Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes Explained

Class:Discontinued
Horse Race:Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes
Location:Golden Gate Fields
Albany, California, United States
Inaugurated:1947
Race Type:Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Distance: miles (11 furlongs)
Surface:Turf
Track:left-handed
Qualification:Four-year-olds & up
Purse:$100,000

The Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California. The race was open to horses four-year-olds and up willing to race one and three-eighth miles on the turf and offered a purse of $250,000 at its last running.

First run on October 18, 1947 as the Golden Gate Handicap, the inaugural race was won by Triplicate owned by Fred Astaire and ridden by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Longden.[1]

Over the years it was given a number of different names:

The race has been run at a number of distances; miles from 1947-1950, 1952, 1955 and 1959-1961. It was run at miles in 1951, 1954, 1956-1958, 1965-1967, 1993, 1997, 2001-2004 and 2006.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins by a jockey:

Winners of the Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Distance
(Miles)
Time
Grade
2010No Race align=center-No RaceNo RaceNo raceno race0:00.00III
2009Spring House7Russell BazeJulio Canani2:19.62III
2008Sudan5David FloresRobert J. Frankel2:16.86III
2007Fantastic Spain7Chad P. SchvaneveldtNeil D. Drysdale2:17.64III
2006Cosmonaut4Tony FarinaPatrick Biancone1:48.75III
2005Adreamisborn6Russell BazeJerry Hollendorfer1:46.28III

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jockey Johnny Longden Receiving Trophy . Getty Images . 1947-10-18 . 2019-05-30.