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The El Camino Real Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

held in February at Golden Gate Fields

Golden Gate Fields

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

in Albany, California

Albany, California

Albany is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 18,539 at the 2010 census.-History:In 1908, a group of local women protested the dumping of Berkeley garbage in their community...

. The race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eight miles (9 furlong

Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s) on Tapeta. A Grade III

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

event, it offers a purse of $150,000.

Northern California's premier Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

prep, the El Camino Real Derby was first run in 1982. It was hosted by Bay Meadows

Bay Meadows

Bay Meadows was a horse racing track in San Mateo, California, 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 thoroughbred racetrack in California, having been founded on November 13,...

racetrack until its closing in August 2008.

Records

Speed record:

1:39.40 - Ruhlmann
Ruhlmann
Ruhlmann was an American millionaire Thoroughbred racehorse who holds the track record of 1:33.4 for one mile on dirt set on March 5, 1989 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California....

(1988)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

8 - Russell Baze
Russell Baze
Russell Avery Baze is a 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....

(1984, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

5 - Jerry Hollendorfer
Jerry Hollendorfer
Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers....

(1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009)

Most wins by an owner:

2 - Jenny Craig
Jenny Craig
Jenny Craig is an American weight loss guru and founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. Craig was raised in New Orleans and married Sidney Harvey Craig in 1979. In 1983, she and her husband created a nutrition, fitness, and weight loss program in Australia...

(2002, 2009)

Winners of the El Camino Real Derby

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2011	Silver Medallion	Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a 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....	Steve Asmussen Steve Asmussen Steven Mark Asmussen is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his parents, Keith and Marilyn "Sis" Asmussen, are both trainers who operate El Primero Training Center off the Mines Road in Laredo, the seat of Webb County in south Texas...	Michael J. Ryan	1:50.45
2010	Connemara	Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a 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....	Todd A. Pletcher	Michael Tabor Michael Tabor Michael B. Tabor is a businessman and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses.-Thoroughbred racing career:...	1:51.26
2009	Chocolate Candy	Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a 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....	Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers....	Sidney Craig Estate Sidney Craig Sidney Harvey Craig was the business partner and husband of Jenny Craig, the fitness expert. Together, they founded the weight management company Jenny Craig, Inc. and expanded the company throughout the United States, Australia, and Canada.-Early life:Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was... & Jenny Craig Jenny Craig Jenny Craig is an American weight loss guru and founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. Craig was raised in New Orleans and married Sidney Harvey Craig in 1979. In 1983, she and her husband created a nutrition, fitness, and weight loss program in Australia...	1:50.54
2008	Autism Awareness	Luis Contreras	Genaro Vallejo	Johnny Taboada	1:43.17
2007	Bwana Bull	Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a 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....	Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers....	Mark DeDomenico et al.	1:43.22
2006	Cause to Believe Cause to Believe Cause to Believe is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a contender for the U.S. Triple Crown in 2006....	Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a 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....	Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers....	Peter Redekop/Peter Abruzzo	1:41.81
2005	Uncle Denny	Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a 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....	Rafael Becerra	Stanley E. Fulton	1:42.22
2004	Kilgowan	Chance Rollins	Lonnie Arterburn	Terrence & Noreen O'Neill	1:43.87
2003	Ocean Terrace	Mike E. Smith	Robert Hess, Jr.	David Shimmon	1:42.26
2002	Yougottawanna	Jason Lumpkins	Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers....	S & J Craig Jenny Craig Jenny Craig is an American weight loss guru and founder of Jenny Craig, Inc. Craig was raised in New Orleans and married Sidney Harvey Craig in 1979. In 1983, she and her husband created a nutrition, fitness, and weight loss program in Australia... /Ted Aroney	1:43.48
2001	Hoovergetthekeys	Ron Warren	Brian Koriner	Carl Odegaard	1:40.85
2000	Remember Sheikh	Frank Alvarado	Lonnie Arterburn	J. Peppard / S. Smith	1:43.47
1999	Cliquot	David R. Flores David R. Flores David Romero Flores is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.His father was a jockey and an exercise rider in Southern California....	John Shirreffs John Shirreffs John A. Shirreffs is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset...	505 Farms	1:43.29
1998	Event of the Year	Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a 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....	Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer is an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers....	Golden Eagle Farm	1:40.27
1997	Pacificbounty	Kent Desormeaux Kent Desormeaux Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...	Walter Greenman	Grey, Harris et al.	1:41.85
1996	Cavonnier	Martin Pedroza Martin A. Pedroza Martin A. Pedroza is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.Pedroza trained at the Panama jockey school and in 1981 rode his first winner at Hipódromo Presidente Remón in Panama City...	Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Robert A. "Bob" Baffert is an American horse owner and trainer, whose horses have won three Kentucky Derbies, five Preakness Stakes, one Belmont Stakes and two Kentucky Oaks. He graduated from the University of Arizona's with a Bachelor of Science degree. -Early career:Bob Baffert began his...	Walter Family Trust	1:43.40
1995	Jumron	Goncalino Almeida Goncalino Almeida Gonçalino Feijó de Almeida is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A riding champion in his native Brazil, he has been racing in the United States since 1990...	Gary Lewis	Charles Dunn	1:43.73
1994	Tabasco Cat Tabasco Cat Tabasco Cat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was best known for his performances in 1994 when he won the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, the second and third legs of the Triple Crown Series.-Background:...	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Overbrook Farm/D. Reynolds David P. Reynolds David P. Reynolds was Chairman emeritus of Reynolds Metals Co. and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses. He is the son of Richard S. Reynolds, Sr...	1:42.78
1993	El Atroz	Rafael Meza Rafael Meza Rafael Q. Meza is a retired jockey who competed in Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States.A native of Tijuana, Mexico, Meza began riding in California near the end of the 1970s. and would spend his career riding from a base in that State...	Jose Silva	Cuadra Tyt	1:43.77
1992	Casual Lies	Alan Patterson	Shelley L. Riley	Shelley L. Riley	1:42.00
1991	Sea Cadet	Tom Chapman	Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother...	V.H.W. Stables (lessee)	1:40.60
1990	Silver Ending	Gary L. Stevens	Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother...	Costanza & McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother...	1:43.00
1989	Double Quick	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Melvin F. Stute Melvin F. Stute Melvin Frederick "Mel" Stute is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. On December 11, 2010 at Hollywood Park Racetrack he won the 2000th race of a career that includes a win in the second leg of the U.S...	King III & McGaughey	1:43.60
1988	Ruhlmann Ruhlmann Ruhlmann was an American millionaire Thoroughbred racehorse who holds the track record of 1:33.4 for one mile on dirt set on March 5, 1989 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California....	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Robert J. Frankel	Ann & Jerry Moss Jerry Moss Jerome S. "Jerry" Moss is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert....	1:39.40
1987	Masterful Advocate	Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Pincay, Jr. Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. is a flat racing's all-time winningest jockey. He competed primarily in the United States.-Career:...	Joseph Manzi	Belles (Lessee) & Leveton	1:42.40
1986	Snow Chief Snow Chief Snow Chief was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-Background:Bred by Carl Grinstead, in 1984 retired vaudevillian and successful real estate investor Ben Rochelle bought a fifty percent interest in Grinstead's Blue Diamond Ranch thus becoming a half owner of the yearling, Snow Chief...	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Melvin F. Stute Melvin F. Stute Melvin Frederick "Mel" Stute is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. On December 11, 2010 at Hollywood Park Racetrack he won the 2000th race of a career that includes a win in the second leg of the U.S...	Grinstead & Rochelle	1:42.60
1985	Tank's Prospect Tank's Prospect Tank's Prospect was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes. Bred by Edward A. Seltzer, he was purchased for $625,000 at the 1983 Keeneland July Selected Yearling sale by trainer D. Wayne Lukas for his client,...	Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velasquez Jorge Velásquez is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.Jorge Velasquez career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States...	D. Wayne Lukas D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...	Eugene V. Klein Eugene V. Klein Eugene Victor Klein was an American businessman who was Chairman of the Board of Directors and chief stockholder of National General Corp., an insurance and entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California...	1:41.00
1984	French Legionaire	Russell Baze Russell Baze Russell Avery Baze is a 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....	David Hofmans David Hofmans David E. Hofmans is an American trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. Born and raised in Los Angeles, as a boy his father brought him to watch horse racing at area tracks. While a student at Pasadena City College he became friends with Gary Jones...	David V. Ringler	1:42.40
1983	Knightly Rapport	Fernando Toro	Joseph Manzi	Cotroneo/Leveton/Manzi	1:44.80
1982	Cassaleria	Darrel McHargue Darrel McHargue Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teeneage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse...	Ron McAnally Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co., Inc, as a child, he and his four siblings were placed in an orphanage following the death of their mother...	J. Brady et al.	1:42.80

Special Bonus

MI Developments Inc. announced August 27, 2010 a special bonus program involving tracks owned by the company that could result in a $5.5 million bonus for the winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes. MID also announced that purses of the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida on the Saturday closest to the end of March or the first of April. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the Grade 1 race is run at 1⅛ miles on the dirt...

and Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California and carries a purse of $1 million. Inaugurated in 1935, it is considered the most important West Coast stepping-stone to the Kentucky Derby...

would both be increased to $1 million. MID said the "historic and unique bonus program" called "Preakness 5.5" is designed to "allow both east and west coast based 3-year-olds to qualify by having the preliminary races at Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields."

In addition to the purses earned in the qualifying races and the Preakness on May 21, 2011, the owner of a horse winning the bonus would receive $5 million and the trainer would get $500,000. "The purpose of this grand prize is to provide a spectacular event for the fans and to create a potential life changing experience for the stakeholders of the racing industry," Frank Stronach, chairman of MID, said in a statement.

To qualify for the Preakness 5.5 at Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino is a racetrack and county-approved racino in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. During its annual meet, which spans December through April, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America....

, a horse must win either the Holy Bull Stakes

Holy Bull Stakes

The Holy Bull Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Run in mid April, it is open to three-year-olds over a distance of one mile and three sixteenths...

or the Fountain of Youth Stakes

Fountain of Youth Stakes

The Fountain of Youth Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida at the beginning of March. A Grade II event open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt, it offers a purse of $400,000...

and then go on to win the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

on April 3, 2011. To qualify for the Preakness 5.5 at Santa Anita Park, a horse must win either the Robert B. Lewis Stakes

Robert B. Lewis Stakes

The Robert B. Lewis Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Raced over a distance of 11/16 miles on dirt, the Grade II race is open to three-year-old horses...

or San Felipe Stakes

San Felipe Stakes

The San Felipe Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. The San Felipe is a Grade II event open to three-year-old horses. Normally held in mid-March, it is raced at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on dirt and currently...

and then go on to win the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

. The winner of the El Camino Real Derby

El Camino Real Derby

The El Camino Real Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in February at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California. The race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eight miles on Tapeta. A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $150,000.Northern California's premier...

, which is scheduled to be run on Feb. 12, 2011 at Golden Gate Fields

Golden Gate Fields

, will also qualify for the Preakness 5.5 if it goes on to win the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

.

MID also announced that XpressBet will sponsor the XpressBet.55, a consolation prize of $550,000 ($500,000 to the owner and $50,000 to the trainer) to be awarded to the winner of the 2011 Preakness if that horse was not eligible for the Preakness $5.5 million bonus but was a runner in one of the initial qualifying races and finished first, second, or third at the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

or Florida Derby

Florida Derby

.

Paths to $5,500,000 Preakness Bonus:

1) win Holy Bull Stakes

Holy Bull Stakes

+ win the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...

2) win Fountain of Youth Stakes

Fountain of Youth Stakes

+ win the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

3) win Robert B. Lewis Stakes

Robert B. Lewis Stakes

+ win the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

4) win San Felipe Stakes

San Felipe Stakes

+ win the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

5) win El Camino Real Derby + win the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

Paths to $550,000 XpressBet Bonus:

1) run in Holy Bull Stakes

Holy Bull Stakes

+ win, place or show in the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

2) run in Fountain of Youth Stakes

Fountain of Youth Stakes

+ win, place or show in the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

3) run in Robert B. Lewis Stakes

Robert B. Lewis Stakes

+ win, place or show in the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

4) run in San Felipe Stakes

San Felipe Stakes

+ win, place or show in the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

5) run in El Camino Real Derby + win, place or show in the Florida Derby

Florida Derby

or win, place or show in the Santa Anita Derby

Santa Anita Derby

+ win The Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

Note: In 2011 Shackleford
Shackleford (horse)
Shackleford is a chestnut Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. His pedigree traces to major sires of significance, including his grandsire Storm Cat and his damsire Unbridled as well as numerous fourth generation who were champion breeders...

won for the $550,000 Xpressbet Bonus.
References
February 21, 1990 New York Times article on the creation of the Preview Stakes
The Holy Bull Stakes at Pedigree Query

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Records

Winners of the El Camino Real Derby

Special Bonus

References