Zuma Beach Stakes
Grade III race | |
Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States |
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Inaugurated | 2012 |
Race type | Thoroughbred – Flat racing |
Website | Santa Anita |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile |
Surface | Turf |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Two-years-old |
Weight | 122 lbs. with allowances |
Purse | $100,000 (since 2024) |
The Zuma Beach Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the turf track scheduled annually in October at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.
History
[edit]The event is named after a popular beach, Zuma Beach, located in Los Angeles County, California.
The inaugural running of the event was inaugurated on October 8, 2012, and was won by the California-bred Gervinho who was trained by Carla Gaines and ridden by the Rafael Bejarano by half-a-length in a time of 1:34.59.[1] Gervinho had a short but impressive career performing well in the Californian turf Derbys and winning the Grade II Sir Beaufort Stakes to be voted Californian Three-Year-Old of the Year in 2013.[2]
The event is a preparatory race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Although no horse has won both events, 2014 winner of the Zuma Beach Stakes, Luck of the Kitten finished second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf to Hootenanny which was held also at Santa Anita Park.
The 2019 winner Hit The Road as a four-year-old went on to win a Grade 1 event (Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes)[3]
In 2022 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III.[4]
Records
[edit]Speed record:
- 1 mile: 1:33.56 – Big Score (2016)
Margins:
- 3+1⁄4 lengths – Big Score (2016)
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won the event more than once
Most wins by a jockey:
- 2 – Corey Nakatani (2013, 2014)
- 2 – Gary L. Stevens (2015, 2018)
- 2 – Juan J. Hernandez (2021, 2023)
Most wins by a trainer:
- No trainer has won the event more than once
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
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2024 | †Iron Man Cal | Antonio Fresu | Philip D'Amato | Little Red Feather Racing & Madaket Stables | 1 mile | 1:34.45 | $101,500 | III | [5] |
2023 | Endlessly | Juan J. Hernandez | Michael McCarthy | Amerman Racing | 1 mile | 1:34.52 | $201,500 | III | [6] |
2022 | Packs a Wahlop | Mike E. Smith | Jeff Mullins | Red Baron's Barn & Rancho Temescal | 1 mile | 1:34.07 | $203,000 | III | [7] |
2021 | Mackinnon | Juan J. Hernandez | Doug F. O'Neill | ERJ Racing, Madaket Stables & Dave Kenney | 1 mile | 1:33.80 | $202,500 | Listed | [8] |
2020 | Ebeko (IRE) | Ricardo Gonzalez | Peter L. Miller | Altamira Racing Stable, CYBT, Marc Lantzman & Michael Nentwig | 1 mile | 1:36.55 | $101,000 | Listed | [9] |
2019 | Hit the Road | Victor Espinoza | Dan Blacker | D K Racing, Radley Equine, Taste of Victory Stables & Rick Gold | 1 mile | 1:34.33 | $100,702 | Listed | [10] |
2018 | King of Speed | Gary L. Stevens | Jeff Bonde | Del Secco DCS Racing | 1 mile | 1:34.35 | $101,035 | Listed | [11] |
2017 | My Boy Jack | Kent J. Desormeaux | J. Keith Desormeaux | Don't Tell My Wife Stables & Monomoy Stables | 1 mile | 1:33.84 | $101,725 | Listed | [12] |
2016 | Big Score | Flavien Prat | Tim Yakteen | George Krikorian | 1 mile | 1:33.56 | $102,415 | Listed | [13] |
2015 | Dressed in Hermes | Gary L. Stevens | Janet Armstrong | Budget Stable | 1 mile | 1:35.76 | $101,250 | Listed | [14] |
2014 | Luck of the Kitten | Corey Nakatani | Wesley A. Ward | Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey | 1 mile | 1:34.84 | $101,250 | Listed | [15] |
2013 | Aotearoa | Corey Nakatani | Leonard Powell | Paul A. Viskovich | 1 mile | 1:34.42 | $100,250 | [16] | |
2012 | Gervinho | Rafael Bejarano | Carla Gaines | Keith Brackpool | 1 mile | 1:34.59 | $100,000 | Listed | [1] |
Legend:
Turf
Notes:
† In the 2024 Artislas was first past the post but was disqualified and placed third due to interference in the stretch run. Iron Man Cal was declared the winner and Sabertooth was promoted to second.
See also
[edit]List of American and Canadian Graded races
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2012 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 3)". Equibase. October 8, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "Grade 2 Stakes Winner Gervinho Retired, To Stand at Tommy Town". Paulick Report. December 5, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "ZUMA BEACH STAKES – SANTA ANITA PARK, CA". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ Schweigardt, Andrew (2022). "TOBA Announces U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes for February 2022 – January 2023". Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
- ^ "2023 Zuma Beach Stakes Grade 3 – (race 8)". Equibase. October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ "2023 Zuma Beach Stakes Grade 3 – (race 6)". Equibase. October 8, 203. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ "2022 Zuma Beach Stakes Grade 3 – (race 10)". Equibase. October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 3, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "2020 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 4)". Equibase. October 4, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "2019 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 4)". Equibase. October 6, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "2018 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 8, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "2017 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 6)". Equibase. October 9, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "2016 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. October 10, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "2015 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 5)". Equibase. October 10, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "2014 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 5)". Equibase. October 5, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "2013 Zuma Beach Stakes Black Type – (race 3)". Equibase. October 6, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2022.