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Willard L. Proctor
Williard Lee Proctor (December 11, 1915 – October 30, 1998) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. A longtime trainer in California, he began his career as a jockey at bush tracks in Texas and Louisiana. After his riding days were over he turned to training, moving to California in 1955. From then through to his retirement in 1996 he conditioned 58 stakes winners. A 2003 inductee in the Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame, the Willard L. Proctor Memorial Stakes at Hollywood Park is named in his honor. His son Tom Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ... is a trainer. In 1972, Convenience, trained by Willard Proctor, defeated Typecast in a $250,000 winner-take-all match race in front of 53,575 fans at Hollywood Park. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Proctor, Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse Trainer
A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines. Some of the responsibilities trainers have are caring for the animals' physical needs, as well as teaching them submissive behaviors and/or coaching them for events, which may include contests and other riding purposes. The level of education and the yearly salary they can earn for this profession may differ depending on where the person is employed. History Domestication of the horse, Horse domestication by the Botai culture in Kazakhstan dates to about 3500 BC. Written records of horse training as a pursuit has been documented as early as 1350 BC, by Kikkuli, the Hurrian "master horse trainer" of the Hittite Empire. Another source of early recorded history of horse training as a discipline comes from the Ancient Greece, Greek writer Xenophon, in his treatise On Horsemanship. Writing circa 350 BC, Xenophon addressed Horse training, starting young horses, selecting older animals, and proper Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Ysabel Stakes
The Santa Ysabel Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race once run during January but now run in March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The race is open to fillies, age three, willing to race one and one-sixteenths miles (8.5 furlongs) on the dirt. The race is a Grade III event with a current purse of $100,000 and is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Inaugurated in 1968, the Santa Ysabel Stakes was contested at 7 furlongs in 1970 but has otherwise been run at miles. It was run in two divisions in 1968, 1970, 1972, and 1979. Records Speed record: * 1:41.10 – Midnight Bisou (2018) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 – Bill Shoemaker (1974, 1978, 1985, 1988) * 4 – Laffit Pincay Jr. (1970, 1973, 1981, 1991) * 4 – Chris McCarron (1983, 1984, 1994, 2002) * 4 – Mike E. Smith (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) Most wins by a trainer: * 5 – Bob Baffert (2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014) Most wins by an owner: * 2 – M/M. Ellwood B. Johnston (1969, 1971) * 2 – Elmendorf Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Monica Stakes
The Santa Monica Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late January/early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to fillies and mares age four and older, it is run on the dirt over a distance of seven furlongs. Until 2010, the race name was the Santa Monica Handicap./ Santa Monica Stakes (Gr. 2) (equibase.com) Retrieved Mar./13/2019 Inaugurated in 1957, through 1959 it was open to horses three-year-olds and up of either sex. The race was run in two divisions in 1961 and 1965. It was rated as GII in 1973–1983, GIII in 1984–1987, GII in 1988 and 1989, GI in 1990–2012, and GII in 2013 and later. Records Speed record: * 1:20.60 – Past Forgetting (1982) (dirt) Most wins: * Chop House ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap
The Santa Margarita Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California for fillies and mares age four and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one and one-eighths miles. A Grade I event for most of its history, in 2019 it was downgraded to Grade II. Inaugurated in 1935, the race was open to all horses age three and older until 1938 when it was restricted to fillies and mares. Since inception, the Santa Margarita Handicap has been raced at various distances: * 7 furlongs : 1935–1936 * 6 furlongs : 1937 * 8.5 furlongs ( miles) 1938–1941, 1945–1948, 1953–1954. * 9 furlongs ( miles) : 1949–1952, 1955 present There was no race from 1942 through 1944 as a result of World War II. The Santa Margarita Handicap was run in two divisions in 1964. The first time it was run as an invitational event was in 1968. Records Speed record: (at current distance of miles) * 1:47.00 – Lady's Secret (1986) Most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providencia Stakes
The Providencia Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf course scheduled annually in April at Santa Anita Park. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000. History Inaugurated in 1981, it has been run at miles for most of its existence. It was run at 1 mile in 2004 and from 2006 to 2009. In 2008, this race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II, with its purse increased from $100,000 to $150,000. It has been downgraded to a Grade III again although its purse remains the same. Records Speed record: * miles: 1:46.80 – Lady of Shamrock (2012) *1 mile: 1:34.20 – Acting Lady (2009) Margins: * 7 lengths - Artica (1995) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 – Laffit Pincay Jr. (1982, 1984, 1987, 1995) * 4 – Alex Solis (1994, 1999, 2002, 2005) * 4 – Kent J. Desormeaux (1996, 1994, 2004, 2016) * 4 – Mike E. Smith (2003, 2012, 2017, 2022) Most wins by a tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Brea Stakes
The La Brea Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track held annually in late December at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently offers a purse of US$300,000. History The event is named for the area in Southern California called La Brea, noted for the La Brea Tar Pits in the middle of the city of Los Angeles. The word "brea" is Spanish for tar. The inaugural running of the event was on 16 January 1974 for four-year-old horses over a distance of miles and was won by Mr. & Mrs Carl Galea's 11/1 longshot Niner Power by a margin of lengths over First Majesty with Handsome Native length back in third in a time of 1:43. The event was held in 1975 in January for four-year-olds again with Bobby Murcer winning. However, track management scheduled the event for the 1975–76 Santa Anita Winter meet in December for three-year-old horses and when it came time to the draw en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Encino Stakes
The El Encino Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run between 1954 and 2011 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to four-year-old fillies, it was raced over a distance of miles (8.5 furlongs) on the synthetic Cushion Track surface. A Grade 2 event, it last offered a purse of $150,000 Part of Santa Anita Park's ''La Cañada Series'' of races, the El Encino Stakes was open to newly turning/turned 4-year-old fillies. Run at an increasing distance, the series began with the Grade I La Brea Stakes at 7 furlongs at the end of December followed by the El Encino Stakes at miles (8.5 furlongs) in mid January, then the Grade 2 La Cañada Stakes at miles (9 furlongs) in mid February. Created in 1975, only three fillies have ever won the series: Taisez Vous (1978), Mitterand (1985), and Got Koko (2003). The Santa Anita Park counterpart for male horses is the Strub Series. Prior to 1976, the race was open to horses of either sex aged four and up. The El Encino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Handicap
The San Diego Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late July/early August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. This Grade II race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. It is considered the track's key prep race for its foremost attraction, the $1-million Pacific Classic Stakes. Inaugurated in 1937, it was first run on July 3 as part of the first-ever racecard at Del Mar Racetrack. Since inception it has been contested at various distances: * 6 furlongs : 1937, 1945, 1946, 1947 * 1 mile : 1941 * miles : 1991-1993 * miles : 1938, 1948–1990, 1994–present The race was not run in 1939-1940 and from 1942 through 1944. From 2007 to 2014, the race was run on a Polytrack artificial dirt surface. Records Speed record: (at current distance of miles) * 1:40.00 - Windy Sands (1962) * 1:40.00 - Native Diver (1965) Most wins: * 3 - Native Diver (1963, 1964, 1965) Most wins by a jockey: * 6 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Ynez Stakes
The Santa Ynez Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt track held annually in early January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently offers a purse of US$200,000. History The event was named after the location and landmarks in Southern California, known as Santa Ynez in the Santa Ynez Valley and the Santa Ynez Mountains in Santa Barbara County. Santa Ynez is Spanish for the virgin martyr Saint Agnes. The inaugural running of the event was on New Year's Day in 1952 over a distance of six furlongs and was won the C. Ralph West trained coupled entry of Last Greetings and Asiatic. Last Greetings was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro won by lengths over A Gleam with long shot Season's Best was three lengths further back in third. While Last Greetings won one more event in her career, A Gleam had a phenomenal season setting a Hollywood Park Racet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speakeasy Stakes
The Speakeasy Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A race for two-year-old horses of either sex, it is run at a distance of five furlongs. From inception in 1969 through 2018 the race was run on dirt. For its forty-sixth running in 2019 it became a race on turf and was made part of the "Win and You're In" qualifying race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. In 2010 the race was hosted by the now defunct Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Race names * Tim Conway Stakes : 2012 * Jack Goodman Stakes : 2007-2011 * Sunny Slope Stakes : 1969-2006 Race distances * 1969: about furlongs * 1970-1993: 7 furlongs * 1994-2017: 6 furlongs * 2018–present: 5 furlongs Records Speed record: * 1:08.27 @ 6 furlongs - Secret Circle (2011) Most wins by a jockey: * 6 - Bill Shoemaker (1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1982) Most wins by a trainer: * 6 - Bob Baffert (1998, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) Most w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Stakes (United States)
The American Pharoah Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of September during the fall meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. A Grade I event, it is open to two-year-old horses and is held at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. The American Pharoah Stakes was run as the Norfolk Stakes through 2011. In 2012, it was renamed to the FrontRunner Stakes after the lease with Oak Tree, the organization that formerly operated Santa Anita's fall meet, ended in 2010. It was renamed again in 2018 in honor of its 2014 winner, American Pharoah, who went on to win the U.S. Triple Crown in 2015. This race is a Road to the Kentucky Derby Prep Season qualifying race. The winner receives 10 points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby. It is also currently part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series. The winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. First run in 1970, it became a Grade I event in 1980 but was downg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monrovia Handicap
The Monrovia Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, three years old and older over a distance of about furlongs on the downhill turf course scheduled annually in April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. History The event was inaugurated in 1968 as the Monrovia Handicap. When conditions are too wet the Los Angeles Turf Club on discretion has moved the event to the dirt track. This has happened on several occasions including 1969, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2019. The event was run in two divisions in 1979. The event was originally scheduled in February but the Los Angeles Turf Club in late 1999 moved the race to the start of the winter racing meet at Santa Anita whereby the race was run twice in the calendar year. The conditions of the race were modified so that three year old fillies could also enter the event. In 1999 and 2004 three year old fillies were victorious in the event. In 2006 the club reve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |