Mathis Mile Stakes

The Santa Anita Mathis Mile Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in late December Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently offers a purse of US$200,000.

Santa Anita Mathis Mile Stakes

Class	Grade II
Location	Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States
Inaugurated	2000 (as Sir Beaufort Stakes)
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Sponsor	Mathis Brothers (since 2014)
Website	Santa Anita Park
Race information
Distance	1 mile
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	124 lbs with allowances
Purse	$200,000 (since 2013)

History

The inaugural running of the event was on 26 December 2000 as the Sir Beaufort Stakes, opening day of 2000–01 Santa Anita Park's Winter meeting. The event attracted eight entrants and was won by Edmund A. Gann's Fateful Dream, who was trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel and ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux by one length in a time of 1:35.01 on a turf course that was rated as firm.^[1]

The event was named after the 1993 Santa Anita Handicap winner Sir Beaufort.

In 2003 the event was moved off the turf and run on a dirt track.^[2]

In 2005 the event was run in split divisions.^[3]

The following year, 2006, the American Graded Stakes Committee classified the event as Grade III^[2] and in 2011 the event was upgraded again to Grade II.^[2]

Due to poor racecourse conditions as a result of wet weather, the race was switched to the synthetic track in 2008 and to the dirt track in 2010.^[4]

The event was renamed the Mathis Brothers Mile Stakes in 2014 under a marketing agreement between Santa Anita Park and Mathis Brothers Furniture.^[5]

The event was run once more on the dirt in 2021. However, after review the Grade II status was reinstated.^[6]

Records

Speed record:

• 1 mile on turf: 1:33.46 - Bowies Hero (2017)
• 1 mile on turf: 1:33.70 - Sidney's Candy (2010)

Margins:

• 7+1⁄4 lengths - Sidney's Candy (2010)

Most wins by an owner:

• 2 - Triple B Farms (2004, 2005)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Kent Desormeaux (2000, 2005, 2017)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 2 - Robert J. Frankel (2000, 2002)
• 2 - Douglas F. O'Neill (2004, 2005)
• 2 - Philip D'Amato (2016, 2017)
• 2 - Michael McCarthy (2020, 2021)

Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance	Time	Purse	Grade	Ref
Mathis Mile Stakes
2023	Watsonville	Antonio Fresu	Mark Glatt	Pine Racing Stables & Saints or Sinners	1 mile	1:34.55	$200,500	II	[7]
Santa Anita Mathis Mile Stakes
2022	One More Bid	Ramon Vazquez	Ryan Hanson	California Racing Partners, Ciaglia Racing & Ryan Hanson	1 mile	1:33.67	$201,000	II	[8]
2021	Law Professor	Jose Ortiz	Michael McCarthy	Twin Creeks Racing Stable	1 mile	1:37.41	$201,500	II	Off turf[9]
Mathis Brothers Mile Stakes
2020	Smooth Like Strait	Umberto Rispoli	Michael McCarthy	Cannon Thoroughbreds	1 mile	1:33.51	$201,000	II	[10]
2019	Mo Forza	Joel Rosario	Peter L. Miller	Bardy Farm & OG Boss	1 mile	1:34.26	$202,106	II	[11]
2018	River Boyne (IRE)	Flavien Prat	Jeff Mullins	Red Baron's Barn & Rancho Temescal	1 mile	1:34.52	$201,725	II	[12]
2017	Bowies Hero	Kent J. Desormeaux	Philip D'Amato	Agave Racing Stable	1 mile	1:33.46	$201,035	II	[13]
2016	Conquest Enforcer	Flavien Prat	Philip D'Amato	Loooch Racing, Imaginary Stables & Raquel Ritchie	1 mile	1:33.64	$201,725	II	[14]
2015	Om	Gary L. Stevens	Dan L. Hendricks	Sareen Family Trust	1 mile	1:35.57	$201,500	II	[15]
2014	Alert Bay	Tyler Baze	Blaine D. Wright	Peter Redekop	1 mile	1:35.06	$201,250	II	[16]
Sir Beaufort Stakes
2013	Gervinho	Rafael Bejarano	Carla Gaines	Glen Hill Farm	1 mile	1:33.47	$201,000	II	[17]
2012	Silentio	Rafael Bejarano	Gary Mandella	Wertheimer et Frère	1 mile	1:34.27	$150,750	II	[18]
2011	Mr. Commons	Mike E. Smith	John Shirreffs	St. George Farm Racing	1 mile	1:33.84	$150,000	II	[19]
2010	Sidney's Candy	Joel Rosario	John W. Sadler	Craig Family Trust	1 mile	1:33.70	$150,000	III	[20]
2009	The Usual Q. T.	Victor Espinoza	James M. Cassidy	Don Van Racing, Michael Nentwig, George Saadeh & Jeffrey Byer	1 mile	1:34.58	$100,000	III	[21]
2008	Gio Ponti	Garrett K. Gomez	Christophe Clement	Castleton Lyons	1 mile	1:34.92	$100,000	III	[22]
2007	Monterey Jazz	David R. Flores	Craig Dollase	A and R Stables & Class Racing Stable	1 mile	1:34.36	$122,100	III	[23]
2006	Kip Deville	Richard Migliore	Richard E. Dutrow Jr.	IEAH Stables, Dan Borislew, Andrew Cohen, et al.	1 mile	1:36.12	$114,300	III	[24]
2005	Chinese Dragon	Kent J. Desormeaux	Robert B. Hess Jr.	Michael Carter, Richard T. Hale Jr., Roncelli Family Trust et al.	1 mile	1:35.09	$84,500	Listed	Division 1[25]
	Tedo (GER)	Corey Nakatani	Doug F. O'Neill	Triple B Farms		1:34.34	$86,500		Division 2[26]
2004	Whilly (IRE)	Felipe F. Martinez	Doug F. O'Neill	Triple B Farms	1 mile	1:36.60	$112,700	Listed	[27]
2003	Buckland Manor	Corey Nakatani	J. Paco Gonzalez	Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan	1 mile	1:36.08	$78,000	Listed	[28]
2002	Inesperado (FR)	Pat Valenzuela	Robert J. Frankel	3 Plus U Stable	1 mile	1:35.82	$78,050	Listed	[29]
2001	Orientate	Chris McCarron	D. Wayne Lukas	Robert & Beverly Lewis	1 mile	1:36.39	$77,400	Listed	[30]
2000	Fateful Dream	Kent J. Desormeaux	Robert J. Frankel	Edmund A. Gann	1 mile	1:35.01	$76,175	Listed	[1]

Legend:
  All Weather Track   Dirt   Turf

See also

List of American and Canadian Graded races