The La Habra Stakes is an American

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horse race for three-year-old

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run at

Santa Anita Park Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races ...

in Arcadia, California early in the year. A Grade III stakes race, originally at about 6.5 furlongs on the Hillside Turf Course, it's raced on the turf oval at 5.5 furlongs since 2020 and offers a purse of $100,000. This race is named for the city of

La Habra, California La Habra (archaic spelling of ''La Abra'', ) is a city in the northwestern corner of Orange County, California, United States. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,239. A related city, La Habra Heights, is located to the north o ...

, some distance south of the Santa Anita Racetrack. Once a land grant named by its owner, Rancho Cañada de La Habra, it's one of southern California's earliest settlements. The race was not run in 2010. Super Freaky holds the stakes record at 1:12.66. In 2009, Pasar Silbano ran it in 1:12.67.

Past winners

* 2011 – Cambina (Ire) (

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) * 2009 – Pasar Silbano (Ire) (

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) * 2008 - Passion (

Rafael Bejarano Rafael Bejarano (born June 23, 1982 in Arequipa, Peru) is a champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He trained at the Peruvian national riding school before embarking on his professional career in 1999. Having met with success, inclu ...

) (Ariege, winner of the

Santa Anita Oaks Santa Anita Oaks is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to three-year-old fillies willing to race 8.5 furlongs ( miles) on the dirt. The race is a Grade II even ...

, placed.) * 2007 – Super Freaky (

Jon Court Jon Kenton Court (born November 26, 1960 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980. He rode in Louisian ...

) * 2006 – Harriet Lane (

Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year with 598 wins in 1989. He has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes ...

) * 2005 – Shining Energy (

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) * 2004 – Very Vegas (Mike Ruis) * 2003 – Luvah Girl (GB) * 2002 – High Society (

Brice Blanc Brice Blanc (born January 16, 1973 in Lyon, Rhone, France) is a jockey in American thoroughbred horse racing. Blanc attended a jockey's apprentice school in his native France then, encouraged by trainer Ben Cecil, in October 1993 emigrated to th ...

) * 2001 – Serena's Tune (first foal of

Serena's Song Serena's Song (foaled April 4, 1992) is an American Thoroughbred race horse. She won 17 graded stakes races, including 11 Grade I (some against males and older mares), in three seasons for $3,286,388 in earnings. Background Serena's Song is a s ...

.) * 2000 – Squall City * 1999 – Aviate * 1998 – Conectis * 1997 – Lavender * 1996 – To B Super * 1995 – Cat's Cradle * 1994 – Dezibelles Star * 1993 – * 1992 – * 1991 – Nice Assay (J. Paco Gonzalez) * 1983 – Little Hailey * 1977 – Reminiscing * 1976 – Dancing Femme (

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for 1977, Cascapedia, placed.) * 1975 – NOT RUN * 1974 – June's Love * 1973 – Driftin Along

References

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Santa Anita Park Official Website
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