El Camino Real Derby
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| Grade III race | |
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| El Camino Real Derby | |
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| Location | Bay Meadows Racetrack San Mateo, California |
| Inaugurated | 1982 |
| Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
| Website | www.baymeadows.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 11/16 miles (8.5 furlongs) |
| Track | Dirt, left-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-olds |
| Weight | Assigned |
| Purse | $200,000 |
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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Winners of the El Camino Real Derby
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 2008 | Autism Awareness | Luis Contreras | Genaro Vallejo | Johnny Taboada | 1:43.17 |
| 2007 | Bwana Bull | Russell Baze | Jerry Hollendorfer | Mark DeDomenico et al | 1:43.22 |
| 2006 | Cause to Believe | Russell Baze | Jerry Hollendorfer | Peter Redekop/Peter Abruzzo | 1:41.81 |
| 2005 | Uncle Denny | Russell Baze | Rafael Becerra | Stanley E. Fulton | 1:42.22 |
| 2004 | Kilgowan | Chance Rollins | Lonnie Arterburn | Terrence & Noreen O'Neill | 1:43.87 |
| 2003 | Ocean Terrace | Mike E. Smith | Robert Hess, Jr. | David Shimmon | 1:42.26 |
| 2002 | Yougottawanna | Jason Lumpkins | Jerry Hollendorfer | S & J Craig/Ted Aroney | 1:43.48 |
| 2001 | Hoovergetthekeys | Ron Warren | Brian Koriner | Carl Odegaard | 1:40.85 |
| 2000 | Remember Sheikh | Frank Alvarado | Lonnie Arterburn | J. Peppard / S. Smith | 1:43.47 |
| 1999 | Cliquot | David R. Flores | John Shirreffs | 505 Farms | 1:43.29 |
| 1998 | Event of the Year | Russell Baze | Jerry Hollendorfer | Golden Eagle Farm | 1:40.27 |
| 1997 | Pacificbounty | Kent Desormeaux | Walter Greenman | Grey, Harris et al | 1:41.85 |
| 1996 | Cavonnier | Martin Pedroza | Bob Baffert | Walter Family Trust | 1:43.40 |
| 1995 | Jumron | Goncalino Almeida | Gary Lewis | Charles Dunn | 1:43.73 |
| 1994 | Tabasco Cat | Pat Day | D. Wayne Lukas | Overbrook Farm/D. Reynolds | 1:42.78 |
| 1993 | El Atroz | Rafael Meza | Jose Silva | Cuadra Tyt | 1:43.77 |
| 1992 | Casual Lies | Alan Patterson | Shelley L. Riley | Shelley L. Riley | 1:42.00 |
| 1991 | Sea Cadet | Tom Chapman | Ron McAnally | V.H.W. Stables (lessee) | 1:40.60 |
| 1990 | Silver Ending | Gary L. Stevens | Ron McAnally | Costanza & McAnally | 1:43.00 |
| 1989 | Double Quick | Alex Solis | Melvin F. Stute | King III & McGaughey | 1:43.60 |
| 1988 | Ruhlman | Pat Day | Robert J. Frankel | Ann & Jerry Moss | 1:39.40 |
| 1987 | Masterful Advocate | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Joseph Manzi | Belles (Lessee) & Leveton | 1:42.40 |
| 1986 | Snow Chief | Alex Solis | Melvin F. Stute | Grinstead & Rochelle | 1:42.60 |
| 1985 | Tank's Prospect | Jorge Velasquez | D. Wayne Lukas | Eugene V. Klein | 1:41.00 |
| 1984 | French Legionaire | Russell Baze | David Hofmans | David V. Ringler | 1:42.40 |
| 1983 | Knightly Rapport | Fernando Toro | Joseph Manzi | Cotroneo/Leveton/Manzi | 1:44.80 |
| 1982 | Cassaleria | Darrel McHargue | Ron McAnally | J. Brady et al | 1:42.80 |
