Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated
1970
Race type
Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website
www.oaktreeracing.com
Race information
Distance
1+1⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Surface
dirt
Track
left-handed
Qualification
Two-year-olds
Weight
122 pounds (55 kg)
Purse
$300,000 (since 2014)[1]
The American Pharoah Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of September during the fall meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade I event, it is open to two-year-old horses and is held at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt.
The American Pharoah Stakes was run as the Norfolk Stakes through 2011. In 2012, it was renamed to the FrontRunner Stakes after the lease with Oak Tree, the organization that formerly operated Santa Anita's fall meet, ended in 2010.[2] It was renamed again in 2018 in honor of its 2014 winner, American Pharoah, who went on to win the U.S. Triple Crown in 2015.[3]
This race is a Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season qualifying race. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby.[4] It is also currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
First run in 1970, it became a Grade I event in 1980 but was downgraded to Grade II status in 1993. However, the American Graded Stakes Committee announced its return to Grade I status for 2007.[1]
The race was run over a distance of 1 mile from 1997 through 2001. It was run in two divisions in 1980.[5]
^ ab"American Pharoah Stakes Profile". equibase.com. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
^"Older horses take spotlight in new-look Santa Anita stakes". kentucky. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
^"Santa Anita Names Stakes After American Pharoah". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
^"Road to the Kentucky Derby". kentuckyderbyinfographic.com. Churchill Downs Inc. Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
^"Dancer Captures Share of Norfolk Stakes". New York Times, Section Sports, page 13. 1980-11-16. Retrieved 2020-01-11.[permanent dead link]
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