The Goodwood Stakes is a

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for horses aged three years old or older over the distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt, scheduled annually in September at

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History

The race was inaugurated in 1982 as the Goodwood Handicap, run by the

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meeting at Santa Anita Park. It was created as a result of a partnership between Oak Tree and

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. The event was run at miles in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1986. In 1985 the event was classified by the American Graded Stakes Committee as Grade III and was upgraded to Grade II status in 1990. Between 1996 and 2006 the

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sponsored the event, which reflected in the race name. In 2012 the event was upgraded to Grade I and was renamed to the Awesome Again Stakes in honor of the

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-bred 1998

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winner

Awesome Again Awesome Again (March 29, 1994December 15, 2020) was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse and stallion. As a three-year-old, he won the Queen's Plate in Canada and the Jim Dandy Stakes in the United States. He was undefeated at age four ...

. Awesome Again's son,

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, won the race in 2011 and 2012. In 2024 the event was rebranded with other events on the card as the California Crown Stakes, the main race of California Crown day, with a purse of $1 million. The following year track officials announced that California Crown day would be paused and, consequentially, the race would revert back to its original name as the Goodwood Stakes. The purse for the 2025 Goodwood Stakes has yet to be announced.

Records

Time record: * miles: 1:46.72 -

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(1994) * miles: 1:40.20 - Cajun Prince (1982) Margins: * lengths - Smooth Roller (2015) Most wins: * 2 - Lord At War (ARG) (1984, 1985) * 2 -

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(2002, 2003) * 2 -

(2011, 2012) Most wins by an owner: * 2 - Peter Perkins (1984, 1985) * 2 - Diamond A Racing (2002, 2003) * 2 -

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(2008, 2020) * 2 - Family Trust Diamond Pride, Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable & Bernie Schiappa (2011, 2012) Most wins by a

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: * 5 - Gary Stevens (1988, 1994, 1998, 2005, 2013) Most wins by a trainer: * 8 -

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(1998, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022)

Winners

''Legend:''

''Notes:'' § Ran as an entry
† In the 1996 running Alphabet Soup won the race but was disqualified and placed third. Savinio was declared the winner.

External site

2015 Santa Anita Park Media Guide

Find out more about the Awesome Again Stakes (formerly known as Goodwood) at Hello Race Fans!

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

External site

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