Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes

The Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California. The race is open to horses four-year-olds and up willing to race one and three-eighth miles on the turf and currently offers a purse of $250,000.

Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes
Grade III race
LocationGolden Gate Fields
Albany, California, United States
Inaugurated1947
Race typeThoroughbred - Flat racing
Websitewww.goldengatefields.com
Race information
Distance​1 3⁄8 miles (11 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
Trackleft-handed
QualificationFour-year-olds & up
Purse$100,000

First run on October 18, 1947 as the Golden Gate Handicap, the inaugural race was won by Triplicate owned by Fred Astaire and ridden by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Longden.[1]

Over the years it was given a number of different names:

  • Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes : 2008-2009
  • Golden Gate Fields Breeders' Cup Stakes : 2007
  • Golden Gate Fields Handicap : 2006
  • Stanford Breeders' Cup Handicap : 2005 (at Bay Meadows)
  • Golden Gate Breeders' Cup Handicap : 2001-2003
  • Golden Gate Handicap : 1947 - 2000

The race has been run at a number of distances; ​1 1⁄4 miles from 1947-1950, 1952, 1955 and 1959-1961. It was run at ​1 1⁄8 miles in 1951, 1954, 1956-1958, 1965-1967, 1993, 1997, 2001-2004 and 2006.

Records

Speed record:

  • ​1 3⁄8 miles - 2:13.00 - John Henry (1984)
  • ​1 1⁄8 miles - 1:46.28 - Adreamisborn (2005)

Most wins by a jockey:

Winners of the Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Distance
(Miles)		 Time
 Grade
2010 No Race - No Race No Race No race no race 0:00.00 III
2009 Spring House 7 Russell Baze Julio Canani ​1 3⁄8 2:19.62 III
2008 Sudan 5 David Flores Robert J. Frankel ​1 3⁄8 2:16.86 III
2007 Fantastic Spain 7 Chad P. Schvaneveldt Neil D. Drysdale ​1 3⁄8 2:17.64 III
2006 Cosmonaut 4 Tony Farina Patrick Biancone ​1 1⁄8 1:48.75 III
2005 Adreamisborn 6 Russell Baze Jerry Hollendorfer ​1 1⁄8 1:46.28 III

References
  1. "Jockey Johnny Longden Receiving Trophy". Getty Images. 1947-10-18. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
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