# Rodeo Drive Stakes

The Rodeo Drive Stakes is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards. It is run at Santa Anita Park with a current purse of $300,000 and is contested over a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (2,000 meters).
Originally named the Yellow Ribbon Stakes, it was normally raced during the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park in late September / early October. It was and is a major prep race for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf raced over a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (2,000 meters) on the turf.
Part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, the winner of the Rodeo Drive automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Inaugurated in 1977, it was an Invitational through 1995. The original name for the race was the idea of Oak Tree Founding Director Louis R. Rowan and is taken from the wartime song: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree."

## Records

Time record:
* 1:57.60 – Brown Bess (1989)
Most wins:
* 2 – Wait A While (2006, 2008)
* 2 – Avenge (2016, 2017)
* 2 – Going To Vegas (2021, 2022)
Most wins by an owner:
* 6 – Juddmonte Farms (1992, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2014)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Kent Desormeaux (1991, 1992, 1994, 1998)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 5 – Robert J. Frankel (1993, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005)

## Winners
### Rodeo Drive Stakes

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2023 | Didia | 5 | Vincent Cheminaud | Ignacio Correas IV | Merribelle Stable LLC | 1:59.79 |
| 2022 | Going to Vegas | 5 | Umberto Rispoli | Phil D'Amato | Abbondanza Racing LLC, Medallion Racing, MyRacehorse | 1:59.41 |
| 2021 | Going to Vegas | 4 | Umberto Rispoli | Richard Baltas | Abbondanza Racing LLC, Medallion Racing, MyRacehorse | 1:58.84 |
| 2020 | Mucho Unusual | 4 | Juan Hernandez | Tim Yakteen | George Krikorian | 2:00.19 |
| 2019 | Mirth | 4 | Mike Smith | Philip D'Amato | Little Red Feather Racing | 1:58.47 |
| 2018 | Vasilika | 4 | Flavien Prat | Jerry Hollendorfer | All Schlaich Stables LLC, Hollendorfer, LLC, Gatto Racing, LLC, G. Todaro | 1:59.04 |
| 2017 | Avenge | 5 | Flavien Prat | Richard Mandella | Ramona S. Bass | 1:58.74 |
| 2016 | Avenge | 4 | Flavien Prat | Richard Mandella | Perry Bass | 1:58.52 |
| 2015 | Photo Call | 4 | Drayden Van Dyke | H. Graham Motion | Juliet Cooper | 2:00.76 |
| 2014 | Emollient | 6 | Rosie Napravnik | William I. Mott | Juddmonte Farms | 2:00.22 |
| 2013 | Tiz Flirtatious | 5 | Julien Leparoux | Martin F. Jones | Pamela C. Ziebarth | 1:58.98 |
| Yellow Ribbon Stakes |||||||
| 2012 | Marketing Mix | 4 | Garrett K. Gomez | Thomas F. Proctor | Glen Hill Farm | 1:59.20 |
| 2011 | Dubawi Heights | 4 | Joel Rosario | Simon Callaghan | Neville Callaghan, Clodagh McStay, M. V. Magnier | 2:00.52 |
| 2010‡ | Hibaayeb | 3 | Rafael Bejarano | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Racing | 2:00.44 |
| 2009 | Magical Fantasy | 4 | Alex Solis | Paddy Gallagher | David Bienstock, Paul Mandabach, Charles Winner | 1:59.59 |
| 2008 | Wait A While | 5 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Arindel Farm (Alan & Karen Cohen) | 1:59.16 |
| 2007 | Nashoba's Key | 4 | Joseph Talamo | Carla Gaines | Warren B. Williamson | 1:59.73 |
| 2006 | Wait A While | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Todd Pletcher | Arindel Farm (Alan & Karen Cohen) | 1:59.25 |
| 2005 | Megahertz | 6 | Alex Solis | Robert Frankel | Michael Bello | 2:00.50 |
| 2004 | Light Jig | 4 | René R. Douglas | Robert Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:59.28 |
| 2003 | Tates Creek | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 2:00.77 |
| 2002 | Golden Apples | 4 | Pat Valenzuela | Ben D. A. Cecil | Gary Tanaka | 1:59.72 |
| 2001 | Janet | 4 | David R. Flores | Darrell Vienna | Stonerside Stable | 1:58.64 |
| 2000 | Tranquility Lake | 5 | Ed Delahoussaye | Julio C. Canani | Martin & Pam Wygod | 2:02.98 |
| 1999 | Spanish Fern | 4 | Chris McCarron | Robert Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 1:59.52 |
| 1998 | Fiji | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Neil Drysdale | Prince Fahd bin Salman | 2:05.23 |
| 1997 | Ryafan | 3 | Alex Solis | John Gosden | Juddmonte Farms | 2:03.60 |
| 1996 | Donna Viola | 4 | Gary Stevens | Chris Wall | Kieran D. Scott | 2:00.62 |
| 1995 | Alpride | 4 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Sid & Jenny Craig | 2:01.68 |
| 1994 | Aube Indienne | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Charles Whittingham | Frankfurt Stables (Lewis Figone) | 2:02.32 |
| 1993 | Possibly Perfect | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Robert Frankel | Blue Vista Inc. | 2:02.91 |
| 1992 | Super Staff | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Ron McAnally | Juddmonte Farms | 1:59.20 |
| 1991 | Kostroma | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Gary F. Jones | Robert Sangster et al. | 2:01.00 |
| 1990 | Plenty of Grace | 3 | Herb McCauley | John M. Veitch | Darby Dan Farm | 1:58.40 |
| 1989 | Brown Bess | 7 | Jack Kaenel | Charles J. Jenda | Calbourne Farm (Suzanne Pashayan) | 1:57.60 |
| 1988 | Delighter | 3 | Chris McCarron | Jonathan Pease | Evergreen Farm | 2:02.40 |
| 1987 | Carotene | 4 | José A. Santos | Roger Attfield | Kinghaven Farms | 2:03.80 |
| 1986 | Bonne Ile | 5 | Fernando Toro | John Gosden | Arthur M. Budgett (Lessee) | 2:01.60 |
| 1985 | Estrapade | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Summa Stable (Lessee) | 2:00.40 |
| 1984 | Sabin | 4 | Eddie Maple | Woody Stephens | Henryk de Kwiatkowski | 2:00.00 |
| 1983 | Sangue | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Henry M. Moreno | R. Charlene Parks | 2:02.20 |
| 1982† | Castilla | 3 | Ray Sibille | Charles Whittingham | Mary Jones Bradley | 1:58.60 |
| 1981 | Queen to Conquer | 5 | Marco Castaneda | Charles Whittingham | Wimborne Farm (Diane Perkins) | 1:58.60 |
| 1980 | Kilijaro | 4 | Alain Lequeux | Olivier Douieb | Serge Fradkoff | 1:59.20 |
| 1979 | Country Queen | 4 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Randy Winick | Maribel G. Blum, George Sarant, Arnold N. Winick | 2:00.20 |
| 1978 | Amazer | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Maurice Zilber | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1:59.20 |
| 1977 | Star Ball | 5 | Howard Grant | Jaime Villagomez | John Valpredo & Donald Valpredo | 2:02.60 |