San Gabriel Stakes
# San Gabriel Stakes

The San Gabriel Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California at the close of each year (though on occasion it is run in very early January). The Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the turf and offers a current purse of $201,000.

First run in 1935, it was contested on dirt through 1954. Since inception, the San Gabriel Handicap has been contested under various conditions and distances:

* 3 furlongs : 1935, 1937, 1938, for two-year-olds
* 6 furlongs : 1945–1946, for three-year-olds
* 7 furlongs : 1952–1954, as the San Gabriel Stakes for three-year-olds
* 9 furlongs : 1960–present
* 10 furlongs (1+1⁄4 miles) : 1955–1959.

The race has been contested twice in six of its years: in January and then again in December 1973, 1980, 1988, 1997, 2001, and 2006. It was run in two divisions in 1984.

The race was transferred to the dirt track in 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1987, December 1988, 2005 and 2008.

There was no race in 1936, 1939–1944, 1947–1951, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1991, 1999 and 2004.

## Records

Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles)

* 1:46.20 – Wretham (1989)

Most wins:

* 3 – Jeranimo (2010,2013, 2014)

Most wins by an owner:

* 2 – Neil S. McCarthy (1938, 1956)
* 2 – Andrew J. Crevolin (1953, 1954)
* 2 – Mary F. Jones-Bradley (1971, 1977)
* 2 – Linneo Eduardo de Paula Machado (1995, 1996)
* 2 – Sidney H. Craig (1998, 2000)
* 2 – Maktoum al Maktoum (2001, Jan & Dec)
* 3 – B. J. Wright (2010,2013, 2014)

Most wins by a jockey:

* 5 – Gary Stevens (1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001)
* 6 – Rafael Bejarano (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)

Most wins by a trainer:

* 7 – Charles Whittingham (1957, 1966, 1971, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1997)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | Dicey Mo Chara | 4 | Juan J. Hernandez | Leonard Powell | Red Baron's Barn LLC & Rancho Temescal LLC | 1:47.78 |
| 2021 | Bob and Jackie | 5 | Jose Valdivia Jr. | Richard Baltas | Calvin Nguyen and Joey Tran | 1:53.51 |
| 2020 | Desert Stone | 5 | Geovanni Franco | Richard Baltas | Zayat Stables | 1:47.63 |
| 2019 | Next Shares | 6 | Joel Rosario | Richard Baltas | Michael Iavarone et al. | 1:48.61 |
| 2018 | Itsinthepost | 6 | Tyler Baze | Jeff Mullins | Red Baron's Barn LLC | 1:47.59 |
| 2017 | Blue Tone | 8 | Kent J. Desormeaux | Robert B. Hess Jr. | Engelberg/Schoeder Farms/Steeper | 1:49.82 |
| 2016 | Flamboyant (FR) | 5 | Brice Blanc | Patrick Gallagher | Bienstock/Winner | 1:46.64 |
| 2015 | Finnegans Wake | 6 | Victor Espinoza | Peter Miller | Donegal Racing/Rockingham Ranch | 1:48.38 |
| 2014 | Jeranimo | 8 | Rafael Bejarano | Michael Pender | LaPenta/Wright | 1:46.00 |
| 2013 | Jeranimo | 7 | Rafael Bejarano | Michael Pender | B. J. Wright | 1:46.50 |
| 2012 | Norvsky | 6 | Rafael Bejarano | Donald Warren | E.W. and Judy Johnston & Robert Riggio | 1:47.03 |
| 2011 | no race | | | | | |
| 2010 | Jeranimo | 4 | Rafael Bejarano | Michael Pender | B. J. Wright | 1:47.20 |
| 2009 | Proudinsky | 6 | Rafael Bejarano | Humberton Ascanio | Johanna Louise Glen-Teven | 1:46.91 |
| 2008 | Proudinsky | 5 | Rafael Bejarano | Robert J. Frankel | Johanna Glen-Teven | 1:48.39 |
| 2007 | Daytona | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Dan L. Hendricks | Jeff Davenport, et al. | 1:47.57 |
| 2006 | King's Drama | 6 | David Flores | Robert J. Frankel | Gary A. Tanaka | 1:48.53 |
| 2006 | Badge of Silver | 6 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert J. Frankel | Ken & Sarah Ramsey | 1:50.02 |
| 2005 | Truly A Judge | 7 | Martin Pedroza | David Bernstein | A. Aidekman/G. Ailshie/T. Harris | 1:48.90 |
| 2004 | no race | | | | | |
| 2003 | Redattore | 8 | Alex Solis | Richard E. Mandella | Luis Alfredo Taunay | 1:48.17 |
| 2002 | Grammarian | 4 | Jose Valdivia Jr. | C. Beau Greely | Pacific Heritage Farm | 1:48.12 |
| 2001 | Irish Prize | 5 | Gary Stevens | Neil D. Drysdale | Maktoum al Maktoum | 1:50.56 |
| 2001 | Irish Prize | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Neil D. Drysdale | Maktoum al Maktoum | 1:47.88 |
| 2000 | Brave Act | 6 | Alex Solis | Ronald McAnally | Sidney H. Craig | 1:49.25 |
| 1999 | no race | | | | | |
| 1998 | Brave Act | 4 | Goncalino Almeida | Ronald McAnally | Sidney H. Craig | 1:46.78 |
| 1997 | Martiniquais | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann (Lessee) | 1:48.42 |
| 1997 | Rainbow Blues | 4 | Gary Stevens | Charles Whittingham | Frankfurt Stable | 1:46.89 |
| 1996 | Romarin | 6 | Corey Nakatani | Richard E. Mandella | L. E. de Paula Machado | 1:49.69 |
| 1995 | Romarin | 5 | Corey Nakatani | Richard E. Mandella | L. E. de Paula Machado | 1:49.36 |
| 1994 | Earl of Barking | 4 | Chris McCarron | Richard L. Cross | Henry E. Pabst | 1:48.64 |
| 1993 | Star of Cozzene | 5 | Gary Stevens | Mark A. Hennig | Team Valor, et al. | 1:48.33 |
| 1992 | Classic Fame | 6 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Gary F. Jones | Classic Thoroughbreds | 1:46.69 |
| 1991 | no race | | | | | |
| 1990 | In Excess | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bruce L. Jackson | Jack J. Munari | 1:47.20 |
| 1989 | Wretham | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Neil D. Drysdale | Relatively Stable | 1:46.20 |
| 1988 | Simply Majestic | 4 | Jerry Bailey | John Parisella | Ted Sabarese | 1:47.40 |
| 1988 | Conquering Hero | 5 | Gary Stevens | Darrell Vienna | No Problem Stable, et al. | 1:50.60 |
| 1987 | Nostalgia's Star | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | John W. Russell | Duckett, Hinds & Robbins | 1:51.20 |
| 1986 | Yashgan | 5 | Chris McCarron | John Sullivan | Paniolo Ranch, et al. | 1:49.60 |
| 1985 | Dahar | 4 | Fernando Toro | Charles Whittingham | Summa Stable (Lessee) | 1:47.60 |
| 1984 | Prince Florimund | 6 | Pat Valenzuela | Charles Whittingham | E. W. Miller | 1:48.20 |
| 1984 | Beldale Lustre | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | John Gosden | Will A. Bailey | 1:48.80 |
| 1983 | Greenwood Star | 6 | Donald Pierce | John W. Russell | David K. Harris | 1:47.20 |
| 1982 | no race | | | | | |
| 1981 | The Bart | 5 | Eddie Delahoussaye | John Sullivan | Franklin N. Groves | 1:48.00 |
| 1980 | Premier Ministre | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Dolly Green | 1:48.20 |
| 1980 | John Henry | 5 | Darrel McHargue | Ronald McAnally | Dotsam Stable | 1:49.80 |
| 1979 | Fluorescent Light | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Angel Penna Sr. | Ogden Mills Phipps | 1:47.60 |
| 1978 | Mr. Redoy | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Tommy Doyle | Felty J. Yoder | 1:48.40 |
| 1977 | Riot in Paris | 6 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | M. F. Bradley & Whittingham | 1:50.00 |
| 1976 | no race | | | | | |
| 1975 | Zanthe | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Robert J. Frankel | Martin Ritt | 1:47.40 |
| 1974 | Fair Test | 6 | Angel Santiago | Vincent Clyne | Elmendorf Farm | 1:50.60 |
| 1973 | Astray | 4 | Jacinto Vásquez | Paul K. Parker | William Haggin Perry | 1:48.20 |
| 1973 | Kentuckian | 4 | Donald Pierce | David A. Whiteley | Preston Madden | 1:47.60 |
| 1972 | Big Shot II | 7 | Eddie Belmonte | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1:48.60 |
| 1971 | Cougar II | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Mary F. Jones | 1:52.60 |
| 1970 | no race | | | | | |
| 1969 | Easy Mark | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | Laz Barrera | High Tide Stable | 1:49.00 |
| 1968 | Rivet | 4 | Merlin Volzke | Dale Landers | Pierce Doty | 1:50.60 |
| 1967 | Flag | 7 | Walter Blum | Wayne B. Stucki | M/M Roy C. Kidder | 1:47.60 |
| 1966 | Perfect Sky | 4 | Álvaro Pineda | Charles Whittingham | Foxcatcher Farms | 1:55.00 |
| 1965 | Biggs | 5 | William Harmatz | Leonard Dorfman | E. F. Gould | 1:49.00 |
| 1964 | Marlin Bay | 4 | Manuel Ycaza | A. W. Beuzeville | Verna Lea Farm | 1:48.40 |
| 1963 | Dusky Damion | 6 | Ismael Valenzuela | William B. Finnegan | Swiftsure Stable | 1:48.40 |
| 1962 | Art Market | 4 | Ismael Valenzuela | Hirsch Jacobs | Jerome Fendrick | 1:48.40 |
| 1961 | Geechee Lou | 5 | Johnny Longden | Gilbert Guariglia | Lawrence J. Krakower | 1:46.60 |
| 1960 | Eddie Schmidt | 7 | Alex Maese | Frank L. Carr | Elobee Farm | 1:49.60 |
| 1959 | MacBern | 4 | Henry Moreno | William J. Hirsch | King Ranch | 2:00.40 |
| 1958 | Tall Chief II | 6 | William Harmatz | William Molter | Golden Gate Stables | 1:59.80 |
| 1957 | Corn Husker | 4 | George Taniguchi | Charles Whittingham | Llangollen Farm Stable | 2:00.20 |
| 1956 | Star of Ross | 4 | Rogelio Trejos | William B. Finnegan | Neil S. McCarthy | 2:01.20 |
| 1955 | St. Vincent | 4 | Johnny Longden | Vance Longden | G. Gardiner & Alberta Ranches | 2:00.00 |
| 1954 | Determine | 3 | Raymond York | William Molter | Andrew J. Crevolin | 1:24.40 |
| 1953 | Decorated | 3 | Johnny Longden | William Molter | Andrew J. Crevolin | 1:23.00 |
| 1952 | Windy City II | 3 | Eddie Arcaro | Willie Alavardo | Mrs. Petite Luellwitz | 1:22.40 |
| 1947 | no race 1947–1951 | | | | | |
| 1946 | Sun Lady | 4 | Hubert Trent | Andrew G. Blakely | Longchamps Farm | 1:10.40 |
| 1945 | Vain Prince | 6 | George Woolf | Clyde Phillips | Mrs. Clyde Phillips | 1:11.40 |
| 1939 | no race 1939–1944 | | | | | |
| 1938 | Morning Breeze | 2 | Ned Merritt | Hurst Philpot | Neil S. McCarthy | 0:33.40 |
| 1937 | Rolling Ball | 2 | George Woolf | Walter W. Taylor | Silver State Stable | 0:34.00 |
| 1936 | no race | | | | | |
| 1935 | Forced Landing | 2 | Alfred Robertson | John A. Healey | C. V. Whitney | 0:34.60 |
