# Yerba Buena Stakes

The Yerba Buena Stakes is a discontinued race for Thoroughbred fillies and mares age three and older. It was run on turf at Golden Gate Fields race track in Albany, California from 1973 through 2000 and again from 2005 through 2009. Between 2001 through 2004 the race was hosted by Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California.
It was raced as the Yerba Buena Handicap from inception in 1973 through 2006.

## Records

Speed record: (at 1 3/8 miles)
* 2:14.40 – Magdelaine (1988)
Most wins:
* 2 – Star Ball (1977, 1978)
* 2 – Mairzy Doates (1980, 1981)
Most wins by a jockey:
* 4 – Russell Baze (1992, 1995, 2002, 2005)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 – Ben Cecil (1996, 1998, 2006, 2009)
Most wins by an owner:
* 4 – Gary A. Tanaka (1993, 1995, 2002, 2006)

## Winners

Equibase Yerba Buena Stakes history:
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Dist. (Miles) | Time | Purse$ | Gr. |
| 2009 | Restless Soul | 5 | Chad Schvaneveldt | Ben Cecil | Ben Cecil, James McCalmont, et al. | 13⁄8 M | 2:20.49 | $75,000 | L |
| 2008 | Wild Promises | 4 | David G. Lopez | Gregory G. Gilchrist | Harry J. Aleo | 13⁄8 M | 2:17.28 | $75,000 | L |
| 2007 | Mabadi | 4 | Joel Rosario | Sanford H. Shulman | Ronald L. Charles/Clear Valley Stable | 13⁄8 M | 2:17.87 | $75,000 | L |
| 2006 | Hallowed Dream | 4 | Dennis Carr | Ben Cecil | Gary A. Tanaka | 11⁄8 M | 1:47.76 | $125,000 | G3 |
| 2005 | Pickle | 4 | Russell Baze | Sanford H. Shulman | Ronald L. Charles/Clear Valley Stable | 11⁄16 M | 1:41.72 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 2004 | A B Noodle | 5 | Joe M. Castro | Charles J. Jenda | Amity & Bench | 11⁄8 M (±) | 1:46.66 | $125,000 | G3 |
| 2003 | Chiming | 5 | Corey Nakatani | Robert J. Frankel | Castleton Lyons | 11⁄8 M (±) | 1:45.41 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 2002 | Peu a Peu | 4 | Russell Baze | Robert J. Frankel | Gary A. Tanaka | 13⁄8 M | 2:16.39 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 2001 | Janet | 4 | David Flores | Darrell Vienna | Red Baron's Farm | 13⁄8 M | 2:17.09 | $200,000 | G3 |
| 2000 | Gleefully | 4 | Rafael Meza | J. Eric Kruljac | Carl I. Brown | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.99 | $200,000 | G3 |
| 1999 | Blending Element | 6 | Garrett Gomez | Carla A. Gaines | Warren B. Williamson | 13⁄8 M | 2:17.26 | $200,000 | G3 |
| 1998 | Miss Universa | 5 | Pedro Mercado | Ben Cecil | Norman Cheng | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.72 | $125,000 | G3 |
| 1997 | De Puntillas | 5 | Victor Espinoza | Robert B. Hess, Jr. | A. Jansen, J. Scibelli, M. Sigband | 11⁄16 M | 1:46.71 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 1996 | Fanjica | 4 | Dennis Carr | Ben Cecil | Gary A. Tanaka | 13⁄8 M | 2:17.42 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 1995 | Work the Crowd | 4 | Russell Baze | Gregory G. Gilchrist | Harris Farms, Inc. & Norma Foster Maddy | 11⁄8 M | 1:49.27 | $125,000 | G3 |
| 1994 | Ask Anita | 4 | Vann Belvoir | Rodney Rash | Robert Spiegel | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.55 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 1993 | Party Cited | 4 | Ronald J. Warren, Jr. | Rodney Rash | Gary A. Tanaka | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.11 | $100,000 | G3 |
| 1992 | Flaming Torch | 5 | Russell Baze | Robert J. Frankel | Juddmonte Farms | 13⁄8 M | 2:16.26 | $150,000 | L |
| 1991 | Free At Last | 4 | Ron Hansen | Neil D. Drysdale | Gerald W. Leigh | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.10 | $150,000 | L |
| 1990 | Petite Ile | 4 | Corey Black | Edwin J. Gregson | Jean-Francois Malle | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.60 | $150,000 | L |
| 1989 | Brown Bess | 7 | Jack Kaenel | Charles J. Jenda | Calbourne Farm | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.60 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1988 | Magdelaine | 5 | Timothy Doocy | Terry R. Knight | Carmen Coosa | 13⁄8 M | 2:14.40 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1987 | Ivor's Image | 4 | Chris McCarron | John Gosden | Simon Fraser | 11⁄2 M | 2:29.60 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1986 | Scythe | 5 | Thomas Chapman | George D. Hartstone | Robert S. Folsom | 11⁄2 M | 2:32.20 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1985 | Salt Spring | 6 | Thomas Chapman | Henry M. Moreno | Gayno Stables | 11⁄2 M | 2:30.20 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1984 | Fact Finder | 5 | Marco Castaneda | Vincent Clyne | Nelson Bunker Hunt | 11⁄2 M | 2:30.20 | $150,000 | G3 |
| 1983 | Dilmoun | 4 | Joseph J. Steiner | Thomas Ray Bell II | Bell Bloodstock Co. | 11⁄2 M | 2:31.60 | $75,000 | G2 |
| 1982 | Sangue | 4 | Thomas Chapman | Henry M. Moreno | R. Charlene Parks | 13⁄8 M | 2:16.40 | $75,000 | G2 |
| 1981 | Mairzy Doates | 5 | Francisco Mena | John W. Fulton | Arno D. Schefler | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.80 | $75,000 | G3 |
| 1980 | Mairzy Doates | 4 | Francisco Mena | Michael Whittingham | Arno D. Schefler | 13⁄8 M | 2:15.00 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 1943 | 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 |
| 1978 | Star Ball | 6 | Darrel McHargue | Jaime Villagomez | John & Donald Valpredo | 13⁄8 M | 2:13.60 | $60,000 | G3 |
| 1977 | Star Ball | 5 | J. Buenaventura Vargas | Jaime Villagomez | John & Donald Valpredo | 13⁄8 M | 2:14.80 | $45,000 | L |
| 1976 | Our First Delight | 4 | Enrique Munoz | Jerry M. Fanning | Meryl Ann Tanz | 13⁄8 M | 2:16.40 | $30,000 | L |
| 1975 | Joli Vert | 4 | Frank Olivares | Thomas A. Pratt | Howard C. Wright & THomas A. Pratt | 13⁄8 M | 2:16.80 | $30,000 | L |
| 1974 | Merry Madeleine | 4 | Francisco Mena | Kathy Nikkei | John G. Canty & Alexis Lapeyre | 11⁄4 M | 2:31.40 | $30,000 | NGS |
| 1973 | Live Forever | 4 | Juan Gonzalez | not yet found | Gen. Winston W. Kratz | 13⁄8 M | 2:19.60 | $20,000 | NGS |