Santa Ysabel Stakes
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The Santa Ysabel Stakes is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse race
Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 run annually during the second week of January 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....

. 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...

 event, the race is open to 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....

, age three, willing to race one and one-sixteenths miles (8.5 furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s) on the Pro-Ride synthetic dirt.

Inaugurated in 1968, the Santa Ysabel Stakes was contested at 7 furlongs in 1970. It was run in two divisions in 1968, 1970, 1972, and 1979.

Records

Speed record:
  • 1:41.34 - Sharp Cat
    Sharp Cat
    Sharp Cat was an outstanding American Thoroughbred filly racehorse who won fourteen of her twenty-one starts of which seven of her wins were Grade 1 events. She was a daughter of the two-time leading sire in North America, Storm Cat, and out of Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, In Neon.Sharp Cat was...

     (1997)


Most wins by a jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

:
  • 4 - Laffit Pincay, Jr.
    Laffit Pincay, Jr.
    Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...

     (1970, 1973, 1981, 1991)
  • 4 - Bill Shoemaker (1974, 1978, 1985, 1988)
  • 4 - Chris McCarron
    Chris McCarron
    Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....

     (1983, 1984, 1994, 2002)


Most wins by a trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

:
  • 4 - D. Wayne Lukas
    D. Wayne Lukas
    Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

     (1990, 1992, 1997, 2000)


Most wins by an owner:
  • 2 - M/M. Ellwood B. Johnston (1969, 1971)
  • 2 - Elmendorf Farm
    Elmendorf Farm
    Elmendorf Farm is a Kentucky Thoroughbred horse farm in Fayette County, Kentucky, and has been involved with horse racing since the early 19th century...

     (1979(2x)
  • 2 - Golden Eagle Farm (1988, 1993)
  • 2 - The Thoroughbred Corp.
    The Thoroughbred Corp.
    The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family...

     (1997, 2003)

Winners of the Santa Ysabel Stakes since 1968

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance
(Miles)
Time Grade
2011 May Day Rose 3 Rafael Bejarano Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert
Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...

Kaleem Shah 1-1/16 1:42.81 III
2010 Crisp 3 Joel Rosario
Joel Rosario
Joel Rosario is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Raised on a farm where he regularly road horses, Joel Rosario attended jockey school for six months. He obtained his professional license at age fourteen and began riding at Hipódromo V Centenario in Santo Domingo where he earned his...

John W. Sadler
John W. Sadler
John W. Sadler is an American horse trainer in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.Sadler got his first win in 1979 at Golden Gate Fields racetrack in the San Francisco Bay Area...

Michael Talla 1-1/16 1:43.56 III
2009 Century Park 3 Tyler Baze
Tyler Baze
Tyler Baze is an American Champion jockey. Born into a racing family, both of his parents were jockeys as is his uncle, Gary Baze. His second cousin is U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Russell Baze....

Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert
Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...

Donald R. Dizney 1-1/16 1:43.32 III
2008 Final Fling 3 Joseph Talamo
Joseph Talamo
Joseph Talamo is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Born and raised in Marrero on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area, Joe Talamo was influenced by a father who worked in horse racing as an assistant trainer...

Jeff Mullins
Jeff Mullins (racehorse trainer)
Jeff Mullins is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.-References:* * * *...

Michael House 1-1/16 1:41.96 III
2007 Baroness Thatcher 3 Garrett Gomez Patrick Biancone
Patrick Biancone
Patrick Louis Biancone is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is currently based in the United States, but enjoyed success in both Europe and Hong Kong earlier in his career...

Zayat Stables 1-1/16 1:44.31 III
2006 Itty Bitty Pretty 3 Pat Valenzuela
Pat Valenzuela
Patrick Angel Valenzuela is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first career winner on November 10, 1978, at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico...

Douglas F. O'Neill
Douglas F. O'Neill
Douglas F. "Doug" O'Neill is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.In 1986 he began working in Thoroughbred horse racing as a stable hand and eventually a training assistant...

STD Racing Stable & Wood 1-1/16 1:44.60 III
2005 Sweet Catomine 3 David Flores Julio C. Canani Pam & Martin Wygod
Martin J. Wygod
Martin J. Wygod is an American businessman and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder. A business administration graduate from New York University, he joined a Wall Street stock brokerage firm before becoming a managing partner in a similar firm.In 1964, Wygod became involved with...

1-1/16 1:43.77 III
2004 A. P. Adventure 3 Alex Solis
Alex Solis
Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...

Wallace Dollase
Wallace Dollase
Wallace A. "Wally" Dollase is an American trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.Among his numerous Graded stakes race wins, Dollase won the 1996 Breeders' Cup Distaff with Jewel Princess who was voted that year's Eclipse Award as the American Champion Older Female Horse.Wally Dollase and...

Bob & Beverly Lewis 1-1/16 1:44.27 III
2003 Atlantic Ocean 3 David Flores Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert
Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...

The Thoroughbred Corp.
The Thoroughbred Corp.
The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family...

1-1/16 1:43.25 III
2002 Bella Bella Bella 3 Chris McCarron
Chris McCarron
Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....

Jenine Sahadi Team Valor
Team Valor
Team Valor Stable LLC is an American Thoroughbred horse racing stable based in Versailles, Kentucky. It was founded by Barry Irwin and Jeff Siegel who create partnerships with racing enthusiasts to race Thoroughbred horses at major racing venues, primarily in North America.In early July 2007,...

1-1/16 1:44.14 III
2001 Collect Call 3 Alex Solis
Alex Solis
Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...

Christopher Paasch Rod Rodriquez 1-1/16 1:44.69 III
2000 Surfside 3 Pat Day
Pat Day
Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...

D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

Overbrook Farm 1-1/16 1:43.53 III
1999 Holywood Picture 3 Octavio Vergara James K. Chapman Chapman & McArthur 1-1/16 1:43.48 III
1998 Nonies Dancer Ali † 3 Garrett Gomez William J. Morey, Jr. Boyajuan, Catanzaro, Gellepies 1-1/16 1:44.14 III
1997 Sharp Cat
Sharp Cat
Sharp Cat was an outstanding American Thoroughbred filly racehorse who won fourteen of her twenty-one starts of which seven of her wins were Grade 1 events. She was a daughter of the two-time leading sire in North America, Storm Cat, and out of Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, In Neon.Sharp Cat was...

3 Corey Nakatani
Corey Nakatani
Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...

D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

The Thoroughbred Corp.
The Thoroughbred Corp.
The Thoroughbred Corporation is a Thoroughbred horse racing and breeding operation established in 1994 by principal partner Prince Ahmed bin Salman of the Saudi Arabian royal family...

1-1/16 1:41.34
1996 Antespend 3 Chris Antley
Chris Antley
Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero...

Ronald McAnally Jack Kent Cooke
Jack Kent Cooke
Jack Kent Cooke was a Canadian entrepreneur and former owner of the Washington Redskins , the Los Angeles Lakers , and the Los Angeles Kings , and built The Forum in Inglewood, California and FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.-Early career:Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Cooke moved with his family to...

1-1/16 1:43.87
1995 Ski Dancer 3 Kent Desormeaux
Kent Desormeaux
Kent 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:...

Gary F. Jones
Gary F. Jones
Gary F. Jones is a retired trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses whose career began in 1974 and ended with his retirement at the end of July, 1996 having earned $52,672,611 in purses and the winner of 1,465 races including 102 graded stakes.Among the outstanding horses trained by Gary Jones were Hall...

Kallenberg Thoroughbred, Inc. 1-1/16 1:44.24
1994 Princess Mitterand 3 Chris McCarron
Chris McCarron
Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....

Neil D. Drysdale Irving & Marjorie Cowan 1-1/16 1:43.25
1993 Likeable Style 3 Gary L. Stevens Richard E. Mandella Golden Eagle Farm 1-1/16 1:44.74
1992 Crownette 3 Pat alenzuela D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

Jim Paliafito 1-1/16 1:44.33
1991 Nice Assay 3 Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...

J. Paco Gonzalez
J. Paco Gonzalez
Juan Paco Gonzalez is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The fourth of six children, Paco Gonzalez grew up on a ranch near Guadalajara where his family owned Quarter horses. As a boy he was inspired to go into the Thoroughbred racing business by two older brothers who were jockeys at...

Trudy McCaffery
Trudy McCaffery
Trudy V. McCaffery was a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder in California who served on the Board of Directors of the Edwin J...

 & John Toffan
1-1/16 1:43.60
1990 Bright Candles 3 Gary L. Stevens D. Wayne Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

 & Overbrook Farm
1-1/16 1:45.60
1989 Gorgeous 3 Eddie Delahoussaye
Eddie Delahoussaye
Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...

Neil D. Drysdale Robert N. Clay 1-1/16 1:42.40
1988 Jeanne Jones 3 Bill Shoemaker Charles E. Whittingham Golden Eagle Farm 1-1/16 1:43.60
1987 Perchance to Dream 3 Ray Sibille
Ray Sibille
Raymond Frederick Sibille is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. In a career that spanned thirty-five years, Sibille rode his first winner on June 29, 1969 at Evangeline Downs in Carencro, Louisiana...

Victor Oppegard Sandra Oppegard 1-1/16 1:43.40
1986 Trim Colony 3 Gary L. Stevens Christopher Speckert Buckland Farm 1-1/16 1:44.80
1985 Savannah Dancer 3 Bill Shoemaker Ronald McAnally Allen E. Paulson
Allen E. Paulson
Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E...

1-1/16 1:44.20
1984 Sales Bulletin 3 Chris McCarron
Chris McCarron
Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....

Harry A. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1-1/16 1:44.00
1983 Ski Goggle 3 Chris McCarron
Chris McCarron
Christopher John "Chris" McCarron is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He is currently working as a racing analyst for TVG Network....

A. Thomas Doyle
A. Thomas Doyle
A. Thomas "Tommy" Doyle was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer known for his success with young horses. He was reported as both "Tommy Doyle" and "A. T. Doyle."...

Zenya Yoshida 1-1/16 1:41.60
1982 Avigaition 3 Eddie Delahoussaye
Eddie Delahoussaye
Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana.He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins...

Vivian Pulliam C. Norman Pulliam 1-1/16 1:42.40
1981 Lovely Robbery 3 Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...

Robert J. Frankel Jerry Moss
Jerry Moss
Jerome S. "Jerry" Moss is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert....

1-1/16 1:44.20
1980 Back At Two 3 Fernando Toro Gordon C. Campbell M/M Douglas Carver 1-1/16 1:45.20
1979 # Maytide 3 Angel Cordero, Jr. Vincent Clyne Elmendorf Farm 1-1/16 1:44.00
1979 # Top Soil 3 Donald Pierce
Donald R. Pierce
Donald R. Pierce is a retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Based in California, Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and went on to become a leading jockey in the 1960s and 1970s...

Ronald McAnally Elmendorf Farm 1-1/16 1:44.00
1978 Palmistry 3 Bill Shoemaker Willard L. Proctor
Willard L. Proctor
Williard L. Proctor was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A longtime trainer in California, he began his career as a jockey at bush tracks in Texas and Louisiana. After his riding days were over he turned to training, moving to California in 1955...

William Haggin Perry
William Haggin Perry
William Haggin Perry was a prominent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. He was the son of Henry Pierrepont Perry, a Wall Street broker, and Edith Lounsbery, the daughter of Richard P...

1-1/16 1:44.40
1977 Geothermal 3 Marco Castaneda Randy Sechrest Nelson Bunker Hunt
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Nelson Bunker Hunt is an American oil company executive. He is best known as a former billionaire whose fortune collapsed after he and his brother William Herbert Hunt tried but failed to corner the world market in silver. He is also a successful thoroughbred horse breeder.-Personal:Hunt was born...

1-1/16 1:43.00
1976 Flunsa 3 Sandy Hawley
Sandy Hawley
Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack...

James Jiminez R. Oliver & B. Menchen 1-1/16 1:43.80
1975 Double You Lou 3 Sandy Hawley
Sandy Hawley
Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack...

M. G. Williams Silver Creek Ranch 1-1/16 1:44.80
1974 Miss Musket 3 Bill Shoemaker Charles E. Whittingham Aaron U. Jones 1-1/16 1:41.80
1973 Belle Marie 3 Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...

Charles E. Whittingham Kinship Stable 1-1/16 1:45.40
1972 # Chargerette 3 Robert Nono Harold C. McBride S. Crivello & S. Webber 1-1/16 1:43.00
1972 # Sumatra 3 Angel Cordero, Jr. Laz Barrera
Laz Barrera
Lazaro Sosa Barrera was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States...

Charles T. Wilson, Jr. 1-1/16 1:43.20
1971 Balcony's Babe 3 Eddie Belmonte
Eddie Belmonte
Eddie Belmonte is a retired jockey who competed at the highest levels in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Puerto Rico and in the United States....

F. A. Miquelez M/M. Ellwood B. Johnston 1-1/16 1:43.20
1970 # Linda Summers 3 Rudy Rosales Joseph S. Dunn William R. Hawn
William R. Hawn
William Russell "Fritz" Hawn was an American businessman and philanthropist who bred and raced Thoroughbred horses, served for twenty years as president of Del Mar Racetrack, owned by life-long friend Clint Murchinson with whom he became a founding partner in the Dallas Cowboys franchise of the...

1-1/16 1:23.00
1970 # Cathy Honey 3 Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...

Robert L. Wheeler Flag Is Up Farms 1-1/16 1:22.80
1969 Easter Junction 3 Eddie Belmonte
Eddie Belmonte
Eddie Belmonte is a retired jockey who competed at the highest levels in Thoroughbred horse racing in his native Puerto Rico and in the United States....

Jimmy Wallace
Jimmy Wallace
James "Jimmy" Wallace was a footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City and Doncaster Rovers. He made eight first team appearances for Stoke, with one goal against Sheffield United April 1960....

M/M. Ellwood B. Johnston 1-1/16 1:42.80
1968 # Silk Hat II 3 Jerry Lambert
Jerry Lambert (jockey)
Jerry Lambert is a retired American jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the jockey of Hall of Fame inductee, Native Diver.Jerry Lambert accomplished what Breeders' Cup Inc...

Laz Barrera
Laz Barrera
Lazaro Sosa Barrera was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States...

William M. Hackman 1-1/16 1:45.40
1968 # Fish Net 3 Braulio Baeza
Braulio Baeza
Braulio Baeza is an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the United States where at the Keeneland Race Course he won the very first he competed in.Braulio Baeza's success in America was...

Robert L. Wheeler C. V. Whitney
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, writer, and government official, as well as the owner of a leading stable of thoroughbred racehorses....

1-1/16 1:44.80


A # designates that the race was run in two divisions in 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1979.

* † In 1998 Love Lock finished first but was disqualified after testing
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