Goodwood Stakes


The Goodwood Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old or older over the distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt, scheduled annually in September at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

History

The race was inaugurated in 1982 as the Goodwood Handicap, run by the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park. It was created as a result of a partnership between Oak Tree and Goodwood Racecourse in Chichester, England.
The event was run at miles in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1986.
In 1985 the event was classified by the American Graded Stakes Committee as Grade III and was upgraded to Grade II status in 1990.
Between 1996 and 2006 the Breeders' Cup sponsored the event, which reflected in the race name.
In 2012 the event was upgraded to Grade I and was renamed to the Awesome Again Stakes in honor of the Canadian-bred 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Awesome Again. Awesome Again's son, Game On Dude, won the race in 2011 and 2012.
In 2024 the event was rebranded with other events on the card as the California Crown Stakes, the main race of California Crown day, with a purse of $1 million. The following year track officials announced that California Crown day would be paused and, consequentially, the race would revert back to its original name as the Goodwood Stakes. The purse for the 2025 Goodwood Stakes was decreased back to $300,000

Records

Time record:
  • miles: 1:46.72 - Bertrando
  • miles: 1:40.20 - Cajun Prince
Margins:
  • lengths - Smooth Roller
Most wins:
Most wins by an owner:
Most wins by a jockey:
Most wins by a trainer:
Legend:




Notes:
§ Ran as an entry


† In the 1996 running Alphabet Soup won the race but was disqualified and placed third. Savinio was declared the winner.

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