Sunshine Millions Dash
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The Sunshine Millions Dash is a race for thoroughbred horses held in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California or at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Half the eight races of the Sunshine Millions are run at one track and half at the other.
Open to three-year-olds willing to race six furlongs on the dirt, the Dash is an ungraded stakes event but carries a purse of $250,000. This race is also known as the Ocala Stud Dash Stakes as part of the eight-race Sunshine Millions series.
In its fifth running in 2007, the series of races called the Sunshine Millions are restricted to horses bred either in Florida or in California and is the brainchild of the Thoroughbred Owners of California, the California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, Inc., Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park, and Magna Entertainment Corporation.
[edit] Past Winners
- 2007 - Storm in May (Fla-bred) (Manny Cruz)
- 2006 - Da Stoops (Cal-bred) (Victor Espinoza)
- 2005 - Lost in the Fog (Fla-bred) (Russell Baze)
- 2004 - Saint Afleet (Fla-bred) (Kent Desormeaux)
- 2003 - Valid Video (Fla-bred) (Edgar Prado)
