Yellow Ribbon Stakes

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Grade I race
Yellow Ribbon Stakes

Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California
Inaugurated	1977
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	www.santaanita.com
Race information
Distance	1¼ miles (10 furlongs)
Track	Grass, left-handed
Qualification	Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old & Up
Weight	Scale Weight
Purse	$400,000

The Yellow Ribbon Stakes is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards. It is raced during the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park in late September / early October. It is a major prep race for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and is contested over a distance of 1¼ miles (2,000 metres) on the turf. The current purse is $400,000.

Inaugurated in 1977, it was an Invitational through 1995. The name for the race was the idea of Oak Tree Founding Director Louis R. Rowan and is taken from the wartime song: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree".

[edit] Records

Time record:

1:57.60 - Brown Bess (1989)

Most wins:

No horse has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

5 - Juddmonte Farms (1992, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:

4 - Kent Desormeaux (1991, 1992, 1994, 1998)

Most wins by a trainer:

5 - Robert J. Frankel (1993, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005)

[edit] Winners of the Yellow Ribbon Stakes

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	Nashoba's Key	4	Joseph Talamo	Carla Gaines	Warren B. Williamson	1:59.73
2006	Wait a While	3	Garrett Gomez	Todd Pletcher	Arindel Farm	1:59.25
2005	Megahertz	6	Alex Solis	Robert J. Frankel	Michael Bello	2:00.50
2004	Light Jig	4	Rene R. Douglas	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:59.28
2003	Tates Creek	5	Pat Valenzuela	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	2:00.77
2002	Golden Apples	4	Pat Valenzuela	Ben D. A. Cecil	Gary Tanaka	1:59.72
2001	Janet	4	David R. Flores	Darrell Vienna	Stonerside Stable	1:58.64
2000	Tranquility Lake	5	Ed Delahoussaye	Julio Canani	Martin & Pam Wygod	2:02.98
1999	Spanish Fern	4	Chris McCarron	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:59.52
1998	Fiji	4	Kent Desormeaux	Neil Drysdale	Prince Fahd bin Salman	2:05.23
1997	Ryafan	3	Alex Solis	John Gosden	Juddmonte Farms	2:03.60
1996	Donna Viola	4	Gary Stevens	Chris Wall	Kieran D. Scott	2:00.62
1995	Alpride	4	Chris McCarron	Ron McAnally	Sid & Jenny Craig	2:01.68
1994	Aube Indienne	4	Kent Desormeaux	Charles Whittingham	Frankfurt Stables	2:02.32
1993	Possibly Perfect	3	Corey Nakatani	Robert J. Frankel	Blue Vista Inc	2:02.91
1992	Super Staff	4	Kent Desormeaux	Ron McAnally	Juddmonte Farms	1:59.20
1991	Kostroma	5	Kent Desormeaux	Gary Jones	Robert Sangster et al	2:01.00
1990	Plenty of Grace	3	Herb McCauley	John M. Veitch	Darby Dan Farm	1:58.40
1989	Brown Bess	7	Jack L. Kaenel	Charles J. Jenda	Calbourne Farm	1:57.60
1988	Delighter	3	Chris McCarron	Jonathan Pease	Evergreen Farm	2:02.40
1987	Carotene	4	Jose A. Santos	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms	2:03.80
1986	Bonne Ile	5	Fernando Toro	John Gosden	Arthur M. Budgett (Lessee)	2:01.60
1985	Estrapade	5	Bill Shoemaker	Charles Whittingham	Summa Stable (Lessee)	2:00.40
1984	Sabin	4	Eddie Maple	Woody Stephens	Henryk de Kwiatkowski	2:00.00
1983	Sangue	5	Bill Shoemaker	Henry Moreno	R. Charlene Parks	2:02.20
1982	Castilla *	3	Ray Sibille	Charles Whittingham	Mary Jones Bradley	1:58.60
1981	Queen to Conquer	5	Marco Castaneda	Charles Whittingham	Wimborne Farm	1:58.60
1980	Kilijaro	4	Alain Lequeux	Olivier Douieb	Serge Fradkoff	1:59.20
1979	Country Queen	4	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Randy Winick	Blum, Sarant & Winick	2:00.20
1978	Amazer	3	Bill Shoemaker	Maurice Zilber	Nelson Bunker Hunt	1:59.20
1977	Star Ball	5	Howard Grant	Jaime Villagomez	Valpredo & Valpredo	2:02.60