Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated
1969
Race type
Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Website
www.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance
1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs)
Surface
Turf
Track
Left-handed
Qualification
Three-year-olds & Up
Weight
Base weights with allowances: 4-year-olds and up: 126 lbs. 3-year-olds: 122 lbs.
Purse
$200,000
The John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (renamed for John Henry who won it three times) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the Oak Tree Racing Association's Autumn Meeting at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
It is raced over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the turf and is one of the final prep races leading to the Breeders' Cup Turf. Once a Grade I event, it is now a Grade II and open to horses three years old and up. It currently offers a purse of $200,000.
Inaugurated as the Oak Tree Stakes in 1969, from 1971 through 1995 it was called the Oak Tree Invitational Stakes, and from 1996 through 1999, the Oak Tree Turf Championship Stakes. From 2000 through 2011 it was called the Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship Stakes. The race, now named for John Henry, remains at Santa Anita although the Oak Tree Autumn Meeting was held at Hollywood Park until its closure in December, 2013.
From 1969 through 1994 it was raced at a distance of 1+1⁄2 miles.
In winning the 2008 edition, Red Giant set a world record time of 1:57.16 for 1+1⁄4 miles on turf.[1]
^"Clement Hirsch: Red Giant sets record". 27 September 2008.
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