# Robert B. Lewis Stakes

The Robert B. Lewis Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old horses at the distance of one mile on the dirt held annually in late January or early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

## History

Inaugurated as the Santa Catalina Handicap in 1935, there was no race in 1936. Upon its return in 1937, it was run as the Santa Catalina California-Bred Championship Stakes until 1940 when it was renamed the Santa Catalina Nursery Stakes and was a three-furlong race for two-year-olds. In 1941 it reverted to its original name, the Santa Catalina Handicap and remained as that until 1964 when it became the Santa Catalina Stakes. In 2007, the race was renamed again in order to honor the prominent racehorse owner Robert B. Lewis, who had died in 2006.
Due to restrictions and consolidations during World War II, there was no race held from 1942 through 1944.
Until 1964, the race was open to horses three years of age and older with the exception of 1940.
The race has been run at a variety of distances:
* 1935, 2024 to present : 1 mile
* 1937-1938, 1941, 1945-1946, 1953, 1964-1969, 1971-2010, 2012-2023 : 1+1⁄16 miles
* 1939, 1947-1952, 1954-1963, 2011 : 1+1⁄8 miles
* 1940 : 3 furlongs (for 2-year-olds)
* 1970 : 7 furlongs
The Robert B. Lewis Stakes is one of the key prep races leading to the Santa Anita Derby each year and is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby.

## Records

Time record: (at the previous distance of 1+1⁄16 miles)
* 1:40.76 - Crown of Thorns (2008)
Most wins by an owner:
* 3 - Elmendorf Farm (1977, 1980, 1982)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 7 - Bill Shoemaker (1962, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1988)
* 7 - Laffit Pincay Jr. (1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1989)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 13 - Bob Baffert (1999, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance (Miles) | Time | Grade |
| 2025 | Citizen Bull | 3 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital & Catherine Donovan | 1 | 1:36.71 | III |
| 2024 | Nysos | 3 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Baoma Corp | 1 | 1:36.65 | III |
| 2023 | Newgate | 3 | Frankie Dettori | Bob Baffert | SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables, Schoenfarber, Jay A., Waves Edge Capital & Catherine Donovan | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.11 | III |
| 2022 | Messier | 3 | John R. Velazquez | Bob Baffert | SF Racing, Starlight Racing, & Madaket Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.89 | III |
| 2021 | Medina Spirit | 3 | Abel Cedillo | Bob Baffert | Zedan Racing Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:46.26 | III |
| 2020 | Thousand Words | 3 | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.64 | III |
| 2019 | Mucho Gusto | 3 | Joe Talamo | Bob Baffert | Michael Lund Petersen | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.81 | III |
| 2018 | Lombo | 3 | Flavien Prat | Michael Pender | Michael V. Lombardi | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.41 | III |
| 2017 | Royal Mo | 3 | Victor Espinoza | John Shirreffs | Ann & Jerry Moss | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.48 | III |
| 2016 | Mor Spirit | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Michael Lund Petersen | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.21 | III |
| 2015 | Dortmund | 3 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert | Kaleem Shah | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.20 | III |
| 2014 | Candy Boy | 3 | Gary Stevens | John W. Sadler | C R K Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.83 | II |
| 2013 | Flashback | 3 | Julien Leparoux | Bob Baffert | Gary & Mary West | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.95 | II |
| 2012 | I'll Have Another | 3 | Mario Gutierrez | Doug O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1+1⁄16 | 1:40.84 | II |
| 2011 | Anthony's Cross | 3 | Joel Rosario | Eoin G. Harty | A D K Racing | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.63 | II |
| 2010 | Caracortado | 3 | Paul Atkinson | Michael Machowsky | Lo Hi Racing/Blahut | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.75 | II |
| 2009 | Pioneerof the Nile | 3 | Garrett Gomez | Bob Baffert | Zayat Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.90 | II |
| 2008 | Crown of Thorns | 3 | Victor Espinoza | Richard Mandella | B. Wayne Hughes | 1+1⁄16 | 1:40.76 | II |
| 2007 | Great Hunter | 3 | Corey Nakatani | Douglas F. O'Neill | J. Paul Reddam | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.89 | II |
| 2006 | Brother Derek | 3 | Alex Solis | Dan L. Hendricks | Cecil N. Peacock | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.96 | II |
| 2005 | Declan's Moon | 3 | Victor Espinoza | Ronald W. Ellis | Jay Em Ess Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.41 | II |
| 2004 | St Averil | 3 | Tyler Baze | Rafael Becerra | Stan E. Fulton | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.62 | II |
| 2003 | Domestic Dispute | 3 | David R. Flores | Bob Baffert | Gary M. Garber | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.20 | II |
| 2002 | Labamta Babe | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert J. Frankel | Edmund A. Gann | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.50 | II |
| 2001 | Millennium Wind | 3 | Chris McCarron | David Hofmans | David & Jill Heerensperger | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.38 | II |
| 2000 | The Deputy | 3 | Chris McCarron | Jenine Sahadi | Team Valor & Gary Barber | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.04 | II |
| 1999 | General Challenge | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bob Baffert | Golden Eagle Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.93 | II |
| 1998 | Artax | 3 | Chris McCarron | Randy Bradshaw | Paraneck Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.32 | III |
| 1997 | Hello | 3 | Chris McCarron | Ron McAnally | Al & Sandee Kirkwood | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | |
| 1996 | Prince of Thieves | 3 | Gary Stevens | D. Wayne Lukas | Peter Mitchell | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.94 | |
| 1995 | Larry the Legend | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Craig A. Lewis | Craig A. Lewis | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.93 | |
| 1994 | Wekiva Springs | 3 | Kent Desormeaux | Robert Hess Jr. | Donald R. Dizney | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.94 | |
| 1993 | Art of Living | 3 | Gary Stevens | Gary Jones | Golden Eagle Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.48 | |
| 1992 | Vying Victor | 3 | Corey Black | Ian P. D. Jory | M/M Marvin Malmuth | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.33 | |
| 1991 | Mane Minister | 3 | David R. Flores | J. Paco Gonzalez | T. McCaffery & John Toffan | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | |
| 1990 | Music Prospector | 3 | Frank Olivares | Steve Miyadi | Silky Green, Inc. | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | |
| 1989 | Flying Continental | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Jay M. Robbins | Jack Kent Cooke | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | |
| 1988 | Lively One | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.40 | |
| 1987 | Stylish Winner | 3 | Gary Stevens | Bruce Headley | Johnston/Headley/Roncelli | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | |
| 1986 | Ferdinand | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Elizabeth A. Keck | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.00 | |
| 1985 | Floating Reserve | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Joseph Manzi | Robert E. Hibbert | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | |
| 1984 | Tights | 3 | Rafael Meza | Laz Barrera | Mill House Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | |
| 1983 | Fast Passage | 3 | Ed Delahoussaye | Laz Barrera | Dolly Green | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | |
| 1982 | Water Bank | 3 | Darrel McHargue | Ron McAnally | Elmendorf Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.40 | |
| 1981 | Stancharry * | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Melvin F. Stute | Cole, Freeman & Gold | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.40 | |
| 1980 | Super Moment * | 3 | Donald Pierce | Ron McAnally | Elmendorf Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.40 | |
| 1980 | Rumbo * | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Thomas Bell Jr. | Gayno Stable/Bell Bloodstock | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.60 | |
| 1979 | Pole Position | 3 | Chris McCarron | George E. Goodwin | Eldorado Stables | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.00 | |
| 1978 | Johnny's Image | 3 | Sandy Hawley | Mike R. Mitchell | Meryl Ann Tanz | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.00 | |
| 1977 | Text | 3 | Donald Pierce | Vincent Clyne | Elmendorf Farm | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.00 | |
| 1976 | An Act | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Ron McAnally | Katz, Brun & Roberts et al. | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.00 | |
| 1975 | Kinalmeaky | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Lester Holt | Helen Kenaston | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.80 | |
| 1974 | Rube the Great | 3 | Angel Santiago | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.00 | |
| 1973 | Sham | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Pancho Martin | Sigmund Sommer | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.00 | |
| 1972 | Knightlander | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | Paul K. Parker | Robert H. Grant | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.40 | |
| 1971 | Unconscious | 3 | Laffit Pincay Jr. | John G. Canty | Arthur A. Seeligson Jr. | 1+1⁄16 | 1:41.80 | |
| 1970 | Colorado King, Jr. | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Charles Whittingham | Forked Lightning Ranch | 7-fur. | 1:25.00 | |
| 1969 | Inverness Drive | 3 | Bill Shoemaker | Joseph Manzi | Robert E. Hibbert | 1+1⁄16 | 1:44.80 | |
| 1968 | Prince Pablo | 3 | Johnny Sellers | Linwood J. Brooks | Kratz-Thayer | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.60 | |
| 1967 | Serve Notice | 3 | Ismael Valenzuela | Ted Saladin | M/M. B. W. Martin | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.60 | |
| 1966 | Exhibitionist | 3 | Eddie Belmonte | Hirsch Jacobs | Ethel D. Jacobs | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.20 | |
| 1965 | Arksroni | 3 | Art Sherman | Frank E. Childs | M/M. Harry Hart | 1+1⁄16 | 1:42.80 | |
| 1964 | Count Charles | 3 | Manuel Ycaza | Charles Whittingham | Flying M Stable | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.20 | |
| 1963 | Sea Orbit | 7 | Raymond York | John M. Leavitt | Wonder Y Ranch | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.00 | |
| 1962 | New Policy | 5 | Bill Shoemaker | John H. Adams | Ralph Lowe | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.40 | |
| 1961 | T. V. Lark | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Paul K. Parker | C. R. Mac Stable | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.00 | |
| 1960 | American Comet | 4 | Tommy Barrow | Martin L. Fallon | C. W. Smith Ent. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:47.60 | |
| 1959 | Terrang | 6 | William Boland | Carl A. Roles | Poltex Stable & R. Bond | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.60 | |
| 1958 | Terrang | 5 | William Boland | Carl A. Roles | Poltex Stable & R. Bond | 1+1⁄8 | 1:49.20 | |
| 1957 | Honeys Alibi | 5 | Johnny Longden | Lev Fanning | W-L Ranch Co. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | |
| 1956 | Guerrero | 4 | Johnny Longden | Graceton Philpot | Peter Strub | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.00 | |
| 1955 | Golden Abbey | 5 | Johnny Longden | Reggie Cornell | W. W. Naylor | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | |
| 1954 | Stranglehold | 5 | Billy Pearson | Red McDaniel | N. G. Phillips | 1+1⁄8 | 1:52.60 | |
| 1953 | Blue Reading | 6 | Billy Pearson | Red McDaniel | Clement L. Hirsch | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | |
| 1952 | Lion | 4 | William M. Cook | Hugh Brundage | John Himelhoch | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.80 | |
| 1951 | Your Host | 4 | Eric Guerin | Harry L. Daniels | William Goetz | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.20 | |
| 1950 | Moonrush | 4 | Eddie Arcaro | Willie Alvarado | Anita King / Gus Luellwitz | 1+1⁄8 | 1:51.40 | |
| 1949 | Stepfather | 5 | Eddie Arcaro | Wayne B. Stucki | W-L Ranch Co. | 1+1⁄8 | 1:48.80 | |
| 1948 | On Trust | 4 | Johnny Longden | William Molter | E. O. Stice | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.80 | |
| 1947 | See-Tee-See | 4 | Ralph Neves | Art Gruber | Hacienda de Cortez | 1+1⁄8 | 1:50.60 | |
| 1946 | Nanby Pass | 4 | Charley Stevenson | Sam Sechrest | Norman W. Church | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | |
| 1945 | Sea Sovereign | 3 | Ferril Zufelt | Bud Stotler | Charles S. Howard | 1+1⁄16 | 1:43.80 | |
| 1944 | No race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1943 | No race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1942 | No race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1941 | Sweepida | 4 | Ralph Neves | Larry R. Staples | H. C. Hill | 1+1⁄16 | 1:48.00 | |
| 1940 | Valdina Myth | 2 | Eugene Rodriguez | John J. Flanigan | Valdina Farm | 3-fur. | 0:33.20 | |
| 1939 | Brown Jade | 5 | John H. Adams | Ross E. Cooper | Charles E. Cooper | 1+1⁄8 | 1:52.00 | |
| 1938 | Lady Florise | 5 | Lester Balaski | George W. Glick | John W. Marchbank | 1+1⁄16 | 1:45.60 | |
| 1937 | Lloyd Pan | 4 | Harry Richards | H. B. Thomas | Alexander Pantages | 1+1⁄16 | 1:48.00 | |
| 1936 | No race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1935 | Bluebeard | 3 | Harry Richards | Clyde Phillips | William R. Coe | 1-mile | 1:40.00 | |