The San Vicente Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park . A Grade II event, the race is open to three-year-old horses willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt and currently carries a purse of $ 200,000.
6-657: Inaugurated in 1935 as the San Vicente Handicap, it was open to older horses until 1937. The race was run as a handicap event from 1935 until 1941, 1945 through 1948, 1956 through 1958, and 1960 through 1965. There was no race held from 1942 until 1944, 1949 until 1951, and again in 1970. In 1952 and 1953 the race was restricted to colts and geldings . Since inception, it has been run at various distances: Louis B. Mayer 's U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly, Busher , won this race against males in 1945. The filly, Hubble Bubble , won in 1947. In 2009 Evita Argentina became
12-524: A colt. A rig or ridgling is a male equine with a retained testicle or one which has been incompletely castrated. In the wild, colts are driven from their herds by the herd stallion somewhere between the age of one and two. This may be, in part, an instinct to prevent inbreeding . When driven out, they usually join with other young stallions in a bachelor herd . They stay with this band until they are mature enough to form their own herd of mares. The terms "rag" or "rake" have been historically used to refer to
18-471: Is not to be confused with foal , which is a horse of either sex less than one year of age. Similarly, a yearling is a horse of either sex between the ages of one and two. A young female horse is called a filly , and a mare once she is an adult animal. In horse racing , particularly for Thoroughbreds in the United Kingdom, a colt is defined as an uncastrated male from the age of two up to and including
24-409: The age of four. The term is derived from Proto-Germanic * kultaz ("lump, bundle, offspring") and is etymologically related to "child." An adult male horse, if left intact, is called either a " stallion " if used for breeding, or a horse (sometimes full horse); if castrated , it is called a gelding . In some cases, particularly informal nomenclature, a gelding under four years is still called
30-523: The third filly to win this race in 68 runnings. The race was once frequently used as an early prep for the Kentucky Derby for horses such as Swaps . Silver Charm , who won the San Vicente in 1997, went on to win that year's Derby and Preakness Stakes. However, because of its sprint distance, it is not part of the official Road to the Kentucky Derby and is now rarely used by Derby hopefuls. An exception
36-422: Was in 2016, when both Nyquist (the eventual Derby winner) and Exaggerator (the eventual Preakness winner) started their three-year-old campaigns in the race. Speed record: Most wins by a jockey : Most wins by a trainer : Most wins by an owner: Colt (horse) A colt is a young male horse , usually below the age of four years. The term "colt" only describes young male horses and
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