El Encino Stakes
Horse race
The El Encino Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run between 1954 and 2011 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California . Open to four-year-old fillies , it was raced over a distance of 1+ 1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) on the synthetic Cushion Track surface. A Grade 2 event, it last offered a purse of $150,000
Part of Santa Anita Park's La Cañada Series of races, the El Encino Stakes was open to newly turning/turned 4-year-old fillies. Run at an increasing distance, the series began with the Grade I La Brea Stakes at 7 furlongs at the end of December followed by the El Encino Stakes at 1+ 1 ⁄16 miles (8.5 furlongs) in mid January, then the Grade 2 La Cañada Stakes at 1+ 1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs) in mid February. Created in 1975, only three fillies have ever won the series: Taisez Vous (1978), Mitterand (1985), and Got Koko (2003). The Santa Anita Park counterpart for male horses is the Strub Series .
Prior to 1976, the race was open to horses of either sex aged four and up.
The El Encino was inaugurated in 1954 as a handicap race on dirt at 1+ 1 ⁄16 miles. From 1955 through 1957 it was raced on turf at a distance of 1+ 1 ⁄4 miles after which it was suspended until 1968 when it returned as a 1+ 1 ⁄16 miles claiming stakes. There was no race in 1970 but returned the following year. In 1974 and 1975 it was modified to a distance 1+ 1 ⁄8 miles before being changed permanently in 1976 to 1+ 1 ⁄16 miles and restricted to four-year-old fillies.
Records
Speed record 1:40.61 @ 1+ 1 ⁄16 miles): Zenyatta (2008)
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Most wins by an owner:
Winners
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist. (Miles )
Time
Win $
Gr.
2011
Always a Princess
4
Rafael Bejarano
Bob Baffert
Arnold Zetcher
1-1/16 m
1:41.47
$90,000
G2
2010
Pretty Unusual
4
Chantal Sutherland
Barry Abrams
M. Auerbach, LLC, Marie Goda, Jack Klugman
1-1/16 m
1:43.72
$90,000
G2
2009
Life Is Sweet
4
Garrett K. Gomez
John Shirreffs
Pam & Martin Wygod
1-1/16 m
1:41.30
$90,000
G2
2008
Zenyatta
4
David Flores
John Shirreffs
Ann & Jerry Moss
1-1/16 m
1:40.61
$90,000
G2
2007
Sugar Shake
4
David R. Flores
Robert J. Frankel
Stronach Stables
1-1/16 m
1:43.70
$90,000
G2
2006
Proposed
4
Pat Valenzuela
John Shirreffs
Pam & Martin Wygod
1-1/16 m
1:44.32
$90,000
G2
2005
Girl Warrior
4
Victor Espinoza
Neil D. Drysdale
Anthony Speelman
1-1/16 m
1:42.76
$90,000
G2
2004
Victory Encounter
4
Mike E. Smith
John W. Sadler
Tom Mankiewicz
1-1/16 m
1:42.52
$90,000
G2
2003
Got Koko
4
Alex Solis
Bruce Headley
Aase Headley & Paul Leung
1-1/16 m
1:42.25
$90,000
G2
2002
Affluent
4
Ed Delahoussaye
Ron McAnally
Janis R. Whitham
1-1/16 m
1:42.60
$90,000
G2
2001
Chilukki
4
Gary Stevens
Bob Baffert
Stonerside Stable
1-1/16 m
1:42.55
$90,000
G2
2000
Olympic Charmer
4
Chris McCarron
Ron McAnally
Deborah McAnally
1-1/16 m
1:42.71
$97,470
G2
1999
Manistique
4
Gary Stevens
John Shirreffs
505 Farms
1-1/16 m
1:43.10
$90,000
G2
1998
Fleet Lady
4
Garrett K. Gomez
Jerry Hollendorfer
Golden Eagle Farm
1-1/16 m
1:43.04
$96,840
G2
1997
Belle's Flag
4
Corey Nakatani
Darrell Vienna
Ernest Auerbach
1-1/16 m
1:41.61
$82,650
G2
1996
Jewel Princess
4
Alex Solis
Wallace Dollase
Martha J. & Richard J. Stephen
1-1/16 m
1:41.94
$78,800
G2
1995
Klassy Kim
4
Kent Desormeaux
Melvin F. Stute
Bill M. Thomas
1-1/16 m
1:42.43
$61,400
G2
1994
Supah Gem
4
Corey Nakatani
Wallace Dollase
Martha Perez & Richard Stephen
1-1/16 m
1:41.33
$64,500
G2
1993
Pacific Squall
4
Chris McCarron
J. Paco Gonzalez
McCaffery & Toffan
1-1/16 m
1:45.67
$63,900
G2
1992
Exchange
4
Laffit Pincay Jr.
William Spawr
Sidney H. Craig
1-1/16 m
1:43.32
$67,000
G2
1991
A Wild Ride
4
Chris McCarron
D. Wayne Lukas
Calumet Farm
1-1/16 m
1:42.40
$63,500
G2
1990
Akinemod
4
Gary Stevens
Jerry M. Fanning
El Rancho de Jaklin
1-1/16 m
1:41.20
$62,900
G2
1989
Goodbye Halo
4
Pat Day
Charles Whittingham
Alex Campbell Jr. & Arthur B. Hancock III
1-1/16 m
1:41.80
$60,200
G3
1988
By Land By Sea
4
Fernando Toro
Gary F. Jones
Jayeff "B" Stable & Gary F. Jones
1-1/16 m
1:41.60
$64,300
G3
1987
Seldom Seen Sue
4
Bill Shoemaker
Gary F. Jones
Christopher Drakos, Issac F. Fredrick, John D. Howard
1-1/16 m
1:43.00
$61,850
G3
1986
Lady's Secret
4
Chris McCarron
D. Wayne Lukas
Joyce F. Klein
1-1/16 m
1:41.80
$65,850
G3
1985
Mitterand
4
Ed Delahoussaye
Randy Winick
Silver Star Stable & Randy Winick
1-1/16 m
1:42.00
$61,600
G3
1984
Lovlier Linda
4
Bill Shoemaker
Willard L. Proctor
William R. Hawn
1-1/16 m
1:42.00
$51,250
G3
1983
Beautiful Glass
4
Chris McCarron
Gary F. Jones
Golden Eagle Farm
1-1/16 m
1:41.20
$50,550
G3
1982
Edge
4
Cash Asmussen
Willard L. Proctor
William Haggin Perry
1-1/16 m
1:41.20
$68,000
G3
1981
Princess Karenda
4
Ed Delahoussaye
Gene Cleveland
William S. Farish III & Warner L. Jones Jr.
1-1/16 m
1:42.00
$49,650
G3
1980
It's In The Air
4
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Laz Barrera
Harbor View Farm
1-1/16 m
1:41.20
$38,750
G3
1979
B. Thoughtful
4
Donald R. Pierce
Robert L. Wheeler
Mrs. Walter Haefner
1-1/16 m
1:41.60
$38,250
1978
Taisez Vous
4
Donald R. Pierce
Robert L. Wheeler
Vernon D. & Ann Eachus
1-1/16 m
1:41.80
$30,200
1977
Woodsome
4
Mark Sellers
Stephen A. DiMauro
Robert E. Sangster
1-1/16 m
1:42.20
$27,450
1976
Fascinating Girl
4
Sandy Hawley
A. Thomas Doyle
Golden Eagle Farm
1-1/16 m
1:42.40
$18,850
1975
Triggairo
6
Donald R. Pierce
John Coffee
Roy Rogers
1-1/8 m
1:49.40
$19,700
1974
Wild World
5
Bill Shoemaker
Robert J. Frankel
Marion R. Frankel
1-1/8 m
1:49.80
$18,150
1973
Class A
5
Dennis Tierney
Farrell W. Jones
Cossack Farm
1-1/16 m
1:44.60
$18,950
1972
Thorn
4
Johnny Sellers
Pancho Martin
Sigmund Sommer
1-1/16 m
1:42.00
$19,550
1971
Efa
5
Donald R. Pierce
Gordon C. Campbell
R. G. "Bob" Shaw
1-1/16 m
1:41.80
$16,900
1970
Race not held
1969
Gene's Dancer
4
Earlie Fires
J. Bert Sonnier
Verna Lea Farm (Gene Goff)
1-1/16 m
1:43.40
$15,200
1968
Hill Shine
4
Álvaro Pineda
William B. Finnegan
El Peco Ranch
1-1/16 m
1:42.60
$14,650
1958
- 1967
Race not held
1957
Blue Volt
8
Bill Shoemaker
Edward D. Cox
Altandor Stable (Albert Yank) & Edward D. Cox
1-1/4 m (t )
2:07.40
$14,150
1956
Free Stride
4
Rogelio Trejos
C. Ralph West
M/M Bert W. Martin
1-1/4 m (t)
2:00.40
$14,350
1955
Surgente
6
Rogelio Trejos
G. M. Small
Argentine Turf Stable
1-1/4 m (t)
2:04.00
$15,400
1954
Dixie Lad
5
Eddie Arcaro
Horace A. Jones
Calumet Farm
1-1/16 m
1:43.40
$10,950
*In 1998, I Ain't Bluffing won the race but was disqualified and set back to third.
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