Arroyo Seco Mile Stakes

City of Hope Stakes
Race information
Grade II race
Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated	1986
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Santa Anita Park
Distance	1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & Up
Weight	Scale Weight
Purse	$200,000

The City of Hope Stakes (formerly known as the Arroyo Seco Mile as well as the Oak Tree Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes) is a Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the annual autumn meet. A Grade II stakes raced on turf, it is open to horses age three and up willing to race one mile. It currently offers a purse of $200,000.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Oak Tree Mile Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Inaugurated in 1986 as the Col. F. W. Koester Handicap, the name was changed to the City of Hope Stakes in 2013 in honor of the cancer treatment center in Los Angeles.^[1]

Records

Time record:

1:31.84 - No Jet Lag (2013)

Most wins:

To date, no horse has ever won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

To date, no owner has ever won this race more than once.

Most wins by a jockey:

3 - Gary Stevens (1986, 1988, 2000)
3 - Ed Delahoussaye (1989, 1993, 1994)
3 - Alex Solis (1991, 1997, 1998)

Most wins by a trainer:

6 - Neil D. Drysdale (1989, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010)

Winners

City of Hope Mile

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Alert Bay	4	Martin Garcia	Blaine D. Wright	Peter Redekop B. C.	1:33.58
2014	Big Bane Theory	5	Joseph Talamo	Carla Gaines	Devereaux/Gross	1:32.38
2013	No Jet Lag	3	Mike E. Smith	Simon Callaghan	Anthony Ramsden	1:31.84

Arroyo Seco Mile

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2012	Obviously (IRE)	4	Joseph Talamo	Mike R. Mitchell	Fanticola, Anthony and Scardino, Joseph	1:31.95

Oak Tree Mile

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Jeranimo	5	Martin Garcia	Michael Pender	B.J. Wright	1:32.61
2010‡	Liberian Freighter	5	Martin Garcia	Neil D. Drysdale	Dugan Est. of Nahem & Winner	1:33.24
2009	Cowboy Cal	4	Garrett Gomez	Todd Pletcher	Robert and Janice McNair	1:33.12
2008	Hyperbaric	5	Garrett Gomez	Julio C. Canani	Prestonwood Farm	1:33.62
2007	Out of Control	4	Michael C. Baze	Robert J. Frankel	T N T Stud	1:34.16
2006	Aragorn	4	Corey Nakatani	Neil D. Drysdale	Ballygallon Stud Ltd.	1:32.87
2005	Singletary	5	David R. Flores	Donald Chatlos, Jr.	Little Red Feather Racing	1:34.54
2004	Musical Chimes	4	Kent Desormeaux	Neil D. Drysdale	Sheik Mohammed	1:33.29
2003	Designed for Luck	6	Patrick Valenzuela	Vladimir Cerin	David & Holly Wilson	1:32.61
2002	Night Patrol	6	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Nick Canani	Everest Stables	1:32.93
2001	Val Royal	5	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	Julio C. Canani	David S. Milch	1:33.21
2000	War Chant	3	Gary Stevens	Neil D. Drysdale	Irving & Marjorie Cowan	1:33.75
1999	Silic	4	Corey Nakatani	Julio C. Canani	Terrence Lanni et al.	1:33.76
1998	Hawksley Hill	5	Alex Solis	Neil D. Drysdale	David & Jill Heerensperger	1:36.72
1997	Fantastic Fellow	3	Alex Solis	D. Wayne Lukas	The Thoroughbred Corp.	1:36.23
1996	Urgent Request	6	Chris McCarron	Charles Whittingham	Stewart Aitken	1:32.44

‡ In 2010 run at Hollywood Park.

Col F.W. Koester Handicap

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1995	Ventiquattrofogli	5	Goncalino Almeida	Wallace Dollase	Bonilla, Carr & Horizon Stable	1:35.30
1994	Bon Point	4	Ed Delahoussaye	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:33.86
1993	Johann Quatz	4	Ed Delahoussaye	Ron McAnally	Tadahiro Hotehama	1:36.28
1992	Twilight Agenda	6	Chris McCarron	D. Wayne Lukas	Moyglare Stud	1:33.36
1991	Ibero	4	Alex Solis	Ron McAnally	Pavlovsky & Whitham	1:33.77
1990	Notorious Pleasure	4	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Hector O. Palma	Robert Levy et al.	1:33.00
1989	Political Ambition	5	Ed Delahoussaye	Neil D. Drysdale	Clover Racing Stable	1:33.40
1988	Mohamed Abdu	4	Gary Stevens	Richard W. Mulhall	Meyer & Molly Gaskin Trust - Markovic	1:34.40
1987	Double Feint	4	Fernando Toro	Leroy Jolley	Peter M. Brant	1:37.00
1986	Palace Music	5	Gary Stevens	Charles Whittingham	Hunt & Paulson	1:35.00

References

↑ Arroyo Seco Stakes changed to City of Hope Stakes Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

City of Hope Cancer Research Hospital & Cancer Treatment

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