Ancient Title Stakes

Grade I race
Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes
Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States, United States
Inaugurated	1985
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Oak Tree at Santa Anita
Race information
Distance	6 furlongs
Track	Dirt, left-handed (Cushion Track in 2007)
Qualification	Three-year-olds & Up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$300,000

The Santa Anita Sprint Championship is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early October as part of the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses three years old and up, it is run at the sprint distance of 6 furlongs (approximately 1,200 metres) and can be a prep race for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. The Grade I event carries a $300,000 purse.

Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winners this sprint race automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. [1]

The race was named in honor of the California-bred horse Ancient Title, a two-time California Horse of the Year and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee until its name change in 2012.

Records

Time record:

• 1:07.53 - Cost of Freedom (2008)

Most wins:

• No horse has ever won the race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - J. Paul Reddam (2001, 2004)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 4 - Ed Delahoussaye (1990, 1993, 1996, 2001)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 4 - John W. Sadler (1988, 1991, 1995, 2008)
• 3 - Bruce Headley (1996, 2000, 2002)

Winners of the Ancient Title Stakes

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2012	Coil	4	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	Pegram/Watson/Weitman	1:09.89
2011	Amazombie	5	Mike E. Smith	Bill Spawr	Spawr/Tom Sanford	1:08.24
2010	Smiling Tiger	3	Russell Baze	Jeff Bonde	Lebherz/Klein	1:09.37
2009	Gayego	4	Garrett K. Gomez	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin Racing	1:08.28
2008	Cost of Freedom	5	Tyler Baze	John W. Sadler	Gary & Cecil Barber	1:07.53
2007	Idiot Proof	3	David R. Flores	Clifford W. Sise, Jr.	Martin & Pam Wygod	1:07.57
2006	Bordonaro	5	Pat Valenzuela	William Spawr	Fred Carrillo & D. A. Cassella	1:07.93
2005	Captain Squire	6	Alex Solis	Jeff Mullins	R. D. Bone & J. Diener	1:08.85
2004	Pt's Grey Eagle	3	Alex Bisono	Craig Dollase	J. Paul Reddam	1:08.84
2003	Avanzado	6	Tyler Baze	Doug O'Neill	Cees Stable LLC	1:08.12
2002	Kalookan Queen	6	Alex Solis	Bruce Headley	Louis A. Asistio	1:08.26
2001	Swept Overboard	4	Ed Delahoussaye	Craig Dollase	J. Paul Reddam	1:07.67
2000	Kona Gold	6	Alex Solis	Bruce Headley	Headley, Molasky, and Molasky	1:08.11
1999	Lexicon	4	Richard Mandella	Kent Desormeaux	Jerry & Ann Moss	1:07.84
1998	Gold Land	7	Kent Desormeaux	Neil D. Drysdale	Prince Fahd Salman	1:08.50
1997	Elmhurst	7	Corey Nakatani	Jenine Sahadi	Evergreen Farm & Sahadi	1:08.82
1996	Lakota Brave *	7	Ed Delahoussaye	Bruce Headley	505 Farms/Headley/Mizrahie	1:08.16
1995	Track Gal	4	Gary L. Stevens	John W. Sadler	Oldknow & Phipps	1:08.32
1994	Saratoga Gambler	6	Martin Pedroza	Bill Spawr	Ken Porter	1:08.87
1993	Cardmania	7	Ed Delahoussaye	Derek Meredith	Jean Couvercelle	1:08.04
1992	Gray Slewpy	4	Kent Desormeaux	Dan Hendricks	Ed Friendly	1:08.48
1991	Frost Free	6	Chris McCarron	John W. Sadler	Triple Dot Dash St/Vandervoort	1:08.66
1990	Corwyn Bay	4	Ed Delahoussaye	Richard Mandella	Randall D. Hubbard	1:08.40
1989	Sam Who	4	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Henry Moreno	Brooks & Stevens	1:08.00
1988	Olympic Prospect	4	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	John W. Sadler	Alsdorf, Opas & Sinatra	1:09.00
1987	Zany Tactics	6	Jack Kaenel	Blake R. Heap	Vera C. Brunette	1:09.00
1986	Groovy	3	Jose Santos	Jose A. Martin	Ballis & Kruckel	1:08.20
1985	Temerity Prince	5	Wesley Ward	Charles Whittingham	J. R. Querbes III (Lessee)	1:09.20

*In 1996, Criollito finished third but was disqualified and set back to fourth.

References

• Oak Tree at Santa Anita
• Ancient Title Stakes at the NTRA