Arroyo Seco Mile Stakes
| Grade II race | |
| Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | Santa Anita Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds & Up |
| Weight | Scale Weight |
| Purse | $200,000 |
The City of Hope Stakes (formerly known as the Arroyo Seco Mile as well as the Oak Tree Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes) is a Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the annual autumn meet. A Grade II stakes raced on turf, it is open to horses age three and up willing to race one mile. It currently offers a purse of $200,000.
Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Oak Tree Mile Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Mile.
Inaugurated in 1986 as the Col. F. W. Koester Handicap, the name was changed to the City of Hope Stakes in 2013 in honor of the cancer treatment center in Los Angeles.[1]
Contents
Records
Time record:
- 1:31.84 - No Jet Lag (2013)
Most wins:
- To date, no horse has ever won this race more than once.
Most wins by an owner:
- To date, no owner has ever won this race more than once.
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Gary L. Stevens (1986, 1988, 2000)
- 3 - Ed Delahoussaye (1989, 1993, 1994)
- 3 - Alex Solis (1991, 1997, 1998)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 6 - Neil D. Drysdale (1989, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010)
Winners
City of Hope Mile
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Alert Bay | 4 | Martin Garcia | Blaine D. Wright | Peter Redekop B. C. | 1:33.58 |
| 2014 | Big Bane Theory | 5 | Joseph Talamo | Carla Gaines | Devereaux/Gross | 1:32.38 |
| 2013 | No Jet Lag | 3 | Mike E. Smith | Simon Callaghan | Anthony Ramsden | 1:31.84 |
Arroyo Seco Mile
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Obviously (IRE) | 4 | Joseph Talamo | Mike R. Mitchell | Fanticola, Anthony and Scardino, Joseph | 1:31.95 |
Oak Tree Mile
Col F.W. Koester Handicap
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Ventiquattrofogli | 5 | Goncalino Almeida | Wallace Dollase | Bonilla, Carr & Horizon Stable | 1:35.30 |
| 1994 | Bon Point | 4 | Ed Delahoussaye | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:33.86 |
| 1993 | Johann Quatz | 4 | Ed Delahoussaye | Ron McAnally | Tadahiro Hotehama | 1:36.28 |
| 1992 | Twilight Agenda | 6 | Chris McCarron | D. Wayne Lukas | Moyglare Stud | 1:33.36 |
| 1991 | Ibero | 4 | Alex Solis | Ron McAnally | Pavlovsky & Whitham | 1:33.77 |
| 1990 | Notorious Pleasure | 4 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Hector O. Palma | Robert Levy et al. | 1:33.00 |
| 1989 | Political Ambition | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye | Neil D. Drysdale | Clover Racing Stable | 1:33.40 |
| 1988 | Mohamed Abdu | 4 | Gary L. Stevens | Richard W. Mulhall | Meyer & Molly Gaskin Trust - Markovic | 1:34.40 |
| 1987 | Double Feint | 4 | Fernando Toro | Leroy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 1:37.00 |
| 1986 | Palace Music | 5 | Gary L. Stevens | Charles Whittingham | Hunt & Paulson | 1:35.00 |
