Horse race
The Malibu Stakes is a race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses of either gender held each December at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California . The race is at a distance of seven furlongs and is the first leg of Santa Anita Park's Strub Series .
A Grade I event currently with a $300,000 purse, it has attracted some of America's best horses following the Breeders' Cup .
Inaugurated in 1952 as the Malibu Sequet Stakes, its name was changed to the present style in 1958.
There was a Malibu Stakes run in January and December of the same year in 1955, 1960, 1966, and 1984. It was run in two divisions in 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, and 1984.
There was no race in 1959, 1964, 1967, 1970.
Records Speed record:
Most wins by a jockey :
Most wins by a trainer :
Most wins by an owner:
Winners
Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2022
Taiba
Mike E. Smith
Bob Baffert
Zedan Racing Stables
1:21.75
2021
Flightline
Flavien Prat
John Sadler
Hronis Racing, Siena Farm, Summer Wind Equine, West Point Thoroughbreds and Woodford Racing
1:21.37
2020
Charlatan
Mike E. Smith
Bob Baffert
SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, and more
1:21.50
2019
Omaha Beach
Mike E. Smith
Richard Mandella
Fox Hill Farms
1:22.33
2018
McKinzie
Mike E. Smith
Bob Baffert
Karl Watson, Mike Pegram , Paul Weitman
1:22.48
2017
City of Light
Drayden Van Dyke
Michael W. McCarthy
Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.
1:21.21
2016
Mind Your Biscuits
Joel Rosario
Robert N. Falcone Jr.
J Stables et al.
1:20.81
2015
Runhappy
Gary Stevens
Laura Wohlers
James McIngvale
1:21.76
2014
Shared Belief
Mike E. Smith
Jerry Hollendorfer
Jungle Racing/KMN Racing/Hollendorfer et al.
1:20.69
2013
Shakin It Up
David Flores
Bob Baffert
Cardoza/Pegram
1:20.53
2012
Jimmy Creed
Garrett Gomez
Richard Mandella
Spendthrift Farm
1:20.36
2011
The Factor
Martin Garcia
Bob Baffert
Fog City Stable/Bolton
1:19.89
2010
Twirling Candy
Joel Rosario
John W. Sadler
Craig Family Trust
1:19.70
2009
M One Rifle
Mike E. Smith
Bruce Headley
Bruce Headley & partners
1:21.05
2008
Bob Black Jack
David Flores
James Kasparoff
Jeff Harmon/Tim Kasparoff
1:20.20
2007
Johnny Eves
David Flores
Jay M. Robbins
Mooncoin LLC
1:21.08
2006
Latent Heat
Edgar Prado
Robert J. Frankel
Juddmonte Farms
1:21.39
2005
Proud Tower Too
David Cohen
Sal Gonzalez
Tricar Stables
1:21.62
2004
Rock Hard Ten
Gary Stevens
Richard Mandella
Mercedes Stable/M. Paulson
1:21.89
2003
Southern Image
Victor Espinoza
Mike Machowsky
Blahut Stables
1:22.65
2002
Debonair Joe
Julie Krone
Juan Silva
Lynne H. Ristad
1:22.40
2001
Mizzen Mast
Kent Desormeaux
Robert J. Frankel
Juddmonte Farms
1:22.13
2000
Dixie Union
Alex Solis
Richard Mandella
Diamond A Racing/H. Sarkowsky
1:21.62
1999
Love That Red
Garrett Gomez
Leonard Duncan
Terry D. Wells
1:22.06
1998
Run Man Run
Mike Luzzi
Anthony Margotta Jr.
Blasland/Brooks/Desadora
1:21.51
1997
Lord Grillo
Ed Delahoussaye
Mike Puype
Cobra Farm, Inc. (Lessee)
1:21.46
1996
King of the Heap
Kent Desormeaux
Wallace Dollase
Long/Nemet et al.
1:21.84
1995
Afternoon Deelites
Kent Desormeaux
Richard Mandella
Burt Bacharach
1:21.73
1994
Powis Castle
Pat Valenzuela
Rodney Rash
Vistas Stables
1:20.96
1993
Diazo
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Bill Shoemaker
Allen E. Paulson
1:21.00
1992
Star Of The Crop
Gary Stevens
Willard Proctor
Glen Hill Farm
1:20.67
1991
Olympio
Ed Delahoussaye
Ron McAnally
VHW Stables (Lessee)
1:21.28
1990
Pleasant Tap
Alex Solis
Chris Speckert
Buckland Farm
1:21.60
1989
Music Merci
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Craig C. Lewis
Pendleton/Royal T Stable
1:21.60
1988
Oraibi
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Richard Mandella
Ralph & Aury Todd
1:21.60
1987
On The Line
Ángel Cordero Jr.
D. Wayne Lukas
Eugene V. Klein
1:21.00
1986
Ferdinand
Bill Shoemaker
Charlie Whittingham
Howard B. Keck
1:21.60
1985
Banner Bob
Gary Baze
Charlie Whittingham
W. J. & Sharon E. Walsh
1:21.00
1984
Precisionist
Chris McCarron
L. R. Fenstermaker
Fred W. Hooper
1:21.40
1984
Glacial Stream
Chris McCarron
Gordon C. Campbell
Est. of B. J. Ridder
1:22.20
1984
Pac Mania
Pat Valenzuela
Michael Whittingham
Oak Cliff Stable
1:22.60
1983
Time To Explode
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Gary F. Jones
M. G. Rutherford
1:21.00
1982
Island Whirl
Laffit Pincay Jr.
D. Wayne Lukas
Elcee-H Stable
1:26.00
1981
Doonesbury
Sandy Hawley
Barney Willis
Jones, Roffe et al.
1:20.40
1981
Raise a Man
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Chay R. Knight
Northwest Farms
1:20.40
1980
Spectacular Bid
Bill Shoemaker
Bud Delp
Hawksworth Farm
1:20.00
1979
Little Reb
Frank Olivares
Jerry M. Fanning
Fanning & Harrison
1:21.00
1978
J. O. Tobin
Steve Cauthen
Laz Barrera
El Peco Ranch
1:23.00
1977
Cojak
Bill Shoemaker
Hubert Hine
Entremont Farm
1:23.00
1977
Romantic Lead
Bill Shoemaker
Stephen A. DiMauro
Meadow Stable
1:22.40
1976
Forceten
Donald Pierce
Neil D. Drysdale
Saron Stable
1:21.20
1975
Lightning Mandate
Álvaro Pineda
Farrell W. Jones
Jones/McLeod/Mabee et al.
1:20.60
1975
Princely Native
Braulio Baeza
Laz Barrera
Harbor View Farm
1:20.80
1974
Ancient Title
Fernando Toro
Keith L. Stucki Sr.
Ethel Kirkland
1:22.80
1973
Bicker
Glenn Brogan
Robert Wingfield
Green Thumb Farm
1:21.40
1972
Wing Out
Bill Shoemaker
John Sullivan
Daybreak Farm
1:21.00
1972
Kfar Tov
Jerry Lambert
John W. Pappalardo
Billrick Stable
1:21.20
1971
King of Cricket
Danny Velasquez
Noble Threewitt
Corradini & Nuccio
1:21.20
1969
First Mate
Jerry Lambert
Buster Millerick
Albert Sultan
1:22.00
1968
Damascus
Bill Shoemaker
Frank Whiteley Jr.
Edith W. Bancroft
1:21.20
1966
Buckpasser
Braulio Baeza
Edward A. Neloy
Ogden Phipps
1:22.00
1966
Terry's Secret
Alex Maese
Carl A. Roles
Poltex Stable
1:23.00
1965
Power of Destiny
Kenneth Church
Hirsch Jacobs
Ethel D. Jacobs
1:22.00
1963
More Megaton
Raymond York
Jerry Wallace II
M/M E. B. Johnston
1:23.00
1962
Native Diver
Ralph Neves
Buster Millerick
M/M Louis K. Shapiro
1:21.60
1961
Olden Times
Bill Shoemaker
Mesh Tenney
Rex C. Ellsworth
1:22.00
1960
Tompion
Manuel Ycaza
Robert L. Wheeler
C. V. Whitney
1:21.40
1960
Ole Fols
William Boland
William B. Finnegan
Neil S. McCarthy
1:23.00
1958
Hillsdale
Tommy Barrow
Martin L. Fallon Jr.
Clarence Whitted Smith
1:22.40
1957
Round Table
Bill Shoemaker
William Molter
Kerr Stable
1:22.00
1956
Blen Host
Don Lewis
Bob R. Roberts
Gazelle Stable
1:23.00
1955
Honeys Alibi
William Boland
Dave Hurn
W-L Ranch Co.
1:23.00
1955
Determine
Raymond York
William Molter
Andrew J. Crevolin
1:22.60
1954
Imbros
Raymond York
William Molter
Andrew J. Crevolin
1:20.60
1953
A Gleam
Eddie Arcaro
Horace A. Jones
Calumet Farm
1:22.80
1952
Phil D
Raymond York
James Jordan
M/M W. C. Martin
1:23.00
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