paco Gonzalez)
- 1983 - Little Hailey
- 1977 - Reminiscing
- 1976 - Dancing Femme (American Champion Older Female Horse for 1977, Cascapedia, placed.)
- 1975 - NOT RUN
- 1974 - June's Love
- 1973 - Driftin Along