Californian Stakes
| Grade II race | |
| Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, USA relocated after the closure of Flat racing |
|---|---|
| Website | www |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old & up |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $250,000 |
The Californian Stakes is an American
Hollywood Gold Cup
.
Inaugurated in 1954, winner Imbros set a new track record of 1:41.00 which also equaled the then world record for a mile and sixteenth on dirt.
Since inception the race has been contested at three different distances:
- 1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) : 1954-1979
- 1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)1980-1984, 1987–present
- 1 mile (8 furlongs) : 1985-1986
Records
Speed record: (at current distance of 1+1⁄8 miles )
- 1:47.06 - Heatseeker
Most wins:
- 2 - Cougar II(1971, 1972)
- 2 - Quack (1973, 1974)
- 2 - Ancient Title (1975, 1976)
- 2 - Clubhouse Ride (2013, 2014)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 5 - Bill Shoemaker (1957, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1983)
- 5 - Laffit Pincay, Jr.(1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985)
- 5 - Chris McCarron (1986, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 11 - Charlie Whittingham (1956, 1957, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990)
Most wins by an owner:
- 3 - Mary Jones Bradley (1971, 1972, 1985)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Defunded | 5 | Juan J. Hernandez | Bob Baffert | Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram & Paul Weitman | 1:48.07 |
| 2022 | Stilleto Boy | 4 | Juan J. Hernandez | Ed Moger Jr | Steve Moger | 1:48.07 |
| 2021 | Royal Ship | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Richard E. Mandella | Fox Hill Farm & Siena Farm | 1:48.47 |
| 2020 | ||||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| 2018 | Dr. Dorr | 5 | Joe Talamo
|
Bob Baffert | Natalie J. Baffert | 1:49.84 |
| 2017 | Collected | 4 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Speedway Stable LLC | 1:47.73 |
| 2016 | Second Summer | 4 | Mario Gutierrez | Peter Eurton | Alesia/Ciaglia Racing/Ferrell/Slam Dunk Racing | 1:48.29 |
| 2015 | Catch a Flight (ARG) | 5 | Gary Stevens | Richard E. Mandella | Haras Santa Maria de Araras | 1:47.73 |
| 2014 | Clubhouse Ride | 6 | Joe Talamo
|
Craig Anthony Lewis | Six-S Racing/Petralia | 1:48.74 |
| 2013 | Clubhouse Ride | 5 | Garrett Gomez
|
Craig Anthony Lewis | Six-S Racing/Petralia | 1:51.02 |
| 2012 | Game On Dude | 5 | Chantal Sutherland | Bob Baffert | Diamond Pride, Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable, Bernard Schiappa | 1:48.01 |
| 2011 | Twirling Candy | 4 | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler | Craig Family Trust | 1:50.00 |
| 2010 | Rail Trip | 5 | Rafael Bejarano | Ron Ellis | Jay Em Ess Stable | 1:48.49 |
| 2009 | Informed | 5 | Tyler Baze | Douglas F. O'Neill
|
W.C. Racing, et al. | 1:48.37 |
| 2008 | Heatseeker | 5 | Rafael Bejarano | Jerry Hollendorfer | William de Burgh | 1:47.06 |
| 2007 | Buzzards Bay | 5 | Jose Valdivia Jr. | Ronald W. Ellis | Gary Broad | 1:49.72 |
| 2006 | Dixie Meister | 4 | David Flores | Julio C. Canani
|
Gary A. Tanaka | 1:49.53 |
| 2005 | Lava Man | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Douglas F. O'Neill
|
STD racing & Jason Wood | 1:47.83 |
| 2004 | Even the Score | 4 | David Flores | Vladimir Cerin | Rosendo G. Parra | 1:47.64 |
| 2003 | Kudos | 6 | Alex Solis | Richard Mandella | Ann & Jerry Moss | 1:47.91 |
| 2002 | Milwaukee Brew | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Stronach Stable
|
1:48.06 |
| 2001 | Skimming | 5 | Garrett Gomez | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms
|
1:48.12 |
| 2000 | Big Ten | 5 | Alex Solis | Richard Mandella | Stud Old Dog Stable (Francisco Bertin et al.) | 1:49.22 |
| 1999 | Old Trieste | 4 | Chris McCarron | Mike Puype | Gary Biszantz | 1:46.55 |
| 1998 | Mud Route | 5 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Janis R. Whitham | 1:48.15 |
| 1997 | River Keen | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert B. Hess Jr. | Hugo Reynolds | 1:47.38 |
| 1996 | Tinners Way
|
6 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Robert J. Frankel | Prince Khalid Abdullah
|
1:46.60 |
| 1995 | Concern | 4 | Mike E. Smith | Richard W. Small
|
Robert E. Meyerhoff | 1:47.74 |
| 1994 | The Wicked North | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | David Bernstein | Phil & Sophie Hersh Trust | 1:46.68 |
| 1993 | Latin American | 5 | Gary Stevens | Robert Marshall | Robert Marshall | 1:46.92 |
| 1992 | Another Review | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Chris Speckert | Thomas Mellon Evans | 1:48.11 |
| 1991 | Roanoke | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Neil D. Drysdale | Nedlaw Stable | 1:48.30 |
| 1990 | Sunday Silence | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | Hancock/Whittingham/Gaillard | 1:48.00 |
| 1989 | Sabona | 7 | Chris McCarron | Neil D. Drysdale | Sir Ernest Harrison & Audrey Reed | 1:46.80 |
| 1988 | Cutlass Reality | 6 | Chris McCarron | Craig A. Lewis | Howard Crash & Jim Hankoff | 1:47.60 |
| 1987 | Judge Angelucci | 4 | Gary Baze | Charlie Whittingham | Olin B. Gentry | 1:48.20 |
| 1986 | Precisionist | 5 | Chris McCarron | L. Ross Fenstermaker | Fred W. Hooper | 1:33.60 |
| 1985 | Greinton | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Charlie Whittingham | Mary Jones Bradley, C. Whittingham, Howell Wynne | 1:32.60 |
| 1984 | Desert Wine | 4 | Eddie Delahoussaye | Jerry M. Fanning | Dan J. Agnew & Fred Sahadi | 1:47.60 |
| 1983 | The Wonder | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Alain du Breil | 1:48.40 |
| 1982 | Erins Isle | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Charlie Whittingham | Brian Sweeney | 1:48.00 |
| 1981 | Eleven Stitches | 4 | Sandy Hawley | Donn Luby | Morey & Claudia Mirkin | 1:48.40 |
| 1980 | Spectacular Bid | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Bud Delp | Hawksworth Farm (Harry Meyerhoff) | 1:45.80 |
| 1979 | Affirmed | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm
|
1:41.20 |
| 1978 | J.O. Tobin
|
4 | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | George A. Pope Jr. | 1:41.00 |
| 1977 | Crystal Water | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Roger Clapp | Connie M. Ring | 1:41.00 |
| 1976 | Ancient Title | 6 | Sandy Hawley | Keith L. Stucki Sr. | Kirkland Stable (Ethel Kirkland) | 1:41.20 |
| 1975 | Ancient Title | 5 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Keith L. Stucki Sr. | Kirkland Stable (Ethel Kirkland) | 1:40.20 |
| 1974 | Quack | 5 | Donald Pierce | Charlie Whittingham | Bwamazon Farm | 1:40.20 |
| 1973 | Quack | 4 | Donald Pierce | Charlie Whittingham | Bwamazon Farm | 1:41.40 |
| 1972 | Cougar II
|
6 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Mary F. Jones | 1:39.20 |
| 1971 | Cougar II
|
5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Mary F. Jones | 1:41.20 |
| 1970 | Baffle | 5 | Jerry Lambert | Johnny Longden | Frank M. McMahon
|
1:40.20 |
| 1969 | Nodouble | 4 | Eddie Belmonte | J. Bert Sonnier | Gene Goff | 1:40.40 |
| 1968 | Dr. Fager | 4 | Braulio Baeza | John A. Nerud | William L. McKnight | 1:40.80 |
| 1967 | Biggs | 7 | William Harmatz | Farrell W. Jones | E. F. Gould | 1:41.60 |
| 1966 | Travel Orb | 4 | William Harmatz | Leonard Dorfman | Floyd Hughes | 1:41.80 |
| 1965 | Viking Spirit | 5 | Kenneth Church | James I. Nazworthy
|
Thomas E. Brittingham III | 1:40.80 |
| 1964 | Mustard Plaster | 5 | Jack Leonard | William A. Peterson | Mrs. Fraser Morrison | 1:41.60 |
| 1963 | Winonly | 6 | Jack Leonard | Julius E. Tinsley | Fred W. Hooper | 1:41.80 |
| 1962 | Cadiz | 6 | William Harmatz | Robert L. Wheeler | Vicgray Farm | 1:41.60 |
| 1961 | First Balcony | 4 | Edward Burns | Melvin F. Stute | M/M. Robert O. Schulze | 1:40.40 |
| 1960 | Fleet Nasrullah | 5 | Johnny Longden | James I. Nazworthy
|
M/M. Ellwood B. Johnston | 1:40.60 |
| 1959 | Hillsdale | 4 | Tommy Barrow | Martin L. Fallon Jr. | Clarence Whitted Smith | 1:40.80 |
| 1958 | Seaneen | 4 | Johnny Longden | William B. Finnegan | Neil S. McCarthy | 1:41.00 |
| 1957 | Social Climber | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1:40.40 |
| 1956 | Porterhouse | 5 | Ismael Valenzuela | Charlie Whittingham | Llangollen Farm | 1:40.80 |
| 1955 | Swaps | 3 | David Erb | Mesh Tenney | Rex C. Ellsworth | 1:40.40 |
| 1954 | Imbros | 4 | Johnny Longden | William Molter | Andrew J. Crevolin | 1:41.00 |