El Camino Real Derby

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade III
horse race = El Camino Real Derby


caption =
location = Bay Meadows Racetrack
San Mateo, California
inaugurated = 1982
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.baymeadows.com/index.php www.baymeadows.com]
distance = 1¹/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Three-year-olds
weight = Assigned
purse = $200,000
bonuses = The El Camino Real Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in early March at Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California. The race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles (8½ furlongs) on the dirt. A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $200,000.

Northern California's premier Kentucky Derby prep, the El Camino Real Derby was first run in 1982. It was hosted by Golden Gate Fields racetrack from 2001 through 2004 and is expected to return there in 2009.

Records

Speed record:
* 1:39.40 - Ruhlman (1988)

Most wins by a jockey:
* 5 - Russell Baze (1984, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 - Jerry Hollendorfer (1998, 2002, 2006, 2007)

Most wins by an owner:
* No owner has won this race nmore than once

Winners of the El Camino Real Derby

References

* [http://www.hollywoodpark.com/races/el_camino/el_camino_history.pdf History of the El Camino Real Derby] (PDF)
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=1320 The El Camino Real Derby at Pedigree Query]