Rodeo Drive Stakes

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Rodeo Drive Stakes Race Facts

  • Location: Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA
  • Inaugural Race: 1977
  • Distance: 1 and 1/4 mile (10 furlongs)
  • Track Type: Left-handed, Turf
  • Age Qualifications: Fillies & Mares, Three Year Olds and up
  • 2024 Purse: $200,000
  • 2024 Race Date: Saturday, October 5th

2024 Rodeo Drive Stakes Race Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / PLACE / SHOW
6
Hang the Moon
Kazushi Kimura / Philip D'Amato
$21.80 / $7.80 / $4.60
7
Aspen Grove (IRE)
Juan J. Hernandez / Jack Sisterson
$6.00 / $4.00
5
Beach Bomb (SAF)
Antonio Fresu / H. Graham Motion
$6.80
4
Iscreamuscream
Hector Isaac Berrios / Philip D'Amato
2
Sunset Glory (IRE)
Umberto Rispoli / Michael W. McCarthy
3
Be Your Best (IRE)
Kyle Frey / Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.
1
Lucky Girl (IRE)
Tyler Baze / Philip D'Amato

Exotic Payoffs:

  • $1.00 Exacta (6-7) Paid: $49.90
  • $1.00 Trifecta (6-7-5) Paid: $339.00
  • $0.10 Superfecta (6-7-5-4) Paid: $87.24

Watch the 2024 Rodeo Drive Stakes

Rodeo Drive Stakes Race History

Formerly raced as the Yellow Ribbon Stakes, the Rodeo Drive Stakes is a Grade I race run each year at Santa Anita Park. Past winners of the race have featured several notable horses, including:

  • Estrapade (1986) - 1986 American Champion Female Turf Horse
  • Carotene (1987) - Three time Canadian Champion Turf Horse and Canadian Hall of Fame inductee
  • Ryafan (1997) - 1997 American Champion Female Turf Horse
  • Wait A While (2006) - 2006 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
  • Nashoba's Key (2007) - 2007 California Horse of the Year

In 1998, Kent Desormeaux set the record for most wins by a jockey by capturing his fourth win. Robert J. Frankel holds the record for most wins by a trainer with five, including a three-peat between 2003 and 2005.

As part of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" Challenge Series, the winners of this race receive an automatic bid to race in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

Rodeo Drive Stakes Past Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey / Trainer
Distance / Time
2024
Hang the Moon
Kazushi Kimura / Philip D'Amato
1 1/4 M / 1:58.58
2023
Didia (ARG)
Vincent Cheminaud / Ignacio Correas, IV
1 1/4 M / 1:59.79
2022
Going to Vegas
Umberto Rispoli / Philip D'Amato
1 1/4 M / 1:59.41
2021
Going to Vegas
Umberto Rispoli / Richard Baltas
1 1/4 M / 1:58.84
2020
Mucho Unusual
Juan Hernandez / Tim Yakteen
1 1/4 M / 2:00.19
2019
Mirth
Mike Smith / Philip D'Amato
1 1/4 M / 1:58.47
2018
Vasilika
Flavien Prat / Jerry Hollendorfer
1 1/4 M / 1:59.04
2017
Avenge
Flavien Prat / Richard Mandella
1 1/4 M / 1:58.74
2016
Avenge
Flavien Prat / Richard Mandella
1 1/4 M / 1:58.52
2015
Photo Call
Drayden Van Dyke / H. Graham Motion
1 1/4 M / 2:00.76