Torrey Pines Stakes

Torrey Pines Stakes
Grade III race
Location Del Mar Racetrack
Del Mar, California, United States
Inaugurated 1976
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website www.dmtc.com
Race information
Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs)
Surface Dirt
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-year-old fillies
Weight Assigned
Purse $100,000

The Torrey Pines Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Offering a purse of $100,000, the Grade III stakes is for three-year-old fillies and is run over a mile on Polytrack synthetic dirt.[1]

The Torrey Pines Stakes was inaugurated in 1976 and was run as a restricted overnight stakes from then to 2004.

It began as an 8 1/2 furlong race but in 1997 was shortened to 8 furlongs (1 mile).

This race was upgraded from ungraded to a Grade III for its 2014 running.[2]

Records

Speed record:

Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2015 Stellar Wind Victor Espinoza John W. Sadler Hronis Racing 1:36.43
2014 Jojo Warrior Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Zayat Stables 1:37.10
2013 Beholder Gary L. Stevens Richard Mandella Spendthrift Farm 1:36.30

References

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