Eddie Logan Stakes Explained

Surface:Dirt
Class:Listed
Horse Race:Eddie Logan Stakes
Location:Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated:2006
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website:www.santaanita.com
Distance:1 mile (8 furlongs)
Track:Left-handed
Qualification:Two-year-olds
Purse:$100,000

The Eddie Logan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at the Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California late in the year. A Listed stakes, it's set at a distance of 1 mile on the turf, and currently offers a purse of $100,000 plus.

Begun in 2006, this race is named for Eddie Logan (May 20, 1910 - January 31, 2009), the "foot man," who worked at the track for 74 years, beginning on the track's opening day: December 24, 1934, shining shoes and cheering hearts. Logan was in the winner's circle to present the first winning trophy. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-eddie-logan1-2009feb01,0,3378124.story

This race was formerly known as the Hill Rise Stakes. In 2002 Peace Rules won, with Singletary placing.

Past winners

As the Hill Rise Stakes

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