The Goldikova Stakes is a Grade II American

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for

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and

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s age three years old or older over the distance of one mile on the

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scheduled annually in November at

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, Arcadia, California. The event currently carries a purse of $200,000.

History

The event was inaugurated on 13 October 1969 as the Las Palmas Handicap at the

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meeting at

over a distance of miles on the dirt and was won easily by the 9/5 favourite Manta with a margin of five lengths. The Las Palmas Handicap was named for the California-bred racing

, Las Palmas. Foaled in 1929, she won the first ever race at the modern Santa Anita Park on Tuesday, 25 December 1934. The following year the event was increased to miles and moved to the turf track with Manta winning the event for the second time. When the grading of races began as a

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project in 1973 the event was classified as Grade III. In 1983 the event was upgraded to Grade II. In 2012 the event was renamed to the Goldikova Stakes in honor of

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, the champion

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bred mare who won the

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three times in succession - 2008, 2009 and 2010. That same year the event was shortened to the one mile distance. The event has been scheduled at times during the

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. In 2017 and 2021 the event was moved to

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Records

Time record: * 1 mile: 1:33.33 – Beautyandthebeast (GB) (2006) * miles: 1:43.92 – Kostroma (IRE) (1991) Margins: * 6 lengths -

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(1971) Most wins: * 2 - Manta (1969, 1970) * 2 - Ack's Secret (1980, 1981) * 2 = Going Global (IRE) (2021, 2022) Most wins by an owner: * 4 -

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(1992, 1996, 2002, 2014) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 – Kent J. Desormeaux (1991, 1992, 1994, 2015) Most wins by a trainer: * 5 – Charles E. Whittingham (1976, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1994)

Winners

''Legend:''

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References