The Thunder Road Stakes is a Grade III American

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for horses age four and older, over a distance of 1 mile on the

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held annually in January 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 ...

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. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.

History

The race was inaugurated on 11 February 2004 as a handicap and was won by Singletary who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey

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by a margin of one length in a time of 1:34.42. The event was upgraded to a Grade III event for 2009 and was switched to the artificial main track because of weather conditions. The event was not run in 2010 or 2012. It was downgraded to listed status for 2013 through 2015 but was upgraded back to a Grade III event in 2016. It is currently run under allowance weight conditions with a purse of $100,000.

Records

Speed record: * 1:31.78 – Tom's Tribute (2014) Margins: * lengths – Hit the Road (2021) Most wins: * No horse has won this race more than once. Most wins by an owner: * No owner has won this race more than once. Most wins by a

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: * 3 –

(2004, 2006, 2015) * 3 –

Flavien Prat Flavien Prat (born August 4, 1992, in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France) is a jockey in Thoroughbred racing who was a Champion Apprentice Jockey and Group 1 race winner in France before moving full-time to the United States in 2015 where he has won s ...

(2018, 2022, 2023) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 – Philip D'Amato (2017, 2022, 2023)

Winners

''Legend:''

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

References