Zuma Beach Stakes

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Zuma Beach Stakes
Grade III race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated2012
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteSanta Anita
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-years-old
Weight122 lbs. with allowances
Purse$200,000 (since 2021)

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 $200,000.

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:

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
2023 Endlessly Juan J. Hernandez Michael McCarthy Amerman Racing 1 mile 1:34.52 $201,500 III [5]
2022 Packs a Wahlop Mike E. Smith Jeff Mullins Red Baron's Barn & Rancho Temescal 1 mile 1:34.07 $203,000 III [6]
2021 Mackinnon Juan J. Hernandez Doug F. O'Neill ERJ Racing, Madaket Stables & Dave Kenney 1 mile 1:33.80 $202,500 Listed [7]
2020 Ebeko (IRE) Ricardo Gonzalez Peter L. Miller Altamira Racing Stable, CYBT, Marc Lantzman & Michael Nentwig 1 mile 1:36.55 $101,000 Listed [8]
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 [9]
2018 King of Speed Gary L. Stevens Jeff Bonde Del Secco DCS Racing 1 mile 1:34.35 $101,035 Listed [10]
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 [11]
2016 Big Score Flavien Prat Tim Yakteen George Krikorian 1 mile 1:33.56 $102,415 Listed [12]
2015 Dressed in Hermes Gary L. Stevens Janet Armstrong Budget Stable 1 mile 1:35.76 $101,250 Listed [13]
2014 Luck of the Kitten Corey Nakatani Wesley A. Ward Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey 1 mile 1:34.84 $101,250 Listed [14]
2013 Aotearoa Corey Nakatani Leonard Powell Paul A. Viskovich 1 mile 1:34.42 $100,250 [15]
2012 Gervinho Rafael Bejarano Carla Gaines Keith Brackpool 1 mile 1:34.59 $100,000 Listed [1]

Legend:
  Turf

See also[edit]

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "2012 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 3)". Equibase. October 8, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Grade 2 Stakes Winner Gervinho Retired, To Stand at Tommy Town". Paulick Report. December 5, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "ZUMA BEACH STAKES – SANTA ANITA PARK, CA". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "2023 Zuma Beach Stakes Grade 3 – (race 6)". Equibase. October 8, 203. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "2022 Zuma Beach Stakes Grade 3 – (race 10)". Equibase. October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "2021 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 3, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "2020 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 4)". Equibase. October 4, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  9. ^ "2019 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 4)". Equibase. October 6, 2019. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  10. ^ "2018 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 8, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  11. ^ "2017 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 6)". Equibase. October 9, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  12. ^ "2016 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. October 10, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  13. ^ "2015 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 5)". Equibase. October 10, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  14. ^ "2014 Zuma Beach Stakes Listed – (race 5)". Equibase. October 5, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  15. ^ "2013 Zuma Beach Stakes Black Type – (race 3)". Equibase. October 6, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
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