The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is currently run at a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the dirt and carries a purse of US$750,000. It is one of the final prep races on the official Road to the Kentucky Derby.
^"Santa Anita Derby Profile". Equibase. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
^"Santa Anita Derby purse boosted to $1 million", Daily Racing Form, November 16, 2010.
is home to numerous prestigious races including both the SantaAnitaDerby and the SantaAnita Handicap as well as hosting the Breeders' Cup in 1986, 1993...
Pegasus World Cups. His graded stakes wins include nine wins in the SantaAnitaDerby, nine in the Haskell Invitational Handicap, nine in the Hollywood...
Arcadia, California SantaAnita Oaks, a horse race held annually in mid March at SantaAnita Park in Arcadia, California SantaAnitaDerby, a horse race run...
1965) at Golden Gate Fields for Saint Patrick's Day and at SantaAnita for the SantaAnitaDerby. He had his own secretary to answer his mail. When the founder...
Kentucky Derby with a win in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes and second place finishes in the San Felipe Stakes and SantaAnitaDerby. In the Kentucky Derby he was...
following year he won the Sham Stakes and the SantaAnitaDerby before finishing unplaced in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. He was brought back...
Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2008 SantaAnitaDerby and Travers Stakes. Bred and raced by WinStar Farm, Colonel John was...
the Triple Crown and other major stakes races such as the SantaAnitaDerby, Hollywood Derby and Jim Dandy Stakes. He repeated as Horse of the Year at...
three-year-old in 2022 including the SantaAnitaDerby and Malibu Stakes at SantaAnita Park and Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. Taiba is a chestnut...
the Louisiana Derby, Jeff Ruby Steaks, UAE Derby, Florida Derby, Wood Memorial, Blue Grass Stakes, SantaAnitaDerby, and Arkansas Derby. Each of these...
Stakes on December 26 at SantaAnita. He was the favorite in a seven-horse field that also included Colonel John (SantaAnitaDerby, Travers Stakes), Bob...
winning the San Felipe Stakes and SantaAnitaDerby, California Chrome was the morning line favorite for the Kentucky Derby. Critics who downplayed his chances...
and sire. In early 1966 Boldnesian won the SantaAnitaDerby. He was scheduled to run in the Kentucky Derby, but his racing career was cut short by an...
Baffert said of the win. On April 4, Pioneerof the Nile started in the SantaAnitaDerby, in what was slated to be a showdown between him and Sham Stakes winner...
racehorse who won the 1998 Grade 1 SantaAnitaDerby, equaling the stakes record time, before finishing third in the Kentucky Derby in his final start. He is best...
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