Robert B. Lewis Stakes

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Grade II race
Robert B. Lewis Stakes

Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California
Inaugurated	1935
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance	11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
Track	Dirt, left-handed
Qualification	Three-Year-Olds
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$200,000

The Robert B. Lewis Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Raced over a distance of 11/16 miles on dirt, the Grade II race is open to three-year-old horses. Until 1964, the race was open to horses three years of age and older with the exception of 1940.

Inaugurated as the Santa Catalina Handicap in 1935, there was no race in 1936. Upon its return in 1937, it was run as the Santa Catalina California-Bred Championship Stakes until 1940 when it was renamed the Santa Catalina Nursery Stakes and was a three-furlong race for two-year-olds. In 1941 it reverted to its original name, the Santa Catalina Handicap and remained as that until 1964 when it became the Santa Catalina Stakes. In 2007, the race was renamed again in order to honor the prominent racehorse owner Robert B. Lewis who had passed away in 2006.

Due to restrictions and consoldations during World War II, there was no race held from 1942 through 1944.

The race has been run at a variety of distances:

1935 : 1 mile
1937-1938, 1941, 1945-1946, 1953, 1964-1969, 1971-present : 11/16 miles
1939, 1947-1952, 1954-1963 : 1⅛ miles
1940 : 3 furlongs (for 2-year-olds)
1970 : 7 furlongs

[edit] Records

Time record: (at the current distance of 11/16 miles)

1:41.40 - Stancharry (1981)

Most wins by an owner:

3 - Elmendorf Farm (1977, 1980, 1982)

Most wins by a jockey:

7 - Bill Shoemaker (1962, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1988)

Most wins by a trainer:

4 - Charles Whittingham (1964, 1970, 1986, 1988)
4 - Ron McAnally (1976, 1980, 1982, 1997)

[edit] Winners of the Robert B. Lewis Stakes

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2008	Crown of Thorns	3	Victor Espinoza	Richard Mandella	B. Wayne Hughes	1:40.76
2007	Great Hunter	3	Corey Nakatani	Douglas F. O'Neill	J. Paul Reddam	1:42.89
2006	Brother Derek	3	Alex Solis	Dan L. Hendricks	Cecil N. Peacock	1:41.96
2005	Declan's Moon	3	Victor Espinoza	Ronald W. Ellis	Jay Em Ess Stable	1:42.41
2004	St. Averil	3	Tyler Baze	Rafael Becerra	Stan E. Fulton	1:41.62
2003	Domestic Dispute	3	David R. Flores	Bob Baffert	Gary M. Garber	1:42.20
2002	Labamta Babe	3	Kent Desormeaux	Bobby Frankel	Edmund A.Gann	1:42.50
2001	Millennium	3	Chris McCarron	David Hofmans	David & Jill Heerensperger	1:42.38
2000	The Deputy	3	Chris McCarron	Jenine Sahadi	Team Valor & Gary Barber	1:43.04
1999	General Challenge	3	Gary L. Stevens	Bob Baffert	Golden Eagle Farm	1:42.93
1998	Artax	3	Chris McCarron	Randy Bradshaw	Paraneck Stable	1:42.32
1997	Hello	3	Chris McCarron	Ron McAnally	Al & Sandee Kirkwood	1:42.60
1996	Prince Of Thieves	3	Gary L. Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Peter Mitchell	1:42.94
1995	Larry The Legend	3	Kent Desormeaux	Craig A. Lewis	Craig A. Lewis	1:42.93
1994	Wekiva Springs	3	Kent Desormeaux	Robert Hess, Jr.	Donald Dizney	1:41.94
1993	Art Of Living	3	Gary L. Stevens	Gary Jones	Golden Eagle Farm	1:43.48
1992	Vying Victor	3	Corey Black	Ian P. D. Jory	M/M Marvin Malmuth	1:44.33
1991	Mane Minister	3	David R. Flores	J. Paco Gonzalez	T. McCaffery & J. Toffan	1:42.60
1990	Music Prospector	3	Frank Olivares	Steve Miyadi	Silky Green, Inc.	1:43.60
1989	Flying Continental	3	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Jay Robbins	Jack Kent Cooke	1:43.60
1988	Lively One	3	Bill Shoemaker	Charles Whittingham	Nelson Bunker Hunt	1:43.40
1987	Stylish Winner	3	Gary L. Stevens	Bruce Headley	Johnston/Headley/Roncelli et al	1:43.80
1986	Ferdinand	3	Bill Shoemaker	Charles Whittingham	Elizabeth A. Keck	1:43.00
1985	Floating Reserve	3	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Joseph Manzi	Robert E. Hibbert	1:42.60
1984	Tights	3	Rafeal Meza	Laz Barrera	Mill House	1:43.60
1983	Fast Passage	3	Ed Delahoussaye	Laz Barrera	Dolly Green	1:42.60
1982	Water Bank	3	Darrel McHargue	Ron McAnally	Elmendorf Farm	1:42.40
1981	Stancharry *	3	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Melvin F. Stute	Cole, Freeman & Gold	1:41.40
1980	Super Moment *	3	Donald Pierce	Ron McAnally	Elmendorf Farm	1:44.40
1980	Rumbo *	3	Bill Shoemaker	Thomas Bell, Jr.	Gayno Stable/Bell Bloodstock	1:44.60
1979	Pole Position	3	Chris McCarron	R. G. Anderson	Eldorado Stables	1:42.00
1978	Johnny's Image	3	Sandy Hawley	Mike R. Mitchell	Meryl Ann Tanz	1:44.00
1977	Text	3	Donald Pierce	Vincent Clyne	Elmendorf Farm	1:42.00
1976	An Act	3	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Ron McAnally	Katz, Brun & Roberts et al	1:42.00
1975	Kinalmeaky	3	Bill Shoemaker	Lester Holt	Helen Kenaston	1:42.80
1974	Rube the Great	3	Angel Santiago	Pancho Martin	Sigmund Sommer	1:43.00
1973	Sham (horse)Sham	3	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Pancho Martin	Sigmund Sommer	1:45.00
1972	Knightlander	3	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Paul K. Parker	Robert H. Grant	1:42.40
1971	Unconscious	3	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	John Canty	Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr.	1:41.80
1970	Colorado King, Jr.	3	Bill Shoemaker	Charles Whittingham	Forked Lightning Ranch	1:25.00
1969	Inverness Drive	3	Bill Shoemaker	Joseph Manzi	Robert E. Hibber	1:44.80
1968	Prince Pablo	3	Johnny Sellers	L. Brooks	Kratz-Thayer	1:42.60
1967	Serve Notice	3	Ismael Valenzuela	Ted Saladin	M/M. B. W. Martin	1:43.60
1966	Exhibitionist	3	Eddie Belmonte	Hirsch Jacobs	Ethel D. Jacobs	1:43.20
1965	Arksroni	3	Art Sherman	Frank E. Childs	M/M. Harry Hart	1:42.80
1964	Count Charles	3	Manuel Ycaza	Charles Whittingham	Flying M Stable	1:43.20
1963	Sea Orbit	7	Ray York	J. M. Leavitt	Wonder Y Ranch	1:49.00
1962	New Policy	5	Bill Shoemaker	John Adams	Ralph Lowe	1:48.40
1961	T. V. Lark	4	Eddie Arcaro	Paul K. Parker	C. R. Mac Stable	1:49.00
1960	American Comet	4	Tommy Barrow	M. L. Fallon	C. W. Smith Ent.	1:47.60
1959	Terrang	6	William Boland	C. A. Roles	Poltex Stable/R. Bond	1:48.60
1958	Terrang	5	William Boland	C. A. Roles	Poltex Stable/R. Bond	1:49.20
1957	Honeys Alibi	5	Johnny Longden	L. Fanning	W-L Ranch Co.	1:48.80
1956	Guerreo	4	Johnny Longden	Graceton Philpot	Peter Strub	1:50.00
1955	Golden Abbey	5	Johnny Longden	Reggie Cornell	W. W. Naylor	1:48.80
1954	Stranglehold	5	Bill Pearson	R. H. McDaniel	N. G. Phillips	1:52.60
1953	Blue Reading	6	Bill Pearson	R. H. McDaniel	Clement L. Hirsch	1:43.80
1952	Lion	4	W. M. Cook	H. Brundage	J. Himelhoch	1:51.80
1951	Your Host	4	Eric Guerin	H. L. Daniels	William Goetz	1:48.20
1950	Moonrush	4	Eddie Arcaro	Willie Alvarado	Anita King / Gus Luellwitz	1:51.40
1949	Stepfather	5	Eddie Arcaro	W. B. Stucki	W-L Ranch	1:48.80
1948	On Trust	4	Johnny Longden	William Molter	E. O. Stice	1:50.80
1947	See-Tee-See	4	Ralph Neves	A. Gruber	Hacienda de Cortez	1:50.60
1946	Nanby Pass	4	C. Stevenson	S. Sechrest	N. W. Church	1:43.80
1945	Sea Sovereign	3	Ferrill Zufelt	Bud Stotler	Charles S. Howard	1:43.80
1944	No race
1943	No race
1942	No race
1941	Sweepida	4	Ralph Neves	L. R. Staples	H. C. Hill	1:48.00
1940	Valdina Myth	2	E. Rodriguez	J. J. Flanigan	Valdina Farm	0:33.20
1939	Brown Jade	5	John Adams	Ross E. Cooper	Charles E. Cooper	1:52.00
1938	Lady Florise	5	Lester Balaski	G. W. Glick	John W. Marchbank	1:45.60
1937	Lloyd Pan	4	Harry Richards	H. B. Thomas	Alexander Pantages	1:48.00
1936	No race
1935	Bluebeard	3	Harry Richards	C. Phillips	William R. Coe	1:40.00