El Cajon Stakes
| Ungraded stakes race | |
| Location |
Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California, United States |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1973 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Polytrack synthetic dirt |
| Track | left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $100,000 |
The El Cajon Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of August or the first week of September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Open to three-year-old horses, the non-graded stakes is contested at a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on Polytrack synthetic dirt and as of 2009 currently offers a purse of $100,000.
Inaugurated in 1973, it was run as a restricted overnight stakes until 2004. The distance was set at one and one eight miles in 1973 and 1974, then reduced to a mile and a sixteenth from 1975 through 1996 after which it was set at its current distance of one mile.
There was no race run in 1994 and 2001.
Past winners
- 2015 - Gimme Da Lute
- 2014 - Red Outlaw
- 2013 - Holy Lute
- 2012 - Fed Biz
- 2011 - Celestic Night
- 2010 - Haimish Way
- 2009 - Grazen
- 2008 - Slews Tiznow
- 2007 - Rush with Thunder
- 2006 - Cindago
- 2005 - Follow the Rainbow
- 2004 - Perfect Moon
- 2003 - Excess Summer
- 2002 - Joey Franco
- 2001 - RACE NOT RUN
- 2000 - Spicy Stuff
- 1999 - National Saint
- 1998 - Opine
- 1997 - Best Star
- 1996 - Ready to Order
- 1995 - Turbulent Dancer
- 1994 - RACE NOT RUN
- 1993 - Pleasant Tango
- 1992 - Slerp
- 1991 - Letthebighossroll (California Champion sprinter)
- 1990 - Asia
- 1989 - Bruho
- 1988 - Old Exclusive
- 1987 - Sebrof
- 1986 - Tasso (1985 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt)
- 1985 - Nostalgias Star
- 1984 - Bunker
- 1983 - Mamaison
- 1982 - Craelius
- 1981 - Island Whirl
- 1980 - Mighty Return
- 1979 - Shamgo
- 1978 - Go West Young Man (Multiple Grade I winner)
- 1977 - Kulak
- 1976 - Wood Green
- 1975 - Crumbs
- 1974 - Within Hail
- 1973 - Quick Bluff
References
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