Eddie Logan Stakes

Eddie Logan Stakes
Listed race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated2006
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance1 mile (8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-olds
Purse$100,000

The Eddie Logan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at the Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California late in the year. A Listed stakes, it's set at a distance of 1 mile on the turf, and currently offers a purse of $100,000 plus.

Begun in 2006, this race is named for Eddie Logan (May 20, 1910 - January 31, 2009), the "foot man," who worked at the track for 74 years, beginning on the track's opening day: December 24, 1934, shining shoes and cheering hearts. Logan was in the winner's circle to present the first winning trophy. [1]

This race was formerly known as the Hill Rise Stakes. In 2002 Peace Rules won, with Singletary placing.

Past winners

As the Hill Rise Stakes

  • 2005 - Chattahoochee War (Rafael Bejarano)
  • 2004 - Objective
  • 2003 -
  • 2002 - Peace Rules (Victor Espinoza)
  • 2001 - Jamaican Rum
  • 2000 - The Deputy
  • 1998 - Ladies Din (multiple Grade I stakes winner)
  • 1997 - Greed is Good
  • 1996 - Al Mamoon (multiple graded stakes winner)

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