Rodeo Drive Stakes

The Rodeo Drive Stakes is a Grade I turf race for fillies and mares aged three and older, run over 1¼ miles at Santa Anita Park each fall. Serving as a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, it regularly attracts elite grass runners from across the country and abroad, making it one of the premier distance turf races on the California circuit.

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Location: Santa Anita Park - Arcadia, CA

Inaugural Race: 1977

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Current Distance: 1 and 1/4 mile (10 furlongs)

Track Type: Left-handed, Turf

Age Qualification: Fillies & Mares, Three Year Olds and up

Purse: $200,000

Race Date: Saturday, October 4th

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2025 Rodeo Drive Stakes Race Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / PLACE / SHOW
5
Mission of Joy
Umberto Rispoli / Philip D’Amato
$25.80 / $9.80 / $5.40
3
Speed Shopper
Kazushi Kimura / William Walden
$11.40 / $5.80
2
Starry Heavens (IRE)
Antonio Fresu / Philip D’Amato
$3.60
8
Alpha Bella
Hector I. Berrios / John W. Sadler
7
Amber Cascade
Juan J. Hernandez / Michael J. Maker
4
Long Ago (GB)
Mike E. Smith / William E. Morey
1
Watchtower
Mirco Demuro / Richard Baltas
6
Hang the Moon
Armando Ayuso / Philip D’Amato

Exotic Payoffs:

  • $1.00 Exacta (5-3) Paid: $133.00
  • $1.00 Trifecta (5-3-2) Paid: $682.10
  • $0.10 Superfecta (5-3-2-8) Paid: $305.77

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2025 Rodeo Drive Stakes Morning Line Odds

Post
Horse
Jockey / Trainer
ML Odds
1
Watchtower
Mirco Demuro / Richard Baltas
12-1
2
Starry Heavens
Antonio Fresu / Phil D’Amato
10-1
3
Speed Shopper
Kazushi Kimura / William Walden
15-1
4
Long Ago
Mike Smith / William Morey
3-1
5
Mission of Joy
Umberto Rispoli / Phil D’Amato
6/1
6
Hang the Moon
Armando Ayuso / Phil D’Amato
8-1
7
Amber Cascade
Juan Hernandez / Mike Maker
5-2
8
Alpha Bella
Hector Barrios / John Sadler
4-1

Rodeo Drive Stakes Race History

Formerly raced as the Yellow Ribbon Stakes, the Rodeo Drive Stakes is a Grade I race run each year at Santa Anita Park. Past winners of the race have featured several notable horses, including:

  • Estrapade (1986) - 1986 American Champion Female Turf Horse
  • Carotene (1987) - Three time Canadian Champion Turf Horse and Canadian Hall of Fame inductee
  • Ryafan (1997) - 1997 American Champion Female Turf Horse
  • Wait A While (2006) - 2006 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly
  • Nashoba's Key (2007) - 2007 California Horse of the Year

In 1998, Kent Desormeaux set the record for most wins by a jockey by capturing his fourth win. Robert J. Frankel holds the record for most wins by a trainer with five, including a three-peat between 2003 and 2005.

As part of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" Challenge Series, the winners of this race receive an automatic bid to race in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

All Time Results for Rodeo Drive Stakes

Year
Winner
Jockey / Trainer
Distance / Time
2025
Mission of Joy
Umberto Rispoli / Philip D'Amato
1 1/4 M / 2:00.03
2024
Hang the Moon
Kazushi Kimura / Philip D'Amato
1 1/4 M / 1:58.58
2023
Didia (ARG)
Vincent Cheminaud / Ignacio Correas, IV
1 1/4 M / 1:59.79
2022
Going to Vegas
Umberto Rispoli / Philip D'Amato
1 1/4 M / 1:59.41
2021
Going to Vegas
Umberto Rispoli / Richard Baltas
1 1/4 M / 1:58.84
2020
Mucho Unusual
Juan Hernandez / Tim Yakteen
1 1/4 M / 2:00.19
2019
Mirth
Mike Smith / Philip D'Amato
1 1/4 M / 1:58.47
2018
Vasilika
Flavien Prat / Jerry Hollendorfer
1 1/4 M / 1:59.04
2017
Avenge
Flavien Prat / Richard Mandella
1 1/4 M / 1:58.74
2016
Avenge
Flavien Prat / Richard Mandella
1 1/4 M / 1:58.52

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