# Red Carpet Stakes

The Red Carpet Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually (as of 2014) during Del Mar racetrack's fall meet which has been created to accommodate the overflow of established races from closing of Hollywood Park. The Grade III is run over a distance of 1+3⁄8 miles on turf, and is open to fillies and mares three years of age and older.
Originally the event was a Grade I race from 1988, then in 2003 The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association amended its status to a Grade II event. Since 2010 the event is a Grade IIIT.
Of note, is that Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker, who retired from riding in 1990, earned his first Grade I win as a trainer in the 1991 edition of the Beverly Hills Handicap with the filly, Alcando.
Since the inaugural running in 1968, the Beverly Hills Handicap has been contested at various distances:
* 1+3⁄8 miles : 1968-1975, 2014-2019
* 1+1⁄8 miles : 1976-1985, 1987-1995
* 1+1⁄4 miles : 1986, 1996-2011

## Records

Speed record: (at distance of 1+1⁄4 miles)
* 1:58.56 - Astra (2002)
Most wins:
* 2 - La Zanzara (1974, 1975)
* 2 - Swingtime (1977, 1978)
* 2 - Flawlessly (1992, 1993)
* 2 - Astra (2001, 2002)
* 2 - Black Mamba (NZ) (2008, 2009)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 6 - Chris McCarron (1979, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 10 - Charlie Whittingham (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 2024 | Mrs. Astor | 4 | Vincent Cheminaud | Jonathan Thomas | Augustin Stable | 2:16.82 |
| 2023 | Linda's Gift | 4 | T. J. Pereira | Richard E. Mandella | Vincent Varvaro et al. | 2:17.80 |
| 2022 | Bellstreet Bridie | 3 | Flavien Prat | Mark Glatt | Red Baron's Barn LLC and Rancho Temescal LLC | 2:15.67 |
| 2021 | Neige Blanche | 4 | Juan Hernandez | Leonard Powell | Madaket Stables, Laura De Seroux, Marsha Naify and Mathilde Powell | 2:15.45 |
| 2020 | Orglandes | 4 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Chad Brown | Michael Dubb, Madekat Stables and Wonder Stables | 2:15.85 |
| 2019 | Zuzanna | 5 | Paco Lopez | Robert B. Hess, Jr. | Ferguson, Hoover, Lambert, et al. | 2:16.29 |
| 2018 | India Mantuana | 4 | Tyler Baze | Ray Bell | Richard A. Bell | 2:14.50 |
| 2017 | How Unusual | 4 | Corey Nakatani | Michael Pender | Pender Racing, Bob Fetkin, et al. | 2:14.92 |
| 2016 | Nuovo Record (JPN) | 5 | Yasunari Iwata | Makoto Saito | Reiko Hara | 2:15.56 |
| 2015 | Rusty Slipper | 5 | Silvestre de Sousa | H. Graham Motion | RMJ Stables | 2:15.34 |
| 2014 | Three Hearts | 4 | Joe Talamo | Neil Drysdale | Team Valor International | 2:15.54 |
| 2013 | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race | no race |
| 2012 | Capital Plan | 4 | Joel Rosario | Jerry Hollendorfer | Hollendorfer/Dedomenico/Pickens | 2:04.21 |
| 2011 | Malibu Pier | 4 | Brice Blanc | Carla Gaines | Spendthrift Farm | 2:01.01 |
| 2010 | Turning Top | 4 | Brice Blanc | Simon Callaghan | Michael Tabor | 2:01.69 |
| 2009 | Black Mamba | 6 | Garrett Gomez | John W. Sadler | Doubledown Stable | 1:59.72 |
| 2008 | Black Mamba | 5 | Garrett Gomez | John W. Sadler | Double Down Stables | 2:01.25 |
| 2007 | Citronnade | 4 | David Flores | Robert J. Frankel | Frank Stronach | 2:01.47 |
| 2006 | Memorette | 4 | Victor Espinoza | Bill Currin | Betty Currin | 2:00.16 |
| 2005 | Megahertz | 6 | Alex Solis | Robert J. Frankel | Michael Bello | 2:01.78 |
| 2004 | Light Jig | 4 | Alex Solis | Robert J. Frankel | Khalid Abdullah | 2:01.52 |
| 2003 | Voodoo Dancer | 5 | Corey Nakatani | Christophe Clement | Green Hills Farm | 2:00.80 |
| 2002 | Astra | 6 | Kent Desormeaux | Laura de Seroux | Allen E. Paulson | 1:58.56 |
| 2001 | Astra | 5 | Kent Desormeaux | Simon Bray | Allen E. Paulson | 1:59.61 |
| 2000 | Happyanunoit | 5 | Brice Blanc | Robert J. Frankel | John & Jerry Amerman | 1:59.32 |
| 1999 | Virginie | 5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Richard Mandella | Rio Claro Thoroughbreds | 2:00.21 |
| 1998 | Squeak | 4 | Gary Stevens | Ben D. Cecil | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:01.56 |
| 1997 | Windsharp | 6 | Corey Nakatani | Wallace Dollase | R&M Stephen/Thbd Corp | 2:00.60 |
| 1996 | Different | 4 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Sidney H. Craig | 2:00.74 |
| 1995 | Alpride | 4 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Jenny Craig | 1:46.67 |
| 1994 | Corrazona | 4 | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella | La Presle Farm | 1:47.40 |
| 1993 | Flawlessly | 5 | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | Harbor View Farm | 1:47.00 |
| 1992 | Flawlessly | 4 | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | Harbor View Farm | 1:47.13 |
| 1991 | Alcando | 5 | Jesse J. Garcia | Bill Shoemaker | N. Cowan & A. Speelman | 1:46.50 |
| 1990 | Beautiful Melody * | 4 | Kent Desormeaux | Richard Mandella | Golden Eagle Farm | 1:47.00 |
| 1990 | Reluctant Guest * | 4 | Robbie Davis | Richard Mandella | Robert S. Folsom | 1:47.00 |
| 1989 | Claire Marine | 4 | Chris McCarron | Charlie Whittingham | S. L. Port & Whittingham | 1:47.20 |
| 1988 | Fitzwilliam Place | 4 | Aaron Gryder | Charlie Whittingham | Bruce McNall | 1:47.20 |
| 1987 | Auspiciante | 6 | Pat Valenzuela | Ron McAnally | Jack Kent Cooke | 1:46.20 |
| 1986 | Estrapade | 6 | Fernando Toro | Charlie Whittingham | Allen E. Paulson | 1:59.00 |
| 1985 | Johnica | 4 | Gary Stevens | Bruce Headley | Golden Eagle Farm | 1:48.20 |
| 1984 | Royal Heroine | 4 | Fernando Toro | John Gosden | Robert Sangster | 1:47.20 |
| 1983 | Absentia | 4 | Fernando Toro | John Gosden | Robert Sangster & Sucher | 1:49.00 |
| 1982 | Sangue | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Henry M. Moreno | R. Charlene Parks | 1:47.40 |
| 1981 | Track Robbery | 5 | Pat Valenzuela | Robert L. Wheeler | Summa Stable | 1:46.80 |
| 1980 | Country Queen | 5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | RandyWinick | Blum, Sarant & Winick | 1:47.00 |
| 1979 | Giggling Girl | 5 | Chris McCarron | Edwin J. Gregson | Mrs. Montgomery Fisher | 1:47.60 |
| 1978 | Swingtime | 6 | Fernando Toro | Charlie Whittingham | M. J. Bradley/Whittingham | 1:48.40 |
| 1977 | Swingtime | 5 | Fernando Toro | Charlie Whittingham | M. J. Bradley/Whittingham | 1:48.40 |
| 1976 | Bastonera | 5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Henry Moreno | Ann K. Elmore | 1:50.20 |
| 1975 | La Zanzara | 5 | Don Pierce | Charlie Whittingham | Aaron U. Jones | 2:14.80 |
| 1974 | La Zanzara | 4 | Don Pierce | Charlie Whittingham | Aaron U. Jones | 2:14.20 |
| 1973 | Le Cle | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | Charlie Whittingham | Howard B. Keck | 2:14.80 |
| 1972 | Hill Circus | 4 | Bill Shoemaker | John H. Adams | El Peco Ranch | 2:13.20 |
| 1971 | Manta | 5 | Laffit Pincay, Jr. | Farrell W. Jones | Elmendorf | 2:12.20 |
| 1970 | Pattee Canyon | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | Stanley M. Reiser | Barbara Hunter | 2:13.00 |
| 1969 | Miss Ribot | 4 | Don Pierce | Frank E. Childs | P. L. & C. T. Grissom | 2:16.40 |
| 1968 | Pink Pigeon | 4 | Wayne Harris | Paul K. Parker | Preston Madden | 2:15.00 |