The Yerba Buena Stakes is a discontinued race for

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are ...

fillies A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, t ...

and

mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than fo ...

s age three and older. It was run on

turf Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls. In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricult ...

Golden Gate Fields Golden Gate Fields is an American horse racing track straddling both Albany, California and Berkeley, California along the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay adjacent to the Eastshore Freeway in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the closing of the ...

race track in Albany, California from 1973 through 2000 and again from 2005 through 2009. Between 2001 through 2004 the race was hosted by

Bay Meadows Racetrack Bay Meadows was a horse racing track in San Mateo, California from 1934 until 2008, in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. History Built on the site of an old airfield, Bay Meadows Racecourse was the longest continually operating t ...

in San Mateo, California. It was raced as the Yerba Buena Handicap from inception in 1973 through 2006.

Records

Speed record: (at 1 3/8 miles) * 2:14.40 – Magdelaine (1988) Most wins: * 2 – Star Ball (1977, 1978) * 2 – Mairzy Doates (1980, 1981) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 –

Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze (born 7 August 1958 ) is a retired horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame and the State of Washington S ...

(1992, 1995, 2002, 2005) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 – Ben Cecil (1996, 1998, 2006, 2009) Most wins by an owner: * 4 –

Gary A. Tanaka Gary A. Tanaka (born June 23, 1943, in Hunt, Idaho) is an American businessman, sportsman and philanthropist who co-founded the investment company Amerindo Investment Advisors in 1979 along with Alberto Vilar. Early life and education Tanaka w ...

(1993, 1995, 2002, 2006)

Winners

Equibase Yerba Buena Stakes history:Equibase
Retrieved September 20, 2018

References

{{reflist Golden Gate Fields Bay Meadows Racetrack Discontinued horse races in the United States Ungraded stakes races in the United States Previously graded stakes races in the United States Open middle distance horse races Recurring sporting events established in 1936 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2001 Horse races in California Turf races in the United States