Las Virgenes Stakes

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox horseraces The Las Virgenes Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over the distance of one mile on the dirt scheduled annually in late January or early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.

History

The event was named after the Rancho Las Virgenes land grant in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills. The event was inaugurated on 26 February 1983 with Saucy Bobbie victorious, who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. and trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Lazaro S. Barrera in a time of 1:36<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄5.[1]

The event was scheduled in Southern California as a natural progression for three-year-old fillies with the Santa Ynez Stakes over 7 furlongs in January, Las Virgenes Stakes over one mile in February and the Santa Susana Stakes, later renamed as the Santa Anita Oaks over <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄16 miles in March.

Althea, winner of the second running in 1984[2] later that spring became the first filly to win the Arkansas Derby.[3]

The event was upgraded to Grade III in 1985.[4] The winner that year was Fran's Valentine who was first over the line in her first race, the inaugural 1984 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Hollywood Park but was disqualified and place tenth.[5] With the obvious quality of the runners in 1987 the event was upgraded to Grade II and the following year in 1988 the event reached Grade I status.[4]

The event has produced an outstanding number of fillies that have gone on to be champions both in their sophomore year and even later to become Champions winning Breeders' Cup events.

These include Goodbye Halo and Lite Light who went on to win the Kentucky Oaks and Coaching Club American Oaks. Serena's Song went on to defeat colts in the Jim Beam Stakes and Haskell Invitational Handicap en route to becoming US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly for 1995. The 2000 winner Surfside defeated older horses in the Grade II Clark Handicap also capturing US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors. The 2007 winner Rags to Riches became a US Classic winner when she won the Belmont Stakes and going on to capture US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors. The US Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Champion Beholder won this race and went on to win the 2013 Breeders' Cup Distaff and was named US Champion Three-Year-Old Filly that year.

In 2016 the event was downgraded to Grade II and again in 2021 to Grade III.[6]

The event is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.

Records

Speed record:

  • 1:34.86 – Zazu (2011)

Margins:

  • 13 lengths – Adare Manor (2022)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 9 – Bob Baffert (1999, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Most wins by an owner:

Las Virgenes Stakes – Santa Anita Oaks double:

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Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
2024 Kinza Juan J. Hernandez Bob Baffert Michael Lund Peterson 1 mile 1:37.03 $100,000 III [7]
2023 Faiza Ramon Vazquez Bob Baffert Michael Lund Peterson 1 mile 1:38.46 $200,500 III [8]
2022 Adare Manor John Velazquez Bob Baffert Michael Lund Peterson 1 mile 1:37:11 $196,000 III [9]
2021 Moonlight d'Oro Flavien Prat Richard E. Mandella MyRacehorse & Spendthrift Farm 1 mile 1:38:01 $200,000 III [10]
2020 Venetian Harbor Flavien Prat Richard Baltas Ciaglia Racing, Highland Yard, River Oak Farm & Domenic Savides 1 mile 1:37.51 $200,000 II [11]
2019 Bellafina Flavien Prat Simon Callaghan Kaleem Shah 1 mile 1:35.99 $200,000 II [12]
2018 Dream Tree Drayden Van Dyke Bob Baffert Phoenix Thoroughbred 1 mile 1:39.45 $200,345 II [13]
2017 Unique Bella Mike E. Smith Jerry Hollendorfer Don Alberto Stable 1 mile 1:35.66 $196,000 II [14]
2016 Songbird Mike E. Smith Jerry Hollendorfer Fox Hill Farms 1 mile 1:36.84 $300,345 II [15]
2015 Callback Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Spendthrift Farm 1 mile 1:36.92 $301,000 I [16]
2014 Fashion Plate Gary L. Stevens Simon Callaghan Arnold Zetcher & Michael Tabor 1 mile 1:37.22 $300,000 I [17]
2013 Beholder Garrett K. Gomez Richard E. Mandella Spendthrift Farm 1 mile 1:36.14 $250,750 I [18]
2012 Eden's Moon Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Kaleem Shah 1 mile 1:35.27 $250,000 I [19]
2011 Zazu Joel Rosario John W. Sadler Ann & Jerry Moss 1 mile 1:34.86 $250,000 I [20]
2010 Blind Luck Rafael Bejarano Jerry Hollendorfer Mark DeDomenico, John Carver & Jerry Hollendorfer 1 mile 1:35.98 $250,000 I [21]
2009 Stardom Bound Mike E. Smith Robert J. Frankel IEAH Stables, Paul Pompa Jr., Michael Dubb & Golden Goose Ent. 1 mile 1:36.43 $300,000 I [22]
2008 Golden Doc A Rafael Bejarano Barry Abrams Ron McCauley 1 mile 1:35.86 $250,000 I [23]
2007 Rags to Riches Garrett K. Gomez Michael W. McCarthy Derrick Smith & Michael Tabor 1 mile 1:37.85 $250,000 I [24]
2006 Balance Victor Espinoza David E. Hofmans Amerman Racing 1 mile 1:36.54 $250,000 I [25]
2005 Sharp Lisa Corey Nakatani Doug F. O'Neill J. Paul Reddam, Suarez Racing & Mark Schlesinger 1 mile 1:35.64 $250,000 I [26]
2004 A. P. Adventure Alex O. Solis Wallace Dollase Robert & Beverly Lewis 1 mile 1:36.50 $250,000 I [27]
2003 Composure Jerry D. Bailey Bob Baffert Robert & Beverly Lewis 1 mile 1:36.13 $200,000 I [28]
2002 You Jerry D. Bailey Robert J. Frankel Edmund A. Gann 1 mile 1:38.84 $200,000 I [29]
2001 Golden Ballet Chris McCarron Jenine Sahadi Team Valor & Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 1 mile 1:36.89 $200,000 I [30]
2000 Surfside Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1 mile 1:37.00 $196,000 I [31]
1999 Excellent Meeting Kent J. Desormeaux Bob Baffert Golden Eagle Farm 1 mile 1:35.35 $200,000 I [32]
1998 Keeper Hill David R. Flores Robert J. Frankel Dr. John A. Chandler 1 mile 1:36.94 $200,000 I [33]
1997 Sharp Cat Corey Nakatani D. Wayne Lukas The Thoroughbred Corp. 1 mile 1:35.52 $158,800 I [34]
1996 Antespend Chris Antley Ron McAnally Jack Kent Cooke 1 mile 1:36.45 $156,900 I [35]
1995 Serena's Song Corey Nakatani D. Wayne Lukas Robert & Beverly Lewis 1 mile 1:35.46 $160,200 I [36]
1994 Lakeway Kent J. Desormeaux Gary F. Jones Mike Rutherford 1 mile 1:35.14 $161,100 I [37]
1993 Likeable Style Gary L. Stevens Richard E. Mandella Golden Eagle Farm 1 mile 1:36.67 $158,500 I [38]
1992 Magical Maiden Gary L. Stevens Warren Stute Clement L. Hirsch 1 mile 1:36.23 $164,300 I [39]
1991 Lite Light Corey Nakatani Henry Moreno Jack L. Finley 1 mile 1:35.60 $161,300 I [40]
1990 Cheval Volant Alex O. Solis Kenneth J. Jumps Kenneth J. Jumps, Steve Shapiro, David Stark & Bill Stratton 1 mile 1:38.00 $134,400 I [41]
1989 Kool Arrival Laffit Pincay Jr. Melvin F. Stute John Coelho, Phillip Fields & Peter Valenti 1 mile 1:36.20 $133,450 I [42]
1988 Goodbye Halo Jorge Velasquez Charles E. Whittingham Arthur B. Hancock III 1 mile 1:36.80 $126,500 I [43]
1987 Timely Assertion Gary L. Stevens Henry Moreno George Aubin 1 mile 1:36.80 $126,600 II [44]
1986 Life At The Top Rafael Q. Meza D. Wayne Lukas Lloyd R. French Jr. & Eugene V. Klein 1 mile 1:36.20 $131,050 III [45]
1985 Fran's Valentine Pat Valenzuela Joseph Manzi Green Thumb Farm Stable 1 mile 1:36.40 $133,650 III [46]
1984 Althea Laffit Pincay Jr. D. Wayne Lukas David Aykroyd, Helen Alexander & Helen Groves 1 mile 1:37.00 $86,600 Listed [2]
1983 Saucy Bobbie Laffit Pincay Jr. Laz Barrera Leslie Combs II & Francis Kernan 1 mile 1:36.20 $83,850 [1]

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