Yellow Ribbon Stakes

Turf race infobox
class = Grade I
horse race = Yellow Ribbon Stakes


caption =
location = Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California
inaugurated = 1977
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.santaanita.com www.santaanita.com]
distance = 1¼ miles (10 furlongs)
track = Grass, left-handed
qualification = Fillies & Mares, Three-years-old & Up
weight = Scale Weight
purse = $400,000
bonuses = The Yellow Ribbon Stakes is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards. It is raced during the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park in late September / early October. It is a major prep race for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and is contested over a distance of 1¼ miles (2,000 metres) on the turf. The current purse is $400,000.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the 2008 Yellow Ribbon Stakes automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. [http://www.breederscup.com/challenge.aspx]

Inaugurated in 1977, it was an Invitational through 1995. The name for the race was the idea of Oak Tree Founding Director Louis R. Rowan and is taken from the wartime song: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree".

Records

Time record:
* 1:57.60 - Brown Bess (1989)

Most wins:
* Wait a While - Only horse to win this race twice.

Most wins by an owner:
* 5 - Juddmonte Farms (1992, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 - Kent Desormeaux (1991, 1992, 1994, 1998)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 - Robert J. Frankel (1993, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005)

Winners of the Yellow Ribbon Stakes

* In 1982, Avigaition finished first but was disqualified and placed second.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=832 The Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Pedigree Query]