Strub Stakes
# Strub Stakes

The Strub Stakes is an American race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California each year.

Currently a Grade II stakes race with a purse of $200,000, it is for four-year-olds, at one and one-eighth miles on Santa Anita Park's dirt track. Run in early February, the race is the third leg of Santa Anita Park's Strub Series.

Inaugurated in 1948 as the Santa Anita Maturity, the name was changed to the Charles H. Strub Stakes in 1963 in honor of Charles H. Strub (1884–1958) who built and owned Santa Anita Park. In 1994 the billing was shortened to the Strub Stakes to honor both Dr. Strub and Dr. Strub's son, Robert P. Strub, who succeeded Dr. Strub as CEO at Santa Anita and had died the previous May.

From 1948 to 1969 and from 1971 to 1997 the race was contested at 1+1⁄4 miles.

## Records

Speed record:

* 1:47.25 - Mizzen Mast (2002)
* 1:57.80 - Spectacular Bid (1980 at 1+1⁄4 miles)

Most wins by a jockey:

* 7 - Bill Shoemaker (1951, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1980)

Most wins by a trainer:

* 5 - Bob Baffert (1998, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2014)

Most wins by an owner:

* 3 - Golden Eagle Farm (1992, 1999, 2000)

## Winners of the Strub Stakes

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | Shakin It Up | Mike E. Smith | Bob Baffert | Cardoza/Pegram | 1:41.86 |
| 2013 | Guilt Trip | Joseph Talamo | Bob Baffert | Gary & Mary West | 1:48.97 |
| 2012 | Ultimate Eagle | Martin Pedroza | Michael Pender | B.J. Wright | 1:47.08 |
| 2011 | Twirling Candy | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler | Craig Family Trust | 1:46.53 |
| 2010 | Jeranimo | Martin Garcia | Michael Pender | B.J. Wright | 1:47.83 |
| 2009 | Cowboy Cal | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Robert and Janice McNair | 1:48.22 |
| 2008 | Monterey Jazz | David Flores | Craig Dollase | A&R Stables/Class Stable | 1:45.65 |
| 2007 | Arson Squad | Garrett Gomez | Bruce Headley | Jay Em Ess Stable | 1:48.65 |
| 2006 | High Limit | Pat Valenzuela | Robert J. Frankel | Gary & Mary West Stables | 1:49.14 |
| 2005 | Rock Hard Ten | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella | Mercedes Stable/M. Paulson | 1:49.24 |
| 2004 | Domestic Dispute | Kent Desormeaux | Paddy Gallagher | Bienstock & Winner | 1:49.08 |
| 2003 | Medaglia d'Oro | Jerry Bailey | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1:48.04 |
| 2002 | Mizzen Mast | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:47.25 |
| 2001 | Wooden Phone | Corey Nakatani | Bob Baffert | Durant Helzer & Helzer | 1:48.43 |
| 2000 | General Challenge | Corey Nakatani | Bob Baffert | Golden Eagle Farm | 1:48.81 |
| 1999 | Event of the Year | Corey Nakatani | Richard Mandella | Golden Eagle Farm | 1:47.65 |
| 1998 | Silver Charm | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:47.27 |
| 1997 | Victory Speech | Jerry D. Bailey | D. Wayne Lukas | Sue Magnier/Michael Tabor | 2:01.50 |
| 1996 | Helmsman | Chris McCarron | Wallace Dollase | Horizon Stable, et al. | 2:02.76 |
| 1995 | Dare And Go | Alex Solis | Richard Mandella | La Presle Farm | 2:00.15 |
| 1994 | Diazo | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Bill Shoemaker | Allen E. Paulson | 2:00.33 |
| 1993 | Siberian Summer | Corey Nakatani | Ronald McAnally | Buckram Oak Farm | 2:00.78 |
| 1992 | Best Pal | Kent Desormeaux | Gary F. Jones | Golden Eagle Farm | 1:59.95 |
| 1991 | Defensive Play | José A. Santos | C. R. McGaughey III | Juddmonte Farms | 2:00.80 |
| 1990 | Flying Continental | Corey Black | Jay M. Robbins | Jack Kent Cooke | 2:01.40 |
| 1989 | Nasr El Arab | Pat Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:02.20 |
| 1988 | Alysheba | Chris McCarron | Jack Van Berg | Dorothy & Pam Scharbauer | 2:00.40 |
| 1987 | Snow Chief | Pat Valenzuela | Melvin F. Stute | Grinstead & Rochelle | 2:00.00 |
| 1986 | Nostalgia's Star | Fernando Toro | Jay M. Robbins | Duckett, Hinds & Robbins | 2:03.60 |
| 1985 | Precisionist | Chris McCarron | L. R. Fenstermaker | Fred W. Hooper | 2:00.20 |
| 1984 | Desert Wine | Ed Delahoussaye | Jerry M. Fanning | Cardiff Stud Farm/T90 Ranch | 2:02.20 |
| 1983 | Swing Till Dawn | Pat Valenzuela | Charles Marikian | Paniolo Ranch, et al. | 2:02.00 |
| 1982 | It's the One | Walter Guerra | Laz Barrera | Amin Saiden | 2:00.40 |
| 1981 | Super Moment | Fernando Toro | Ronald McAnally | Elmendorf Farm | 2:01.20 |
| 1980 | Spectacular Bid | Bill Shoemaker | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm | 1:57.80 |
| 1979 | Affirmed | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm | 2:01.00 |
| 1978 | Mr. Redoy | Darrel McHargue | A. Thomas Doyle | Felty J. Yoder | 2:01.00 |
| 1977 | Kirby Lane | Sandy Hawley | Laz Barrera | Gedney Farms | 2:00.40 |
| 1976 | George Navonod | Fernando Toro | Gordon Campbell | Navonod Stable | 2:12.00 |
| 1975 | Stardust Mel | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Marjorie L. Everett | 2:04.20 |
| 1974 | Ancient Title | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Keith Stucki Sr. | Ethel Kirkland | 2:00.80 |
| 1973 | Royal Owl | Johnny Sellers | John G. Canty | Royal Oaks Farm/Owl Stable | 2:04.00 |
| 1972 | Unconscious | Bill Shoemaker | John G. Canty | Arthur A. Seeligson Jr. | 2:00.40 |
| 1971 | War Heim | Johnny Sellers | Dale Landers | Hazel Huffman | 2:00.60 |
| 1970 | Snow Sporting | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Warren Stute | Clement L. Hirsch | 1:48.80 |
| 1969 | Dignitas † | Fernando Alvarez | James W. Maloney | William H. Perry | 2:02.00 |
| 1968 | Most Host | William Harmatz | Gene Cleveland | Mmes. Bishop-Robbins | 2:04.00 |
| 1967 | Drin | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Charlie Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 2:02.00 |
| 1966 | Bold Bidder | Bill Shoemaker | Randy Sechrest | John R. Gaines (lessee) | 1:59.60 |
| 1965 | Duel | Manuel Ycaza | James W. Maloney | Claiborne Farm | 2:00.60 |
| 1964 | Gun Bow | Bill Shoemaker | Edward A. Neloy | Gedney Farms | 1:59.80 |
| 1963 | Crimson Satan | Herb Hinojosa | J. W. King | Crimson King Farm | 2:00.60 |
| 1962 | Four-and-Twenty | Johnny Longden | Vance Longden | Alberta Ranches, Ltd. | 2:01.00 |
| 1961 | Prove It | Bill Shoemaker | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 2:01.00 |
| 1960 | First Landing | Eddie Arcaro | Casey Hayes | Meadow Stable | 2:00.60 |
| 1959 | Hillsdale | Tommy Barrow | Martin L. Fallon | C. W. Smith Enterprises | 2:02.40 |
| 1958 | Round Table | William Harmatz | William Molter | Kerr Stable | 2:01.80 |
| 1957 | Spinney | William Harmatz | Reggie Cornell | Louis R. Rowan | 2:04.80 |
| 1956 | Trackmaster | Ralph Neves | Ted Saladin | M/M Hal Seley | 2:04.80 |
| 1955 | Determine † | Raymond York | William Molter | Andrew J. Crevolin | 2:00.40 |
| 1954 | Apple Valley | Merlin Volzke | Robert H. McDaniel | Mrs. A. W. Ryan | 2:08.00 |
| 1953 | Mark-Ye-Well | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:03.40 |
| 1952 | Intent | Eddie Arcaro | William J. Hirsch | Brookfield Farm | 2:02.80 |
| 1951 | Great Circle | Bill Shoemaker | Warren Stute | Yolo Stable | 2:00.40 |
| 1950 | Ponder | Steve Brooks | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm | 2:02.40 |
| 1949 | Ace Admiral | John Gilbert | William Molter | Maine Chance Farm | 2:02.20 |
| 1948 | Flashco | Jack Westrope | George Reeves | F. Frankel | 2:03.20 |
