San Francisco Breeders' Cup Mile

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The San Francisco Breeders' Cup Mile is a Grade II race for Thoroughbred horses held on the grass at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California. For four-year-olds and upwards, it's Northern California's richest race, run at a distance of one mile on the turf. The San Francisco Mile offers a purse of $300,000 (plus $100,000 - Breeders' Cup).

Native Diver won this race in 1963 and 1967.

[edit] Past Winners

2007 - Chinese Dragon (Mike E. Smith)
2006 - Charmo (Fr) (Martin Pedroza) (Aragorn placed.) (Quote from jockey Pedroza: "He’s got a helluva turn of foot. When I put him in the clear, he was like Silky Sullivan."

Held at Bay Meadows in San Mateo, California in 2005 for a purse of $150,000.