| Surface: | Turf |
| Class: | Ungraded |
| Horse Race: | Cinema Stakes |
| Location: | Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, U.S. |
| Inaugurated: | 1946 (as Cinema Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack) |
| Race Type: | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website: | www.santaanita.com |
| Distance: | miles (10 furlongs) |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-year-olds |
| Weight: | 124 lbs. with allowances |
| Purse: | $100,000 |
The Cinema Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California. Raced on turf originally over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) in late May or early June. In 2023, the race was extended to one and one-quarter miles (10 furlongs).[1]
The event was inaugurated in 1946 at Hollywood Park Racetrack.
The race was run in two divisions in 1961 and 1963. It was not run in 1974.
In 1973 the event was given Grade II status. It held this classification until 1994 when it was downgraded to Grade III.
The event was not held from 2010 to 2018.
In 2016 the event was renewed as the Rainbow Stakes at Santa Anita Park[2] and renamed back to the Cinema Stakes in 2019.
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Santa Anita Park - Cinema Stakes | |||||
| 2023 | Wizard of Westwood | Abel Cedillo | Michael McCarthy | Andrew N. Warren and Rania Warren | 2:01.27 |
| 2022 | War At Sea | Mike Smith | Ronald Ellis | Doubledown Stables | 1:49.97 |
| 2021 | Hudson Ridge[3] | Abel Cedillo | Bob Baffert | Double L Racing & Natalie J. Baffert | 1:49.06 |
| 2020 | Hariboux[4] | Umberto Rispoli | Jeff Mullins | Red Baron's Barn LLC and Rancho Temescal LLC | 1:50.29 |
| 2019 | Neptune's Storm[5] | Drayden Van Dyke | Richard Baltas | CYBT, Gevertz, Saul, Gitomer, Lynn, Goetz, Mike, Nentwig, Michael and Weiner, Daniel | 1:48.65 |
| Rainbow Stakes | |||||
| 2018 | River Boyne[6] [7] | Flavien Prat | Jeff Mullins | Red Baron's Barn LLC and Rancho Temescal LLC | 1:49.18 |
| 2017 | Sharp Samurai[8] | Gary Stevens | Mark Glatt | Red Baron's Barn LLC, Rancho Temescal LLC and Glatt, Mark | 1:47.51 |
| 2016 | Mr. Roary[9] | Edwin Maldonado | Jeff Mullins | Tim Rosselli | 1:47.48 |
| 2010 - 15 | align=center colspan=5 | Not Held | |||
| At Hollywood Park - Cinema Handicap | |||||
| 2009 | Oil Man | Joel Rosario | John W. Sadler | Tommy Town/Michael Tala | 1:48.72 |
| 2008 | Tiz West | Victor Espinoza | Richard E. Mandella | Diamond A Racing Corp | 1:47.24 |
| 2007 | Worldly | Victor Espinoza | Ben D. A. Cecil | Christopher Wright | 1:47.40 |
| 2006 | Genre | Martin Pedroza | Ben D. A. Cecil | David & Paula Mueller | 1:47.73 |
| 2005 | Willow O Wisp | Garrett Gomez | Vladimir Cerin | Robert Alexander | 1:48.59 |
| 2004 | Greek Sun | Alex Solis | Robert J. Frankel | Peter Angelos | 1:48.40 |
| 2003 | Just Wonder | Kent Desormeaux | Laura de Seroux | Vistas LLC et al. | 1:47.41 |
| 2002 | Inesperado | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | 3 Plus U Stable | 1:47.63 |
| 2001 | Sligo Bay | Laffit Pincay Jr. | C. Beau Greely | Columbine Stable | 1:48.40 |
| 2000 | David Copperfield | Victor Espinoza | John Shirreffs | 505 Farms | 1:47.73 |
| 1999 | Fighting Falcon | Brice Blanc | David Hofmans | Dion Recachina et al. | 1:48.06 |
| 1998 | Commitisize | David Flores | Bob Baffert | Michael E. Peagram | 1:48.00 |
| 1997 | Worldly Ways | Corey Nakatani | Wallace Dollase | 1:48.43 | |
| 1996 | Let Bob Do It | Kent Desormeaux | John W. Sadler | Roxy Roxborough et al. | 1:47.58 |
| 1995 | Via Lombardia | Eddie Delahoussaye | Neil D. Drysdale | Henry E. Pabst | 1:47.22 |
| 1994 | Unfinished Symph | Gary Baze | Wesley A. Ward | N. Rice, T. Hatcher, J. Johnston | 1:46.56 |
| 1993 | Earl of Barking | Chris McCarron | Richard L. Cross | Henry E. Pabst | 1:47.45 |
| 1992 | Bien Bien | Chris McCarron | J. Paco Gonzalez | Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan | 1:47.10 |
| 1991 | Character | Gary Stevens | Bruce C. Jackson | Jack Munari | 1:47.10 |
| 1990 | Jovial | Gary Stevens | Bruce C. Jackson | Jack Munari | 1:47.80 |
| 1989 | Raise a Stanza † | Gary Stevens | Jay M. Robbins | 1:47.80 | |
| 1988 | Peace | Alex Solis | Charlie Whittingham | Olin B. Gentry | 1:46.80 |
| 1987 | Something Lucky | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Donald Warren | E.W. Johnston/H. Meloth/J. Stonebraker | 1:46.80 |
| 1986 | Manila | Fernando Toro | LeRoy Jolley | Bradley M. Shannon | 1:47.00 |
| 1985 | Don't Say Halo | Darrel McHargue | Chris Speckert | Buckland Farm | 1:47.60 |