The San Rafael Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park , located in Arcadia, California . The race was a Grade III event with a purse of $ 150,000 and was open to three-year-olds willing to race one mile (8 furlongs) on the facility's dirt race track.
4-712: Prior to 2005, the race was held in early March. Beginning in 2005, the race was moved to mid-January to offer a better fit to trainers to race in the Sham Stakes , the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (formerly known as the Santa Catalina Stakes ) and the San Felipe Stakes . It became the year's first official prep race for the U.S. Triple Crown series. However, after Conveyance's win in 2010, Santa Anita has stopped running this event. On November 28, 2007, this Grade II stakes race
8-456: A purse of $ 100,000. The event was inaugurated on 9 February 2001 over a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles and was won by the US Hall of Fame trained Bob Baffert 's Wild and Wise who was entered as an entry with Special Times. He was ridden by the entry with Special Times. He was ridden by the US Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza winning by half a length in a time of 1:50.51. The event
12-495: Is named in honor for the racehorse Sham , winner of the 1973 Santa Anita Derby and remembered for his battles with Secretariat in that year's U.S. Triple Crown Races . The event was upgraded to Grade III in 2006. In 2011 distance for the event was decreased to 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles and once again the following year was decreased to 1 mile. Since 2011 the event has been held early in January. An official prep race for
16-575: Was downgraded to a Grade III by the American Graded Stakes Committee . Speed record: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Most wins by an owner: Sham Stakes The Sham Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old over the distance of one mile on the dirt scheduled annually in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California . The event currently carries
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