Surfer Girl Stakes

Surfer Girl Stakes
Grade III race
LocationSanta Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated2012
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteSanta Anita
Race information
Distance1 mile
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationTwo-year-old fillies
Weight122 lbs. with allowances
Purse$100,000 (since 2024)

The Surfer Girl Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies over a distance of one mile on the turf track scheduled annually in October at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.

History

The inaugural running of the event was inaugurated on October 8, 2012, and was won by the Flashy Ways who was trained by Richard Baltas and ridden by the Joseph Talamo by 2+3⁄4 lengths in a time of 1:34.45.[1] The event was included with a similar event for two-year-old colts and geldings known as the Zuma Beach Stakes which has been run on the same racecard since inception. The name of the event is similar as it refers to sex of the horse with reference to female surfers on the Southern California beaches. Also the name of the event was a 1963 song, Surfer Girl made famous by the Californian based band Beach Boys.

The event is a preparatory race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Although no horse has won both events, 2017 winner of the Surfer Girl Stakes, French-bred Fatale Bere finished fifth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf to Rushing Fall which was held at nearby Del Mar Racetrack. Fatale Bere would go on to win the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks as a three-year-old in 2018.[2]

In 2022 the event was upgraded by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Grade III.[3]

Records

Speed record:

  • 1 mile: 1:34.27 – Cairo Memories (2021)

Margins:

  • 4+1⁄2 lengths – Thought Process (2024)

Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 – Little Red Feather Racing (2022, 2024)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Distance Time Purse Grade Ref
2024 Thought Process Hector Berrios Philip D'Amato Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables & Estate of Brereton C. Jones 1 mile 1:34.34 $100,500 III [4]
2023 Dreamfyre Hector Berrios O. J. Jauregui Danny A. Eplin 1 mile 1:37.11 $202,000 III [5]
2022 Comanche Country (IRE) Umberto Rispoli Philip D'Amato Little Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables & Marsha Naify 1 mile 1:35.20 $201,500 III [6]
2021 Cairo Memories Kent J. Desormeaux Robert B. Hess, Jr. David A. Bernsen & Schroeder Farms 1 mile 1:34.27 $203,000 Listed [7]
2020 Madone Flavien Prat Simon Callaghan Kaleem Shah 1 mile 1:34.83 $102,000 Listed [8]
2019 Warren's Showtime Jorge Velez Craig A. Lewis Benjamin C. & Sally Warren 1 mile 1:35.06 $100,351 Listed [9]
2018 Lakerball Mario Gutierrez Doug F. O'Neill Pappas Horse Racing Corp., Purple Rein Racing & Tom R. Roberts 1 mile 1:35.23 $100,345 Listed [10]
2017 Fatale Bere (FR) Kent J. Desormeaux Leonard Powell Benowitz Family Trust, Mark Mathiesen & Mathilde Powell 1 mile 1:34.73 $102,415 Listed [11]
2016 Miss Southern Miss Kent J. Desormeaux J. Keith Desormeaux Peter L. Cantrell 1 mile 1:35.08 $102,070 Listed [12]
2015 Stays in Vegas Alex O. Solis Jerry Hollendorfer Jungle Racing, KMN Racing & LNJ Foxwoods 1 mile 1:35.23 $101,500 Listed [13]
2014 Her Emmynency Joseph Talamo Michael Stidham Ike & Dawn Thrash 1 mile 1:34.77 $101,750 Listed [14]
2013 Clenor (IRE) Rafael Bejarano Doug F. O'Neill Great Friends Stable, Robert Cseplo & Steven Keh 1 mile 1:34.38 $101,250 [15]
2012 Flashy Ways Joseph Talamo Richard Baltas Riley Racing Stables 1 mile 1:34.45 $100,000 Listed [1]

Legend:
  Turf

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races

References

  1. ^ a b "2012 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. October 8, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  2. ^ "SURFER GIRL STAKES – SANTA ANITA PARK, CA". Thoroughbred Pedigree Online. 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Schweigardt, Andrew (2022). "TOBA Announces U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes for February 2022 – January 2023". Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 Surfer Girl Stakes Grade 3 – (race 4)". Equibase. October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "2023 Surfer Girl Stakes Grade 3 – (race 6)". Equibase. October 8, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "2022 Surfer Girl Stakes Grade 3 – (race 5)". Equibase. October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "2021 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 10)". Equibase. October 3, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  8. ^ "2020 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 4, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  9. ^ "2019 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 6, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  10. ^ "2018 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 5)". Equibase. October 8, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  11. ^ "2017 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 9)". Equibase. October 9, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  12. ^ "2016 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 6)". Equibase. October 10, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  13. ^ "2015 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 7)". Equibase. October 10, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  14. ^ "2014 Surfer Girl Stakes Listed – (race 8)". Equibase. October 5, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  15. ^ "2013 Surfer Girl Stakes Black Type – (race 7)". Equibase. October 6, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2022.