Santa Anita Derby top three finishers
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This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Santa Anita Derby
, an American
Grade 1
race for three year-olds at 1-1/8 miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park
in Arcadia, California
. (List 1973-present)
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...
, an American
United States
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Grade 1
Graded stakes race
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race for three year-olds at 1-1/8 miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...
in Arcadia, California
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and located approximately northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains....
. (List 1973-present)
| Year |
Winner |
Second |
Third |
Starters |
| 2011 | Midnight Interlude | Comma to the Top | Mr. Commons | 9 |
| 2010 | Sidney's Candy Sidney's Candy Sidney's Candy is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He is sired by increasingly important Candy Ride out of the Storm Cat mare Fair Exchange.- Racing Career :... |
Setsuko | Lookin at Lucky Lookin at Lucky Lookin At Lucky is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2010 Preakness Stakes. Sired by Smart Strike, a half brother to Canadian Triple Crown Winner Dance Smartly, his dam, Private Feeling, was sired by Belong To Me by the North American Leading Sire of 1993, Danzig.Lookin At... |
11 |
| 2009 | Pioneerof the Nile Pioneerof the Nile Pioneerof the Nile is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the favorites going into the May 2, 2009 Kentucky Derby. Bred and raced by Zayat Stables, he was sired by 2003 Belmont Stakes winner, Empire Maker, a son of the 1990 Breeders' Cup Classic winner, Unbridled... |
Chocolate Candy | Mr. Hot Stuff | 7 |
| 2008 | Colonel John Colonel John Colonel John is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2008 Santa Anita Derby.Bred and raced by WinStar Farm, he was sired by Tiznow, the 2000 American Horse of the Year and a two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic... |
Bob Black Jack | Coast Guard | 11 |
| 2007 | Tiago Tiago (horse) Tiago, , is an American Thoroughbred Stallion Racehorse. His sire is the 1992 U.S. Outstanding Older Male Horse, Pleasant Tap. His dam is the stakes winning mare Set Them Free, by Stop The Music, making him a half-brother to the 2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo... |
King of the Roxy | Sam P. | 10 |
| 2006 | Brother Derek Brother Derek Brother Derek is a thoroughbred horse. He was bred by Mary H. Caldwell and owned by Cecil N. Peacock.Trained by Dan Hendricks, Brother Derek began racing at age two in California... |
Point Determined Point Determined Point Determined was a thoroughbred race horse born in Maryland on March 6, 2003. There were very high expectations of him since he was the largest foal from the first crop of Horse of the Year Point Given in 2003. He was a possible contender for the Triple Crown in 2006.-Connections:Point... |
A. P. Warrior | 5 |
| 2005 | Buzzards Bay Buzzards Bay (horse) Buzzards Bay is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Jay Shaw, trainer, his sire was Marco Bay, a winner of the Tampa Bay Derby who earned over a quarter of a million dollars during his racing days. His dam was Life's Lass, whose sire was Seneca Jones, a son of U.S... |
General John B | Wilko Wilko (horse) Wilko is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and in the United States. Sired by Awesome Again, winner of the 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic, he was out of the mare, Native Roots... |
11 |
| 2004 | Castledale | Imperialism | Rock Hard Ten Rock Hard Ten Rock Hard Ten is a millionaire American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. Co-owned and bred by Madeleine Paulson, widow of prominent horseman Allen E. Paulson, the bay horse stands at 17 hands. He was sired by the great Kris S., out of the Mr... |
7 |
| 2003 | Buddy Gil | Indian Express | Kafwain | 9 |
| 2002 | Came Home Came Home Came Home is an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is now retired to stud. He was sired by Gone West, who was recently pensioned at . Came Home is out of the graded-stakes-winning mare Nice Assay.... |
Easy Grades | Lusty Latin | 8 |
| 2001 | Point Given Point Given Point Given is an American Hall of Fame champion racehorse foaled on March 27, 1998 in Kentucky. As a three-year-old, he won the 2001 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, along with the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year... |
Crafty C. T. | I Love Silver | 6 |
| 2000 | The Deputy | War Chant | Captain Steve Captain Steve Captain Steve is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by Roger Laubach, owned by Michael E. Pegram, and trained by Bob Baffert... |
6 |
| 1999 | General Challenge | Prime Timber | Desert Hero | 8 |
| 1998 | Indian Charlie Indian Charlie Indian Charlie is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1998 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, equaling the stakes record time, but is best known as an important sire of Champions.... |
Real Quiet Real Quiet Real Quiet was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was nicknamed "The Fish" by his trainer, due to his narrow frame.... |
Artax Artax (horse) Artax is a retired American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Artax then equaled the record for the Breeders' Cup Sprint set in 1973 as well as the host Gulfstream Park track record that had stood for twenty-six years... |
7 |
| 1997 | Free House Free House (horse) Free House was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that Blood-Horse Publications called one of the best California-bred horses of all time. A descendant of Nearco through both his sire and dam, he was bred and raced by John Toffan & Trudy McCaffery... |
Silver Charm Silver Charm Silver Charm is an American Champion Thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens, Silver Charm will be remembered most for winning the 1997 Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in the Triple Crown.... |
Hello | 10 |
| 1996 | Cavonnier | Honour and Glory Honour and Glory Honour and Glory is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won important races during his career. He was bred by William T... |
Corker | 8 |
| 1995 | Larry the Legend | Afternoon Deelites | Jumron | 8 |
| 1994 | Brocco Brocco Brocco is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred at the LaCroix family's Meadowbrook Farms near Ocala, he was purchased and raced by Albert R. Broccoli, the producer of the iconic James Bond films.... |
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:... |
Strodes Creek | 6 |
| 1993 | Personal Hope | Union City | Eliza | 7 |
| 1992 | A.P. Indy A.P. Indy A.P. Indy is a champion stallion Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Kentucky, USA, by William Farish III and William Kilroy. He is known for his ancestry, his own record, and his successful progeny. He was sired by Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew through mare Weekend Surprise, who herself was sired... |
Bertrando Bertrando Bertrando is an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. A tall colt, who would grow to 16 hands 2 inches, Bertrando was bred by Ed Nahem, at River Edge Farm in Buellton, California... |
Casual Lies | 7 |
| 1991 | Dinard | Best Pal Best Pal Best Pal was an American Hall of Fame champion racehorse, who to this day holds the record for purses of any California-bred racehorse, earning his owners, the Golden Eagle Farm, US$5.6 million over his lifetime.A descendant of Princequillo on both his sire's and dam's line, Best Pal won the first... |
Sea Cadet | 9 |
| 1990 | Mister Frisky Mister Frisky Mister Frisky is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in Puerto Rico and California. Mister Frisky was Puerto Rico's 1989 Champion Imported Two-year-old Colt and Puerto Rico's Horse of the Year.... |
Video Ranger | Warcraft | 8 |
| 1989 | Sunday Silence Sunday Silence Sunday Silence was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, earning distinction as 1989 American Horse of the Year over American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse Easy Goer. He was foaled in 1986, sired by Halo out of Wishing Well by Understanding. Though he was registered as a dark bay/brown, he was in... |
Flying Continental | Music Merci | 6 |
| 1988 | Winning Colors Winning Colors (horse) Winning Colors was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and one of only three fillies to ever win the Kentucky Derby. Though she was registered as roan, she was, in fact, a gray with a broad band of white on her face.Racing on the West Coast of the United States for trainer D... |
Lively One | Mi Preferido | 9 |
| 1987 | Temperate Sil | Masterful Advocate | Something Lucky | 6 |
| 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... |
Icy Groom | Ferdinand Ferdinand (horse) Ferdinand was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1986 Kentucky Derby and 1987 Breeders' Cup Classic. He was voted the 1987 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year.He entered stud in 1989 and was later sold to a breeding farm in Japan in 1994.... |
7 |
| 1985 | Skywalker Skywalker (horse) Skywalker was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Kentucky by Thomas T. Tatham's Oak Cliff Thoroughbreds Ltd., who also bred Sunday Silence, he was foaled and raised at Arthur B. Hancock III's Stone Farm... |
Fast Account | Nostalgia's Star | 9 |
| 1984 | Mighty Adversary | Precisionist Precisionist Precisionist was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1985, Precisionist won the Strub Series at Santa Anita Park becoming only the fifth horse to win the Malibu Stakes, the San Fernando Stakes and the Charles H. Strub Stakes... |
Prince True | 8 |
| 1983 | Marfa | My Habitony | Naevus | 10 |
| 1982 | Muttering | Prince Spellbound | Journey At Sea | 9 |
| 1981 | Splendid Spruce | Johnlee n' Harold | Hoedown's Day | 13 |
| 1980 | Codex Codex (horse) Codex was an American thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1980 Preakness Stakes. He was foaled in Florida out of the Minnesota Mac mare, Roundup Rose, sired by the 1969 American Horse of the Year, Arts And Letters.-Triple Crown races:Trained by D... |
Rumbo | Bic's Gold | 9 |
| 1979 | Flying Paster Flying Paster Flying Paster was an American Thoroughbred racehorse bred in California by his owner, Bernard J. Ridder of the Knight Ridder newspaper chain... |
Beau's Eagle | Switch Partners | 10 |
| 1978 | Affirmed Affirmed Affirmed was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the eleventh and most recent winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing... |
Balzac | Think Snow | 12 |
| 1977 | Habitony | For The Moment | Steve's Friend | 15 |
| 1976 | An Act | Double Discount | Life's Hope | 9 |
| 1975 | Avatar Avatar (horse) Avatar was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1975 Belmont Stakes. He was bred and raced by San Antonio, Texas businessman Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr. and trained by Tommy Doyle.-Pedigree:... |
Rock of Ages | Diablo | 7 |
| 1974 | Destroyer | Aloha Mood | Agitate | 8 |
| 1973 | Sham Sham (horse) Sham , an American thoroughbred race horse, was one of the fastest horses of the 20th century, but was overshadowed by his larger-than-life peer and half-cousin, Secretariat. He was a dark seal brown in color. While racing, he wore green and yellow blinkers... |
Linda's Chief | Out of the East | 6 |