Santa Ana Stakes

The Santa Ana Handicap is a Thoroughbred horse race run at annually Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the third week of March. The race is open to fillies and mares, age four and up, willing to race one and one-quarter miles on the turf.
A Grade III event, it currently offers a purse of $200,000.
In 1973 the race was run in two divisions. In 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1986, it was raced on dirt.

Records

Speed record:

1:59.24 – Elysea's World

Most wins:

No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

3 – Juddmonte Farms

Most wins by a jockey:

4 – Bill Shoemaker
4 – Kent Desormeaux

Most wins by a trainer:

8 – Robert J. Frankel

Winners of the Santa Ana Handicap since 1968

In 1988, Fitzwilliam Place finished first but was disqualified and set back to second.
In 1991 there was a Dead heat for win.
In 2004, Megahertz finished first but was disqualified and set back to last.