The Daytona Stakes is a Grade III American

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for horses three years old and older run over the distance of about

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s on the downhill

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scheduled annually in late May at

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History

The event was inaugurated in 1968 as the San Simeon Handicap The race has been run at a variety of distances and track surfaces. The race was originally run on the dirt but in 1980 was switched to the downhill turf course. Since that time, it has only been run on dirt when the turf course was unusable due to weather-related conditions. Due to course conditions, several runnings of the event were taken off the turf and run on the dirt track. The event was upgraded to a Grade III event for 1984. In 2013 the race was renamed to the San Simeon Stakes. The event was originally scheduled in April but the Los Angeles Turf Club in 2017 moved the race to the

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weekend at Santa Anita. In that same year the Los Angeles Turf Club renamed the race to the current name of Daytona Stakes. The original Daytona Stakes was renamed to the

San Simeon Stakes The San Simeon Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old or older over the distance of about six and one-half furlongs on the turf scheduled annually in March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. ...

. The event was named after the Irish bred horse Daytona who a three year old won the Grade 1

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and a four year old won the Grade I

Shoemaker Mile Stakes The Shoemaker Mile Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for horses age three years old and older over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in late May at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently ...

at Santa Anita. In 2019, the distance was shortened by over a furlong, and the event started on the backstretch of the turf oval. In 2020 the event was extended to furlongs and in 2021 the event was held over furlongs.

Records

Speed record: *about furlongs – 1:11:28 Chips All In (2013) Margins: * lengths – Century's Envoy (1975) Most wins: * 2 - Mr. Gruff (2009, 2010) * 2 - Champagne Bid (1984, 1985) Most wins by an owner: * 2 -

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(1976, 1981) * 2 - Saddle Hill Farm (1984, 1985) * 2 -

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(1989, 2003) * 2 - Gary Broad (2009, 2010) * 2 - Hronis Racing (2014, 2022) Most wins by a

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: * 6 -

Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay Jr. (born December 29, 1946, in Panama City, Panama) was once flat racing's winningest all-time jockey, still holding third place many years after his retirement. He competed primarily in the United States. Career Pincay ...

(1969, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983) Most wins by a trainer: * 6 -

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(1973, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1990, 2007)

Winners

''Legend:''

''Notes:''
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ƒ Filly or Mare

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References