# Providencia Stakes

The Providencia Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf course scheduled annually in April at Santa Anita Park. The event currently carries a purse of $100,000.

## History

Inaugurated in 1981, it has been run at 1+1⁄8 miles for most of its existence. It was run at 1 mile in 2004 and from 2006 to 2009.
In 2008, this race was upgraded from a Grade III to a Grade II, with its purse increased from $100,000 to $150,000. It has been downgraded to a Grade III again although its purse remains the same.

## Records

Speed record:
* 1+1⁄8 miles: 1:46.80 – Lady of Shamrock (2012)
* 1 mile: 1:34.20 – Acting Lady (2009)
Margins:
* 7 lengths - Artica (1995)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Laffit Pincay Jr. (1982, 1984, 1987, 1995)
* 4 – Alex Solis (1994, 1999, 2002, 2005)
* 4 – Kent J. Desormeaux (1996, 1994, 2004, 2016)
* 4 – Mike E. Smith (2003, 2012, 2017, 2022)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 – Gary F. Jones (1983, 1991, 1992, 1996)
Most wins by an owner:
* 2 – William R. Hawn (1985, 1990)
* 2 – Mary Jones Bradley (1986, 1993)
* 2 – Ellwood W. & Judy Johnston (1987, 1994)
* 2 – Jim Ford, Deron Pearson (2003, 2004)
* 2 – Warren B. Williamson (2006, 2014)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Purse | Grade | Ref |
| 2024 | Medoro | Antonio Fresu | Peter Eurton | C R K Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.95 | $100,500 | III | |
| 2023 | Paris Secret (IRE) | Kazushi Kimura | Philip D'Amato | Strand Beach | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.50 | $100,000 | III | |
| 2022 | Cairo Memories | Mike E. Smith | Robert Hess Jr. | David A. Bernsen & Schroeder Farms | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.33 | $100,500 | III | |
| 2021 | Going Global (IRE) | Flavien Prat | Philip D'Amato | CYBT, Michael Dubb, Saul Gevertz, Michael Nentwig & Ray Pagano | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.50 | $101,000 | III | |
| 2020 | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held | Race not held |
| 2019 | Hostess (GB) | Drayden Van Dyke | Simon Callaghan | John Warren Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.09 | $151,755 | III | |
| 2018 | Fatale Bere (FR) | Joel Rosario | Leonard Powell | Benowitz Family Trust, Head of Plains Partners,Mark Mathiesen & Mathilde Powell | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.09 | $151,035 | III | |
| 2017 | Sircat Sally | Mike E. Smith | Jerry Hollendorfer | Joe L. Turner | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.09 | $150,345 | III | |
| 2016 | Decked Out | Kent J. Desormeaux | J. Keith Desormeaux | Big Chief Racing & Gene A. Voss | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:52.72 | $151,380 | III | |
| 2015 | Spirit of Xian (IRE) | Joseph Talamo | Richard E. Mandella | Ben Keswick | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.10 | $151,750 | III | |
| 2014 | Nashoba's Gold | Joseph Talamo | Carla Gaines | Warren B. Williamson | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.06 | $151,250 | III | |
| 2013 | Scarlet Strike | Rafael Bejarano | Jerry Hollendorfer | John Carver, Jerry Hollendorfer & Green Smith | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.52 | $151,250 | III | |
| 2012 | Lady of Shamrock | Mike E. Smith | John W. Sadler | Hronis Racing | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:46.80 | $150,000 | III | |
| 2011 | Cambina (IRE) | Garrett K. Gomez | Jeff Bonde | Anthony Bilich, Charles Cline, George Schmitt, Dennis Raihill, et al | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.38 | $150,000 | II | |
| 2010 | City to City | Joel Rosario | Jerry Hollendorfer | William DeBurgh, Jerry Hollendorfer & Mark DeDomenico | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.16 | $150,000 | II | |
| 2009 | Acting Lady | Victor Espinoza | Doug F. O'Neill | Andy Bell & Stephen Russell | 1 mile | 1:34.20 | $150,000 | II | |
| 2008 | Missit (IRE) | Victor Espinoza | Ben D. A. Cecil | Three Chimneys Racing | 1 mile | 1:34.91 | $150,000 | II | |
| 2007 | Super Freaky | Jon Court | Doug F. O'Neill | Suarez Racing & Alex Venneri | 1 mile | 1:35.59 | $112,600 | III | |
| 2006 | Foxysox (GB) | Alex Bisono | Carla Gaines | Warren B. Williamson | 1 mile | 1:34.88 | $109,400 | III | |
| 2005 | Berbatim | Alex O. Solis | Richard E. Mandella | Gary & Wendy Broad | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.66 | $111,600 | III | |
| 2004 | Ticker Tape (GB) | Kent J. Desormeaux | James M. Cassidy | Jim Ford, Deron Pearson & Jack Sweesy | 1 mile | 1:34.55 | $113,700 | Listed | |
| 2003 | § Star Vega (GB) | Mike E. Smith | James M. Cassidy | Jim Ford, Deron Pearson & John R. Cuchna | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.89 | $150,000 | Listed | |
| 2002 | Megahertz (GB) | Alex O. Solis | Robert J. Frankel | Michael Bello | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.34 | $82,500 | | |
| 2001 | Dynamous | Victor Espinoza | Robert J. Frankel | Dr. John A. Chandler | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.13 | $81,975 | | |
| 2000 | Kumari Continent | David R. Flores | J. Paco Gonzalez | Trudy McCaffery & John Toffan | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.97 | $79,650 | | |
| 1999 | Sweet Life | Alex O. Solis | Neil D. Drysdale | Pam & Martin Wygod | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.85 | $80,625 | | |
| 1998 | Country Garden (GB) | Kent J. Desormeaux | Walter R. Greenman | Edward T. McGrath | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.84 | $81,750 | | |
| 1997 | § Famous Digger | Brice Blanc | Barry Abrams | Let It Ride Stable, et al | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.85 | $75,000 | | |
| 1996 | Gastronomical | Kent J. Desormeaux | Gary F. Jones | G. Arthur Seelbinder | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.40 | $77,880 | | |
| 1995 | Artica | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Mike Harrington | Robert E. Resoff | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.36 | $80,475 | | |
| 1994 | Fancy 'n Fabulous | Alex O. Solis | Donald Warren | Ellwood W. & Judy Johnston & Marjorie Stonebraker | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.02 | $81,450 | | |
| 1993 | On the Catwalk (IRE) | Eddie Delahoussaye | Rodney Rash | Mary Jones Bradley | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.35 | $80,400 | | |
| 1992 | Miss Turkana | Antonio Lopez Castanon | Gary F. Jones | Saron Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.32 | $81,225 | | |
| 1991 | Fantastic Ways | Chris McCarron | Gary F. Jones | Golden Eagle Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.40 | $83,175 | | |
| 1990 | Materco | Eddie Delahoussaye | Mark MacDonald | William R. Hawn | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.40 | $82,650 | | |
| 1989 | Formidable Lady | Gary L. Stevens | Joseph Manzi | Fast Friends Stable, et al | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.60 | $83,100 | | |
| 1988 | Pattern Step | Chris McCarron | Charles E. Whittingham | Evergreen Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.00 | $81,750 | | |
| 1987 | Some Sensation | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Donald Warren | Ellwood W. & Judy Johnston, Harold Meloth, et al | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:48.20 | $64,950 | | |
| 1986 | Miraculous | Gary L. Stevens | Charles E. Whittingham | Mary Jones Bradley | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.80 | $65,350 | | |
| 1985 | Soft Dawn | Bill Shoemaker | Willard L. Proctor | William R. Hawn | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:49.60 | $64,850 | | |
| 1984 | Class Play | Laffit Pincay Jr. | LeRoy Jolley | Peter M. Brant | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:50.20 | $64,850 | | |
| 1983 | Spruce Song | Sandy Hawley | Gary F. Jones | Elmendorf Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.40 | $66,800 | | |
| 1982 | § Phaedra | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Stephen A. DiMauro | Happy Valley Farm | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.00 | $66,800 | | |
| 1981 | Flying Baton | Terry Lipham | Terry Knight | Surf and Turf Stable | 1+1⁄8 miles | 1:47.60 | $56,550 | | |
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry