Pacific Classic Stakes

Pacific Classic Stakes
Race information
Grade I race
Location	Del Mar Racetrack Del Mar, California
Inaugurated	1991
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance	1 ¹⁄₄ miles
Surface	Dirt
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-Year-Olds & Up
Weight	Three-year-olds: 117 lbs. Older horses: 124 lbs.
Purse	$1,000,000 Guaranteed

The Pacific Classic Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for runners aged 3-year-old or up run at the classic American distance of a mile and a quarter (10 furlongs, 2 km). It is run each year in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California, and the Grade 1 race has become one of the top prizes for older horses racing in the United States each year.

First run in 1991, the Pacific Classic offers a purse of $1-million and is the premier event of the season at one of the nation's premier race meetings conducted for seven weeks each year at the seaside racing plant just north of San Diego.

Notable among the runnings of the race was the 1996 renewal that saw champion Cigar attempt to best Citation's mark of 16 straight victories, but fall to a shocking upset ($81.20) by the unheralded Dare And Go and jockey Alex Solis. Another exciting running saw Hall of Fame Jockey Julie Krone become the first female rider to win a million-dollar race when she guided Sid and Jenny Craig's Candy Ride to victory in track record time of 1:59:11.

Del Mar switched its main racing surface from dirt to synthetic Polytrack in 2007 and the Pacific Classic winner that year was long-shot Student Council, who was handled by veteran Richard Migliore.

Starting in 2008, the Pacific Classic is a part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge, where the winner of the race will automatically earn a spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic.^[1]

Records

2006 winner Lava Man

Time record:

1:59.11 - Candy Ride (2003)

Most wins:

2 - Tinners Way (1994, 1995)
2 - Skimming (2000, 2001)
2 - Richard's Kid (2009, 2010)

Most wins by an owner:

4 - Juddmonte Farms (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001)

Most wins by a jockey:

4 - Garrett K. Gomez (2000, 2001, 2005, 2008)
4 - Mike E. Smith (2002, 2009, 2010, 2014)

Most wins by a trainer:

5 - Robert J. Frankel (1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001)

Winners of the Pacific Classic Stakes

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Beholder†	5	Gary L. Stevens	Richard Mandella	Spendthrift Farm	1:59.77
2014	Shared Belief	3	Mike Smith	Jerry Hollendorfer	Jungle Racing, KMN Racing et al	2:00.28
2013	Game On Dude	6	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	Lanni Family Trust/Mercedes Stable LLC/Schiappa	2:00.69 (*Trakus time, 1:59.26)
2012	Dullahan	3	Joel Rosario	Dale Romans	Donegal Racing	1:59.54
2011	Acclamation	5	Pat Valenzuela	Donald Warren	Hilvers, Peter and Mary and Johnston, E. W. and Judy	2:00.61
2010	Richard's Kid	5	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	Zabeel Racing International	2:03.27
2009	Richard's Kid	4	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	Arnold Zetcher	2:02.39
2008	Go Between	5	Garrett K. Gomez	William I. Mott	Peter Vegso	2:01:18
2007	Student Council	5	Richard Migliore	Vladimir Cerin	Millennium Farms	2:07.29
2006	Lava Man	5	Corey Nakatani	Doug O'Neill	STD Stable/Jason Wood	2:01.62
2005	Borrego	4	Garrett K. Gomez	C. Beau Greely	Kelly, Ralls, Foster, et al.	2:00.71
2004	Pleasantly Perfect	6	Jerry D. Bailey	Richard Mandella	Diamond A Racing Corp	2:01.17
2003	Candy Ride (ARG)	4	Julie Krone	Ron McAnally	Sidney & Jenny Craig	1:59.11
2002	Came Home	3	Mike E. Smith	J. Paco Gonzalez	W.S. Farish III et al.	2:01.45
2001	Skimming	5	Garrett K. Gomez	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:59.96
2000	Skimming	4	Garrett K. Gomez	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	2:01.22
1999	General Challenge	3	David R. Flores	Bob Baffert	Golden Eagle Farm	2:00.40
1998	Free House	4	Chris McCarron	J. Paco Gonzalez	Toffan & McCaffery	2:00.20
1997	Gentlemen (ARG)	5	Gary L. Stevens	Richard Mandella	Randall Dee Hubbard	2:00.40
1996	Dare And Go	4	Alex Solis	Richard Mandella	La Presle Farm	1:59.80
1995	Tinners Way	5	Ed Delahoussaye	Robert J. Frankel	Juddmonte Farms	1:59.60
1994	Tinners Way	4	Ed Delahoussaye	John Gosden	Juddmonte Farms	1:59.40
1993	Bertrando	4	Gary L. Stevens	Robert J. Frankel	505 Farms/Ed Nahem	1:59.55
1992	Missionary Ridge	5	Kent Desormeaux	Robert J. Frankel	Peter Wall	2:00.80
1991	Best Pal	3	Pat Valenzuela	Gary F. Jones	Golden Eagle Farm	1:59.80

† Indicates filly/mare

Game On Dude's 2013 actual winning time according to "Trakus time" is 1:59.26.^[2]

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