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.