Sham Stakes
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| Grade III race | |
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| Sham Stakes | |
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| Location | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California |
| Inaugurated | 2001 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.santaanita.com/ |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs) |
| Track | Cushion Track dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The Sham Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The Sham Stakes is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. An official prep race for the Kentucky Derby, the Grade III event, is run in early March and offers a purse of $100,000.
Inaugurated in 2001, the Sham Stakes is named for the racehorse Sham, winner of the 1973 Santa Anita Derby and remembered for his battles with the great Secretariat in that year's U.S. Triple Crown Races.
[edit] Records
Speed record:
- 1:48.39 - Man Among Men (2003)
Most wins by a jockey:
- 3 - Victor Espinoza (2001, 2005, 2006)
Most wins by a trainer:
- 2 - Bob Baffert (2001, 2006)
Most wins by an owner:
- No owner has won this race more than once
[edit] Winners of the Sham Stakes
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2008 | Colonel John | Garrett Gomez | Eoin G. Harty | WinStar Farm LLC | 1:50.15 |
| 2007 | Ravel | Garrett Gomez | Michael McCarthy | Michael Tabor/Derrick Smith | 1:48.91 |
| 2006 | Bob and John | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Stonerside Stable | 1:49.15 |
| 2005 | Going Wild | Victor Espinoza | D. Wayne Lukas | Bob & Beverly Lewis | 1:50.18 |
| 2004 | Master David | Alex Solis | Bobby Frankel | Georgica Stable et al | 1:49.20 |
| 2003 | Man Among Men | Alex Solis | Gary Mandella | Hubbard and Sczesny | 1:48.39 |
| 2002 | USS Tinosa | Kent Desormeaux | Jerry Hollendorfer | Abruzzo & Thiriot | 1:49.11 |
| 2001 | Wild and Wise | Victor Espinoza | Bob Baffert | Golden Eagle Farm | 1:50.51 |
